Osama, you lose

I hope that Osama Bin Laden and his thugs hear the message loud and clear. George Bush didn't just defeat John Kerry yesterday. The American freedoms that we know and love defeated fear and cowardice.

Osama made his videotaped threats just before the election in hopes that the American people would react like the Spanish did. He hoped that we would consider John Kerry to be a less risky President than Bush as far as our security and safety were concerned.

The American people have given George Bush four more years of the presidency in what can only be described as a tidal wave of voter turnout. More people voted than ever in our history. More people cast votes for Bush than for any presidential candidate in history, including the Reagan landslides. More Republican governors won their races. More Senate and House seats went to Republicans.

Osama, we don't want to die at the hands of Islamic murderers like you and your friends. We don't want to see anymore of our soldiers die in a foreign country. Because of this you thought that we would back down. You thought that we would choose the path of least resistance. You thought that we would let go of our ideals in favor of our comfort. You were wrong. America chooses to bring the war to you. America chooses the right way, not the easy way. Ultimately, you will die in a cave, stewing in your own hatred and America will remain the shining city on a hill proclaiming freedom for all.

You've taken several thousand American lives. There are at least 58 million more of us who will not rest until you are only a sad, brief paragraph in the history of the world.