Name Your Surprise

You've probably heard tell of a so-called "October Surprise" Bush and co are supposedly cooking up in order to ensure his re-election to the Presidency. The most popular theory: Osama is caught right before the election; Bush wins by a landslide.

Well, the rumors are flying thick as flies these days, so president of the New Democracy Project Mark Green decided to hold a contest: Name the October Surprise. You simply hafta forward your ideas about what the Bush administration is going to surprise us with.

Here's my entry:

In a nationally-televised press conference, Howard Dean publicly endorses George W. Bush for President. He admits to the error of his ways and apologizes to the nation for doubting the wisdom of the current administration's foreign policy.

"It's clear to me now," he says, smiling and pointing emphatically with his thumb tucked over his fist. "Might makes right." Then he leads the crowd in cheers of "Four More Years. Four More Years" before ending his speech with a subdued and carefully modulated, "Aaaaaaarrrgh!"