Flaunting It

It's amazing that an American President would say this out loud:

Bush said there was intense discussion inside his campaign when the 15-minute (bin Laden) videotape was released (just before the 2004 election), which he described as "an interesting entry by our enemy."

"I thought it was going to help," Bush told the author. "I thought it would help remind people that if bin Laden doesn't want Bush to be the president, something must be right with Bush."

Here I figured it was all the phone banking Osama was doing into southwestern Ohio from his cell that put W. over the top.

So let's see... Bin Laden gets out alive at Tora Bora after we pull forces out to prepare for Iraq... his friends at the UAE and Pakistan subsequently become US allies, giving him a couple of hiding places... Bush then attacks Saddam, a major foe to bin Laden in the Arab world...

So out of gratitude, bin Laden puts out a tape 3 days before a close election, which Bush's spinners immediately define as "bin Laden doesn't want Bush to be President," leading him to victory...

These two clowns don't only need each other, they deserve each other.