It Was Osama's Fault

Fox News has reported that John Kerry blames the re-emergence of Osama Bin Laden for his demise.

John Kerry believes he lost to President Bush because of the video from Usama bin Laden that surfaced just days before the Nov. 2 presidential election. The Massachusetts senator told FOX News' senior correspondent Geraldo Rivera that he believes he lost because the tape may have scared the American electorate.

Rivera spoke to Kerry on Thursday as the senator and a slew of other notable names — including wife Teresa Heinz Kerry, actors Robin Williams and Morgan Freeman and comedian Chris Tucker — were in a holding room prior to the processional leading up to the formal opening of the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Ark.

"Tough luck, Senator," Rivera said to Kerry, referring to the Democrat's election loss. Trying to recount Kerry's words verbatim, Rivera said Kerry responded by saying: "It was that Usama tape- it scared them [the American people]."

Rivera said Kerry said the tape came out too late for his camp to rebut and the Democratic campaign couldn't counteract it in time for the Tuesday election.

I have no doubt that the tape of OBL had an effect on some of the electorate, but only to remind them that we live in a post 9/11 society. If John Kerry wants to know why he lost this election he needs to look in the mirror, and to his incredibly inept staff and campaign. He might also look to his selection of a running mate. More people saw the video of Edwards primping in a mirror than saw him on the campaign trail. Not to mention it was the wrong message (what message) in the wrong place at the wrong time.