Once Again a Vote for John Kerry is a Vote Al Qaeda. Republican speaker of the House Dennis Hastert made had the following comments with Vice President Dick Cheney by his side during an campaign stop in Illinois:

Hastert said al Qaeda “would like to influence this election” with an attack similar to the train bombings in Madrid days before the Spanish national election in March.

When a reporter asked Hastert if he thought al Qaeda would operate with more comfort if Kerry were elected, the speaker said, “That’s my opinion, yes.”