# What's Rove Gonna Spring On Us?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rove-gonna-spring-on-us/270229>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 20, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rove-gonna-spring-on-us/270229 "2004-10-20T15:38:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rove-gonna-spring-on-us/270229/81 "2004-10-23T13:50:59Z")

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> [@Squink](#):
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> As far as an October surprise, maybe Bush’ll have [Steven Hatfill](http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6152515/) arrested and held as an enemy combatant.

Arrested and held isn’t good enough for a true surpirse and time’s a little short to complete a trial and execution. Maybe they could just have a team of FBI guys do a drive-by shooting of Hatfill, ya think?

Or maybe Bush will take OBL out of that cave in Area 51 and announce his capture. You know, the cave where Bush and Cheney have been hiding OBL all these months…

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**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rove-gonna-spring-on-us/270229/82 "2004-10-23T14:45:49Z")

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> [@John Carter of Mars](#):
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> Arrested and held isn’t good enough for a true surpirse and time’s a little short to complete a trial and execution. Maybe they could just have a team of FBI guys do a drive-by shooting of Hatfill, ya think?
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> Or maybe Bush will take OBL out of that cave in Area 51 and announce his capture. You know, the cave where Bush and Cheney have been hiding OBL all these months…

But if you open the cave to let out Osama, them durn aliuns will get out too. They’s crafty lil buggers.

I think I’ve figured out the surprise. Karl Rove jumps out of a cake wearing only a thong and holding a vibrator on the O’Reilly Factor.

SURPRISE!! 😃

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**Author:** ![CheapBastid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CheapBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheapBastid)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rove-gonna-spring-on-us/270229/83 "2004-10-23T22:05:11Z")

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[**Surprise!**](http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/10/23/113806.shtml)  
:rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rove-gonna-spring-on-us/270229/84 "2004-10-24T00:13:34Z")

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> [@CheapBastid](#):
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> [**Surprise!**](http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/10/23/113806.shtml)  
> :rolleyes:

That story just says they think they know where bin Laden is – somewhere in the Pakistani province of Balochistan – but they don’t dare send in troops because the province is full of Taliban and al-Qaeda supporters and a U.S. military presence might spark a civil war that would threaten Pervez Musharraf’s government. Which is a case of common sense prevailing, for once. I wonder if that will change before 11/2?

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