I saw a bumper sticker on an SUV that read, “Al Quaeda Supports John Kerry.” There were also a plethora of Bush/Troops/America stickers on the car, leading me to believe this was not an endorsement sticker by a member of Al Quaeda, but a bit of fallacious bullying, to wit: “If You Vote for Kerry, the Terrorists Win!”
Never mind there’s no support for the claim that Al Quaeda wants Kerry to win, what difference does it make? Al Quaeda hates Bush. Most of the world hates Bush at this point.
What if it turns out Al Quaeda likes fuzzy puppy dogs, cold ice cream, and the Mozart? Would that mean these things are evil, and anyone who likes them is also evil? Your political sensibilities are reduced to the binary simplicity of one of those logic puzzle islands of truth-tellers and liars, isn’t it?
Your fucking gas-guzzling SUV probably supports Al Quaeda. Well, maybe not, but it’s a stronger connection than whatever you think it means to suggest that ousting the incompetent and spiteful asshole out of office is a boon to Al Quaeda.
Has anyone in history ever had their vote swayed by a bumper sticker anyway? Are there undecided voters driving around who see a “Bush/Cheney” bumper sticker and make their decision based on that?
Are there Kerry supporters who are going to see the stupid sticker described by the OP and then say “Oh my, al Qaeda supports John Kerry? I did not know that. I must vote for Bush?”
Actually, bumper stickers like the one in the OP are probably a marginal good since they are an effective marker for a car with a (quite possibly drunk) moron behind the wheel. This warns non-morons to keep an ample distance from said car and may cut down on accidents.
Even if Bush is helping AQ recruit (cite?), I’d think that the Al Qaeda High Guard would be somewhat concerned for their own lives. If I were a terrorist, I’d rather have John Kerry’s tiptoeing foreign policy than George Bush’s big stick, as clumsy as it may be.
So if it turns out terrorists want sane and competent foreign policy from the US, we should give them more insane and incompetent foreign policy, at whatever cost in terms of lives and dollars, just to show 'em. That must be what the bumper sticker means.
Fuck Al Qaeda. I don’t care enough about them to continue fucking up the world just to piss them off.
I have to debunk this, too. Although I think John Kerry is a right-wing war-monger, he is very smart to aim at better cooperation with other countries in the fight against terrorism. After all, many other countries (especially France) are much better at fighting terrorism than the U.S. is.
Is has already been proved that U.S. is very ineffective against terrorism. France, in contrast, has become extremely successful in fighting terrorism. Also remember that, what little the U.S. does know about fighting terrorists, they learned from the French.
Didn’t something from al-Qaida a bit ago (around the time of the Madrid bombings) suggest that they in fact support Bush’s re-election, that they believe his staying in power would aid their cause? Can someone refresh my memory here?
Well, it’s a pleasant relief from the claim that as President Senator Kerry will force Boy Scouts to engage in gang anal intercourse and outlaw Sunday School. It makes about as much sense.
Yes, because Bush has done such a number on al Quaeda. Look at the way he focused all his energy on fighting al Qaeda, not letting himself be diverted against any other situations. And the way he took the initial sympathy around the world after 9-11 and built it into an international coalition to end terrorism. All this while presenting America as a showcase for tolerance and civil liberties so bright that Muslims all over the world have announced their blessings upon our way of life. Boy, I bet when Osama bin Laden wakes up every morning in his Leavenworth jail cell, his first thought is how unlucky he got when Bush was elected.
Y’know, I’m of the firm opinion that bumpersticker politics is one of the most pointless practices ever. Even if it’s as simple as something as “Vote Kerry, 2004”, what’s the point? To show your support? Well, the driver behind you in traffic now knows that you support Kerry and they have no idea who you are. Nice job. Quick poll: has anyone ever based their vote on a bumpersticker?
Even more annoying are the ones that make jabs like the one in the OP: “Don’t like abortions? Don’t have one!”, or “Impeach Clinton, and her husband!”. Yup, I’m sure you’re going to change people’s minds with those. Well, maybe you’re an asshole and you just like throwing out jabs at any random passerbys who disagree with your opinion, which of course just pisses them off and further convinces them that everyone on the other side of the debate is a rude shitbag and mental moron. Yup, that’ll bring about bipartisanship.
Seriously, unless you’re swearing allegiance to Ford Motor Company or your favorite metal band don’t put a bumper sticker on your car (and even then don’t do it as you can affect the car’s resale value).
Onto the OP. Yup, that bumpersticker is fucking retarded.
