On Osama's Endorsement

Nice try, Tanya — but of course, Osama wouldn't say such a thing. Is Osama scared of Republicans? I doubt it. Matter of fact, he's had pretty good luck during our Republican president's time in office. American status quo and "staying the course" continue to pave surprisingly safe routes for him. Sometimes I think that Dubya and Osama appear to be a lot like Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf, if you remember the old Looney Tunes series. Oh, yeah, but I forget — Bin Laden's on the run, right?

Tanya, the fact is that your party — the Republicans — are currently experiencing what Mr. Lieberman would classify as "Joe-mentum." Admit it: you're scared.

One could even say that Democratic victories (and the upcoming Democratic president to be elected in 2008) could create a harsher environment for Bin Laden. After all, catching/killing him while our government is led by Democrats (or with a Democratic president) would help confirm — in the minds of politically fence-sitting Americans — that Dubya and his closest associates will go down in history as one of the worst administrations in American history. Further, those associated with his capture would be Real American Heroes (somewhat like the ones beer commercials praised before 9/11.) Regardless of whether you agree or not, you have to realize that it will behoove Dems to pull out all the stops, catch Osama —The Face Of Islamic Terrorism — thus highlighting all of Bush's grand failures in The War On Terror. Don't put it past politics to sufficiently motivate challengers in accomplishing a very, very valuable goal.