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William Gibson on ObL tape: "Cory Doctorow:
William Gibson's posted a blistering analysis of Osama bin Laden's latest video.

OBL today is probably a very satisfied, very optimistic man, and if he can skew the last-minute dynamic of the election in Bush's favor, he'll have cause to be all the more satisfied.

And that's the danger, that some crucial percentage of our dimmer, more reactive voters will flash back to 9-11 and the Bush of the bullhorn, the Bush buffeted with the heartbroken grit of Ground Zero, and vote for that -- childishly imagining that such a vote runs counter to the wishes and the needs of OBL, the bearded stickman, the cave-dwelling spider, our new Old Man of the Mountains. Player of the long game.

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(Thanks, Jamie!)

Update: CJ point out that Gibson's had some second thoughts about this post"

(Via Boing Boing.)