Scandal Candidate: Cheney and UA93. Yelnick said: "Prechter has gone out on his limb, and predicted that Bush too will be brought down by some scandal, yet to emerge, for actions already taken." My scandal candidate: The fact (reported by Dan Balz and Bob Woodward in the WashPost) that Cheney ordered and then confirmed the order to shoot down UA93 on 9/11, and the suspicion-bordering-on-fact that the Air Force carried out this order, followed by a cover-up. Reason for the cover-up: a) GW wasn't in the decision loop (he wasn't even on the phone!), and his 9/12 public image couldn't have taken the hit. b) "The Vice President killing Americans" (even if it was the right thing to do... it was...) complicated the spin of "bad guys killing Americans," and this is an administration driven by spin.
Also note that while "conspiracies" (before the fact) are exceedingly rare, "cover-ups" (after the fact) are depressingly common... I believe in the latter, hardly ever in the former. The electorate has said it doesn't care about crony capitalism, but it does care about 9/11. Scandals which bring down presidents need to go to the source of their strength.
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