RNC & FOX: A Vote for Kerry Is a Vote for Al Qaeda
Reported by Marie Therese - July 10, 2004 -
The following is excerpted from a column by Ellis Henican published in Newsday.com dated 7/9/04, entitled Electing to deal with terror threat
He couldn't say where.
He couldn't say when.
He couldn't say who.
He couldn't say how.So why did Tom Ridge even bother coming out before the microphones and cameras yesterday, stirring up public anxiety about a pre-election terror attack?
Later:
Watch carefully now. Something cynical is happening here.
With each new pointless warning, with each new breathless plea, those around George W. Bush are trying to link the terrorists with the Democrats.
Al-Qaida wants to "influence the American election," we are told. The terrorists hope to "pull another Spain," where the ruling party was voted out after the Madrid subway was bombed.
The implication isn't accidental, and it gets real ugly real fast: A vote for John Kerry, we are supposed to conclude, is a vote for Osama bin Laden.
Now this is preposterous, of course.
COMMENT
Preposterous, you say?
Not really.
It's just business-as-usual and electioneering-at-its-dirtiest as practiced by FOX News Channel. And I quote:
Big Story with John Gibson. March 18, 2004. 2:35 PM EST.
Gregory Copley, International Strategic Studies Association
"Zawahiri, bin Laden, the senior Iranian clerics and the like and, of course, the
Bosnian Muslim leadership. They are working together, they've set the goals for this year and the goal for this year is get Bush out, get PM Howard out in Australia. They got Aznar out in Spain. They see this as a rolling momentum. This is the big year for them."
Dayside with Linda Vester. March 22, 2004. 1:07 AM EST.
Gregory Copley says "2004 is the year that is make or break for these terrorists groups," that they want to "get Bush out of office," that they will target "largely Western interests" such as the Olympics and the US election.ďż˝
The O'Reilly Factor. March 23, 2004. Talking Pts. Memo. 8:00 PM EST.
"If you really want a "no spin" approach, ask yourself this question, who do you think bin Laden wants to see win the presidential election? If you think you know the answer, vote for the other guy. That's the litmus test. "
Fox News Live March 26, 2004. 9:15 AM EST. March 26
Jon Scott Scott interviewing Rep. Dan Burton, R-Indiana, and Rep., John Spratt,
D-S.C., asks what impact a terrorist attack at the time of the fall election
would have on the President. Burton says it would have a very negative impact
on the President.
The O'Reilly Factor. July 6, 2004. 8:16 PM EDT.
"I always come back to you figure out who Osama's gonna vote for, Mary Anne, and you vote for the other guy.....Is Osama worried about John Edwards? I don't know. And I'm gonna have to listen to Edwards to see how tough he is. We know Cheney's a tough guy..."
