The rumor I'm hearing: Wash Times says Bush about to announce...

[Rex_Goodheart]

that Osama Bin Laden is dead. This is the big October surprise.

Anybody have more on this story?

[democrat in Tallahassee]

1. he should announce that his campaign is dead

[tomfodw]

15. Big dead. Bush himself said OBL is of no concern

So who cares if - and when - he died? Bush has kept us safe from terror, and that's good enough for me.

:::snort:::

[Alleycat]

2. So

They are defrosting him as we speak?

[Hosnon]

8. Too Late, Too Political

The populace is dim but not this dim. If that is the surprise, it needs to be attacked as obvious politics ESPECIALLY if there is no proof.

[indigobusiness]

18. If the populace, that selected Bush, were any dimmer

you could paint Elvis portraits on them.

[indigobusiness]

11. LOL

Osama been hangin with Teddy Ballgame?

[still_one]

3. Let's assume that is true

why wait

[Sean Reynolds]

4. Something like that would be leaked quickly......

[Rex_Goodheart]

16. Here's the story. Is this legit?

Bush says bin Laden likely dead; A stunned John Kerry replies: "Oh, fuck. Really?"


By Anne D. Kaufmann
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Citing newly declassified intelligence documents, President Bush told reporters today that al-Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden is "very likely dead," and that Senator John Kerry "needs to stop his yammering about our so-called failure in Tora Bora, because such talk demoralizes the troops and, quite frankly, makes the Senator look like he's got that big head of his stuffed squarely up his pooper."


http://www.celluloid-wisdom.com/pw/washtimes.html

[Rex_Goodheart]

19. LOL.... OK, obviously not a serious story.

Sorry about that!

[Sean Reynolds]

22. C'mon, do you really believe it's real?

Look at the headline...someone copied the HTML code of the Washington Times site, spliced in some original content and passed it off as a hoax.

[Rex_Goodheart]

24. No, I don't...

Somebody sent me that spoof after I had heard the rumor it had generated.

[Sean Reynolds]

26. Oh ok....lol

[rocktivity]

5. Unless he can also announce that coalition forces killed him

I don't see how this helps him much--unless he ALSO announces that's he's bringing ALL the troops home immediately.

And don't forget that joke about checking the corpse for freezer burn.

:headbang:
rocknation

[earthside]

29. Osama Dead? Come Home, America!

This is the big problem for Bush if he announces Osama is dead.

With Saddam in jail and Osama rotting in a grave, why do need thousands and thousands of troops in two far away countries where we are not wanted?

While for a moment it might sound like good news (I suppose it would be), with the short attention span of the American people, the elimination of the two 'big devils' in the Middle East will cause many folks to conclude that the job is pretty much finished.

No, Osama stays alive and kinda' dangerous because that is in the best interest of Bush keeping the flames of fear stoked.

[Renew Deal]

6. Where are you hearing this rumor?

[Liberal Veteran]

7. I'd like him to announce OBL is dead and have a video the next day...

...from Osama holding up the paper saying he is dead.

Not that I wouldn't want to see OBL dead, but if this is bullshit from Bush, I'd like to see it rubbed in his face.

[ogradda]

9. oooo ssuurreee

lie number 90 kajillion and 14 from his mouth.:boring:

[acmavm]

10. Well, the increase inviolence in Iraq goes to show how little that matters

Alive or dead, it is now a moot point. The resistance and the terrorist organizations have taken on a life of their own, not unlike Frankenstein's monster.

[oneighty]

12. Darn.

Now we will never know who was responsible for WTC and the Pentagon.

180

[shoopnyc123]

13. Well, this is pretty devastating for the Shrub...

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_10_24.php#003777

[rocktivity]

23. How do you loot 350 TONS of something?

And was it deployable with 45 minutes?

:headbang:
rocknation

[nonconformist]

14. It was a parody.

http://www.celluloid-wisdom.com/pw/washtimes.html

[still_one]

17. heard someone say the swiftboat pukes are coming out with new info

what a bunch of crap

[LittleClarkie]

20. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt

They've announced he's dead before. Without real proof, I would be dipped in shit and covered in jimmies if anyone bought it this time.

Please tell me we're not that stupid. Please.

[DrBB]

21. "Very likely dead" is nothing more than what a lot have been saying

...for some time. I don't see this as some huge earth-shaking thing. Turn up the body, now, that might do something.

[Ready4Change]

25. Too soon.

That's soon enough that Democrats or other interested parties can call into question the timing and get some momentum behind that idea before the election.

I'd think Wednesday would be better for them. Enough time to take over the weekend news, not enough time for investigative journalism. (If there's any of that left in this country.)

Second problem, at least from my point of view, is that I think killing Osama, rather than capturing and prosecuting him in a court, creates a martyr. Almost NOTHING is harder to defeat than someone who's already dead. Killing OBL may satisfy a short term thirst for vengence, but it will fuel terrorist attacks for decades to come.

[dennis4868]

27. Too Late.....

if he is dead it does not matter....the deed has been done... OBL already got what he wanted.....al Qaeda recruitment is up in 60 countries!

[LoZoccolo]

28. Please please please please let it be that!

It's way too late to be percieved as anything but an obvious ploy, plus it sure did take him long enough, didn't it?

[Pithy Cherub]

30. Heh. Is this the bush/rover equivalent of

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner ... at 1600?