Posted on 05/17/2004 2:52:40 PM PDT by Nexus
5/24/04
Washington Whispers
From the White House, a nightmare scenario
White House officials say they've got a "working premise" about terrorism and the presidential election: It's going to happen. "We assume," says a top administration official, "an attack will happen leading up to the election." And, he added, "it will happen here." There are two worst-case scenarios, the official says.
The first posits an attack on Washington, possibly the Capitol, which was believed to be the target of the 9/11 jet that crashed in Pennsylvania.
Theory 2: smaller but more frequent attacks in Washington and other major cities leading up to the election.
To prepare, the administration has been holding secret antiterrorism drills to make sure top officials know what to do. "There was a sense," says one official involved in the drills, "of mass confusion on 9/11. Now we have a sense of order." Unclear is the political impact, though most Bushies think the nation would rally around the president. "I can tell you one thing," adds the official sternly, "we won't be like Spain," which tossed its government days after the Madrid train bombings.
Why do I have such a hard time believing this came from algore's mouth?
I don't know.
It seems just like the sort of thing he'd say, once he realized that we weren't going to let him steal the election.
Also sad is the fact that I can't think of any arguments to dispute your belief.
I remember it. I'll try to find it.
That's exactly what they are.
excerpt: New York Sen. Hillary Clinton is predicting that this year's presidential election will be very tight and the victor will win because of "something unforeseen."
Freepmail me the next time you're headed this way. I bet your father-in-law was at the airshow!
College kids make mutiple votes. And people with mutiple residences voteing in every residence by absentee voteing.
I personally agreed with your post to the idiot! Calling a spade a spade is not such a bad thing when you are responding to statements like that!
And, by the way, WELCOME to FreeRepublic, we all were "newbies" at one time!
Could of fooled me. I thought things were handled very well. Thanks to cell phones the PA passengers were able to save whatever the other target might have been. Control towers cleared the skies with no further casualties. New Yorker's on the whole remained relatively calm and helped each other out of the way. Rudy was indeed The Mayor. Unfortunately, Shrillary began sqawking and tore the nation apart.
I'll bet you're right. He was a WWII triple ACE in the Pacific. Flew with the Black Sheep and Blackburn's "Irregulars." Never was there a stronger supporter of Bush. I should be up that way sometime in late July. I'll drop you a freepmail.
I am so worried about GWb,,I really fear for him and his family.
A month? Heck, they're already foaming at the mouth with it now. This isn't the first time we've heard this and it's only going to get worse. Of course the evil doers now only have to sit back and giggle as they watch the media terrorize the public with the story.
The "Islamic Jerkweeds" are STILL (After ALL this Time & Education) Incapable of understanding that "Western Culture" UTTERLY REJECTS "Islam."
To "The West, "Islam" is a "Death Cult."
Doc
I wonder if they have a plan for the vigilantism that will result from 'frequent' attacks. Americans will not put up with this shite!
No, the RATS are hoping for this so they can step in and say I told you so. It's Bush's fault. When did Bush know? Why didn't he do something about it?
IMHO there's no way in just six months to cover everything the enemy can do. We have to figure out what they will do. Not easy to think like they do. Perhaps some real agressive offensive moves in August to disrupt the operations just before they start. Maybe:
Other ideas welcome.
I know it.
I remember the reports last election
regarding the college brats in Wisconsin
casting multiple votes.
That said, it has been discussed on other threads that if the perps entered illegally and it can be shown that Bush did nothing to stop this inflow, he could be very vulnerable. Entry of the perps via the south border would put Bush in big trouble with his base.
That would be in the District of Columbia? Nah. DC is a gun free zone, perfectly safe there.
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