Kasz216 on 17 July 2012
| Nem said: Basically propaganda to hurt his reelection chances. As they say in Dune: Fear is the mind killer. |
Actually, generally assassnation threats and attempts INCREASES ones chance of election.
If it was "propagnda" released by anyone, it would likely be Obama or an Obama supporter.
I mean, think about every TV show you've ever seen, faked assassnation attempts are always done to boost public opinion and rally around the candidate. Like Khan mentioned earlier, assassanations tend to open the door for legislation that wouldn't be passed otherwise.
Only notable exception was Lincoln, but it opened the door for "More Northern" polcies then lincoln wanted, and hurt the assassain anyway,
