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Friday, October 29, 2004Non-baseball: UBL resurfacesMy reaction to the UBL tape? First off, I'm surprised to see that he's alive. I had just assumed that his corpse was rotting in the back of a Tora Bora cave. Oh well, this just means we have the chance to end him in some sort of confirmatory fashion. I find it amusing that bin Laden thinks President Bush was talking about an actual goat ("...listening to the girl telling him about her goat...") in that Florida classroom. I guess he's not up-to-snuff on his children's literature. (Seriously though- the similarities between this message and several key points from Fahrenheit 9/11 is a little eye-opening.) There's been a lot of talk about the political ramifications (I think it's pretty clear that the simple reminder of terror is "good" for Bush) and about bin Laden's intentions. Was he stumping for Kerry? Or is it reverse psychology- does he actually want Bush re-elected? In other words, does he have a disturbingly tight grasp on the finer points of American politics (in the case he's stumping for Bush), or does he grossly underestimate the American people (if he's for Kerry)? I'd agree with Alan Colmes' assessment (and that's about the only time you'll here me say that)- bin Laden doesn't particularly care who wins- he just want's to be involved. He wants us to know that he can inject himself into our elections and our daily lives. Fuck him.  UPDATE: Of course the most obvious political ramification (so obvious I forgot to mention it), is that no one is talking about this anymore. And yet another one of the MSM's attempts to push an "October surprise" goes by the wayside... I question the timing! |
