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Democrats Fear 'October Surprise'
AP News - from Tampa Bay Online ^ | Oct 2, 9:56 PM EDT | TOM RAUM

Posted on 10/02/2004 7:05:07 PM PDT by NewMediaFan

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the presidential campaign's closing weeks, Democrats are bracing for an "October Surprise," an event so dramatic it could influence the election's outcome. The capture of Osama bin Laden, for instance.

It's part of American political lore: the party out of power worries about a last-minute surprise engineered by the party in power. Now that October has arrived and the election is just a month away, speculation is rife among Democrats that President Bush and political mastermind Karl Rove have some tricks up their sleeves.

"I assume that it will be something," said House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California. "We have to be ready for that."

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fearfuldems; massachurancandidate; octobersurprise; projection; setup4democtsurpriz
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To: not2worry
Helen looks like Uncle Fester from the Munsters.

Uncle Fester was part of The Addams Family. Perhaps you meant Grandpa on The Munsters. I think Helen is a dead ringer for Grandpa Munster.

121 posted on 10/02/2004 7:49:01 PM PDT by An American In Dairyland (Have you forgotten?)
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To: NewMediaFan
The October surprise I'd like to see...
Is linking the FCC to the main stream media
Heads would roll and roll and roll...

AND......... the MSM big wigs would go OH! DEFACTIION...
We're scewed NOW...

122 posted on 10/02/2004 7:49:50 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: kddid
"Surprise: Video of Vietnamese General thanking Kerry for his help."

Or a pirated copy of Kerry's 8mm movie clip of his swift boat machine-gunning the family in the sampan...

123 posted on 10/02/2004 7:50:04 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (There are thousands of men of higher moral character than Hanoi John Kerry waiting on Death Row)
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To: not2worry

"More likely chain of events, Kerry to Chirac to Saddam....not2worry....President Bush is all swagger and no action!
Perhaps a confession of this sort from Saddam himself!"

This could also come to pass. Saddam will do anything to save his own butt.

Ok I like the way you think too. Lets spice it up a bit LOL

Chirac found a new bit$h so Kerry is of no more value to him so he sends Bush recordings and videos of Kerry sharing the info.
To top off the wounds Chirac sends the media videos of Theresa and John Edwards in bed together, and in those photos Teresa is writing big fat checks to John for services rendered. LOL


124 posted on 10/02/2004 7:50:50 PM PDT by GottaLuvAkitas1 (Ronald Reagan is the TRUE "Father Of Our Country".)
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To: NewMediaFan
The October surprise was the total lies by John "The Traitor" Kerry. OH! Sorry lies by democrats are not a surprise.
125 posted on 10/02/2004 7:51:07 PM PDT by YOUGOTIT
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To: Flamenco Lady

I've been wondering about that Rove comment since I first heard it. Curious that Hannity never picked up on it. I guess he was too enthralled with the sound of his own voice to actually hear what Rove was saying.


126 posted on 10/02/2004 7:51:54 PM PDT by pgkdan
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To: NewMediaFan

Indeed!

This year's "October Surprise" is the people of this country coming to their senses during October!


127 posted on 10/02/2004 7:52:40 PM PDT by Fruitbat
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To: GottaLuvAkitas1

How about a link showing the Kerry's were getting kickbacks from Saddam through the oil for food program for sales of WMD brokered by Kerry through France and Germany! LOL


128 posted on 10/02/2004 7:56:56 PM PDT by Flamenco Lady (4 More Years!)
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To: An American In Dairyland
You are probably right. I never forget that face, but I can't remember what show it was one.

But Helen could be Gradpa's twin sister, with the lower IQ.
129 posted on 10/02/2004 7:58:00 PM PDT by not2worry (America doesn't need world approval to defend ourselves!)
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To: Go Gordon
But that wouldn't be a SURPRISE, everybody already knows that.
130 posted on 10/02/2004 7:58:28 PM PDT by txhurl (Do you have any idea of Hillary's OS?)
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To: NewMediaFan

Al Zawahiri seems to think an October surprise is coming for him and Osama. Just hope and pray it happens.


131 posted on 10/02/2004 7:58:31 PM PDT by dc-zoo
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To: NewMediaFan
...political mastermind Karl Rove..

Yeah right, Rove didn't even have enough brains to see to it that his boss was rested before the debate. Instead spent the day touring damage in Florida. Mastermind my a$$.

132 posted on 10/02/2004 8:01:04 PM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: All

they should fear it ..... they should practice hiding under their desks...


133 posted on 10/02/2004 8:01:42 PM PDT by Gibtx (Pajamahadien call to arms.....)
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To: sartorius

But... that would be..... BORING. And not surprising.


134 posted on 10/02/2004 8:04:01 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: sartorius
If there is an October surprise from Hitlery, it would be pulled on Kerry. Why let him be in the way of her run in 2008? The consensus is that this is the game plan and the Lockhart crew is trying to screw sKerry's campaign.

There are so many Clintonistas already in place, she could step in without even a hiccup...I've wondered if Kerry was just her placeholder. And, of all the FBI files, is it possible she has had a "peek" at his....bwahahhahahaahah!
135 posted on 10/02/2004 8:04:22 PM PDT by hummingbird ("If it wasn't for the insomnia, I could have gotten some sleep!")
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To: Last Dakotan

People are bashing GWB for what he did not say. They are bashing Kerry for what he DID say. I think that's a far less favorable situation for a candidate to be in. Nothing wrong with that strategy.


136 posted on 10/02/2004 8:05:13 PM PDT by An American In Dairyland (Have you forgotten?)
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To: devolve; MeekOneGOP; potlatch; ntnychik; Happy2BMe; Boazo; OXENinFLA; Grampa Dave; Lady Jag; ...


The man with the manicure should not be President.
The man that wears a hairnet to bed should not be President.
The man with the thousand dollar haircut should not be President.
The man who has never stood in a line should not be President.
The man who lives like a King and acts like one should not be President.
America doesn't want a Queen named Teresa either.


THANKS FOR THE PING!


Proud to be part of the Vast Right Wing Blogosphere  

137 posted on 10/02/2004 8:06:54 PM PDT by Smartass (BUSH & CHENEY 2004 Si vis pacem, para bellum - Por el dedo de Dios se escribió)
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To: NewMediaFan

The October Surprise: A full release of the Congressionsl Record for the last 20 years. Boy would the demonRats really cry foul then!


138 posted on 10/02/2004 8:07:22 PM PDT by feedback doctor (Fundamentalist Liberals, Fundamentailst Muslims, the only difference is the clothes)
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To: An American In Dairyland
People are bashing GWB for what he did not say.

Huh? He kept saying the same thing over and over again (real hard work). The sort of thing a very tired man does.

139 posted on 10/02/2004 8:09:47 PM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: NewMediaFan

This is just a case of what psychologists call projection. All the October surprises over the years have been by Dems.


140 posted on 10/02/2004 8:10:56 PM PDT by lasereye
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