Just curious: Anyone hear mention of Osama bin Laden at the convention yesterday? I heard lots of talk about 9/11 and Saddam, but OBL/UBL was MIA.
Isn't that odd? Here are the stats from last night's official transcripts:
Total
9/11 references: 18 [21, including references to other dates in Sept 2001]
Saddam: 15
bin Laden: 0
Al Qaeda: 4
[individual stats after the jump]
[cross-posted at Sid's Fishbowl]
Rudy Giuliani
9/11 references: 11 [*]
Saddam: 6
bin Laden: 0
Al Qaeda: 1
John McCain
9/11 references: 5
Saddam: 6
bin Laden: 0
Al Qaeda: 2
Zainab al-Suwaij
9/11 references: 0
Saddam: 2
Al Qaeda: 0
bin Laden: 0
Lindsay Graham
9/11 references: 0
Saddam: 0
bin Laden: 0
Al Qaeda: 0
Ron Silver
9/11 references: 1
Saddam: 0
bin Laden: 0
Al Qaeda: 0
Bernard Kerik
9/11 references: 1
Saddam: 1
bin Laden: 0
Al Queda [sic]: 1
Total
9/11 references: 18
Saddam: 15
bin Laden: 0
Al Qaeda: 4
[Does not include three additional references to other dates in September 2001]