McCain Campaign Hopes For Terror Attack To Swing Vote

McCain strategist, Charlie Black, said to Fortune Magazine that another terrorist attack on the U.S. would be a “big advantage” to the McCain campaign. He also claimed the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in 2007 “helped” the campaign in the past, supposedly re-emphasizing how John McCain was ready for the position of Commander-in-Chief.

This is just one of the latest in a series of neo-con statements that terrorist attacks and other “unfortunate events” would prove “helpful” for future agendas.

Top McCain strategist Charlie Black tells Fortune Magazine that a terrorist attack on U.S. soil would aid the Arizona Senator to overturn Barack Obama’s lead and be a “big advantage” in helping him become President.

In an article entitled “The evolution of John McCain,” Black notes that the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in December “helped” the McCain campaign because it gave the Senator an opportunity to grandstand as a tough would-be Commander-in-Chief.

Black then brazenly points out that another 9/11-style attack would give the McCain campaign the boost it needs to claw back Barack Obama’s estimated 7 per cent lead over the Senator.

The assassination of Benazir Bhutto in December was an “unfortunate event,” says Black. “But his knowledge and ability to talk about it reemphasized that this is the guy who’s ready to be Commander-in-Chief. And it helped us….

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