October Surprise

News Central ^ | Sept 8, 2004 | Mark Hyman

[Angry Republican]

Why am I not surprised by this? The moronic hippie stoners (aka: Democratic party) who have gone off on this whole "anti-war" tirade are essentially hoping to screw our country.

[Noumenon]

"What I am getting at here is that there is a malicious and sinister objective within the heart of the Left. It craves totalitarianism, because totalitarianism will suffocate freedom and, ultimately, human life itself – which the Left hates the most."

Victor Davis Hanson

[mtbopfuyn]

Hillary flying on her broom in October is not very surprising.

[netmilsmom]

Ooops, that was blank!
I was trying to say that if they hit one of our schools, hell hath no fury....

[Lizavetta]

October Surprise is a term ascribed to a political revelation that is meant to affect the outcome of a presidential election.

What, like saying Laura Bush used and sold drugs in college? That George W. Bush did coke at Camp David?

The ring of hysteria that colors all their accusations is not going to serve the Democrats well this election.

Kitty Kelley?.....Please.

[meeps]

Aren't the Swift Vets planning an October suprise???

[Cold Heart]

"Stoned Hippie Party" That has legs.

[Old Sarge]

Either a Toricelli-style switch giving the candidacy to She Who Must Not Be Named; or an al-Qaeda attack on Halloween, two day before the election, just like in Madrid.

[Theresawithanh]

I don't know what the October surprise is going to be this year, but I am getting the feeling that there is going to be a November surprise for the Michael Moore's and Barbra Streisand's when President Bush gets re-elected!

[forYourChildrenVote4Bush]

It is the Democratic Party's fault that more AMERICANS will die in an upcoming Terrorist attack on US soil. Why the Democrats fault?? Because they are weak and therefore project a weak America. America will be hit by Nuclear B. one day, will America reply?? How will America reply??Strong or weak reply??

[Angry Republican]

AMEN!!

[the_Watchman]

George H.W. Bush was done in by the "indictment" of Casper Weinberger just prior to the election by the special prosecutor. There was no prosecution and the charges were dropped after the election, but it had the desired effect.

Along that line, I have worried about Bush leaving Clinton U.S. Attorneys in place. I wonder if one of the Clinton hang-overs could be preparing an indictment of some high Bush official over the prosecution of the war. If it were late enough in the cycle it could generate a LOT of negative vibrations which could stir the pot. Even totally baseless charges would provide just the fodder the MSM could run with for a few weeks just prior to the election.

[nothingnew]

"What I am getting at here is that there is a malicious and sinister objective within the heart of the Left. It craves totalitarianism, because totalitarianism will suffocate freedom and, ultimately, human life itself – which the Left hates the most."

Victor Davis Hanson

What an indictment! Where is this from? I read VDH a lot and can't recall this one. Please source me on this. TIA

FMCDH(BITS)

[walden]

Wow, do you have a link for the piece from which that Hanse\on quote came?

[Blood of Tyrants]

The people of the U.S. aren't purebred poodles and spaniels who piddle on the carpet when someone yells, "Boo!" We are big mix breed mutts with a little timber wolf thrown in who will tear the throats out of people who try this crap here.

[gogipper]

What about POW/MIA. Didn't Kerry do something to impede finding POWs?

[hobson]

LOL! What a great description!

[doug from upland]

October surprise: official report from Libya admitting that they were working on nukes for Saddam Hussein.

[proust]

All I know is that for the whole month of Oct. I'm going to have to plow through "Is this the October surprise?" posts.

Politics and news cycles have changed so drastically since 1980 that the phrase hardly applies today.