Terrorism in Boston, the July Surprise?

[Old and In the Way]

McCain's comments today got me to thinking about the upcoming Democratic Convention.

Perhaps I should keep this kind of dark thoughts to myself, but the better Kerry does, and the more the polls show a strong resurgence of Democrats in House/Senate races, the more concerns I have with the convention in Boston.

Flt 93 was probably headed for the Capitol on 9/11....if that had been successful, Bush would have had his dictatorship. Now I know they'll be massive security at the Fleet Center for the convention, but I keep thinking that the entire Democratic national leadership will be in this single location and what a tempting target for AQ terrorists.

Such a tragedy would, of course, require immediate martial law and there'd be hardly a dissenting voice in Congress to disagree. Bush would benefit from this tragedy in many, many ways.....his re-election assured, a certain retention of majority control in both Houses, new justification for his WOT, and no organized dissention on the horizon.

I hope that the Democrats think about this and plan accordingly. Am I just being overly sensitive to what has been rather exclusive terrorist attacks/assassinations/accidents to Democrats over the past 40 years?

[Webster Green]

1. AQ terrorists?........More likely repuke terrorists......

I wouldn't put it past the Nazi scumbags. Their boy is going down in flames and they are getting desperate.

[genius]

2. And the Dems won't get it. Any more than they figured out the anthrax

Bush could walk into the convention and shoot Kerry in front of everyone and the DEms in Congress would authorize him funds to catch some Middle-easterner for the murder.

[jus_the_facts]

3. Yup...

....sad but true! :evilfrown:

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. We've opted not to visit Boston this summer

in case of terrorism. :(

[mrgorth]

5. Won't happen

Rove knows that an attack on Boston, esp around the convention, would get the dems sympathy points.

[in_cog_ni_to]

6. What's the date of the Democratic National Convention?

We will be in the Boston area in July and I was just wondering if we would be there during the convention.

As for the July surprise....I put NOTHING past this administration. I do hope security is as high as possible. Surely the Dems know how evil these people are? :shrug:

[goodhue]

7. July 26-29 n/t

[AntiCoup2K4]

8. Since the pukes claim "A vote for Kerry is a vote for terra-ists"....

....then wouldn't an "Al Qaeda" :eyes: attack on the Democratic convention prove to be exactly the opposite.

Strategically speaking, Bush would be better off attacking his own convention. With him and the PNAC'ers safely out of the Garden, of course.

[Monument]

9. It's despicable for voters to suggest that Bush and the Republicans....

...would attack the Democrats. When people talk about the left losing a bit of sanity, this is exactly what they are talking about. Get real.

Security is going to be absolutely out of control in Boston. I live here. The transportation network of boston: All highways, commuter rail, subway, ferry service, etc are going to be closed (each has their own schedule of closure) causing basically the entire city to shut down for the benefit of a few elites.

The story coming out of Boston is this " John Kerry and his elite friends are throwing a massive party downtown. Nobody else but the elites are invited, so all businesses are shut down, all commuters must burn up their vacation, restaurants will close, and hospitals can't perform procedures during that time. "

Karl Rove won't have to worry about creating bad news for the Dems in Boston. The Dems are making sure that the draconian overbearing loss of personal freedoms in this city will do that job.

[MessiahRp]

10. I don't think it's

that despicable. Look at ths history of our CIA and the right wing extreme actions caused by it. Then take a look at the timing/result of al-Qaeda's attacks and public appearances (via tapes, etc.) since Bush took office.

Strangely coincidental that Bin Laden, whose family is friends with the Bushes and who was trained by our own intelligence along with many of his fellow "terrorists" seems to do things at a perfect time to help Bush out in the polls or make it easier for him to achieve his objectives.

There is sufficient evidence to at least assume probable cause and investigate further.

Just because it sounds crazy in the mainstream, doesn't mean that it's not happening. We don't get to hear but 1/10th of what our government is really doing every day.

And look, if Al-Qaeda was a legitimate terrorist group, than they'd be as bad at achieving their goals as any group that has ever existed because every step they take only hurts them in world view and strengthens American resolve to pound their region further. And such has happened. I don't see why any group would work so hard against their own self interests... well except Nader voters who baffle me as well.. (okay cheap shot I know... :) )

Rp

[Old and In the Way]

11. Who is suggesting the Republicans would attack the Democrats?

I'm suggesting their dyfunctional equals, the Al Qaeda, would do it. True, JFK, RFK, JFK, Jr., Mal Carnahan, Paul Welstone were assassinated or had unfortunate air accidents. True, only Democratic leadership has had anthrax sent to them. True, a Democratic majority might reopen a 9/11 investigation and could reach some rather different conclusions than the Republican Whitewash, I mean investigation, currently underway.

I'm not suggesting that allowing terrorists to fly into the WTC and Pentagon or lying to Congress on a causus belli that leads to the deaths of 30,000 innocents is necessarily reasons for this administration to worry, should their hands on the levers of power be loosened.

While these events could be interperted has a treasonous capital crime against this country, I'm more concerned that AQ will attack again, without telling George Bush what their plan is (dates, location, method, etc.). After all, they didn't e-mail their complete plan for 9/11 and we know this administration's pre-warnings in August ("terrorists", "planes","flying bombs", "Washington, DC", and "New York City") were way too vague to protect us on 9/11.

[Old and In the Way]

12. Gee, you must really hate this Kerry elites.

:eyes:

[w13rd0]

13. I think maybe you meant to take the other pill...

...because clearly this isn't the reality you were looking for.

"It's despicable for voters to suggest that Bush and the Republicans....would attack the Democrats."

Oh, right, they would NEVER do that. They'd just fire into a crowd indiscriminately, regardless of what party affiliation those in the crowd were, as long as they phoned their contributors ahead of time and told them to stay clear. Sorry, but few here buy that BushCo wouldn't do ANYTHING to retain the reigns of power. Many here believe they'd even sign off on violation of international law, launching a war based on lies, circumventing the Constitution, using the deaths of thousands for political gain, bombing civilians, torturing detainees rounded up in mass sweeps, etc. etc. All of which they've ALREADY DONE.

ON EDIT: Oh, and of course, the RNC convention will be free of free speech zones, and anyone can attend </sarcasm>. What a crock of shit.