Good, good good. I hope Rove did plan it.
Rove tries to steal another election
By podcasts@redstate.com (Redstate Network) on 2006
It was reported several weeks ago that the verdict in the trial of former Iraq overlord and despot Saddam Hussein will be read on November 5, the Sunday before the U.S. midterms!
"Sentences for those found guilty will be issued the same day, chief investigating judge Raid Juhi told The Associated Press.
The former Iraqi leader could be hanged if convicted. However, he could appeal the sentence to a higher, nine-judge court. His co-defendants include his former deputy, Taha Yassin Ramadan, and his half-brother and former intelligence chief Barzan Ibrahim.
The trial began a year ago with the eight defendants facing charges arising from the deaths of nearly 150 Shiites from the town of Dujail after a 1982 assassination attempt against Saddam in the town north of Baghdad."
The lefty site Media Matters form America offers this story: Media Should be Asking How and Why Saddam Verdict Was Set for Two Days Before Midterm Elections.
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The wild-eyed bit of moonbattery opens:
"The Bush administration has a long history of timing national security-related actions with the political calendar, and the media should be asking if it has done so again. The verdict of the Saddam Hussein trial, which was originally scheduled to be announced on October 16, 2006, has been postponed until November 5, 2006, just two days before the U.S. midterm elections.
Given the importance of the midterm elections, the administration's documented history of manipulating Iraq and terrorism announcements for political gain, and the heavy influence of the U.S. on the Iraqi court, David Brock, President and CEO of Media Matters for America, today called on the media to question the new date set for the release of the Saddam verdict."
Given David Brock's documented and admitted history of making stuff up to fill whatever partisan void he finds in his life, the first thought on our minds should be: "Cry me a river."
Of course, Brock wears a tinfoil hat. I don't. |
