Interesting word choices from Bush aide Fran Townsend when discussing the newest Osama Bin Laden tape today- from the AP:
"This is about the best he can do," Townsend said of bin Laden. "This is a man on a run, from a cave, who's virtually impotent other than these tapes."
In appearance on two Sunday talk shows, she used the "virtually impotent" reference both times, suggesting the language was chosen with careful purpose.
"We know that al-Qaida is still determined to attack, and we take it seriously," Townsend said. "But this tape appears to be nothing more than threats. It's propaganda on their part."
To my mind, "virtually impotent" is an odd way to describe a man whose viewing audience is arguably larger than Lost's, but who am I to judge?
You guys sort it out.