Why is Osama Bin Laden still alive over four years after the horrible events of September 11, 2001? That's the first question and here's the second: why aren't Democrats in Washington asking that question? Why? Are the consultants that advise Democrats in Washington so mesmerized by Karl Rove that they believe that any reference to Bush's failures to capture Bin Laden are bound to backfire? We just don't get it.
Here's how we see it. Bush and Rove are going to beat up Democratic candidates in 2006 on questions of national security. They are going to imply, and through their media surrogates come out and expressly say, that Democrats can't be trusted to protect the American people. They are going to continue to link the increasingly unpopular Iraqi war with their "War on Terror" and use that connection to get votes. They did it in 2002, they did it in 2004, and they are going to try and do it in 2006.
One way to address this issue is to point out to the American people that it's been over 1500 days since 9-11 and Osama Bin Laden is still alive to taunt Americans. Our first concern should have been to destroy the leadership of Al Queada. We successfully overthrew the Taliban government of Afghanistan, which had sheltered Bin Laden, but then, failed to capture him at the battle of Tora Bora. We allowed him to escape by depending on Pakistani and Afghan warlords instead of using American troops. After his escape we got embroiled in Iraq instead of finishing the job of capturing and killing Bin Laden.
It seems to us that Democrats should call the Bush Administration on its incompetence in both not capturing Bin Laden and in how it has prosecuted the war in Iraq. Instead, we allow the Republicans and the Bush Administration to paint our party as being not trustworthy with the nation's security. This is our suggestion: when Republicans talk about Bush's success in handling terrorists, they should be asked again and again, "Where is Bin Laden and why is he still alive?"
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Just thought you'd want to know that John Kerry DID challenge the Bush administration on this. Kerry was responding to Chris Matthews' attack on Michael Moore. Kerry's challenge is on a major blog outlet (I accessed it through democraticunderground)
I do agree, though. Democrats need to do more with this, say more about this, and stop letting Karl Rove and the Republican propaganda machine set the Democrats' message.
According to President Carter, a few weeks ago on the Daily Show, around 10% of the voters will not vote against a sitting president during wartime, no matter what.
An argument can be made, by the administration, to the voters that despite their misgivings about the president and the republicans in congress, voters should re-elect most of the incumbents so as not to "rock the boat" for the troops.
Many polls suggest the public is not terribly upset about laws being broken when FISA was ignored, almost as if it were a legal technicality and not a real breach of privacy rights.
Haliburton and several other defense contractors have seen record profits and growth. On 1/27/2003, before the invasion of Iraq, Haliburton's (symbol: HAL) stock price was around $18, this morning it is just shy of $80.
The religious fundamentalists too have enjoyed unfettered freedom, from pesky annoyances like separation of church & state, to expand their operations. Their industry too has seen record expansion and profits.
Now imagine that - Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri & Abu Musab al-Zarkhawi - were all captured or killed.
Would republicans get re-elected to congress ?
What would happen to poor Haliburton and those defense contractors ? Who would fund the republican party ?
The public may even become outraged over the breach of their rights and do unspeakable things like hugging tree-hugging progressives and liberals.
Heaven forbid, the clergy may have to start talking about faith in God, as opposed to blind faith in the President and republican party.
The "war on terra" is a sacred republican cow that has been milked over and over for limitless funds by this regime to carry on its highly profitable business operations, and its mission to "Right" the American society. She only exists if they ( bin Laden, Zawahiri & Zarkhawi ) are alive.
What was your question again ?
MCDAC is aware that Senator John Kerry recently commented on bin Laden being alive, but we need more than Kerry doing this, we need every Democrat in leadership positions in Washington D.C. making the same comments.
We understand why Republicans don't want bin Laden mentioned, but we don't understand why Democrats aren't mentioning it.
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