A new videotape message from terror mastermind Osama bin Laden was meant to help President Bush win re-election, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Sunday. "It's obvious to me that bin Laden is trying to help George Bush, because George Bush is the best recruiter that al-Qaida has," Rendell told "Fox News Sunday. "George Bush is so disliked in the Arab world that we're creating terrorists every single day — more terrorists than we can even come close to killing," the Democrat said.
"You've got to be kidding, Ed," replied Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee, who chairs the Bush-Cheney campaign in Arkansas and appeared on "Fox News Sunday" with Rendell. "Seriously, I don't think anyone in America cares or knows who Osama bin Laden is for for president." The Bush campaign called Rendell's comments "disgusting." "For John Kerry's surrogates to suggest that Osama bin Laden supports President Bush's reelection is disgusting," Bush campaign spokesman Steve Schmidt said in a statement. This just demonstrates once again that for John Kerry, the war on terror is about political opportunity, not victory." |