PR 101 For Nutters

Something Jack Cafferty said on CNN's Situation Room made good fodder on the Hugh Hewitt show. Here's the nutter comment that set everyone off:

The last time we got a tape from Osama bin Laden was right before the 2004 presidential election. Now here we are four days away from hearings starting in Washington into the wire tapping of America's telephones without bothering to get a court order or a warrant, and up pops another tape from Osama bin Laden. Coincidence? Who knows.

There is an obvious coincidence, but Jack is too whacked to see it.

Bin Laden's crew is not always PR-savvy, but they always try to use PR as another weapon in their arsenal.

The pre-election film was released in an effort to move voters towards Kerry, but it was a clumsy effort that misread America's psyche, and it backfired. Given the culture gulf between al Qaeda-think and normal people with a soul-think, it's not surprising they botched so badly.

Today's effort had a reason as obvious as bin Laden's beard: We pulverized at least four of their leaders into oblivion this weekend, proving that we can get them anywhere, any time we want -- just as the NSA "scandal" just showed the world that we know when they're talking and who they're talking to.

So the surviving terrormeisters flipped through their collection of tapes by binny-boy, and messengered one over to al Jazera to let the world know that despite their recent bruisings, they're still a bunch of tough guys.

It was a fundraising and membership recruiting necessity.

You'd think someone purportedly with the crack analytical skills needed to be a global/national commentator would be able to figure out something so obvious. Which is why CNN stands for Can't Noodle Nuthin'.