Republican Response to Osama Assasination

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Y'know... Two wars, 10 years, thousands of americans dead, eleventy billion dollars spent... and we got him.

Yay?

He got what he deserved and I'm happy we got him but really... there's no political victory here on either side.

Congrats to the guys on the ground who ended this worthless POS. They deserve the praise.

 

[trenchfoot]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."
- G.W. Bush, 3/13/02[/FONT]

Well, I guess Bush's comment on Bin Laden's death sort'a/kind'a makes up for that little gem he belched up just six months after 9/11. I couldn't believe he said that, what with those families who lost their loved ones on that day still so fresh in their minds.​

 

[boomerang]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]- G.W. Bush, 3/13/02[/FONT]​

Well, I guess Bush's comment on Bin Laden's death sort'a/kind'a makes up for that little gem he belched up just six months after 9/11. I couldn't believe he said that, what with those families who lost their loved ones on that day still so fresh in their minds.​

NEVER forget!!!!!!!!!

 

[wuliheron]

"All you people out there praising obama for osama being dead, FUCK YOU!!!!! Our armed forces are the men that should be praised for life!!!!!!"

Anyone else seeing Facebook posts like this?

Penis envy. Must have a really small one to get this upset.

I'm seeing less extreme posts right here. Die hard conservatives who wrap themselves in the flag every chance they get suggesting it had to be dumb luck or a traitor. They're as xenophobic as the damn Muslims and can't give credit to anyone who isn't one of them.

 

[Abwx]

I'm seeing less extreme posts right here. Die hard conservatives who wrap themselves in the flag every chance they get suggesting it had to be dumb luck or a traitor. They're as xenophobic as the damn Muslims and can't give credit to anyone who isn't one of them.

So even when criticising a US political wing, you cant
resist bashing the muslims on the fly , which is evidence
that you re deeply entrenched in a pathological racism...

And you dare to talk about xenophoby.?...

 

[WhipperSnapper]

And I know some people who got drunk and partied in celebration on the day Ronald Reagan died.

I wonder what if they'll be parties when Bush dies.

 

[Red Dawn]

Republicans "FUUUUU"

 

[pcgeek11]

You have major issues with a Black man being in office don`t you??

Actually he didn't say anything about Obama being black. You did.

Just because someone doesn't agree or like Obama, and Obama is part black doesn't tie the two facts together. I wouldn't like him if he was green.

In my opinion Obama is:

Self centered.
Doesn't give a shit about anything except his own private agenda.
Is a partisan hack.
Two faced, Speaks of bi-partisanship, not throwing insults and in the next sentence does exactly the opposite.

 

[nonlnear]

My tongue-in-cheek analysis of the timing of the birth certificate release is that Obama only needs one crazy nutjob conspiracy at a time to distract the fringes of the GOP. Just wait for the Bin Laden hoax talk to really get going...

 

[zsdersw]

"All you people out there praising obama for osama being dead, FUCK YOU!!!!! Our armed forces are the men that should be praised for life!!!!!!"

Anyone else seeing Facebook posts like this?

Thread title is misleading. It should be "Idiot Response to Osama's Death", not "Republican Response". You cannot infer their political party affiliation from that.

 

[PokerGuy]

Obama has to get credit for the job getting done under his watch. That much is certain. A real leader would not have felt the need to toot his own horn repeatedly and claim all the credit. Our teleprompter in chief decided to take the opportunity to make a campaign speech out of it, taking pot-shots at a previous president. What very sad commentary on this country.

 

[Red Dawn]

Obama has to get credit for the job getting done under his watch. That much is certain. A real leader would not have felt the need to toot his own horn repeatedly and claim all the credit. Our teleprompter in chief decided to take the opportunity to make a campaign speech out of it, taking pot-shots at a previous president. What very sad commentary on this country.

Spin, spin, spin..LOL

 

[PottedMeat]

Obama has to get credit for the job getting done under his watch. That much is certain. A real leader would not have felt the need to toot his own horn repeatedly and claim all the credit. Our teleprompter in chief decided to take the opportunity to make a campaign speech out of it, taking pot-shots at a previous president. What very sad commentary on this country.

what pot shot?

i think all he personally took credit for was saying 'ok go ahead'

 

[PokerGuy]

what pot shot?

i think all he personally took credit for was saying 'ok go ahead'

He implied that before he came into office they were not looking for the guy, and when he came into office he told Leon Panetta to go after OBL. In fact, even if that was true, there's no need to point it out at that moment when announcing that OBL is finally dead. There's no need to self aggrandize.

