Yes, President DeanKennedyPelosiReid Didn't Catch Osama in Afghanistan

It's unbelievable to me that someone who's spent more than a day in a TV newsroom would take an Osama bin Laden tape completely at face value. But that's what Tweety Bird Chris Matthews did yesterday, comparing bin Laden's rhetoric to Michael Moore.

Matthews: I mean he sounds like an over the top Michael Moore here, if not a Michael Moore.

Are you joking? Seriously, you think bin Laden is an honest fellow? You think everything he says is spoken from the heart? Even the Vice President managed to figure out that his offer for a truce was a ploy (earning him the title of "No-Shit Sherlock" for 2006). Tweety Bird can't fathom that?

This guy can:

"You'd think the only focus tonight would be on destroying Osama Bin Laden, not  comparing him to an American who opposes the war whether you like him or not. You want a real debate that America needs? Here goes: If the administration had done the job right in Tora Bora we might not be having discussions on Hardball about a new Bin Laden tape. How dare Scott McClellan tell America that this Administration puts terrorists out of business when had they put Osama Bin Laden out of business in Afghanistan when our troops wanted to, we wouldn't have to hear this barbarian's voice on tape. That's what we should be talking about in America." -- John Kerry

Where was that John Kerry in 2004...

The notion that George Bush will experience a surge in popularity due to the release of an Osama bin Laden tape is a media creation. Instead of asking the basic facts, like, you know, why the fuck is this guy still alive, the media goes back to their conventional wisdom charts, reads that "evil libruls are soft on terrorism" and tosses out the same old tired narrative.