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Alert reader grannyinsanity explains:

Let me explain this one to you folks. It is a diversion plain and simple.

The biggest thing that happened at the debate was George Bush denying that he said he wasn't that concerned about Bin Laden.

That was a lie so blatant that many bloggers had the link posted before the subject even changed. Josh Marshall and Kevin Drum both predicted that we would be seeing that over and over.

That hasn't happened because Lynne Cheney threw out a great big cheap shiny distraction.

I would still like to see that public display of George caught in a big whopper, but that won't happen as long as the press is distracted by Lynne Cheney's hypocritcal grandstanding

[Sound of lambert striking forehead] Duh!

For those of you who came in late, this was in the third debate (the third debate Kerry won, BTW):

SCHIEFFER: Anything to add, Senator Kerry?

KERRY: Yes. When the president had an opportunity to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, he took his focus off of them, outsourced the job to Afghan warlords, and Osama bin Laden escaped.

KERRY: Six months after he said Osama bin Laden must be caught dead or alive, this president was asked, "Where is Osama bin Laden?" He said, "I don't know. I don't really think about him very much. I'm not that concerned."

SCHIEFFER: Mr. President?

BUSH: Gosh, I just don't think I ever said I'm not worried about Osama bin Laden. It's kind of one of those exaggerations.

Big Lie #1 From President Bush's press conference of March 13, 2002:

Q But don't you believe that the threat that bin Laden posed won't truly
be eliminated until he is found either dead or alive?

BUSH: Well, as I say, we haven't heard much from him. And I
wouldn't necessarily say he's at the center of any command structure.
And, again, I don't know where he is. I -- I'll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him.I know he is on the run. I was concerned about him, when he had taken over a country. I was concerned about the fact that he was basically running Afghanistan and calling the shots for the Taliban.

And here's the video (via Pandagon)

What Xan calls "The Red Flag." Back to basics, people!