october surprise: bush delivers mass eulogy at arlington

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our fearful commander-in-thief, who has not yet attended a single soldier's funeral, who has not permitted photos of flag-draped coffins, and who has not yet even acknowledged that our soldiers are being killed, will surely do SOMETHING before the elections.

my guess:

he will do something official and combine it with a HUEUEUEUEUGE patriotic/military ceremony. i imagine he will dedicate a portion of arlington cemetary to soldiers fallen in the glorious war on terror. he will sign something, and deliver a eulogy for all the soldiers -- or maybe another tomb-of-the-unknown monument. much military fanfare, many, many flags, and many fox announcers insisting that, whatever speech he reads, it rivals the gettysburg address.

why do i think they'll do this?

because it's exactly what i would advise bush to do, were i his strategist, and presuming my brain survived the transition to pure evil.


whaddya think, and how do we counter the MASSIVE surge in the polls that something like this would surely generate?

[CaptAhab]

1. Not a whole lot you can do...

Well, if this were a civilized country, we could stage massive protests, but you know that they are going to have a "first amendment zone" 25 miles away... The only hope is that the people will see through this bullshit, like they saw through the Thanksgiving turkey bullshit. I've been watching the polls closely, and so far I haven't seen any statistically significant change in his ratings, so I like to think that the citizens of this country are finally waking up.

What I think is more likely to cause a surge of approval ratings is if they declare the war in Iraq a success, and withdraw all troops, leaving the Iraqis to their own fate. Perhaps the best way to counter that is to get soldiers and their families to talk...

[newyawker99]

3. Hi sun6302!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[soothsayer]

2. i doubt he will do this

kkkarl won't want to remind folks of all the lives lost. they're doing their best to cover that up right now, so I doubt they'll be trotting out the numbers just before the election.

I just don't see how it would help him do anything except get people upset.

but heck, i don't know