Sunday, October 31, 2004
"Little gift" = Load of Crap
Unbelievably, GOP stategists have called the tape of Osama bin Laden released on Friday "a little gift," noting that "anything that makes people nervous about their personal safety helps Bush." That's an outright admission that they are campaigning on fear, which is all they've got left.
And they are campaigning based on twisted logic, as this NYT piece points out:
"The Bushies' campaign pitch follows their usual backward logic: Because we have failed to make you safe, you should re-elect us to make you safer. Because we haven't caught Osama in three years, you need us to catch Osama in the next four years. Because we didn't bother to secure explosives in Iraq, you can count on us to make sure those explosives aren't used against you."
That's right, a reminder of Bush's incompetence, failure to capture OBL in Tora Bora when he had a chance to, and distraction from OBL in rushing to war with Iraq is a "gift," much like the "gift" that the yellow dog leaves in the backyard--in other words, "a load of crap."
Here's more:
Reuters > Op-Ed Columnist: Will Osama Help W.?
The New York Times > Opinion > Did U.S. mistakes let bin Laden escape from Afghanistan 3 years ago?
And here's a statement on the OBL tape from 9/11 widows Kristen Breitweiser and Monica Gabrielle:
"We cried when we saw the tape on Friday of Osama Bin Laden. He's tanned and healthy. He does not look desperate or scared. He does not look like a man on the run.
Three years ago, President Bush promised us he would capture Osama Bin Laden--Dead or Alive. He didn't do that.
The man that murdered our husbands, is back terrorizing our country again. The videotape of him has brought us back to 9/11. We feel threatened. We feel vulnerable. We are scared.
Our question to President Bush is: Why didn't you catch him when you promised us you would? Why is this mass murderer--this madman-- still out there making videotapes and terrorizing our country three years after you promised our country that you would make us safe from him? President Bush, why cant you keep us safe from this madmen?"
And Bush is running on a platform of keeping America safer? I'll say it again--what a load of crap.
And they are campaigning based on twisted logic, as this NYT piece points out:
"The Bushies' campaign pitch follows their usual backward logic: Because we have failed to make you safe, you should re-elect us to make you safer. Because we haven't caught Osama in three years, you need us to catch Osama in the next four years. Because we didn't bother to secure explosives in Iraq, you can count on us to make sure those explosives aren't used against you."
That's right, a reminder of Bush's incompetence, failure to capture OBL in Tora Bora when he had a chance to, and distraction from OBL in rushing to war with Iraq is a "gift," much like the "gift" that the yellow dog leaves in the backyard--in other words, "a load of crap."
Here's more:
Reuters > Op-Ed Columnist: Will Osama Help W.?
The New York Times > Opinion > Did U.S. mistakes let bin Laden escape from Afghanistan 3 years ago?
And here's a statement on the OBL tape from 9/11 widows Kristen Breitweiser and Monica Gabrielle:
"We cried when we saw the tape on Friday of Osama Bin Laden. He's tanned and healthy. He does not look desperate or scared. He does not look like a man on the run.
Three years ago, President Bush promised us he would capture Osama Bin Laden--Dead or Alive. He didn't do that.
The man that murdered our husbands, is back terrorizing our country again. The videotape of him has brought us back to 9/11. We feel threatened. We feel vulnerable. We are scared.
Our question to President Bush is: Why didn't you catch him when you promised us you would? Why is this mass murderer--this madman-- still out there making videotapes and terrorizing our country three years after you promised our country that you would make us safe from him? President Bush, why cant you keep us safe from this madmen?"
And Bush is running on a platform of keeping America safer? I'll say it again--what a load of crap.
