ABC News: "U.S. Expects Bin Laden Tape Near Election"

[anneboleyn]

Story from ABC News saying that some "senior officials" are "expecting" a Bin Laden tape:

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=6148984&page=1

It would be hard to believe that this would come out tomorrow, just like 2004. In the article it says there is no actual or hard evidence that a Bin Laden tape is forthcoming, but that "senior officials" predict a tape.

Tuesday can't come fast enought for me.

[cliffordu]

1. Maybe they can rotate it with the old Wright tapes......

[Uzybone]

2. Im looking forward to it, I wonder if it'll be fat Bin Laden

or skinny Bin Laden.

I truth I think Emmanuel Goldstein ahem Bin Laden has been dead for over 2 years now.

[npk]

27. Well Karl Rove has gained a lot of weight, so...

I would suspect we will see a fat "Bin Laden."

[nc4bo]

3. Forgive me for saying this....I hope each and everyone of these jerks goes straight to hell.

I'm so sick of it.

[springhill]

42. Just in time............

So John McCain can make a miraculous comeback......and another election stolen?

[anneboleyn]

44. Yes, and what bothers me is that Palin has been hammering "national security" the past two days

On the serious side. I don't see how an OBL tape wipes away Obama's substantial leads in most battleground states.

[GrizzlyMan]

4. Interesting article

It opens by saying the CIA expects it, and then goes on to make quite a case for why it may not happen.

At any rate, I don't think a tape gets it done this time. They would need something more.

[anneboleyn]

8. Yes, I don't think it actually had an impact on Kerry last time, he lost for other reasons & Ohio

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[kenny blankenship]

5. What's this? Are they checking on the UPS package tracker hourly or something?

Yes! On the brown truck and OUT FOR DELIVERY! Come on Mr. Driver man, put yer boot in it. We need that tape of Go juice!

[Dem2theMax]

9. Nah. They are waiting for Cheney to come out of his bunker and hand deliver it to them.

He hasn't put on the finishing touches yet. :evilgrin:

[FVZA_Colonel]

6. Why won't this just show what failures Republicans are at fighting teror, considering Mccain has

supported the policies that have allowed bin Laden to survive for so long, and Al Qaeda to thrive.

[anneboleyn]

10. This is what I would think -- it's been seven years and he's still out there (apparently)

[Rosa Luxemburg]

12. McCain and Bush haven't tried to find him much

[Proud Liberal Dem]

32. For somebody who has vowed to chase him to the gates of hell

He sure seems nonchalant about him and Bush (on video) back in 2002 essentially stated that he wasn't really that concerned about him as he was skillfully preparing to pivot to Saddam Hussein.

[nc4bo]

16. It's funny how M$M neglects to point their fingers to the ones responsible

for a free roaming OBL. They're the very ones who watched and filmed the spectacular first wave of bombings and the fall of SH's statue in a city that had nothing to do with 9/11.

They lost all credibility for me when they carried the water for Bush & Co. going into Iraq and making war with people who had absolutely nothing to do with 9/11 leaving Afghanistan after dumping a few bunker buster bombs on top of some caves.

Now M$M wants to start pushing articles and stories about whether a tape w/OBL's fingerprints on it will show up (or not) without calling out the absurdity of it all. They quote unnamed or anonymous sources and unnamed and untitled government officials to try and give this story some kind of credibility and put a small aroma of fear in the air.

My name is nc4bo, The Senior Government Official.

Epic Fail. This story should go straight into the nixie bin.

[Amonester]

23. Without him, the chimperor would have destroyed the country for 4 years

instead of for 8.

The bush's and the bin laden's R business partners.

No doubt...

[NRaleighLiberal]

7. There is that code working - "some people expect..."

These people must think that they have a gig in the Catskills! Old, stale material....then again, their candidate is old and stale!

[Bobbie Jo]

11. This is beginning to look like some sort of twisted election season "tradition."

:eyes:

[LisaL]

15. it sure is.

