‘October Surprise’

Although the story has been available for years, it’s good that the “October Surprise” is finally making it into the mainstream media via “Frontline” and Stuart Eizenstat’s column (“The Presidency, by Any Means,” Commentary, May 5). It should come as no surprise that events such as the Chennault episode (1968), Watergate (1972) and the October surprise (1980) keep being perpetrated by Republicans.

The reason the Republican Party exists is to exert the maximum degree of control over the maximum number of citizens for the maximum monetary benefit of the party’s benefactors, the corporate and business minority of the country. Republicans absolutely need to be in power, as opposed to Democrats who would like to be in power. And because greed is such a powerful motivator, GOP operatives will do anything to ensure victory at the polls.

MICHAEL DAVIDSON

Studio City