The Congress doesn’t need the competition
OBL has vowed to bankrupt the US (it seems the Congress is doing a fine job of that already):
Osama bin Laden vowed to bleed America to bankruptcy, according to a full transcript of unaired portions of a videotape released Monday by an Arab television station. The al-Qaida leader’s remarks appeared targeted to the final days of the U.S. presidential campaign in which the struggling economy is a major issue.
Bin Laden boasted in his first appearance in more than a year that for every $1 al-Qaida has spent on terrorist strikes, it has cost the United States $1 million in economic fallout and military spending, including emergency funding for Iraq and Afghanistan.
“As for the size of the economic deficit, it has reached record astronomical numbers,” bin Laden said, estimating the deficit at more than $1 trillion.
In reality, spending in the war against terror and other factors have resulted in an expected $377 billion shortfall for 2003 — the highest deficit since World War II accounting for inflation. The total U.S. national debt is near the $7.4 trillion statutory limit.
Seems to me OBL spends quite a bit of time following US politics, which I would think would be hard to do for someone constantly in hiding.
November 2nd, 2004 at 12:24 pm
actually it is not really that hard.
In america we pay attention to america, in the rest of the world the also pay attention to america.
It is really odd.
November 2nd, 2004 at 12:29 pm
Seems to me OBL spends quite a bit of time following US politics, which I would think would be hard to do for someone constantly in hiding.
Ain’t it fucking sad that OBL seems more informed that a lot of our fellow Americans? It’s also a fucking shame that he isn’t a blood spot on a cave wall. If Kerry doesn’t vigorously pursue that bastard, I will be the first to publicly ridicule him as “weak on terror.” Even if he’s in China or Saudi Arabia – no walking on egg shells. It’s easy to threaten Iraq. It takes BALLS to threaten China or Saudi Arabia.
If Bush wins today, I think the GOP will come to regret it. Dissent will be quashed even more vigorously than it is today.
If Kerry wins big today, we may have a chance of getting back on track because he’ll work well with the Republican congress.
If Kerry squeaks by, then it’s going to be dreadful. The Bushista wing of the GOP will spend all of its time trying to discredit or immobilize Kerry.
November 2nd, 2004 at 12:55 pm
he’ll work well with the Republican congress.
I doubt it. Neither would play nice.