Posted on 01/21/2006 8:49:45 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Bob Schieffer: Osama bin Laden Used John Kerry's Talking Points
9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden may have borrowed some of Sen. John Kerry's talking points for the audiotaped message he released on Thursday - veteran CBS newsman Bob Schieffer said Saturday.
Asked whether bin Laden had expressed "almost the same" sentiments that Kerry did during an appearance on Schieffer's "Face the Nation" broadcast in December, the CBS anchorman told WABC Radio's Mark Simone: "Well, he did. That's exactly right."
Back then, Kerry complained to Schieffer: "There is no reason that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids."
In his message, bin Laden also complained that the U.S. was terrorizing Iraqi innocents, saying that "the oppressive measures adopted by the U.S. Army and its agents" show "there is no difference between this criminality and Saddam's criminality, as it has reached the degree of raping women and taking them as hostages instead of their husbands."
Schieffer said he wasn't sure whether bin Laden was consciously borrowing from Kerry
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Mark Simone is a talk show host on Saturday mornings on WABC radio and had Scheiffer as his guest this morning.
did Osama say he "had a plan" that he could not reveal yet?
Did Osama mention a "Global Test" or "Apologizing for the War on Terror"?
has Osama signed the 180 release form yet?
Maybe he thought his mike was off or they were at commercial. I'm sure he'll be retracting his statement, or do the old, "I was misquoted" excuse.
"Kerry Sues OBL for Plagiarism: 'Who Does He Think He is, Joe Freakin' Biden? He's Taking My Best Stuff!'"
This needs to be pounded into the American people at every opportunity by our side. Every time that a new OBL tape comes out, we need to remind the American people who had (at least) THREE verified opportunities to get him, but did not. (And his name is not Bush.)
Yeah but Bin Laden never served in Vietnam! HA!!!
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