Terrorism and the ballot box
Way back in my AP days, just as the Afghanistan war was getting underway, I wrote about the difficulties minorities face in special forces in the U.S. military. Blacks made up 20 percent of the military but just 4 percent of special forces.
In the process, I uncovered a federally commissioned Rand Institute report, that concluded that, yes, minorities fear racism in the elite units - but added that the researchers were not qualified to assess whether there was racism.
Imagine that.
As far as I recall, the institute - an independent think tank with close government ties - charged taxpayers close to $400,000 for those insights.
I marveled then at how government is ready to pay big bucks for, well, the bleeding obvious.
Now Rand's come out with a report that uses Israeli data to show that terrorist attacks close to an election affect the outcome of the election.
Hmmmm.
Via Andrew Sullivan, Matthew Iglesias and The Monkey Cage (whew!)
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OOPS, my first link should have been to the story, not the comments section. Here’s the corrected URL
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Yonason
10/13/08 04:34 PM
AND IT’S OBAMA’S SURROGATES, ACORN, WHO ARE AMONG THOSE DOING THE TERRORIZING!
http://www.israpundit.com/2008/?p=3833#comments
And he, or some close to him, may even have to go to jail for it.
http://community.marketwatch.com/groups/us-politics/topics/clintons-file-rico-suit-against
Also, Obama is “reaching out” to Muslims, like Mahdi Bray…
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2008/10/obamas_muslim_o.html
“In October 1998, Mahdi Bray coordinated and led a Washington rally of 2,000 people, during which he played the tambourine as the crowd repeated, “Let’s all go into jihad, and throw stones at the face of the Jews.”
On Dec. 22, 2000, Bray organized and spoke at a rally outside the White House at which the emcee and crowd chanted responsively in Arabic: “O Jews, the Army of Muhammad is coming for you!” The Nazi swastika was openly displayed.”
PLEASE THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE!