Conspiratorial Dates

Can Bin Laden’s capture affect the outcome of the Presidential Election? I think so. Korean dictators used to arrange sensational events just prior to the election and they worked. If Bush can snooker us into invading Iraq with misinformation, influencing the date of his capture should be easy.Maybe we should start a betting pool on the date of Bin Laden’s captured. I’ll pick October 28th. Why? The moon will be full and people do get more emotional under full moon. - Don Park

A few months ago, the biggest supporter of Howard Dean was not Joe Trippi, but Karl Rove.

As a dozen people marched toward Dana Place wearing Dean for President T-shirts and carrying Dean for America signs, Rove told a companion, ” ‘Heh, heh, heh. Yeah, that’s the one we want,’ ” according to Daniel J. Weiss, an environmental consultant, who was standing nearby. ” ‘How come no one is cheering for Dean?’ ” Then, Weiss said, Rove exhorted the marchers and the parade audience: ” ‘Come on, everybody! Go, Howard Dean!’ ” - Juliet Eilperin

Then Saddam Hussein was captured and Dr. Dean immediately fell from grace.

Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean has pulled away from the field in the Democratic Presidential nomination race: his support among Democratic primary voters nationwide has risen in the past month, and held steady after the news of Saddam Hussein’s capture. - CBS News

Of course, some think there was something sinister in the timing.

On December 13, when U.S. forces captured Saddam Hussein, President George W. Bush not only celebrated with his national security team, but also pulled out his pen and signed into law a bill that grants the FBI sweeping new powers. A White House spokesperson explained the curious timing of the signing - on a Saturday - as “the President signs bills seven days a week.” But the last time Bush signed a bill into law on a Saturday happened more than a year ago - on a spending bill that the President needed to sign, to prevent shuttng down the federal government the following Monday. - David Martin

Even curiouser is that every reference to “the President signs bills seven days a week” seems to take you to a reposting of the article above, and not the actual source of the quote.

I won’t participate in the pool, but personally, I hope for this afternoon. Since unlike some people, I still remember what this is all about. Or have we forgotten so quicky?

Update: Now I have to wonder, though, just how well read is Don Park’s blog? It must be really cool to have your ravings echoed by totalitarian theocracies.

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