I just found this quote;

[greiner3]

All churches beat the devil good, but they are very careful not to kill him!
Wilfredo Hernandez

First, I did not find anything about Mr. Wilfredo Hernandez, at least not with respect to this quote. Secondly, this sure sounds like the admin's reasoning for not producing Bin Laden.

[liberal N proud]

1. It is like bu$h couldn't catch bin Laden

Wouldn't have the evil one to use as a fear factor.

[goddess40]

4. or whine about abortion but don't outlaw it

otherwise the fools might vote for valid reasons

[CGowen]

5. He is at FOX

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/06/internet_absurd.html

An Ohio man says he has located Osama bin Laden in the United States and wants to claim the U.S. government's $25 million reward.

Using an online person search built from phone directories and other public records, Thomas Potter of Olmsted Falls, Ohio, turned up three listings for "Usama bin Laden."

The first listing put the al Qaeda leader at the California headquarters of media giant FOX Entertainment Group. The second placed bin Laden in the office of a Bethesda, Md., Internet firm owned by the son of a former Defense Department official. And the third pinpointed bin Laden's secret hideout as an unidentified location in Hermitage, Tenn

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[AlinPA]

2. Maybe he is their Emmanuel Goldstein (re: 1984)

[AllegroRondo]

3. they trot him out whenever they need more fear

[GuvWurld]

6. One of the hallmarks of fascism

always have a scapegoat or bogeyman to keep peoples in fear.