What if Osama is caught between now and the election?

I'm not up on the latest though so thought that information (when the tape was made) may have come out.

Probably not in a swing state! He said probably not in a swing state! :-D

(I'm in Columbus, Ohio, the swingiest city in the swingiest state and I'm not talking extramarital hijinx.)

Quite right, I would prefer that Osama be captured, as a general concept, rather than remain at large. I hope that a supremely cynical orchestration of public opinion so as to regain the White House doesn't come to pass, though.

Thanks for the health wishes. The pitiful mode gets wearisome so I won't go into how pitiful I am. Kid's getting better. :-)

And no, if I have to be wheeled over, swathed in blankets, with attendants spooning chicken broth into my horribly parched throat, ain't NOTHING keeping me from the polls Tuesday.

<crosses arms, nods>

<hmm, a little too "I Dream of Jeannie...">

squinney wrote:

You mean like this?

One Nation Under Bush
At a campaign rally, Republicans recite the "Bush Pledge."

Heh. I was just reading an article about a Bush rally of today. Yeeaaahh ... <grins, shakes head, copies and pastes>:

Quote:

Inside Columbus's Nationwide Arena, Bush's 20,000-strong crowd seemed re-energized. They roared with approval at all the cult-of-personality stimuli that mark a Bush campaign event in these final days. A four-person African-American a cappella group warmed up the crowd with a song in which the word "love" was replaced with the word "George":

George!
So many people use your name in vain
George!
Those who have faith in you sometimes go astray
George!
Through all the ups and downs, the joys and hurts
George!
For better or worse I still will choose you first

At first you didn't mean that much to me
But now I know that you're all I need
The world looks so brand new to me
Now that I found George
Everyday I live for you
And everything that I do
I do it for you

As they sang, a group of clean-cut white kids marched into the stands. They wore black athletic shorts and red shirts emblazoned with the letter W and sat down in a pattern that formed a giant scarlet W in the stands. Up on the Jumbotron, a rock-video-style short film opened with quick cuts of various GOP all-stars shouting Bush's name. "George W. Bush!" said Jeb Bush. "George W. Bush!" said Laura Bush. "Viva Bush!" said George P. Bush. After the film, one side of the arena shouted "B-U" and the other side returned "S-H." When Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bush arrived, the crowd cheered for seven minutes straight.

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Osama may sneak into India, US seeks assistance

A senior official of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) quietly visited India last week to alert intelligence agencies about the possibility of Osama bin Laden sneaking into India, official sources said Monday.

The Pakistan-based official also sought Indian assistance for joint operations by Indian and US forces to nab the world's most wanted fugitive if he crossed over from northeastern Pakistan, the sources said.

The official's visit followed reported spotting of bin Laden in northeastern Pakistan, close to the Pakistan-China-India border tri-junction, they added.

The sources said the FBI official met senior officials of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Intelligence Bureau (IB), Border Security Force (BSF) and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).

They said the FBI official appeared to have information about the impending release of the latest videotape by bin Laden, carrying yet another warning against the US.

A few days later, on Oct 29, an unidentified person delivered the tape to the office of Al Jazeera television in Islamabad.

In the tape, bin Laden warned the American people: "Your security is not in the hands of Kerry or Bush or al-Qaeda." He was referring to the Democratic nominee for the presidential election John Kerry and President George W Bush.

"Your security is in your own hands. Do not play with our security, and spontaneously you will secure yourself," bin Laden said in the tape.

The FBI official also offered to share intelligence with Indian agencies about areas of common interest like Afghanistan, the sources said.

Defence sources Monday dismissed as "highly exaggerated" news reports that an Indian Air Force spy plane had spotted bin Laden's convoy in northeastern Pakistan.

"For all you know, Osama may be living in Karachi," the Pakistani port city where many of his senior al-Qaeda and Taliban activists had found safe houses, one official said.

They noted that from his appearance in the videotape, bin Laden looked healthy and not like someone on the run.