It seems Osama bin Laden wants Barack Obama to win. Even though al Qaeda didn't endorse Obama like they did Kerry in their message four years ago - AQ learned their lesson it appears; if they want the Democrat to win, they're not supposed to come out and actually say that - but the message was loud and clear: elect Barack Obama and Democrats so Bush and Republicans can be humiliated. From Reuters:
"O God, humiliate Bush and his party, O Lord of the Worlds, degrade and defy him," Abu Yahya al-Libi said at the end of sermon marking the Muslim feast of Eid al-Fitr, in a video posted on the Internet.Libi, one of the top al Qaeda commanders believed to be living in Afghanistan or Pakistan, called for God's wrath to be brought against Bush equating him with past tyrants in history.
The remarks were the first comments from a leading al Qaeda figure referring, albeit indirectly, to the U.S. elections. Muslim clerics often end sermons by calling on God to guide and support Muslims and help defeat their enemies.
This ties nicely into John McCain's national security message that he discussed on the campaign trail this morning. I hope he mentions al Qaeda's anti-endorsement and reminds the American people that there's a reason why al Qaeda wants the Republican to lose and the Democrats to win: it's in al Qaeda's best interest to have someone who's young, inexperienced, untested, and naive as President of the United States. You know, someone who, when it comes to foreign policy, even Nicolas Sarkozy says is utterly immature and empty of content.
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Of course; all the tyrants ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Mitchell | October 30, 2008 3:40 PM | Score: 6 (10 votes cast)
Of course; all the tyrants would rather deal with Senator O-Bullshit, than McCain. If you believe otherwise, you occupy an alternate universe, where Spock wears a mustache.
This is why Barry can't close the deal. After $600M spent and rising. Next, he'll be spending your tax dollars, same ultra high spending there, too.
1. Posted by Mitchell | October 30, 2008 3:40 PM |
Score: 6 (10 votes cast)
Posted on October 30, 2008 15:40
2. Posted by hermie | October 30, 2008 3:54 PM | Score: 5 (9 votes cast)
These same dictators and despots will also be the recipients of funds from the UN tax that Obama wants to impose upon us.
Don't care for a trillion dollar plus bailout for Wall Street? How about a few hundred billion for those the likes of Mugabe and Castro?
2. Posted by hermie | October 30, 2008 3:54 PM |
Score: 5 (9 votes cast)
Posted on October 30, 2008 15:54
3. Posted by OregonMuse | October 30, 2008 4:40 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
They're not necessarily for O. Maybe they're Paultards.
3. Posted by OregonMuse | October 30, 2008 4:40 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on October 30, 2008 16:40
4. Posted by Justrand
| October 30, 2008 4:49 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Bin Laden, and his verminous ilk, will draw one basic conclusion from this election should Obama become President:
America thinks it is September 10, 2001.
IF that happens, they will arrange for it to be 9/11/2001 again as soon as possible!
4. Posted by Justrand
| October 30, 2008 4:49 PM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on October 30, 2008 16:49
5. Posted by Mac Lorry | October 30, 2008 5:17 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
American liberals have been the best friends al Qaeda could have had. Now Abu Yahya al-Libi calls "for God's wrath to be brought against Bush" knowing the democrats are intending to do just that if Obama is elected. Sure, it will have the color of law, but it's a vendetta against a former leader reminiscent of the purges seen in the Soviet Union. Going after an outgoing president is just another of those changes we'll see if Obama is elected.
5. Posted by Mac Lorry | October 30, 2008 5:17 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on October 30, 2008 17:17
6. Posted by Hansel2 | October 30, 2008 6:05 PM | Score: -7 (7 votes cast)
Keep on crying. Keep on deluding yourself that we should have a President who acts just like the idiot you've supported for the past 8 years.
Everyone's moved on but you cowards. They realize they've been duped and made to be fearful. Fortunately, a majority of the country found their courage and sees where we need to go.
Obama will be the next President whether you scream at the top of your lungs or not. And it's you people and your archaic opinions that will be left behind as you deserve to be.
6. Posted by Hansel2 | October 30, 2008 6:05 PM |
Score: -7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on October 30, 2008 18:05
7. Posted by Brian | October 30, 2008 6:21 PM | Score: -5 (7 votes cast)
Nice try. Nothing in your little excerpt says they endorse Obama.
The truth is, Al Qaeda endorsed McCain.
Funny, though... when that endorsement first came out, you all said it meant nothing. Now you find it meaningful. Hmm.
7. Posted by Brian | October 30, 2008 6:21 PM |
Score: -5 (7 votes cast)
Posted on October 30, 2008 18:21
8. Posted by LaMedusa | October 30, 2008 6:41 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Nothing in your little excerpt proves that, either. I went to the part of the website you could actually get into, and you can't really determine what is being said. There is no proof just because "somebody" translated a password protected message board. The photos I saw were pretty much ordinary except for the positioning of Obama's head above McCain's in an ad. That does not suggest favor for McCain.
8. Posted by LaMedusa | October 30, 2008 6:41 PM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on October 30, 2008 18:41
9. Posted by irongrampa | October 30, 2008 7:16 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Funny, I didn't hear Bin Laden's voice in that little cacophony of ill-wishing. Did he miss the memo,or didn't the goat reach his cave yet?
9. Posted by irongrampa | October 30, 2008 7:16 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on October 30, 2008 19:16
10. Posted by Mac Lorry | October 30, 2008 7:44 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
If elected, Obama bin lying plans to white out the memory of Bush least he come up short when compared with Bush.
10. Posted by Mac Lorry | October 30, 2008 7:44 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on October 30, 2008 19:44
11. Posted by captaindawg | October 30, 2008 8:19 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
wow, this head line is a real shocker. It's hard to believe Al Qaeda AND Hammas both think he'd be a good pres.
communism has killed 100 million people.
let's give it another shot
11. Posted by captaindawg | October 30, 2008 8:19 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on October 30, 2008 20:19
12. Posted by retired military | October 30, 2008 8:36 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Wow, now I wont be voting for the choice of terrorists or the choice of Rosie O'Donnel, Ellen DeGueneres, AL Qaeda, Allan Alda, Elton John, Barbara Streisand, Whoopi Goldberg, and a whole host of loonies, overblown Hollywood egos, child molestors, rapists, thugs, dishonest politicians or Grace Jones.
I am disappointed to no end.
12. Posted by retired military | October 30, 2008 8:36 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on October 30, 2008 20:36
13. Posted by retired military | October 30, 2008 8:37 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Oh and I forgot I wont be voting for the pretty boy of the mainstream media either.
13. Posted by retired military | October 30, 2008 8:37 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on October 30, 2008 20:37