October Surprise, (un)Happy Halloween?

Steven D at Booman Tribune has a post titled "Will the October Surprise be a Halloween Trick?"

It was (and for many still is) difficult for most people to accept that our President ginned up one war (Iraq) on false pretenses. Most folks (outside the halls of the liberal blogosphere) don’t want to consider the possibility that he may be willing to do it all over again with Iran. Won’t happen, they say. Our forces are stretched too thin as it is. The consequences, at home and abroad, would be too great.

Who knows, maybe they’re right. But, if you, like me, accept as all too likely the proposition that Bush may very well commence another war in order to gain a political advantage in the upcoming elections, then keep reading. Because I have good reason to suspect that Halloween this year may become the biggest trick ever played on the American people by any President.

And I mean that literally. October 31st. Mark it in red pencil on your calendar now. And put on your tin foil hats, ladies and gentlemen, and follow me below the fold, if you dare.

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