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Korea Times, South Korea]
El Tiempo, Colombia
Obama-Biden vs.
Osama bin Laden
"Osama bin Laden has never
lived in the Americas, but thanks to the slaughter he directed on September 11,
2001, he became the most important U.S. elector by triggering Bush's rise in
the polls. The greatest vote-getter that McCain could hope for would be if bin
Laden would allow himself to be captured or if he carried out another massive
attack."
By Isaac Bigio
Translated By Paula van de Werken
August 28, 2008
Colombia
- El Tiempo - Original Article (Spanish)
Osama bin Laden has never
lived in the Americas, but thanks to the slaughter he directed on September 11,
2001, he became the most important U.S. elector by triggering Bush's rise in the polls.
Until then, he was a new
President with little popularity and who had reached the post despite having
lost the election.
To the degree that Bush has
been unable to capture him or stop his advance, the governing Republican Party
has been undermined.
The greatest vote-getter that
McCain could hope for would be if bin Laden would allow himself to be captured
or if he carried out another massive attack.
The Democrats have just settled
on the Obama-Biden ticket, a ticket that although it sounds much like the name
of the al-Qaeda leader, may well win the election anyway provided that the
figure of Osama bin Laden doesn’t rise to the forefront again.
Osama, however, must be
wondering whether a victory for Obama would be more dangerous to him than one by
McCain, since the African-American will give the United States a new image and
get the U.S. out of Iraq to concentrate on hunting down and capturing him.
JOE BIDEN
In choosing a running mate,
Obama didn't choose Hillary (for fear that this would certainly undermine him
or alienate much of the electorate) or someone who would reinforce his image of
“change” (but not attract other voters). Instead, he chose a well-know individual
of an opposing camp within his Party in order to add counter-balance to his own
image.
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Obama anointed Biden as his
Vice President. Biden won’t overshadow him (he had little support in 1988 and
2008 when he ran for the Democratic nomination - and he's much older). Biden is
a Catholic with a working class background (two sectors where Obama is
weak). He initially supported the invasion of Iraq and attacked Obama as not
being prepared to be President. But by choosing him, the African-American
offers a bridge to those who have a different view.
He also is trying to rebuff accusations
that he's inexperienced by having a Vice President who was elected to the
Senate six times and as Leader of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee three
times. What's more, elections in the United States are decided in a few swing
states - one of those being Pennsylvania, where Biden has a lot of influence.
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