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Re: Question for the Conservatives out there
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 4 Jun 2004 00:49:33 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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I think that there would be a very real possibility that Kerry
would win the election because everyone would blame Bush (as what
happened in Spain).
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This is a point worth unpacking. Although the election in Spain was
influenced by the train bombing, the fact that most of the Spanish electorate
opposed the Iraq war was as least as important. In the US, the drumbeat for
war was communicated more far more pervasively than in Spain, so a greater
percentage of Americans supported the invasion of Iraq (basically because
Saddam posed an imminent threat and because he orchestrated the 9/11 attacks,
remember?). With this in mind, a pre-election-day attack would by no means
guarantee a Kerry victory, even if Bush were demonstrated to be culpably
negligent in preventing the attack.
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You may indeed be correct; I can tell you that if we did get attacked, you can
bet that conservatives would fear a “Spanish response”, and would spin the
attack as an attempt by al-Qaeda to influence the outcome in order to elect
Kerry (who, presumably in the eyes of the terrorists would be softer on
terrorism). “A vote for Kerry is a vote for al-Qaeda”.
I agree with you and -->Bruce<-- that the outcome of such an attack is far
harder to predict than how things played out in Spain, and such an attack would
get the spin-doctors on both sides working overtime!
JOHN
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| (...) This is a point worth unpacking. Although the election in Spain was influenced by the train bombing, the fact that most of the Spanish electorate opposed the Iraq war was as least as important. In the US, the drumbeat for war was communicated (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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