Republicans On The Ball…
Buck October 30th, 2006 - 6:37 pm
Cheney links rise in Iraq violence to U.S. election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney said on Monday insurgents had stepped up attacks in Iraq to try to sway next week’s U.S. elections and they were constantly surfing the Web to keep tabs on American public opinion.
“Whether it’s al Qaeda or the other elements that are active in Iraq, they are betting on the proposition they can break the will of the American people,” Dick told Fox News. .”..They’re very sensitive to the fact that we’ve got an election scheduled.”
…Voter disaffection over Iraq, where the U.S. military death toll for October has reached 100, is seen as a critical factor that could hurt Republican chances in the November 7 ballot.
Dick said America’s enemies in Iraq possessed the Internet savvy to monitor U.S. developments, helping them to time attacks aimed in part at influencing the elections. But he cited no evidence to back the theory.
“There isn’t anything that’s on the Internet that’s not accessible to them. They’re on it all the time. They’re very sophisticated users of it,” he told Fox’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” program.
Oh those damn, pesky insurgents. Using that Iraqi sophistication they’re born with to make Dick look bad.
Seeing as how electricity in Iraq is sporadic at best, I wonder what they run their computers off of? Camel gas?
Listen up, Dick… You don’t need smart Iraqis to make your crowd look bad, mmmmm-k?
