McCain Adviser: Another Attack on U.S. Would Be "Big Advantage" For McCain

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Source: The Huffington Post

Fortune Magazine is running a profile on John McCain titled, "The evolution of John McCain." McCain's chief advisor, Charlie Black, is interviewed in the piece. Below is a choice quote from Black on why he thinks another terrorist attack on US soil would help McCain win the presidency.

On national security McCain wins. We saw how that might play out early in the campaign, when one good scare, one timely reminder of the chaos lurking in the world, probably saved McCain in New Hampshire, a state he had to win to save his candidacy - this according to McCain's chief strategist, Charlie Black. The assassination of Benazir Bhutto in December was an "unfortunate event," says Black. "But his knowledge and ability to talk about it reemphasized that this is the guy who's ready to be Commander-in-Chief. And it helped us." As would, Black concedes with startling candor after we raise the issue, another terrorist attack on U.S. soil. "Certainly it would be a big advantage to him," says Black.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/23/mccain-adviser-another-91_n_108671.html

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[notesdev]

1. Not in my book

Another attack would be a serious disadvantage for the party which told us it was keeping us safe... would put the lie to the gazillions wasted and all the liberties destroyed by the Department of Fatherland Security... oops Homeland Security.

[elias7]

34. Exactly! Vote for McCain and get only two terrorist attacks in 8 years

[snappyturtle]

2. That premise is just sick. As if McSame would or could fend off

any attack on this country......he wouldn't know what to do if an attack were cyber in nature.

[Mz Pip]

3. Sounds like wishful thinking.

Pleasse please please attack us so our guy can win. what a bunch of morally bankrupt and corrupt individuals. They don't care about lives, just about staying in power.

[Virginia Dare]

4. Get on the phone to the Dark Lord, I'm sure he could arrange one for you..n/t

[truthisfreedom]

5. "Black concedes with startling candor" my ass. He was drooling and his knees were bouncing with

excitement.

They're making the arrangements to LIHOP again.

[Richardo]

6. I don't get it. Another attack on US soil would show 7 years of GOP strategy hasn't amounted to shit

...and he wants to continue that course.

[roseBudd]

27. Most voters are not informed or smart enough to get it, they have been framed by GOP spinners

[crim son]

37. Exactly my thought.

But after four years of total failure, americans chose the shrub again in 2004. Some people are dumber than rocks.

[tanyev]

7. Well, Charlie, which city are you willing to sacrifice in order to give your candidate

that supposed advantage? Please, tell us, so that people can get the hell out of there.

[lyonn]

11. Any city but Phoenix. nt

[MaryEllen71]

8. they don't care

Do you really think that dipshit, ghouliani, and rover boy really cared about the 9/11 victims..the repukes want these attacks because it will help them win elections...gimme a break :rant:

[Bleacher Creature]

9. Could you image if a Dem said something 1/1000th as disgusting?

It would be 24/7 on Fox, CNN, MSNBC and all over the papers. I wonder how much attention this will get.

[tomg]

30. just what I was thinking. nt

[Kolesar]

10. "Killing Bhutto was a good thing because it helped my candidate"

This whole premise is insane. Expect none of the knee pad media to pick this one up.

[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

12. That is one sick fuck.

Where the fuck is the mass media when one of these Repug assholes says something like that? It'll never happen, but McSame really should fire this jerk.

[al bupp]

13. Discussing this on CNN now...

Appears to be seen as political blunder. Showing McCain disavowing the comment during a news conference, but also talking about how Black may have had a point, despite the comment's harshness.

[bluestateguy]

14. After 9/11, I stopped criticizing Bush for 6 months

I should not have done that.

If another 9/11 occurs, Obama, Democratic politicians and left bloggers need to make it clear that they will be ruthless in their criticisms of this Administration's policies immediately as soon as the attck takes place.

[santamargarita]

15. Don't be surprised if there is another False Flag attack! Fascists stop at nothing!

I said last year there would be more State Sponsored attacks...

[Plaid Adder]

16. Bush's "advisors" made similar statements repeatedly in 2004.

I never understood then why people didn't find it creepy in the extreme, and I don't understand it now. But I suppose that McCain's people are using the tactic because it worked for W. last time.

