The one hail Mary that has yet to be pulled out of the bag....

[Aviation Pro]

...the Prick/Pornstar campaign has promised fireworks 72 hours before the GE. As mentioned on Randi Rhodes show as it was wrapping up, the only event that would cause such a sudden seismic shift would be the capture of....wait for it....Osama bin Laden.

[Left Is Write]

1. And if the American public suspected for one minute

that these people had Osama bin Laden and SAT ON THAT INFO for these weeks/months of the campaign, there would be hell to pay.

Edited to add, why would they announce something like "fireworks three days before the election"? Doesn't that pretty much admit that they have game-changing information of critical interest to the public and are simply choosing not to disclose it?

[LunaSea]

2. You don't think people would feel extraordinarily used in such a situation?

It would be such transparent theater.
But noting the recent activity on the Pakistan border, I suppose they'd be foolish enough to try.

[dave29]

then there would be zero reason for those that thought McCain was the right choice

to vote for him. Osama would be gone, and we could finally move on.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. If they've got any new major mud to sling, they'll wait until after the last debate

when Obama doesn't have a national platform from which to rebut it. I have no idea what they could possibly bring up out of the muck and mire, but I'm waiting for something, probably in the last week of the campaign.

[Essene]

12. you think they're holding back? throw the kitchen sink but save the good stuff until after a loss?

no way

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

22. A loss? I'm talking about the last week before the election

When Obama would have less time to rebut and react. It's been known to happen in political campaigns. And I never suggested that there wasn't a lot of mud being slug right now.

[1corona4u]

4. That's bullshit....

no one cares about him. Not even Bush. Remember, he had nothing to do with 911. :sarcasm:

But I think most people are well past that having any effect on them.

[msallied]

6. And according to Dana Perrino,

Osama wasn't even the mastermind behind 9/11. Kahlid Shiek Mohammed was, and we already got him! :eyes:

[msallied]

5. This same concern was circulating in 2004. Jeez.

They fucking WISH they could do something like that. The dude is dead. Mark my words.

[AZ Criminal JD]

15. Also circulated in Oct., 2006.

[SurfingAtWork]

7. I think in the last 72, we'll see a slimegasm by the GOP and 527's

And there won't be anywhere they won't go, this includes stuff like LS, whitey tape, Obama's citizenship. I don't think there is anything they won't bring up.

[msallied]

8. Also wanted to add: seven years after 9/11. Too little too late.

Too much time has past and too many lives lost now in two wars. In a way, the Bush administration was right recently. Osama just doesn't really matter anymore.

[damntexdem]

9. Or a military coup?

Throw a temper tantrum and demand everyone's vote, or else?

[AndyTiedye]

10. Isn't It Bad Form to Announce an "October Surprise" In Advance?

It kind of spoils the surprise a bit, doesn't it?

[Essene]

11. even the capture of OBL wont save Mccain...

[book_worm]

13. With the economy the way it is that wouldn't be enough to win it for McCain

this is an economic/domestic affairs election. So what if bin Laden is captured, it certainly wasn't McCain who did it. It might win him a point or two but it isn't going to save anybody's house, job or provide health care.

[wishlist]

14. That's what the recent air raids at Afghan/Pakistan border are all about

Bush probably gave orders for a last ditch effort to go after Bin Laden.

[smoochpooch]

16. McCain wouldn't have anything to do with the capture, so why would he benefit?

McCain has ignored Afghanistan. It would help Bush look a little better in some people's eyes (I myself might cut him some slack for a day or two), but unless they find him in Iraq, it can't help McCain.

[tishaLA]

17. where did this 72 hours before the GE story come from?

I heard Randi talking about it, but I don't know its genesis

ETA: OK, I found it. Limbaugh.

[windbreeze]

18. I find I can't even subject myself to that ranting...

it almost made me sick...wb ps: but I don't trust them any further than I could throw them either..

[SoCalDemGrrl]

23. Thanks for the cache..pretty scary stuff from the ol Limbo

[TheKentuckian]

19. I fail to see how Bin Laden's capture

would affect the race at all, unless McHoover goes over there with a Bowie knife clinched between his teeth and brings him in personally and even that might have minimal effects.

[Generic Brad]

20. We shouldn't discount this surprise

Because McCain will follow Osama to the gates of hell. Only he knows how to find him, my friends. :sarcasm:

[mscuedawg]

21. That has to be it! McCain has said several times...

that he knows where Bin Laden is...and he's not tellin' unless he's elected!!!!! He's more immature than my 8 y/o...

:banghead: