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An October Surprise?

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In recent presidential elections, the question invariably arises “will there be an October surprise?” to stimulate a candidate’s chances of securing the office of president, especially when it is perceived that the campaign thus far has not been going well. It would usually require something of such newsworthy import and significance in order to provide a boost to otherwise tanking poll numbers and to curry favor with the voting populace come Election Day. Could such a ploy be implemented during the last few weeks of this election cycle?

It is no secret that the Obama campaign has, to this point, not gone as well as they had planned. His promises of “Hope and Change” during the 2008 presidential election campaign never did materialize with the economy still floundering. With another 5 trillion dollars added to the National Debt during his first term of office, along with continued rising gasoline prices and a national unemployment rate hovering around 8%, the president and his team can hardly trumpet their economic achievements.

His recent lackluster performance in the first presidential debate caused his poll numbers to slip even further, wiping out any bump he may have gleaned after the Democratic National Convention. It may be that the most damaging aspect to his chances of being elected to a second term and one that has been highly criticized by those on the right, are a series of missteps that his administration has undertaken recently in the realm of foreign policy.

The events surrounding the assassination of the US ambassador in Benghazi, Libya, along with three American staffers, and how dismally the administration has been handling the controversy of inaction leading up to the terrorist ambush, combined with a series of incorrect statements in the aftermath of the attack, has been a real eye-opener to the American public.

In the recent UN General Assembly meeting in New York with the opportunity to score political points by looking like a president fully involved in foreign affairs, Obama instead opted not to meet with any world leaders but instead chose to continue on the campaign trail and also took the time to make an appearance on the television show The View. With the growing threat of Iran going nuclear and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel seeking an urgent meeting with the leader of the free world and seeking US assistance in curtailing Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Obama could have showed how engaged he is in the Middle East, instead of leaving the impression of being detached from circumstances there.

During his first year in office, Obama met with European leaders and others, in what was perceived as an ‘apology for being Americans’ tour by those on the right. Couple that notion with the recent foreign political gaffes, he is leaving the impression that he is aloof, distant, not fully involved and that he “leads from behind” in how he conducts foreign policy. Obama may need to do something regarding world affairs to give his reelection chances a shot in the arm.

It was reported recently by the Jerusalem Post that Israel and the USA will conduct a “massive” joint air drill in Israel on October 21st. The US is also sending “military operatives” into Jordan – as announced by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta – this month in case the need arises for the US to go into Syria to secure the arsenal of chemical and biological weapons, should Assad’s regime fall. There is presently in the Persian Gulf two US aircraft carrier strike groups – the USS Eisenhower and USS Stennis – as a show of force and to keep the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf open to allow the free flow of transported crude oil through that waterway. Is it possible that there may soon be a US led attack on the Iranian nuclear facilities in light of these recent developments?

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    • Anonymous

      If they dont pull their surprise within the next 72 hours or so? Anything they pull is likely to blowback in their faces. It will be blamed on whoever benefits and kill their election chances.

