Osama bin Laden
The Osama Factor
Just before the 2004 election, Osama bin Laden released a videotape that is credited with giving George W. Bush a second term as President. Recently, pundits are again speculating over whether he will do it again just before the 2008 election, and what effect it will have.
Before delving a little deeper into this question (something the self-appointed pundits never seem to do), let us remember that over six years after bin Laden’s group hijacked four planes and killed almost 3,000 Americans he is still a free man. In that time, George W. Bush has shifted his position from “Wanted, Dead or Alive†to “not that interested†to … well, he seems to be ignoring bin Laden completely.
Could the two facts – bin Laden’s videotape and Bush’s nonchalance – be connected?
2008 Elections | George W. Bush | Osama bin Laden
