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Originally posted by theking
I do not believe for a moment that any President uses, or even could use war (our system provides to many blocks against this ever happening), as a means to re-election.
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hahaha. Bush's saber rattling on Iraq was what kept the constant stream of bad economic news off of the front pages in the months leading up to the mid-term elections. The Republicans would not have done nearly as well as they did without it.
Before it started looking like the Repubs were going to take a big hit, Bush was relatively sedate and quiet about Iraq. When the polls started swinging against the Republicans in the months leading up to the election as a result of a constant barrage of bad economic news, all of a sudden there was a constant stream of "Iraq this, iraq that and iraq the other" press releases from the Whitehouse.
It was obviously calculated, because it was so well timed. One press release every day or two, usually in the mornings. Just enough to keep the bad economic news off the front pages and out of the lead stories on the networks.
Kinda surprised the media went along with it.