Polipundit alerts us to critical editing ("doctoring" as Clinton's folks used to call it when incriminating tapes of his conversations with Gennifer Flowers turned up) of the recent bin Laden tapes as shown on al Jazeera. They left out all the parts which could help Bush:

Officials said that in the 18—minute long tape — of which only six minutes were aired on the al—Jazeera Arab television network in the Middle East on Friday — bin Laden bemoans the recent democratic elections in Afghanistan and the lack of violence involved with it.

On the tape, bin Laden also says his terror organization has been hurt by the U.S. military's unrelenting manhunt for him and his cohorts on the Afghan—Pakistani border.

A portion of the left—out footage includes a tirade aimed at President Bush and his father, former President George H.W. Bush, claiming the war in Iraq is purely over oil.

Michael Moore, call your office.

Ed Lasky   10 31 04