Posted on 09/29/2004 3:19:38 PM PDT by beyond the sea
President Bush's top political advisor Karl Rove said Wednesday that the Bush Cheney campaign is planning some October "surprises" for challengers John Kerry and John Edwards.
"We've got a couple of surprises that we intend to spring," Rove told ABC radio host Sean Hannity, while explaining that he intends to wage an aggressive campaign no matter what the polls show.
"It's 34 days [till the election] and that's a long time in politics and when you get complacent you lose," the top White House advisor said.
"We've got to stay on the offense. We've got to continue to press the battle onto the turf that they won in 2000: the Pennsylvanias, the Michigans and the Wisconsins and Iowas and Minnesotas and New Mexicos and Oregons.
"And we've got to make sure that we lose none of the close states that we won in 2000 - Florida or Ohio or Colorado or Nevada or New Hampshire.
"And you've also got to have a couple of surprises - and we've got a couple of surprises that we intend to spring."
Asked if he expected the Kerry Edwards campaign to engage in dirty tricks, Rove cited Democrat claims in recent days about a secret Bush plan to reinstitute the draft.
"This is all bunk. It is a sign of the desperate straits they find themselves in and their willingness to discard the truth and say anything they think that will get them a vote," he said.
Karl Rove is a genius!
Can't wait to see what the surprise is :)
Can anyone say "180"?
"It's 34 days [till the election] and that's a long time in politics and when you get complacent you lose," the top White House advisor said.
NO complacency!
It's not a cake!
Even if they don't have any this will put the Kerryites into a frenzy.
Yeah, it's no shock to us, but imagine the MSM-fed sheeple who hear this for the first time...
Goody! :) The DUmmies think Rove is Satan, anyway. This will make their heads explode!
Right!!!! Everyone MUST work the polls in their area!!! This will be very ugly. These are nearly something like the political end times.
This is gonna be GRRREEEAAAT!
"Karl Rove is a genius!"
No doubt. He's Lee Atwater reincarnated!
That's actually one truth I think a lot of people around here don't realize: Clinton probably wouldn't ever had been President if Lee Atwater had lived long enough to work the 92 campaign.
I like the way Rove pronounces "boo".
Ooooo... I love surprises!!!!
He's not quite the Jedi-Zen-Omniscient-Voldemort-Uber-God that the poor DUers believe, but he is the best in the business.
this is gonna be a fun month for politics :)
The best possible Oct surprise would be a successful overthrow of the Iranian government by the people and the alliance of the new govt with us.
I hope that one of the surprises is to remind the American public that in '97 Kerry was on CNN endoring unilateral, pre-emptive attacks against Iraq REGARDLESS OF THE UN!!
He also had harsh words for France and Germany.
Then in '98 he was on ABC and endorsed American boots on the ground to force regime change.
I love the Iowas.
Surprise, surprise, surprise...he he he he he he he...
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