Mark my words, the debate will be cancelled.

[GimmeDANEger]

If Drudge is right this time.

"WASH TIMES: U.S. security officials are investigating a recent intelligence report that a group of 25 Chechen terrorists illegally entered the United States from Mexico over summer... Members of the group, said to be wearing backpacks, secretly traveled to northern Mexico and crossed into a mountainous part of Arizona, Gertz to report in Page One Splash, newsroom sources tell DRUDGE"


Terrorists in Arizona? Bush is desperate to dodge tomorrow.

[flowomo]

1. Mark my words, the debate will not be cancelled

whether Drudge is right or not

[GimmeDANEger]

3. Think about it....

They create a terrorist threat....then they use it as a reason for the president to avoid being in the same area. I think the fact that this news broke at a RW pundit's site the night before the debate it not coincidental.

[flowomo]

6. it will not happen....

but events will show which of us is right

[henslee]

40. If the debate is scrubbed, Bush admin looks absolutely incompetent and

in tha they are unable to safeguard a darn university.

[Vincardog]

4. TELL THE POTUS HE CAN RUN BUT HE CAN NOT HIDE

[nostamj]

2. the chimp admits he can't keep HIMSELF safe

on Amurrikan soil?

i DON'T think so.

would be another example of his 'utter, miserable FAILURE'

[LisaLynne]

11. Yeah! That's exactly how we should spin it ...

if it happens. And is spinning a spin really spin? Ouch. I just hurt my brain.

[nostamj]

13. 30 minutes of Faux News

will reverse that spin, but, could cause blindness, incontinence, ketsup on your corn flakes and ...

[GreenPoet64]

5. If Bush backs out--Kerry should show up anyhow & speak!!

[pauliedangerously]

41. Absolutely GD Right!!!!! n/t

[w13rd0]

7. Oh yeah...

..."Amurika is safer, and the world is safer, and our military is more facile..."

[Guaranteed]

8. OHHHHH.....

Arizona.

*click*

[madmax]

9. but, but

we're safer now!! Didn't they get the memo?

[Lex]

10. Ok. I am marking your words.

We'll see.

Kerry's not a coward so I know he will NOT cancel.

[TrustingDog]

12. erm, is the debate in Arizona?

yikes...

prepare for more of the same.

[MatrixEscape]

14. 25 Chechen terrorists

Oh my goodness! New terraists? Can we ever run out of flavors?

[Maple]

15. Chechens in the US???

Oh that is hilarious!

WTF would Chechens care about the US?

They want freedom and separation from Russia.

Nothing to do with the US!

[scarletwoman]

16. "Chechen terrorists"?!?

That is utterly, absolutely absurd. The Chechens are separatists, fighting for independence from Russia. Their grievances have NOTHING to do with the U.S. This is such blatant bullshit!

Drudge is an idiot.

sw

[GimmeDANEger]

17. Ok...perhaps I was a little too skeptical...

it just seems like the Bush thing to do.

Perhaps the terrorist threat will be eliminated before the debates and Bush will try to use it to his advantage to bring up terrorism in the debate.

[Ediacara]

18. IF Bush backs out and IF Kerry doesn't

Then that would be Bush's death knell, akin to when Carter didn't show up to debate Reagan and Anderson.

Let's hope you're right :-)

[gauguin57]

19. I thought the Chechens' beef was with the Russian gov't, but what do i

know? Hey Tommy, crank up the Crayola Box of Terror to Burnt Orange!

Git yer duct tape and plastic sheeting! Put out some warnings about exploding jack-o-lanterns and Candy Corn of Mass Destruction.

Wait, Bush said we're winning the war on terror. No, wait ... he said the war on terror was unwinnable. No, wait ... he said he misspoke when he said that. Wait... he's a war president. No, wait ... he wants to be your peace president.

President Kerry, can you please fix this shit? Thanks.

[Old and In the Way]

31. great post! .......got a big chuckle out of this-

"crank up the Crayola Box of Terror to Burnt Orange"....love it!

[AmerDem]

20. and this Sludge, *cough* report relates how to the debate?

fill in the major gap please!

[GimmeDANEger]

21. The debate is in Arizona!!!!

[AmerDem]

24. ok, so the stretch is

We are to think that back in the summer a group of terrorists crossed from Mexico to wreak havoc on the not planned presidential debate that wasn't planned to be in Arizona.

[GimmeDANEger]

25. good point.