Listen to the prepared statement and all you hear is "I... I... Me... I....". It was a campaign speech when it should have been a great moment for the country.

 

[Siddhartha]

Obama has to get credit for the job getting done under his watch. That much is certain. A real leader would not have felt the need to toot his own horn repeatedly and claim all the credit. Our teleprompter in chief decided to take the opportunity to make a campaign speech out of it, taking pot-shots at a previous president. What very sad commentary on this country.

This post is what this thread is about. In Mr Obama's announcement he said he made the decisions and he gave the credit to the people who did the work.

 

[PokerGuy]

he made the decisions and he gave the credit to the people who did the work.

He said basically "all praise me and my greatness, thanks to me our people on the ground could do their little bit to get OBL".

 

[zsdersw]

Always hearing only what you want to hear, not necessarily what was said... that's the way of a partisan ideologue.

 

[Jaskalas]

God this whole thread is disgusting, and is about as retarded as the general electorate of the United States.

Can't celebrating the death of a guy who killed hundreds of Americans be a non-partisan issue? Be happy, that's it!

He killed thousands of Americans, and so have the two wars.

The real matter at hand is politics, and of course its disgusting. That's the whole point. We replaced shooting bullets by shooting our mouths off. Still quite partisan in their application though.

 

[rudder]

Are these the same republicans who sponsored Osama bin Laden when Soviets invaded Afghanistan?

FDR supported Ho Chi Minh in World War 2. What's your point?

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

You have major issues with a Black man being in office don`t you??

YOU have major issues with people that don't like someone because of their political views and lack of character. You immediately play the race card and say they don't like him because he's black. His mom is white dipshit. He isn't a White man, he isn't a Black man. He's a Muslim man!! -j/k
You need to get it through your thck skull that people don't like him because of his ideas, not the color of his skin.

 

[jackstar7]

You need to get it through your thck skull that people don't like him because of his ideas, not the color of his skin.

Both generalizations are just too broad. There are some people who don't like him because of race. There are plenty of people who don't like him becauase of his policies. There are probably a bunch who crossover.

Yeah, someone shouldn't jump to the race thing... but sometimes, people do let it slip that they're thinking about it. In this case, it was a jump, but not in all cases, even on these boards.

 

[Tom]

So where's the proof that he's really dead? Hope we get some definitive proof. Supposedly they already buried the body at sea. Odd.

Not really odd. Within a few minutes of hearing the news of his death I thought to myself they should bury him at sea; no reason to create a shrine for people who believe in his culture of death.

 

[olds]

"All you people out there praising obama for osama being dead, FUCK YOU!!!!! Our armed forces are the men that should be praised for life!!!!!!"

Anyone else seeing Facebook posts like this?

No I haven't seen that on facebook.
But then I am not a 12 year old girl so I don't use it.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

The partisan response on both sides show how divided our country is. It's pretty unbelievable that you have Republican politicians stating Obama deserves equal credit to Bush (when clearly he deserves more). It's not like the Democrats' crap don't stink either though. They're already positioning this in terms of election 2012 instead of waiting a while for the country to celebrate in unison.

It's funny that the presidents are probably the most civil about this. Obama called Bush before he made the announcement and I'm sure Bush congratulated (maybe even thanked him) him on getting the job done.

Honest question for conservatives like Spidey though, was your initial reaction "Great news!" or "how a I going to take credit away from Obama."

And for the liberal hacks, did you say "great news" or did you first think "I can't wait to rub this in those conservatives' faces."

Liberal hack here...

My first thought it wasn't true, then finding out it was true, I was elated that justice had been served. Then worried about what crazy whackjob is going to fill his place and take vengeance on us.
I can truthfully say that no politics came into my head about this at all, just happy it was done, and damn, those Navy SEALS are some serious mofo's.

 

[bloodthirster]

Now to hunt down the real war criminals. Bush and Cheney.