Dangerous Times

As I have written in a previous post the next five months are a really dangerous time for America and the world. Mr. Bush and his Administration will do anything to keep their power.
They have brought in new faces, hoping that this will help. It has never helped with any other Administration. They have been talking war, again, but this backfired. America wants out of wars. They have tried putting Mr. Bush out there talking, but this seems to have backfired. We don’t want to hear him. He is such a terrible talker. Most American’s don’t believe what he says. Nothing is helping with their poll numbers. Thirty-two percent approval is not good.
What will they do now, to change those numbers? Not just for Mr. Bush, but for the Republicans chances of retaining control in November.

The law is catching up to some of these criminals, to what they have illegally done to “win” the elections. The phone jamming acts comes to mind. Starting another war, with Iran being the most likely target, is a possibility. I don’t think they can really do it. A more likely event will be a terrorist strike in one of our cities. This is risky, because Mr. Bush would have once again not protected America. But if it is big enough, they could declare Martial Law and the fear factor alone, might keep them in power.

Based on Dr. James Barber’s Model of President’s type of personality and how they see the Presidency, here is part of what Mr. John Dean, a FindLaw columnist and a former counsel to the President Nixon, had to say about the Midterm elections. I recommend that you read his whole article. It is very informative.

As the 2006 midterm elections approach, this active/negative president can be expected to take further risks. If anyone doubts that Bush, Cheney, Rove and their confidants are planning an “October Surprise” to prevent the Republicans from losing control of Congress, then he or she has not been observing this presidency very closely.
What will that surprise be? It’s the most closely held secret of the Administration. How risky will it be? Bush is a whatever-it-takes risk-taker, the consequences be damned.
One possibility is that Dick Cheney will resign as Vice President for “health reasons,” and become a senior counselor to the president. And Bush will name a new vice president - a choice geared to increase his popularity, as well as someone electable in 2008. It would give his sinking administration a new face, and new life.
The immensely popular Rudy Giuliani seems the most likely pick, if Giuliani is willing. (A better option for Giuliani might be to hold off, and tacitly position himself as the Republican anti-Bush in 2008.) But Condoleezza Rice, John McCain, Bill Frist, and more are possibilities.
Bush’s second and more likely, surprise could be in the area of national security: If he could achieve a Great Powers coalition (of Russia, China, the United Kingdom, France, and so on) presenting a united-front “no nukes” stance to Iran, it would be his first diplomatic coup and a political triumph.
But more likely, Bush may mount a unilateral attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities - hoping to rev up his popularity. (It’s a risky strategy: A unilateral hit on Iran may both trigger devastating Iran-sponsored terrorist attacks in Iraq, with high death tolls, and increase international dislike of Bush for his bypass of the U.N. But as an active/negative President, Bush hardly shies away from risk.) Another rabbit-out-of-the-hat possibility: the capture of Osama bin Laden.
If there is no “October Surprise,” I would be shocked. And if it is not a high-risk undertaking, it would be a first. Without such a gambit, and the public always falls for them, Bush is going to lose control of Congress. Should that happen, his presidency will have effectively ended, and he will spend the last two years of it defending all the mistakes he has made during the first six, and covering up the errors of his ways.
There is, however, the possibility of another terrorist attack, and if one occurred, Americans would again rally around the president - wrongly so, since this is a presidency that lives on fear-mongering about terror, but does little to truly address it. The possibility that we might both suffer an attack, and see a boost to Bush come from it, is truly a terrifying thought.

Be very, very careful! Now is the time to let your Congressmen, Senator’s and especially this Administration know that we will not accept another “Do Anything to Win” disaster. We demand that you don’t take this world to the brink, just to win. Win or lose, do it the American way.
No, I don’t expect them to be truthful. I expect more of the “Swift Boat” attacks on their opposition. But I expect them to play fair. I believe that most American’s have now seen through their lies. That they will look at the facts and decide for themselves what is best for America.
I still have hope.