The Plaid Adder

[Amerigo Vespucci]

18. And don't forget this immortal Cheney-ism:

Cheney: Kerry Victory Is Risky
Democrats Decry Talk as Scare Tactic

By Dana Milbank and Spencer S. Hsu
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, September 8, 2004



COLUMBIA, Mo., Sept. 7 -- Vice President Cheney warned on Tuesday that if John F. Kerry is elected, "the danger is that we'll get hit again" by terrorists, as the Bush campaign escalated a furious assault on the Democratic presidential nominee that has kept Kerry from gaining control of the election debate.

[Deliphus]

17. How twisted are they anyway???

So this is how screwed up their thinking is. I've heard a LOT (from conservatives) about how this race will be a choice between "a black man and a white man," hoping racism will save them from a lackluster candidate (McYellowteeth). NOW they seem to be hoping for a terrorist attack on America, too. I guess more dead Americans is "worth it" to keep a Micropublican in charge.

[pacalo]

19. If it did happen, the headlines should read, "Terrorist Attack Was a Political Ploy for McCain".

[marias23]

20. The Nazis Had the Jews, the Repubs Have the Muslims

Scary parallel.
How tidy...
and how sick.

[Javaman]

21. this is like the repubes during FDR's time wishing for another Pearl Harbor.

what kind of colossal mind fucking stupidity do these fucking idiots subscribe to? Oh that's right, morons* kind.

doesn't this kind of statement fail vaguely under sedition?

[DanCheek]

22. So let me get this straight...

Having the United States get attacked would be a good thing for McCain? So, running with this logic, the worse the attack, the better it would be for McCain? That's a cheerful thought...

It's statements like that that show just how incredibly backwards the Republican Party has become. Rather than wanting to do everything possible to keep American citizens safe, they'd much rather keep us on the edge of our seats in constant terror. It wouldn't surprise me at all if on election day, Bush raises the threat level to Neon Glow in the Dark Red and has troops in full chemical gear standing outside of all the polling places.

-Dan Cheek
www.StopLouBarletta.com
[e-mail]

[Stuart G]

23. Isn't a statement like this close to treason?

Just think about it. What kind of nonsense is it to even talk this way. This asshole should be fired, like yesterday.....

[gblady]

24. tatally....

demented and sick thinking...very scary!

[Stuart G]

25. Look at the stink that the media caused about Rev Wright,,,and

the father from Chicago. They kept it in the news forever. Here is an asshole that just about advocates another attack, and what is going to happen with it. The guy says it was .."inappropriate." Mc Cain says the same. Is the asshole media going to forget that it ever happened?

[bertman]

26. An attack before the election would benefit Obama for sure,

BUT an attack before the inauguration of Obama would benefit the sitting President who would declare martial law, round up all "suspected terrorists" (anyone who's ever said anything outrageous on a site like DU, for example) and put them in detention centers (concentration camps that are already built right here in Merka), and pull the plug on 232 years of our experiment in representative government (Sorry, Nancy and Harry, you're gonna lose your jobs too).

The mechanism is in place. It's just waiting to be activated.

Those fascist bastards play for keeps.



Everybody think about what we could do to prevent it. It's important.

[roseBudd]

28. Don't forget the OBL tape before Nov. 04 helped Bush if you were low info voter...

it took smarts to realize it actually meant the opposite.

[chelsea0011]

29. Best chance for victory=dead Americans. What a campaign slogan...

you die, I get elected

[tomg]

31. Between this maniac and William Kristol,

I see a real split in the Republican party. Black thinks the strategy to winning is to have someone blow us up. William Kristol thinks it is to have Bush blow up Iraq.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x150641

They really are quite mad.

[scarface2004]

32. mkane slogan..vote for me or you will die!!!!

i love it...sure to be a kool bumper sticker with skulls and crossbones and the grim reaper and stuff!!

[norepubsin08]

33. This needs to stay in

MSM circulation from now until the election. Also if I was Obama during the first debate, I would McCain straight in the eye and warn him that if there is an attack on the US, it falls directly on his and that repuke party thaty he stands with, shoulders!!!

[bdamomma]

35. these people are monsters

Fear fear and more fear that is all they have.

[oldskool]

36. Dana Bash from CNN said McCain said

the same thing about Bhutto assassination. MSM drowning it out
with Obama snubs Muslims.