Oh no, what now?
If it's a terrorist tape, I would not be surprised. I had a waking nightmare about attacks ON ELECTION DAY. And if Bush doesn't tell us, he "knew and withheld info." And if Bush DOES tell us, then he's just "playing on our fears." (And shame on Kerry for saying we need "a more nuanced alert system." As I understand it, the color-coded system is SHORTHAND for the many law enforcement agencies, etc. - rather than say "do items a, b, c, d, . . . m, n, o but not p thru z," the government just says "level orange" and all the experts know what it means because the levels have been defined beforehand. Kerry, that nincompoop, should know that. If Bush had made such a "mistake," the press would have been all over him. But Kerry will do anything - lie, cheat and steal (literally!) - to win.
There's always the risk thart a politician will use foreign militayr action to "wag the dog" and deflect attention from other concerns. (Remember the Monica missles?) This is why CHARACTER MATTERS!!! Clinton was a proven liar and felon when he did what he did.
In my gut, I believe that Bush & co would respond inm the manner most appropriate to any threat or attack, even if it was likely to cost him the election. I think enough other people believe it as well, which is why Bush will win.
I'm on another rant. But you get the point.
Here's the FBI file on this California terrorist-hippie:
http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/gadahn.htm
Any election day threat would probably suppress the vote in big cities, hurting Dems, because that's where we'd expect a terrorist act to occur. So that would make it hard for Bush to announce a threat, and if the threat did not materialize, the suppression of the Dem vote would raise a huge outcry.
Are you prone to preminitions? I mean, have you had them in the past and they turned out to be true? I ask because there are some people like this.