I can't decide what to think about this having possibly happened on 9/9/2000, in the last two months of the presidential campaign (as well as campaigns for a zillion other important offices from national to local level). Would Clintoon have managed to just barely pull off enough of an acceptable response to cause a nationwide wave of patriotism that ended up benefitting Democrats across the board? Or would he have so massively screwed it up as to favor the GOP? I know how we all WANT to answer that question, but he is Slick Willie after all ... his pollsters just might have figured out some sort of non-response response that gave him, say, a 60-70% approval rating; nothing by the standards of what Bush has accomplished, but far more than enough to put Gore in, give both houses of Congress back to the Dems ... yeesh.
But then, this guy could be full of Barbra Streisand. His "confessions" don't seem to totally mesh with everything else we've learned over the last few months. For one, September 9, 2000 was a Saturday; a weekend day would be the worst possible choice if you wanted to inflict maximum damage, since 90% of the potential victims would be at home, not work. Maybe this guy is just saying what the authorities want to hear in order to gain a little favor.
I can't decide what to think about this having possibly happened on 9/9/2000, in the last two months of the presidential campaign (as well as campaigns for a zillion other important offices from national to local level). I know what to think. I think clinton would have used it to every advantage and from the moment of strike the campaign themes would have changed to "Don't change horses in midstream." I think it would have pushed the election to Gore because Bush was portrayed as not having any experience in foreign policy.
Thank God that that did not happen.