When people discuss the October Surprise do they mean Bush will start a new war to distract us and get votes?
347617
It will be a warning to parents not to allow their children to wear President Bush Halloween masks while trick or treating for fear of being beaten with sticks like a pinata!
883194
Well the Repubs hope that ths will help them win the elections. That is why they pressured the Iraqis to move up the verdict date to 2 days before the elections. Hoping a November surprise would help them turn the tide.
879478
Not likely. The U.S has made a bad thing worse. Bush is a war-monger, and as long as he's in power, war is inevitable.
86704
Of course not, it's nothing but a speech every year that means absolutely nothing.  It's a way for the other party to pick apart what he says each time and something for the nation to complain about.  Nothing has changed, there are no great revelations, it's just another speech carefully written by people hired to write speeches.  And this one is planned so far in advance that it is written long before it is spoken and updated on current events.  Bush himself did not speak a word of it from his own mind and I don't believe any president ever has.
909865
I will be happier. Definitely. Safer? No. Because of the Bush legacy it will take a long time to show the world that Americans are good people again. Bush's war mongering has caused hatred all over the world and formed a new breed of Anti-American terrorists. Any new president, Republican or Democrat, will have to have unbelievable diplomatic skills to undo what Bush has done.
11386
No. Polls show that most people think that the Iraq war was a mistake.  There is no support for it in congress because any congressman that supports yet another unprovoked war would not be elected again.\nThis administration has only 2 years left.  The next administration will be much less likely to do it (McCain no, Hillary no,...).\nI don't think Iran or Syria will do anything concrete to provoke it.  After all Iran has been a major beneficiary of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.  It would be nice if the new president would shut up, but I think it's just a lot of hot air.
627589
I think we won't really know the impact of the war in Iraq for years down the road.  I sort of think of it like this:  People tried to ignore and appease Hitler.  In the end it cost 6 million Jewish people thier lives.  Perhaps if someone had taken a stronger stand earlier on it could have been avoided.  Maybe going in to Iraq earlier instead of waiting for something catasrophic to occur will save more people in the long run.  In that respect, maybe Bush is enlightened compared to the average guy on the street.
448871
No Offense to any of your political standings but I feel this fascist Bush will run our country into the ground. We are not able to fight a war started on the basis that they hit us first. Yes, terrorists are bad but you can't get them. So in retaliation this Bush figure comes with his plastic-cored Army men and starts this preemptive strike. \nOther than 9/11 and his crazed belief that Saddam is building nukes, he has no reason to invade another land. \n\nThere are things that can or cannot be solved by diplomacy. Obviously Bush felt the urge to just go in and exercises his 2nd Amendment to the fullest extent and shoot people up. This was a very poor thing to do as a president, because now as we are pulled into this war we risk the possibility that alliances will be formed and we will be caught in another war we might lose. \n\nTo basically summarize everything, my answer is yes.
927518
When it happens in US foreign policy, yes. The midterms of yesterday are wobbling baby steps toward Constitutional restoration and democracy. Down with Dictator Dumbya!!!
1090050
Well come on now... I'm not a Bush fan but it is common sense that if they knew he was coming = he would be blown up or something.
763827
A democratic vote will make a big difference. It will weaken the US. Destabilize the middle east. And leave us open for more terrorist threats. A democratic vote will guarantee higher taxes. And it will guarantee the rest of Bushes presidency will be wasted by all. They will spend our money trying to go after Bush. Nothing will get done. And America will suffer because of it. Voting Democrat is not the good idea you think it is. GO TO THIS GUYS 360 AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT HE IS ALL ABOUT.
488712
This war in Iraq was planned by Bush, Cheney and Rumsfield even before the election of George W in 2000. They were just waiting for the right "excuse" to invade Iraq and 9/11 gave it to them. Justification for the war was fabricated by faulty intelligence of WMD and we are now paying the price for rushing into a war without the careful planning of what would happen after the overthrow of Hussein.Isn't it strange how we have to approve an "emergency budget" even years after the invasion occurred? Good planning all around and we will be a military prescence in Iraq(Iran??) for years to come.
22983
Not yet, I know that.\nBut I have a feeling Bush will do something to change that very soon.
703464
They will be under the microscope for certain. THe real message behind the Nov. 7th election was not just we are tired of Bush, but that America is fed up with many issues. The democrats promised changes, will they deliver? Is the fear ture about tax increases, will cuts in health care be reversed? Many many isues that took them there, will be watched by millions of voters and make for media grandstanding, and after all the 08 presidentual elections will be directly impacted by the actions or inactions of the new congress
861271
They won't wait and there will be a terrible bloodbath. Remember Vietnam? The liberals then whined, cried, rioted and stamped their feet and got us out of Nam. What followed was a nasty bloodbath. Didn't hear a peep out of them when the bodies started piling up. Don't bother listening when they pull the troops out of Iraq and the killing starts. They will turn their heads again and pretend it isn't happening.
877022
election hype...........smoke and mirror and distract from war.
1020691
I am Rep. and I dont believe it ,nor do I agree with it..Why try to predict something that didnt happen anyway?Political bashing is ridiculous when we should act as one for America,not try to seperate the masses..