Reply #16: Yeah, I remember Gary Hart talking about it too.

[Philostopher]

Hart and others tried to pound it into President Shovelhead, but Osama wasn't the flavor of terra he was buying, at that point. They had al Qaeda thrust upon them and used it to their advantage.

I think they were hoping it was Hussein on 9-11, and that they could make a clear connection. I'm sure they were very disappointed there wasn't any connection, so they'd have to trump up some reason to go into Iraq -- fooling even an ignorant populace takes time, effort and money. Rupert Murdoch's media support comes with a price, after all.