Posted on 10/17/2014 7:40:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The phrase October Surprise has a long history in American politics. It refers to that event, policy, or government statement that changes everything in advance of the famous first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. That was the Founders quaint way of describing Election Day.
One famous example of an October Surprise was the announcement on October 26, 1972 by National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger that we believe that peace is at hand in the long, drawn out negotiations to end American involvement in the Vietnam War. President Nixon was headed to a landslide victory that year against the hapless Democratic presidential nominee, Sen. George McGovern (SD). But the Kissinger statement seemed to most observers to put the election on ice. Twelve days after Kissingers statement, Richard Nixon carried every state except Massachusetts. He even carried McGoverns own home state of South Dakota.
Well, now we have another surprise coming but not until November. Thats because President Obamas HHS Department doesnt want to upset the apple cart prior to crucial midterm elections. Only in November will Americans learn how much their health care costs will rise after the implementation of President Obamas signature legislative accomplishment, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.
Of course, the administration doesnt admit that it is waiting until after voters cast their November ballots to give them a nasty post-election surprise. As the Washington Times notes, there are some states in which word is already leaking out. Those happen to be states with hotly contested Senate contests.
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You can hang a congress critter pretty much any time.
“It is terrible to contemplate how few politations are hanged.” G. K. Chesterton
His October surprise is EBOLA! Spread the concept.
“politations” = “polititians” sheesh!
Mr. Obama’s November Surprise
Voting will give you Ebola
Voting Republican will give you ebola!
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Maybe Ebolagate will become an October surprise for the rats.
Hey, Democrats,
Did you know that Ebola is spread primarily by keyboards on electronic voting machines?
“Hey, Democrats,
Did you know that Ebola is spread primarily by keyboards on electronic voting machines?”
Also, they can catch Ebola by using their free Obama Cell Phones and EBT cards.
cancell elections due to Ebola? It could happen! Obama could appoint new congresspeople—all Democrat/Socialists. They he could finish his plan. That or IS will blast the USA and that will be the cause of the Cancelled elections.
He might even run for a 3rd Term—dispite the Constution—when has that stopped him? Or cancell the 2016 election and become President-or-life as they do in some backwater nations. Nothing will surprise me.
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