[seabeyond]

22. chechenian so all the parents can be afraid

sending their kids to school. no ordinary terorist but the one that holds hundreds of kids for days and then kills as many as they can,

and if bush back out, public not going to buy, they already think these terrorist alerts are fake because of all the ones in past to later find out it is old information or whatever

[Mortos]

23. I have been saying there will be no debate for over a week

see the reasoning here:

www.debatedodger.blogspot.com

This is an interesting turn of events and it has the lead on Drudge crappy Karl Rove communications site:

WASH TIMES: U.S. security officials are investigating a recent intelligence report that a group of 25 Chechen terrorists illegally entered the United States from Mexico over summer... Members of the group, said to be wearing backpacks, secretly traveled to northern Mexico and crossed into a mountainous part of Arizona, Gertz to report in Page One Splash, newsroom sources tell DRUDGE...

From the Debate Dodger site:

The second scenario is even worse. The Bush team will create some sort of diversion to prevent the President from attending the debates. Whether it is an increased terror alert, security breech or something else it will be a total fabrication and attempt to trick the American people into believing that it is to DANGEROUS for the President to attend the debates.

This was written on October 4, 2004 by me.

[DianeG5385]

26. No way Bush Cancels

He actually thinks he has the upper hand. He is a MASTER political strategist. Don't delude yourself into thinking his idiotic running of the gov't equates to the running of his campaign and he is DEFINITELY in charge of the campaign. It's what he knows. He can't run a gov't but he CAN run a campaign. We have underestimated him in this. Kerry must keep him from spouting his well crafted talking points but MUST get him on the defensive on the mess he has made of this country as a result of his economic policy which has been disastrous!

[msongs]

27. bush would look like a coward which he is........while

american soldiers are over there risking their lives so bush can run and hide....................

maybe the repubs are gonna create their own terrorist attack and blame it on the chechens.

Msongs
Riverside CA

[JPace]

28. "25 Chechen terrorists?"

I think they'd be noticed when they showed up
at Taco Bell or Burger King or wherever. Where
on earth would they hide? Since 9/11 people are
a bit more observant of groups of foreign men
(other than Mexicans of course). And isn't their
beef with Putin?

furious george being stalked by 25 Chechen terrorists?

I don't think so.

[ciaobox]

29. Bush will show up

Bush will act like a chimp.
Bush will make faces.
Bush will look like the small angry man that he is.

If Bush runs away from a debate in the heart of America from a few guys in backpacks, it would be worse for his campaign than if he pooped his pants and threw it at Kerry on stage (which he actually might do LOL).

This is a distraction. Let's get back to what's important...DESTROYING SBGI!!!

[allalone]

30. let me see if I have this straight

every day thousands of illegal aliens cross our border with Mexico, but someone (who?) happened to notice 25 Chechens with backpacks what? just strolling across? and what? they were speaking Russian? And if they knew so much about them, why didn't they stop them? the fool on the hill had better not cancel the debate because he will be admitting he can't even keep himself safe let alone anyone else.

[NEDem]

32. Its the f*&king Wasington Times!!

'Chechen terrorists' my ass, I think this smells, don't buy it.

[GimmeDANEger]

33. Question for any AZers

How far is the school the debate is being held at from the mountainous region?

[Seabiscuit]

34. Words marked. Drudge is Cheneyed.

The real question is whether Bush will show up with that rectangular bulge in his back.

[Bozos for Bush]

35. Great excuse for another lousy debate performance

There's no way that Bushboy will cancel the debate...however, Karen Hughes, et al, now have a great excuse for why he will suck...again.

"What do Americans care more about - a poor performance in a debate, or working hard every day on the grave threat that terrorists like these Chechen rebels represent to all freedom loving Americans in this nation blessed by God?"

I can see it coming.

Lots of God, freedom, danger, working hard, etc.

[n2mark]

36. IF THIS IS TRUE

They won't make it through the heat of the desert.

[OneBlueSky]

37. 25 Chechen terrorists . . .

3 French hens
2 turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree.

[Starlight]

38. No problem. Kerry can just talk about his policies...

for the entire 1 1/2 hours. :)

[Awsi Dooger]

39. I wish I could bet against all these wild claims

Let's see, cancelled debates, Osama captured, major terrorist strike before the election. I could sit back and laugh and collect, simply by selecting normalcy over conspiracy.

A hell of a lot easier than trying to decipher some NFL game with a 4 point spread.