Some of you have had the opposite reaction to the OBL tape. Here’s a typical email:
Kerry’s sharpest critique is that we have not done enough kill or capture bin Laden. Seeing bin Laden alive and well reinforces–to me at least–that the president has not done his job. Because I had no reason to believe that bin Laden was dead before this video, seeing him now doesn’t make me more afraid of him or of an attack. And rather that making me recall good feelings about the president in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, I am filled with renewed emotions of disappointment in him. Remember: Bush is the one that said he wanted bin Laden “dead or alive” and that he “can ran but not hide.” We now know for sure he failed on both counts.
Who knows how this will impact the race? Although I suspect it will help Bush a lot, my hope is that it will have no effect either way. I don’t want that murderous bastard to have any say on what this democracy decides. I just hope that whoever gets elected next Tuesday manages to find and kill him. Soon.
The Dish 