Sep 23 2006
The dead Bin Laden thing
So, now, apparently, there is a rumor out there that the French have found out that Osama Bin Laden is possibly gravely ill or even dead from typhoid. So if this turns out to be true, what are the ramifications of this, especially in regards to the upcoming election?
If true, either way it isn’t gonna help the Republicans, because there goes their #1 boogeyman. What I’m intrigued of, to get off into la-la land for a minute, is the possibility that he is dead and the Repubs already knew this, and it was going to be their ‘October surprise’ right before the election. I’m sure it would have been framed that he was ‘taken out’ by U.S. special forces, or something like that. Then another big hurrah for Bush, because he ‘got’ Bin Laden.
As much as I’d like to see bin Laden brought to justice, I really hope the above scenario turns out to be true. What would make it even better is if somehow the above-said plan was leaked out from somebody in the gov’t. The schadenfreude we’d be feeling knowing that Rove and Co.’s plan backfired on them would be mighty high, indeed, and that it was revealed by the right’s favorite country to beat up on, France, would make it even sweeter. Let’s keep our fingers crossed on this one.
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