Bin Laudin masterminded 9-11. We went into fganoistain saying Bin Laudin dead or alive.
ALL ISSUES THAT HELD ANY SWAY TO GET US INTO IRAQ involved some tie directly to Bin Laudin, or indirectly to errorists, (read Bin Luaudin, indirectly)
Bin Laudin has been the poster child for the terrorists. So much so that the dreaded October suproise was supposed to be either someone finding him, or his body in time to make Bush the Hero for defeating the great evil.
If is physically imposable for a tape of Bin Laudin saying anything but "I surrender" and then shooting himself in the head, that ONE person in this entire nation would suddenly say, "oh my GOD, Bush fucked up and left Bin Laudin alive. I have to vote for BUSH so we can get him."
No, EVERY SINGLE VOTE AFFECTED BY A TAPE OF BIN LAUDIN, ALIVE will be a BUSH voter defecting. No one will vote FOR Bush because of this tape. There is simply not any FANTASY scenario in which Bush could conceivably gain one vote from this tape, and it's very existence, let alone it's repeated showings, can only INCREASE the cognitive dissonance of the Bush voters.
His very existence is a sharp stick directly in Bush's eye. The only video that would be more damaging would be for 41 to publicly call him a liar and then spank him on TV.
I simply cannot even conceive what fantasy land someone would have to be living in to believe this video is anything but a major nail in Bush's coffin. The tape directly exposes HUNDREDS of Bush lies in terms that are irrefutable, even by Drudge and Limbaugh.
This tape will almost certainly be game, set, and match, all by it's self. Added to all of the other momentum for Kerry, Bush could get such a spanking on Tuesday that he does not show his face in public for a VERY long time. ( If one more piece of "good" news, such as a Plame indictment pops up, could we REALLY see 400+ EVs?)
Mr Tek