[Monk06]

46. Kinda like Linus waiting for the Great Pumpkin

..... Who really does exist but never arrives

[Rosa Luxemburg]

13. If a Bin Lad tape comes out in the next few days he must be cahoots with McCain and Palin

[Stagecoach]

14. They don't know where he is.....

yet they expect a tape to come out? Although, this could work against McCain.....people may think "We need a Democrat in there to do what a Republican administration failed to do the last 7 years....and that's catch Osama"

[iceman66]

17. I'll tell you one thing

If McCain manages to "win" on Tuesday, we'll all be reading a very similar article exactly four years from now!

[Mariana]

18. I'll be disappointed if we don't get a tape.

I expect employees of the US government to EARN their paychecks!

[TankLV]

22. Wow - Michael Jackson looks HORRIBLE in that pic next to mcINSANE!

who's his plastic surgeon?

The "turn into another white WHITE dude" isn't going too well, is it?

[Mariana]

29. It's hard to believe that Lon Chaney achieved that look

without plastic surgery! Man of 1000 Faces indeed! Maybe Michael Jackson should have studied his techniques rather than going the route he did.

Of course, McInsane just looks that scary naturally.

[stillcool]

19. oooh yeah...a new release?

or the greatest hits?

[stillcool]

20. oops!

[spindrifter]

21. They'll probably have

Trak Palin bring it with him when he comes back to watch the election returns with Mommy.

[Raine1967]

24. I thought one came out today.

coulda sworn I read that around DU today from reuters... (I did, I did NOT save the link)

What the hell... is reuters ahead of this more than the US?

you betcha. The tape is out...

The US is trying to fearmonger...

[Proud Liberal Dem]

31. You're not dreaming. I responded to that post

Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7670242

Although it was kind of weird because A.)Bin Laden was NOT in it. I think it was some unnamed member of Al-Queda. B.)The AQ representative talked about "humiliating BUSH/Republicans" (even though Bush isn't even running this year). C.)There was a story earlier this month about AQ endorsing MCCAIN on its website but I don't really think it got a lot of coverage (although I could be wrong since I don't tune into the corporate media much).

:wtf:

[anneboleyn]

35. Yeah, I saw this story -- it didn't get much coverage. The "tape" discussed Bush

so it didn't even seem relevant to this year's election.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

36. Maybe "recycled" from 2004?

Seems kind of strange to me. The only other explanation I was able to come up with is that since Obama has so successfully conflated McCain with Bush that even AQ now thinks they're the same.

I really don't even understand why we should care so much about their so-called "endorsements" or "pronouncements". I actually think it's rather counterproductive if not simply inappropriate to help publicize them (we are fighting a war against them still, right?) and give them free airtime and print here. It's even worse IMHO when the corporate media (or anybody for that matter) publicly suggests that they are influencing our elections.

[Blondiegrrl]

25. ABC News: ABC News is having a slow news day, therefore ABC News is

making up shit.

Sure, it's entirely possible that Bin Laden will pop up again ... but for ABC News to report this, where there is NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE that he is preparing a tape? Yeah, they suck.

[anneboleyn]

37. I agree completely -- no evidence, but oh be scared a tape is coming!!!

[Incitatus]

26. What? Bin Laden expected to endorse McCain?

[MattP]

28. The article seems to quote sources who are daring him to release a tape.

That is such b.s.

[anneboleyn]

40. I thought this too!! Like they were taunting him to release a tape or else he isn't "revelant"

[jberryhill]

30. "He cashed the check... now where's that bloody tape." /nt

[Phredicles]

33. Is this like Michael Jerkoff saying, "Something's gonna happen, I can feel it"?

[The Night Owl]

34. OBL spotted at a Devo concert...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_wgYTgQ7cs

[anneboleyn]

41. I love Devo! "Freedom of Choice," "Watch us Work It"

[Mz Pip]

38. McCain prays for

bin Laden tape would be a more accurate headline. Though at this point I don't think even that would matter much.

[AuntPatsy]

39. Its simply time to attempt to have people remember 911 without actually saying it...

[krawhitham]

43. As soon as Rove and co. get done making it

[chollybocker]

45. I hope it's a duet with Joe the Plumber

"To all the wars I've loved before..."