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下降し続けるブッシュの支持率を前に、共和党のシニアリーダーの間に極秘メモが出回っているらしい。内容は、米国内で新たなテロをおこせ！と。
まあ、９１１にしろ、ロンドン７７テロにしろ、連中が「自作自演」テロを米国内または海外で、いつ起こしても全くおかしくないとも思いますが、このシナリオで行くと、９１１直後の時のように、何とかブッシュをヒーローにもう一度仕立て上げて、２００６年の中間選挙にむけて、夢をもう一度とばかりに共和党の支持率をあげたいらしい。
あきれて物が言えません。いずれにしても、こんな話が表ざたになった以上、いままでやってきたことだって、要するに全部自作自演テロだったんでしょといわれるに決まっているし、これからテロを起こしても、誰からも、もっとも怪しいのは共和党、といわれるに決まっている。
それでもさらに別のシナリオも戦術として考えているらしい。
１）ビンラデンを捕まえる（または、彼が死んだという証拠を掴む）
２）経済を急速に立ち直らせる
３）イラク戦争の「サクセスフルな解決」（共和党はもはや『勝利』という言葉を使っていない）
ブッシュ政権の「死に体」ぶりがよくわかる「極秘メモ」とのことですので、原文をはりつけておきます。
今や、共和党は高校のフットボールの大試合に負けた後の更衣室みたいな状態ですっかり意気消沈してシュンとしているらしい。
アメリカ国内で今後テロが起き、日本のマスコミ、TVと外務省、官邸その他が
「ほら、テロとの戦いは終わっていない、次は我々が狙われる！」
とか何とか言って騒ぐにきまっているから、その時に、シラーとして、
「で、この話、とっくの昔から出回ってたんだけど、どうなってんの？みんな、知ってたけど？」と言ってのけるのにいいかもしれない。
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From Capitol Hill Blue
FUBAR
GOP memo touts new terror attack as way to reverse party's decline
By DOUG THOMPSON
Publisher, Capitol Hill Blue
Nov 10, 2005, 06:19
A confidential memo circulating among senior Republican leaders suggests that a new attack by terrorists on U.S. soil could reverse the sagging fortunes of President George W. Bush as well as the GOP and "restore his image as a leader of the American people."
The closely-guarded memo lays out a list of scenarios to bring the Republican party back from the political brink, including a devastating attack by terrorists that could “validate” the President’s war on terror and allow Bush to “unite the country” in a “time of national shock and sorrow.”
The memo says such a reversal in the President's fortunes could keep the party from losing control of Congress in the 2006 midterm elections.
GOP insiders who have seen the memo admit it’s a risky strategy and point out that such scenarios are “blue sky thinking” that often occurs in political planning sessions.
“The President’s popularity was at an all-time high following the 9/11 attacks,” admits one aide. “Americans band together at a time of crisis.”
Other Republicans, however, worry that such a scenario carries high risk, pointing out that an attack might suggest the President has not done enough to protect the country.
“We also have to face the fact that many Americans no longer trust the President,” says a longtime GOP strategist. “That makes it harder for him to become a rallying point.”
The memo outlines other scenarios, including:
--Capture of Osama bin Laden (or proof that he is dead);
--A drastic turnaround in the economy;
--A "successful resolution" of the Iraq war.
GOP memos no longer talk of “victory” in Iraq but use the term “successful resolution.”
“A successful resolution would be us getting out intact and civil war not breaking out until after the midterm elections,” says one insider.
The memo circulates as Tuesday’s disastrous election defeats have left an already dysfunctional White House in chaos, West Wing insiders say, with shouting matches commonplace and the blame game escalating into open warfare.
“This place is like a high-school football locker room after the team lost the big game,” grumbles one Bush administration aide. “Everybody’s pissed and pointing the finger at blame at everybody else.”
Republican gubernatorial losses in Virginia and New Jersey deepened rifts between the Bush administration and Republicans who find the President radioactive. Arguments over whether or not the President should make a last-minute appearance in Virginia to try and help the sagging campaign fortunes of GOP candidate Jerry Kilgore raged until the minute Bush arrived at the rally in Richmond Monday night.
“Cooler heads tried to prevail,” one aide says. “Most knew an appearance by the President would hurt Kilgore rather than help him but (Karl) Rove rammed it through, convincing Bush that he had enough popularity left to make a difference.”
Bush didn’t have any popularity left. Overnight tracking polls showed Kilgore dropped three percentage points after the President’s appearance and Democrat Tim Kaine won on Tuesday.
Conservative Pennsylvania Republican Senator Rick Santorum told radio talk show host Don Imus Wednesday that he does not want the President's help and will stay away from a Bush rally in his state on Friday.
The losses in Virginia and New Jersey, coupled with a resounding defeat of ballot initiatives backed by GOP governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in California have set off alarm klaxons throughout the demoralized Republican party. Pollsters privately tell GOP leaders that unless they stop the slide they could easily lose control of the House in the 2006 midterm elections and may lose the Senate as well.
“In 30 years of sampling public opinion, I’ve never seen such a freefall in public support,” admits one GOP pollster.
Democratic pollster Geoffrey Garin says the usual tricks tried by Republicans no longer work.
"None of their old tricks worked," he says.
Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.) admits the GOP is a party mired in its rural base in a country that's becoming less and less rural.
"You play to your rural base, you pay a price," he says. "Our issues blew up in our face."
As Republican political strategists scramble to find a message – any message – that will ring true with voters, GOP leaders in Congress admit privately that control of their party by right-wing extremists makes their recovery all but impossible.
“We’ve made our bed with these people,” admits an aide to House Speaker Denny Hastert. “Now it’s the morning after and the hangover hurts like hell.”
© Copyright 2005 Capitol Hill Blue
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/printer_7639.shtml
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