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| Morris: Bin Laden Tape Seals Election for Bush |
| 2004-11-01 |
| In his pre-election message, Osama bin Laden did his best to persuade the American people to cast their ballots for John Kerry. But the 9/11 mastermind's bizarre video may have exactly the opposite affect. In fact, says political guru Dick Morris in his New York Post column, bin Laden's tape "should seal this election for Bush." "Combined with recent statements by Putin and from officials in the Arafat compound," Morris says, "the terrorist's intervention in our election should make one point quite clear: The terrorists are afraid of Bush and would much rather see him out of office." Even the increasing activity by Iraqi insurgents, he warns, is a bid to elect Kerry: "Every day's escalation of violence in Iraq sends the same message. These goons are not trying to influence the Iraqi elections in January. They want to impact the U.S. elections tomorrow. They want Bush out." |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #3 "to the extent any jewish person is vitally concerned about the survival of Israel" I don't know how fundamental Israel is to Jews not living there. Maybe somebody can enlighten me. But in Barbara Tuchman's Bible and Sword (a history of the Balfour Declaration), she points out that when Lord Shaftesbury urged the restoration of the Jews to their ancient lands he didn't have the support of most Jews: the wealthy were trying to blend in and the poor were trying to lie low. Returning to Israel wasn't high on their lists of chores for the day. Presumably the hopes and worries are a little different today. But . . . do non-Jews not quite understand what the priority of Israel is among the diaspora? I know attitudes form a spectrum, and polling can't quite be accurate: there's a difference between what you think you ought to believe/do and what you're willing to sacrifice for. |
| Posted by: James 2004-11-01 1:41:39 PM |
| #2 How can any jewish american with his head on straight vote for Kerry? I recognize their fear and loathing of the Christian Right, but really, to the extent any jewish person is vitally concerned about the survival of Israel, how could they vote for the preferred candidate of the mullahs, ObL and Arafart? This smells of 1972. I cannot see Bush getting less than 40% of the jewish vote. Which means he easily wins Florida and Pennsylvania. Game over. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-11-01 11:28:56 AM |
| #1 Only if the lefty media allows it to be seen...they are not broadcasting the information. http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SA1404 |
| Posted by: jawa 2004-11-01 9:39:02 AM |