schadenfreude

> scha'•den•freu•de, n. (German)
> Pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.

from Slate:

> Flirting With Disaster
> The vile spectacle of Democrats rooting for bad news in
> Iraq and Afghanistan.
> By Christopher Hitchens
> Posted Monday, Sept. 27, 2004, at 11:35 AM PT
>
> There it was at the tail end of Brian Faler's
> "Politics" roundup column in last Saturday's Washington
> Post. It was headed, simply, "Quotable":
>
> "I wouldn't be surprised if he appeared in the next
> month." Teresa Heinz Kerry to the Phoenix Business
> Journal, referring to a possible capture of Osama bin
> Laden before Election Day.

I don't know if I buy all of Hitchens' argument, but I do think we all ought to get real. An "October Surprise" would require the admin to be really smart as well as sneaky.

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