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This has got to be a blow to poor Joe Biden's ego

Not even bin Laden thought he was capable of being president.  

 From released writings found in his compound:

Bin Laden argued that the assassination would see an "utterly unprepared" Vice President Joe Biden elevated to the Oval Office and plunge the US into crisis. He also wanted jihadis to kill Gen David Petraeus, the then-commander of US forces in Afghanistan and "man of the moment". 

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/9244376/Osama-bin-Laden-plotting-to-relaunch-al-Qaeda-with-new-911-style-spectacular.html 

Re: This has got to be a blow to poor Joe Biden's ego

  • I don't think Biden really cares. He's used to being underestimated. He's kinda like Bush in that he looks like a buffoon but he's actually smarter than you think.
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  • I'd rather bin Laden think I was an idiot if it meant that he wasn't going to try to kill me.
  • LOL.  This made me chuckle.

    Now here's the real question: What would it have said if McCain had been elected?  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

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    I'd rather bin Laden think I was an idiot if it meant that he wasn't going to try to kill me.

    For realsies.  I read another article that quoted him as stressing leaving Biden alone.  Westerners on a bin Laden don't touch list have to be pretty few and far between.  I wonder how I could have gotten on that...

  • I thought reading this info was fascinating. I was also really interested in OBL's opinion of American media news outlets....he was not a Fox fan, apparently. He said it was "too biased".
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    I thought reading this info was fascinating. I was also really interested in OBL's opinion of American media news outlets....he was not a Fox fan, apparently. He said it was "too biased".

    I thought that was hilarious. I think he said he liked NBC, though? But he criticized the US media for always searching for scoops and exclusives.

    Anyway, I think the vast majority of people think the VP is always unprepared or underqualified to be president. And sometimes, unfortunately, the VP gets a chance to prove them wrong. When Garfield was shot people thought Arthur was going to be a disaster, and supposedly he really cleaned up his act and did a decent job. Remember Truman? And how people underestimated him?

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