Woah!!! Bill O'Relly and his guest...

[Goldmund]

...making the point that Osama is trying to help Bush with this tape. I only tuned in during the commercial on Keith Olbermann, so I only saw it for 2 minutes -- but THAT is what they were saying.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

1. but of course it helps bush* ...because bush* is Osama's #1 recruiter!

[tjdee]

2. Do you mean Falafel and his guest?

:P

[patrice]

3. Anything positive OBL says about Kerry, helps Bush which helps OBL

because OBL is Bush's best recruiter.

Anyone who thinks OBL is afraid of Bush is simple minded. Death does not deter terrorists.

Kerry has to be careful how he talks about this because they'll make a connection between that and whatever positive stuff OBL said about him.

Now I know why they call it spin, because my head is . . . .

[Goldmund]

4. Exactly

I've been posting this graph all day. I'm sure Osama has seen it as well, since it's a pretty good guess he has access to the Internets:

[patrice]

5. Part of the point is that it is win win for OBL.

Say positive stuff about Kerry = Bush support = New Recruits.

Say positive stuff about Bush = Kerry support = A chance at a new approach to Palestine and some objectivity about Israel (or Jews, Israel and America (JIA), according to Tom Freidman today).

What people are missing here is that his own life doesn't matter to him. He's not afraid of either Bush or Kerry. It's the Palestinian issue that connects him to his supporters world-wide.

Whether they are right or wrong about JIA, the fact is that their perceptions are what they are. Perhaps we should do something about that.

I personally hope Kerry does something to help Palestine.