The Obama "To Make Important Statement" MEGATHREAD

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[Razgovory]

I have no idea if this will help Obama politically, and don't really care.  I'm just happy the bastard is dead and that our people killed him.

[Caliga]

*shrug* We'll see.  Remember how everyone loved George H. W. Bush after the Gulf War ended and his approval rating was like 95%?

[Viking]

*shrug* We'll see.  Remember how everyone loved George H. W. Bush after the Gulf War ended and his approval rating was like 95%?

George H.W. Bush faced William J. Clinton, Obama is facing the second most crazy of Palin, Bachman, Trump, Gingerich and Romney.

[Caliga]

Alot of people thought Clinton was kind of a joke prior to and early on in the 1992 campaign.

[Josquius]

What is interesting is that Bin Laden was in this mega mansion living comfortably all safely...
Already the hypocrisy of him telling people to go off and kill themselves whilst he does nothing was there but now there's another level of people being made to live in crappy conditions and give up their worldly possessions whilst he has all that.

I really wonder what happened in the raid though. Did he go for a gun?

Alot of people thought Clinton was kind of a joke prior to and early on in the 1992 campaign.

There's crappy presidential candidates then there's people you wouldn't trust to watch your kid for 5 minutes let alone your country for 4 years.

[Caliga]

I would trust Clinton around my kids, sure.  Unless they were teenaged daughters.

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[Neil]

Norwegian papers are bitching about the illegality of the "extra-legal" killing, and the illegality of the the burial at sea. Apparently islam condemns dumping the bodies of murderers at sea.

Funny that it doesn't seem to condemn suicide bombers, child molesterers and rapists.

Illegality of the burial?

That's Eurospeak for 'Waaah!'  They're just pissed that they don't get to sell papers preaching hate about America for giving bin Laden a lengthy trial followed by a swift execution.

"The death penalty is wrong!  Giving the enemy leadership more than 10 years in prison is cruel and unusual!  Pay no attention to how we acted when we were at war last!"

[Razgovory]

Okay.  I am kind of happy that the guy was killed instead of captured.  While I would have liked to see him brought to America in chains, the practical problems would have been enormous.

Apparently, there were spontaneous celebrations in Columbia, Missouri last night.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Norwegian papers are bitching about the illegality of the "extra-legal" killing, and the illegality of the the burial at sea. Apparently islam condemns dumping the bodies of murderers at sea.

[DGuller]

*shrug* We'll see.  Remember how everyone loved George H. W. Bush after the Gulf War ended and his approval rating was like 95%?

Yeah, but the elder Bush would've shot the couriers, shook his fist at bin Laden, and then taken off in the helicopter.

[Caliga]

 

[Josquius]

So how was the lead up to Obama announcing this?
I see a lot of the early posts with speculating and whatnot, was it a 'stop all programmes at x o'clock as the president will be saying something' thing or just something minor mentioned on the news or what?

I would trust Clinton around my kids, sure.  Unless they were teenaged daughters.

He is the former.
Palin, Trump and co however....