--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 7/1/06 10:44:59 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com) > , MDixon6569@, MDi > <snip> > And for those that believe Osama is > > playing Bush and the republicans like a flute, watch for him to do > > something to try to influence the election like he did a couple of > > weeks before the last one. > > You appear to be acknowledging that bin Laden's tape > before the 2004 election was intended to influence > folks to vote for Bush. > > Good for you. At the time, the right wing generally > went around proclaiming that bin Laden wanted folks > to vote for Kerry, in an attempt to get people to vote > for Bush. > > Bin Laden knew precisely what he was doing. > > I'm not prepared to say Osama was wanting Bush elected. However > Osama was trying to divide and conquer. I seem to remember him > saying something about any state or city that didn't support Bush > would be spared attacks by Al Qaeda. This sounded like an attempt > to get people to vote against Bush for their own safety and > whether it backfired or not and whether he intended it to > "backfire" is debatable.
Oh, of course he intended it to "backfire." Bush is Osama's wildest dream come true. I think most people saw his tape as being laughable and an > attempt to influence the election and left it at that. I don't > think it changed anybody's minds of how they would vote. I doubt it had much if any effect. But the way the right wing deceptively tried to use it was inexcusable. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
