Cheney links rise in Iraq violence to U.S. election

Is it me, or is there a rise in the level of incompetence in our government? Check out what Vice President Dick Cheney if flapping his mouth over. From Yahoo News:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney said on Monday insurgents had stepped up attacks in Iraq to try to sway next week's U.S. elections and they were constantly surfing the Web to keep tabs on American public opinion.

"Whether it's al Qaeda or the other elements that are active in Iraq, they are betting on the proposition they can break the will of the American people," Cheney told Fox News. ."..They're very sensitive to the fact that we've got an election scheduled."

Cheney said America's enemies in Iraq possessed the Internet savvy to monitor U.S. developments, helping them to time attacks aimed in part at influencing the elections. But he cited no evidence to back the theory.

If Vice President Cheney has no evidence to back this theory of al Qaida monitoring the U.S. elections and are using stepped up attacks in Iraq to sway those elections, then why is Cheney even bringing this subject up when he has no evidence? A week ago, Keith Olbermann gave a brilliant special commentary regarding the Bush administration's and the Republican Party's use of terror against the American people as a means to maintain their political power over next week's elections. Here is a part of that special commentary:

The dictionary definition of the word “terrorize” is simple and not open to misinterpretation:

“To fill or overpower with terror; terrify. To coerce by intimidation or fear.”

Note please, that the words “violence” and “death” are missing from that definition.

The key to terror, the key to terrorism, is not the act—but the fear of the act.

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By this definition, the people who put these videos together—first the terrorists and then the administration—whose shared goal is to scare you into panicking instead of thinking—they are the ones terrorizing you.

By this definition, the leading terrorist group in this world right now is al Qaida.

But the leading terrorist group in this country right now is the Republican Party.

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This administration has derived benefit and power from terrorizing the very people it claims to be protecting from terror.

It may be the oldest trick in the political book: scare people into believing they are in danger and that only you can save them.

In other words, Vice President Cheney is using terrorism against the American people so that the Republicans can maintain their control in Congress. Vice President Cheney is also a terrorist.