    • James Smith

      Christians pray with me. Vote for a Constitutionalist like Governor Gary Johnson as a last resort so American’s don’t have lethally forcefully arrest all the traitors. The dc criminals should be arrested (RIGHT NOW) for the 9/11 mass murder false flag of 3000 American’s, Waco massacre, Okalahoma bombing (see, A Noble Lie), war crimes, mass murder war crimes, DU radiation crimes against all of humanity, eugenics, food poisoning GMO’s, being the biggest “Heroin, Marijuana” drug dealers in the world, gross egregious “Criminal High Treason”, Constitutional violations, Gross High Treason, Genocide, major Geneva convention violation; 1.6 billion hollow point bullet purchase to be used against the citizens of America to kill you with, theirs no other reason that’s why it’s against the Geneva convention world laws, they, the infiltrated foreign occupiers of our government want a new world order communist UN one world government ruled by them: scumbag bankers and they will accomplish their Sociopathic globalist dream, one way or another either by skillful TV propaganda or hollow point force. Voting for obama with the knowledge I have from concerned citizens like Sheriff Arpiehole’s investigation proving obama to be a fraud with cia connections, I would without any doubt be committing a crime of complicity to High Treason and I would be an accomplice to a direct violation of my own Constitution subjecting myself to death by the laws of our land as a Traitor, look it up, obama is a usurper “false flag” illegal alien british subject put in place by the new world order banker globalist that paid in full the accomplice TV news propaganda brain washing idiot box and that’s a fact, the American voting oblander will have accomplished the job he was told to set-up, EO’s for the next puppet president, it has nothing to do with race, it’s about Treason against our people and our mother land besides obama isn’t black 6% black doesn’t qualify anyone as black, period, obama is white. And look who the new world order globalist banker Sociopathic freaks want this time as their presidential puppet, the liquidator mittens romney the grand daddy of all scumbags. Your brain on TV Propaganda, the only way a moron mormon romney cult freak could ever be elected (selected) president of the United States of America would to be to have an opponent like the complete national security threat “monster” usurper illegal alien obama, to force Catholics to slap God in the face to vote for a mormon magic underwear cult freak like mittens romney should speak volumes. People do extremely stupid things like watching TV (mass propaganda induced hypnosis, a complete choreographed lie) http://www.infowars.com/the-idiot-box-how-tv-is-turning-us-all-into-zombies/ producing idiots commanded to act like zombies. obama = romney dumbasses and voting for either evil is a wasted vote. I only hate one person on this planet at this moment and that’s romney because I personally think romney is a gutless draft dodging wimp and I would love to smash his new world order ndaa loving treasonous grill right down his globalist banker throat. Voters will be making a big TV news propaganda brainwashed mistake with the monsanto eugenics freak romney just like you were TV fooled with obama, knowing any damn thing about them is through TV propaganda lies and that’s a fact. American’s third choice is Governor Gary Johnson for president of the United States of America, do it. The 11 things I can’t stand about mittens romney. #1, bain capital frauds, (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/us/politics/ex-factory-worker-links-losses-to-bain.html)
      #2, 8.5 billion dollar ponzi scheme http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021263378 and #3, complete financial restoration of monsanto eugenic frankin foods company with their GMO substances that are design to slow kill and sterilize us all, except them because they won’t be eating their own bug poison eugenics concoctions, they all have special protected gardens just for them, isn’t that nice. 10% of teenagers have liver damage as of now and that’s a fact that has never been heard of before in human history. #4, romney’s health care plan was the blueprint for obama’s death care plan. #5, mitt romney is a serious serial violent criminal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jngor81CRE0 #6, major tax evasion fraud criminal won’t release his tax returns because they would implicate his gigantic thefts. I wonder how much of the 8.5 billion ponzi scheme romney has stashed, he could have paid off federal judges, I hear their expensive, 3 million cash can take care of business. #7, Major election fraud, Felony bribery, blatant vote buying with video recorded evidence, physical violence and blatant ballot theft, all very serious PROVABLE crimes against all American’s. #8, NDAA concentration camps lovers are in fact confessed Treasonous Traitors, period. mittens romney is a confessed NDAA lover and a provable Treasonous Traitor. #9, No constitutional rights or due process, romney’s job is to imprison 10,000,000 dissidents. #10 MITT ROMNEY IS A HABITAUL BLATANTLY OBVIOUS BOLD FACE LYING SOCIOPATHIC SCUM BAG http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG7c7m37geI&feature=related And http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaXN3Iy-7AM&feature=related #11 the complete jackass mitt romney has no compassion for a terminally ill cancer patient, is a sure sign of being a blatant sociopath http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNv7lY-ZhKA and http://www.damninteresting.com/the-unburdened-mind/ check this out http://www.infowars.com/romney-will-fight-medical-marijuana-tooth-and-nail/ Christian killing NDAA loving magic underwear romney is a blatant Treasonous Traitor and obama is also a blatant Christian killing Treasonous Traitor and what I’ve said here is all provable facts. 11/06/2012 is the last important date where American’s will be able to restore our constitution but so long, America didn’t wake up the regurgitating TV left right paradigm propaganda watching fools, so were screwed without a Mr. Gary Johnson last minute grass roots effort. If American’s vote for romney or obama I hope you get your ass beat as a Traitor because I’m sick of your blatant Treason, I can’t handle it anymore. Mayday mayday warning wake-up help already but I guess this is what you’ll get when you ask for help from an entire police dept. sit back and get comfy watch your friends at work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn8CE5ISUSw&feature=relmfu

      • Anonymous

        :lol: Vote for Gary Johnson, split the Republican vote in California, and have that state dedicate its electoral college votes to Obama. Idiot. Nobody in the rest of the country has heard of this Obama plant, so he’s never going to win the Presidency. Might just as well vote for a snowflake. :lol:

    • Rex Heatho

      Looks like we’re about to find out what the ACTUAL october surprise is: http://octsurprise.com

    • kigginit

      What kind of crap is this? I know the man’s a fraud, but I’m GLAD he wouldn’t meet with Nuttyahoo! Romney, on the other hand, has already sold himself to Israel.

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