- The Bush regime is now
working out procedures for postponing the coming November
general election. This is totally unprecedented -- even in 1864,
in the midst of the Civil War, the Lincoln vs. McClellan
presidential contest took place according to the schedule
established by the Constitution and relevant statutes. This
represents further planning for a cold coup designed to
perpetuate the power of the current gaggle of discredited neocon
ideologues and their Wall Street backers.
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- In a shamelessly
partisan move, Homeland Secretary Ridge today announced that al
Qaeda has advanced its preparation for a terror attack in the US
designed to disrupt the Democratic process. One wonders how
Ridge is able to know so much about the specific intent of the
terror attack he says is coming, in particular the part about
the intent to disrupt the election. Ridge said during his press
conference that we are now in a "post-Madrid"
atmosphere. He also confirmed that planning for postponing the
general election is now in full swing.
Ridge's press conference marked a crude new low in the shameless
terror demagogy of the Bush regime. Even Democratic politicians
and CNN talking heads were able to surmise that this outing was
largely aimed at deflating the five-point approval bounce which
Kerry had acquired by naming Edwards. It is clear that the Bush
campaign will rely on a relentless pounding of the electorate
with terror warnings, alerts, and alarms over the next four
months -- in the first place as psychological warfare to
strengthen the regime. At a deeper level, the option of an
actual ABC/WMD terror attack at least one order of magnitude
greater than 9-11 must be reckoned with, possibly as an October
Surprise, or perhaps sooner.
Finally, the Congress is looking into the June 9 incident in
which a small plane lacking a transponder caused the panicked
stampeding of the entire US Congress, including Senators,
Congressmen, and staff. This was a transparent ploy to terrorize
the Congress, where both parties have lately been giving Bush
some embarrassing moments over Abu Ghraid, the national debt,
the budget, and related issues.
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