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inaugural week."
ou have to
The story made the Internet rounds
wonder
on
Monday, reaching deep into the
which pas-
Arab world, including the Web sites
sage in the Book of
for Al Jazeera and the Tehran Times.
Revelations Pastor
How proud do you think Osama
De Forest Soaries
bin Laden is of himself when he reads
was reading when
he saw the light and that even a mere threat of an attack
has the American government think-
wrote those letters.
ing of postponing an election?
HARRY
According to a
What message do you think we are
KIRSBAUM Newsweek story, the
sending to other democratic countries?
Columnist
pastor, doing double
When local elections took place in
duty as the chairman
the
Philippines in July 2002, 87 voters
of the U.S. Election
died and 45 were injured. Philippine
Assistance Commission; wrote letters
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
to Homeland Security Secretary Tom
thanked her citizens for "generally
Ridge and several members of
peaceful elections."
Congress with a "what-if?" theme and
In Kashmir, during the month-long
a simple request: "There does not
2002 state elections, three militants
appear to be a clear process in place to
stormed a polling station with
suspend or reschedule
heavy arms and grenades. A
voting during an elec-
firefight lasting about an hour
tion or reschedule
broke
out between forces
voting during an elec-
guarding the station and the
tion if there is a major
militants. Two soldiers and one
terrorist attack."
militant were killed.
The letter followed
In a column written in
Ridge's warning on
November
2002, I wondered
July 8 that Al Qaida
what sort of press coverage
was planning a large-
would take place if there were
scale attack in the
even a slim chance that U.S.
United States "to dis-
citizens would be placed in
rupt the democratic
Soaries
similar scenarios.
process."
Now I know.
Both items produced the typi-
Al Qaida may have
cal partisan reactions.
swung the Spanish
According to CNN, the
elections when they
Republican chairman of the
blew up those trains in
House Homeland Security
Madrid,
but what kind
Committee, Rep. Christopher
of message are we
Cox of California, called the
sending the rest of the
warnings "part of a prudent
world when we think
effort to plan for 'doomsday sce-
of postponing our
narios.'w
elections
for any rea-
"We don't have any intelli-
Ridge
son?
gence to suggest that it is going
Put aside your polit-
to happen, but we're preparing for
ical differences for a second. Stop the
all of these contingencies now," he
thoughts of hanging chads, who stole
told CNN.
what states in 2000, and why we're in
Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Fla., said:
Iraq.
"This administration has a long track
We've elected presidents every four
record of using deceptive tactics for
years on the first Tuesday in
political gain," according to a
November since 1792 without fail.
Washington Post report. "One cannot
Why would anyone — Democrat,
help but question whether their aim
Republican or Green — allow that
was to deflect attention from the
simple
fact to change? PI
Kerry-Edwards ticket during their

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