Nope, no weapons in here!

When Shakespeare's Sister emails me and says "Can you take this one? I'm seriously too pissed off to comment," you know it's gonna be a lulu.

Bush: Bin Laden Helped Me

Here we go. (Bolds mine)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- President Bush said his 2004 re-election victory over Sen. John Kerry was inadvertently aided by Osama bin Laden, The Washington Examiner newspaper reported Tuesday.

The al Qaeda leader had issued a taped diatribe against Bush the Friday before Americans went to the polls.

Bush said there were "enormous amounts of discussion" inside his campaign about the 15-minute tape, which he called "an interesting entry by our enemy" into the presidential race.

Bush's comments in the Washington newspaper were excerpts from the new book "Strategery" by Bill Sammon, a longtime White House correspondent.

"What does it mean? Is it going to help? Is it going to hurt?" Bush told Sammon of the bin Laden tapes.

"Anything that drops in at the end of a campaign that is not already decided creates all kinds of anxieties, because you're not sure of the effect.

"I thought it was going to help," Bush said.

"I thought it would help remind people that if bin Laden doesn't want Bush to be the president, something must be right with Bush."


So, in other words:

It was worth completely giving up on Bin Laden, because it helped him get re-elected. It was useful that Osama couldn't be found, because he could use him as a political tool and it helped him get re-elected. It was helpful that Bin Laden continues to be a threat, because it helped him get re-elected. He was grateful that his fearmongering techniques worked so well, and Bin Laden is still the monster under the bed, because it helped him get re-elected. He was overjoyed that his attempts to link Bin Laden and Saddam in the minds of Americans worked, because although we "caught" the wrong evildoer, it helped him get re-elected.

As long as Americans are still afraid of the boogeyman, "something must be right with Bush."

There you have it, folks. A "president" that's more concerned with elections and his political image than bringing Osama Bin Laden to justice. He was more concerned with the boost in the election than national security.

As for he victims of 9/11 and their grieving families? They didn't even enter his tiny little brain.

Just a reminder, America. George W. Bush doesn't give a good goddamn about you, your family and loved ones, your community, or your life.

George W. Bush is only concerned with George W. Bush. The rest of you can piss up a rope.

Now... where is that wacky Bin Laden? Nope, not under here!!!

(Any cross-posts under here? Nope! None there!)

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