Al-Qa'ida supporters suggested in a website message this week they would welcome a pre-election terror attack on the US as a way to usher in a McCain presidency.
The message, posted on Monday on the password-protected al-Hesbah website, said if al-Qa'ida wants to exhaust the United States militarily and economically, "impetuous" Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain is the better choice because he is more likely to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read more.
Question: Will this make a difference to how people view McCain, or will it just be seen as mischief-making by either Al-Qa'ida or the media (or Democrats)?
Comments
Maybe it's just me not fully understanding the thought of this.
I agree with a previous poster; I'm just tired of all these circus acts and am ready for the actual election to begin.
That's not the point. The point is to scare Americans into voting for McCain because he is more likely to go after the terrorists (a la: Bush) if he is elected. They want McCain to be elected because he is more likely to continue the wars and, thus, continue to strain the military and economy.
Like the person right below you said: it's "a crude attempt by the fanatics at reverse psychology."
However, if anything, it serves as evidence that they do NOT view "Barak HUSSEIN Obama" as "one of the them."
Which is ridiculous.
I find this somewhat amusing, given the number of times I have seen Republican supporters claim that a vote for Obama (or, last time, Kerry), was a vote for the terrorists.
The truth is, Al-Qa'ida is irrelevant. We need to get our house in order, not bankrupt the country chasing ghosts.
--PolarisDiB
The comments regarding to McCain as stupid or blindly patriotic or a typical Republican further inspires my awe at how effectively the media has pushed for an Obama presidency. Before this election, McCain was favored among Democrats and considered truly bipartisan, as he frequently went against his own party no matter how inconvenient. He differed from Bush on many issues including government spending, torture, climate change, military strategies, the national deficit, stem cell research - all controversial and important issues. Yes, he may have voted in agreement with Bush the majority of the time, but Obama admitted he did so as well: "And the truth of the matter is that the only bills that I voted for, for the most part, since I've been in the Senate were introduced by Republicans with George Bush."
The media brushes off a bipartisan, accomplished reform maverick and war hero, in favor of an ambitious, inexperienced, extreme leftist "community organizer". Why are news organizations and journalists urging us to take a gamble at a new comer at such a crucial time? Do they want to assert the anti-Bush mentality to the point of punishing any republican who dares to run for president? Or do they want to see the first African-American presidency so badly that nothing else matters?
I don't hate Obama, nor do I absolutely love McCain...I'm just baffled at how McCain went from being viewed as a favored political figure to being labeled a Bush puppet.
Now that isn't entirely fair either, now is it?
It's bad enough that we effectively gave them a "vote" in 2004, I think this latest propaganda will have less of an impact... considering that we've all been expecting it anyway (and in October no less).