Choose Your Own Diversion

by matt at 6:10 am on July 19th, 2004 in Politics

I think we can all agree that the Bush Administration/Campaign simply will not allow the Democratic National Convention to dominate media coverage for four whole days next week.

The New Republic reports that:

…according to [an] ISI official, a White House aide told ul-Haq last spring that “it would be best if the arrest or killing of [any] High Value Target were announced on twenty-six, twenty-seven, or twenty-eight July”–the first three days of the Democratic National Convention in Boston.

I’m always skeptical when conspiracies stretch across national borders and agencies, so I’m looking for another story that would steal the headlines.

Possibilities (in ascending order of likelihood): new policy initiative, cabinet resignation, or terror threat level change.

Any other ideas?

Comments

  1. jamie wrote:

    low-carb dog food, wait, that one’s out already. how about low-carb water? or a reality tv show focused on low-carb lifestyles?

  2. rob wrote:

    rumsfeld, tenet resignations?

  3. matt wrote:

    I’m not sure Tenet can resign again.

  4. rob wrote:

    oh they’ll find a way. it didn’t get good enough ratings last time. they’ll re-hire and fire him again, just like mr. spacely used to do with george jetson all the time.

  5. ian wrote:

    Realizing there was a typo in his “War On Terror” military briefing dossier, Bush OK’s a make-up invasion of Iran?

  6. Publius wrote:

    Might I interrupt?