# Osama and the election campaign

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osama-and-the-election-campaign/468967>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 21, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osama-and-the-election-campaign/468967 "2008-10-21T23:27:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Mustafa\_Al-Habib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mustafa\_Al-Habib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mustafa_Al-Habib)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osama-and-the-election-campaign/468967/1 "2008-10-21T23:27:01Z")

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If Osama was captured between now and the election, how much would it help John McCain? Would many people actually buy this as a reason to change their vote back to the Republicans?

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osama-and-the-election-campaign/468967/2 "2008-10-21T23:36:15Z")

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See [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=488641).

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**Author:** ![Mustafa\_Al-Habib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mustafa\_Al-Habib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mustafa_Al-Habib)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osama-and-the-election-campaign/468967/3 "2008-10-22T00:10:36Z")

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Oh, I guess this can be closed.

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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osama-and-the-election-campaign/468967/4 "2008-10-22T19:49:47Z")

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whasyt thab fuckll;