Today’s Seattle Times
carries a fairly detailed, cover-lots-of-bases story about Initiative
591 that asserts in the headline that an advertisement for the measure
“misrepresents law enforcement.”
The Seattle Times recommended a “No” vote on I-591 back on July 5,
while endorsing rival Initiative 594, the 18-page gun control measure.
Today’s story on the I-591 campaign claim that I-591 is supported by law
enforcement in the form of two major organizations, the Washington
Council of Police and Sheriffs (WACOPS) and Washington State Law
Enforcement Firearms Instructors Association (WSLEFIA) is dubbed “half
true” by the newspaper’s “Truth Needle.”
A considerable number of Times readers
seem to suggest this story just might meet the definition of a
political tactic long known as an “October Surprise.” According to a definition at Wikipedia,
“In American political jargon, an October surprise is a news event
deliberately created to influence the outcome of an election…the term
‘October surprise’ has been used preemptively during campaign season by
partisans of one side to discredit late-campaign news by the other
side.” This is the last day of October.
The election is five days away, and ballots are already being filled
out and mailed. However, some observers have suggested there will be a
late dump of mail-in ballots over the weekend, and especially on Monday
and even Tuesday.
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