Dave Hall wrote:

On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 16:01:55 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Jim wrote:

In a major exclusive, Newsweek reports the Bush administration is exploring
legal justifications for postponing the November 2004 election
(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5411741/site/newsweek/) in the event of a
terrorist attack close to the election. In pushing for the authority to
suspend democracy for the first time in America's history, the White House
is seizing on the right-wing myth that the Spanish election was won by al
Qaeda, instead of being lost by a government that lied to its people
(http://www.americanprogress.org/site...RJ8OVF&b=38377) . And
while the administration has trumpeted the prospect that al Qaeda might seek
to disrupt the U.S. election, "counterterrorism officials concede they have
no intelligence about any specific plots."



Indeed, the fear of losing and the fear of indictments are driving the
neocons into a foaming-at-the-mouth frenzy.


If that were truly the reason, what good would postponing (the
inevitable) accomplish?

Dave


It buys time.

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 07:31:47 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Dave Hall wrote:

On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 16:01:55 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Jim wrote:

In a major exclusive, Newsweek reports the Bush administration is exploring
legal justifications for postponing the November 2004 election
(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5411741/site/newsweek/) in the event of a
terrorist attack close to the election. In pushing for the authority to
suspend democracy for the first time in America's history, the White House
is seizing on the right-wing myth that the Spanish election was won by al
Qaeda, instead of being lost by a government that lied to its people
(http://www.americanprogress.org/site...RJ8OVF&b=38377) . And
while the administration has trumpeted the prospect that al Qaeda might seek
to disrupt the U.S. election, "counterterrorism officials concede they have
no intelligence about any specific plots."



Indeed, the fear of losing and the fear of indictments are driving the
neocons into a foaming-at-the-mouth frenzy.


If that were truly the reason, what good would postponing (the
inevitable) accomplish?

Dave


It buys time.

Time for what? Time is not Bush's friend here. Unless, you are cooking
aup yet another conspiracy theory which involves WMD, OBL, and some
manufactured news that will suddenly improve Bush's image.

Dave