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Created page with "An '''October Surprise''' is any real or rumored dramatic act of the United States government, that the government deliberately times for the month of October to affect t..."
An '''October Surprise''' is any real or rumored dramatic act of the [[United States]] government, that the government deliberately times for the month of [[October]] to affect the outcome of a federal [[election]]. The usual context is that of an election for [[President of the United States]]. But October Surprises could also affect mid-term elections. (Presidents stand for re-election in four years, but the [[House of Representatives]] and one-third of the [[Senate]] stand for re-election every two years.)
In the 1980s, US National Security consultant Gary G. Sick accused then-Candidate [[Ronald Reagan]] and his [[Vice-President]]ial running mate, [[George H. W. Bush]], of deliberately provoking (or somehow bribing) the Islamic Republic of [[Iran]] to delay releasing the 52 hostages that sympathetic militant [[university]] students had taken at the former United States Embassy in [[Teheran]]. Sick coined the phrase ''October Surprise'' in the book he wrote setting forth his allegations.
[[Category:Politics]]
In the 1980s, US National Security consultant Gary G. Sick accused then-Candidate [[Ronald Reagan]] and his [[Vice-President]]ial running mate, [[George H. W. Bush]], of deliberately provoking (or somehow bribing) the Islamic Republic of [[Iran]] to delay releasing the 52 hostages that sympathetic militant [[university]] students had taken at the former United States Embassy in [[Teheran]]. Sick coined the phrase ''October Surprise'' in the book he wrote setting forth his allegations.
[[Category:Politics]]