A vote for Kerry is a vote for bin Laden

At least that's the claim of an anonymous intelligence official.

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Apparently, bin Laden wants to assassinate some high ranking politicians so people will be scared into voting for more passive Kerry. That most certainly doesn't bode well for the Senator. As I said earlier, pandering to the few disgruntled Americans that feel betrayed by Bush because he led the country to war is great if you want to pick up a Democratic nomination. But it won't do you much good if you're trying to appeal to the country as a whole.

Heck if the USA is going to be scared into voting for a soft leader. That's Spain's job.

Harsh words, but certainly not without warrant. Eventually we'll see in the coming election. But how many people out there 1) doubt bin Laden would be safer under Kerry's watch, and 2) think bin Laden would be willing to kill and terrorize people in order to influence an election. It's certainly not a stretch.

The country is in pretty bad times when we're divided against our leader in a time when unity is of utmost importance. Terrorist-enabling countries must relish the fact that American support for the war on terror is sinking every day. Instead of thinking, "American went after Afghanistan first, Iraq second, are we next?" The public resolve to go after these nations is no longer there. That's bad. VERY bad.

Did anyone try blaming Pearl Harbor on FDR like they did 9/11 on Bush? How on earth could the Unites States have gotten out of WW2 with such a fickle, polarized public?

To be fair, there's always the chance that this official's statement is politically motivated. We'll probably never know. Regardless, it will be interesting to see how this breaking story will pan out.