Osama’s “Little Gift” To Bush
I personally think the bin Laden tape doesn’t help either guy very much politically, but count me among those who are offended by this :
Bin Laden popping up like a malignant jack-in-the-box four days before the balloting may bolster John Kerry’s argument that Bush should have finished wiping out Al Qaeda before turning his attention to Iraq.But it also refocused the nation on terrorism, which polls show helps Bush. And it reminds voters of their horror on Sept. 11 and Bush’s well-received response, as well as obliterating the recent flood of bad news for Bush.
“We want people to think ‘terrorism’ for the last four days,” said a Bush-Cheney campaign official. “And anything that raises the issue in people’s minds is good for us.”
A senior GOP strategist added, “anything that makes people nervous about their personal safety helps Bush.”
He called it “a little gift,” saying it helps the President but doesn’t guarantee his reelection.
How fucking cynical do you have to be if you’re calling a threat from a terrorist madman a “gift”? I’ve tried to give the GOP the benefit of the doubt when people say they’ll do anything to win, but giving each other high-fives over bin Laden’s tape makes that conclusion harder and harder to avoid.
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Comment by News Bone — October 30, 2004 @ 2:35 pm
Fox Poll shows Bush lost 2 points today Now 47 Bush-45 Kerry in their fair and balanced analysis. Notice there is no Elevated Alert. And, now Cronkite muses that Rove may be behind release of tape. Who is America going to believe Bush or Cronkite? I’ll take Walter, even though I think he was kidding.
Comment by Betty — October 30, 2004 @ 4:04 pm
I don’t know guys! I am really worried.
I do think the tape helps Bush. Americans get kinna dopey every time they think of 9/11. And certain Mr. Osama bin Laden conjures a horrid, gut-wrenching image.
Kerry needs to continue hammering Bush, much as he was doing before the tape, how Bush outsourced capturing bin Laden and that’s why he’s still around to afflict Americans.
Remember, the polls are usually cumulative of the last three days. And Kerry had the wind as his back until…
A truer picture will evolve by Sunday. And then Kerry must act. Decisively, as he did in Vietnam.
Comment by Miriam Schaeffer — October 30, 2004 @ 6:36 pm
“anything that makes people nervous about their personal safety helps Bush.”
In the 50’s and 60’s it was Communism, in the 70’s and 80’s Crime, now its Terrorism.
No matter what the decade, scaremongering has always been a staple of GOP stategy.
And never more so than now.
Comment by Night Owl — October 30, 2004 @ 7:18 pm
“Gift.”
“Trifecta”
Shameful, shameful, shameful.
Rat-bastards!
Ed
Comment by Ed Drone — October 30, 2004 @ 8:08 pm
It Gives Them Something To Do
Well, there should be no doubt about it: Republicans are just jazzed that Osama’s alive and well. Luckily, their jazzedness is misguided. Kos has posts here and here. I remember once talking to my dad about why he never seemed…
Trackback by Bulldog Blue — October 31, 2004 @ 12:59 am
I don’t blame Bush for the fact that Bin Laden is alive, I blame the people who will still vote for Bush knowing that Bin Laden is still alive. By continually giving Bush a pass on his failures (theme of his life, I know), the voters are encouraging his incompetence. What would be truly interesting to know is whether most of those people (who are encouraged to vote for Bush by seeing Bin Laden) would’ve said in October of 2001 that they’d be happy with Bush if Bin Laden was still alive in October of 2004.
Comment by thehim — October 31, 2004 @ 9:19 am
9/11 was the big gift Osama gave Bush and he has never hesitated to use it to manipulate the American people. However, he squandered it by abandoning Afghanistan and invading Iraq. Had Bush done Afghanistan well, he would win in a landslide. I think the majority of citizens in this country have finally noticed the ill that came from his arrogant addiction to power and will vote him out of office tomorrow.
Comment by Becky — November 1, 2004 @ 9:52 am