Fred speaks about an issue!

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The intelligance of Fred is laughable:

Bin Laden tape stirs reaction from candidates

(CNN) – Republican presidential contenders had different takes Friday on the significance of Osama bin Laden, as his first videotape in nearly 3 years was released.

Aboard his campaign bus in Iowa, former Senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee told CNN’s John King , “I think bin Laden is more of a symbolism than he is anything else.”

En route to an appearance in Mason City, Thompson said, “I think he shows and demonstrates to people, once again, that we're in a global war. Bin Laden being in the mountains of Afghanistan or Pakistan is not as important as the fact that there's probably al Qaeda operatives inside the United States of America.”

Asked if the United States should have waited to go to war in Iraq until bin Laden was caught or al Qaeda was further weakened, Thompson said, “It's not an either/or situation; sometimes you don't have a choice. Saddam Hussein was on the cusp as having defeated the United Nations and the free world and the United States. He had certainly had weapons of mass destruction and had the capability of reviving his nuclear program.[/b] In light of what Iran is doing today with their nuclear program, he certainly would have gotten back on the stick and gotten there again…you're not served up these issues one at a time. They come when they come and you have to deal with them. Some might say, ‘Stop efforts in other parts of the world and concentrate on Iraq.’ We don't have that luxury.”

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Edited September 8, 2007 by devilette

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Fred isn't the only one who thinks bin Laden is largely a symbolic figure now. An icon, if you will.

Michael Taarnby, specialist in militant Islamism at the Danish Institute for International Studies, said the new video would be significant as "proof of life" but would probably be more scrutinized for clues to bin Laden's health than for its message.

"I don't think we'll find any major surprises -- the usual threats, the usual diatribes against the West," he said. "Osama bin Laden is an iconic figure now but it doesn't seem he has that much control over actual events or operations."

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0907/p99s01-duts.html

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Fred isn't the only one who thinks bin Laden is largely a symbolic figure now. An icon, if you will.

I never questioned that. I questioned Fred's grammar & WMD/defeating the US comments.

Edited September 8, 2007 by devilette

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Oh, his grammar. How petty.

Fred has enough real holes in his record and rhetoric. Who cares about his grammar and spelling. Next thing the snobs will start making snide remarks on his fashion sense.

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Oh, his grammar. How petty.

Fred has enough real holes in his record and rhetoric. Who cares about his grammar and spelling. Next thing the snobs will start making snide remarks on his fashion sense.

How a political figure speaks is very much a part of their campaign. As is fashion sense. They have a team of image consultants/speech writers. In Fred's case, I think it's largely his wife.

How a candidate speaks reflects their intelligence (as evidenced inn the current President).

btw, WMD/defeating the UN/US is not grammar related.

Edited September 8, 2007 by devilette

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Oh, his grammar. How petty.

Fred has enough real holes in his record and rhetoric. Who cares about his grammar and spelling. Next thing the snobs will start making snide remarks on his fashion sense.

How a political figure speaks is very much a part of their campaign. As is fashion sense. They have a team of image consultants/speech writers. In Fred's case, I think it's largely his wife.

How a candidate speaks reflects their intelligence (as evidenced inn the current President).

btw, WMD/defeating the UN/US is not grammar related.

I got no beef with your comments about WMD. Just another one of the 'holes' I referred to, in Fred's record.