Dems Fear A Terror Attack, but Not For the Right Reasons

Two prominent Democrats have come out in recent days and made statements about their fears of a terror attack before the '08 election. What's curious about both statements is that the speakers are not fearing the death and destruction that might occur, but are fearing the boost the attacks might give to the Republicans.

First, Hillary Clinton:

August 24, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday raised the prospect of a terror attack before next year's election, warning that it could boost the GOP's efforts to hold on to the White House.

Discussing the possibility of a new nightmare assault while campaigning in New Hampshire, Clinton also insisted she is the Democratic candidate best equipped to deal with it.

"It's a horrible prospect to ask yourself, 'What if? What if?' But if certain things happen between now and the election, particularly with respect to terrorism, that will automatically give the Republicans an advantage again, no matter how badly they have mishandled it, no matter how much more dangerous they have made the world," Clinton told supporters in Concord.

And, in a blast from the past, '88 presidential candidate Michael Dukakis in a conversation about the '08 election:

“We’re not going to outspend the other guys,” he said during an interview in his modest office in the political science department at Northeastern University, where he was the first to arrive (at 7:30 a.m.) on a recent midsummer morning. “We’re probably not going to outstrategize them. And some crazy guy will blow up a building with three weeks to go, you know, and then we’ll be back in Bush-land again.”

So, the Democrats are worried about a terror attack late in the election cycle. Well, we all should be worried about a terror attack that could come at any time, but most of us aren't concerned about such things because of the political impact they might have. Most of us are concerned about our fellow citizens.

With the Democrats it's all about power and the acquisition of same.

UPDATE - Scrappleface weighs in: Hillary to Qaeda: Help Me Beat GOP, Halt Terror ‘Till 2009