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  • ppk007@cfl.rr.com 2012/04/30 17:10:01
    Yes, it’s an important event that’s worth highlighting again.
    ppk007@cfl.rr.com
    +9
    Why not - did Bush try to use "Mission Accomplished".... Didn't Reagan use Carter's failed attempt to rescue the hostages against him?..so yeah, it's fair game to use it...

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  • H H 2012/04/30 18:44:18
    No, it was a great moment but has no place in this campaign.
    H H
    +1
    It was a cheap and obvious attempt to garner public support by an unpopular president.
    There were accounts of OBL's death years before the killing BO is trying to take credit for. There was so much secrecy. Who was really killed?
    What has changed from the killing? It looks like nothing has changed to me, so was the only point of it to garner support from the gullible and stupid masses?
  • Monolith 2012/04/30 18:43:04
    Yes, it’s an important event that’s worth highlighting again.
    Monolith
    +4
    Mission FINALLY accomplished!!!! Go Obama - BETTER THAN BUSH!!!!
  • Birthpangs 2012/04/30 18:38:08
  • ray 2012/04/30 18:33:46
    No, it was a great moment but has no place in this campaign.
    ray
    +3
    Obama tried to claim credit after it was all over .

    Problem is Obama dithered so badly he couldn't make up his mind .
    From a Year ago .
    White House Insider: Obama Hesitated – Panetta Issued Order to Kill Osama Bin Laden
    https://www.google.com/search...

    Good Grief. Obama Took 16 HOURS to Make Up His Mind to Get Osama Bin Laden
    http://www.thegatewaypundit.c...
  • taitaFa... ray 2012/04/30 20:28:01
    taitaFalcon23
    then Panetta need to be brought up on charges for insubordination; you're having a really hard time with this aren't you? There is only 1 commander in chief
  • ray taitaFa... 2012/04/30 21:36:56
    ray
    Panetta is the only one that need to be brought up on charges. This entire administration is a Circus.

    There is only one commander in chief and he is usually on the golf course while the sycophants and lackeys run wild , thinking they are running a country.
    After years of Chasing Bin Laden, Obama couldn't even decide to kill him when the finally had the chance. Obama is the same one that gave away the drone technology for inability to make a decision . Then was mocked and laughed at when he had to beg Iran to give it to him . All they gave him was a pink toy for humiliation.

    Iran promises to return US drone - as a pink toy
    It may not have been quite what Barack Obama meant when he called on Iran to return a US drone that crashed in the Islamic Republic.
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ne...

    After the election it will take a lot of years to clean up the mess made and repair the damage.
  • taitaFa... ray 2012/04/30 22:01:08
    taitaFalcon23
    most of this is pure drivel but he was faced with worse after GWB. I don't love his tenure as POTUS but I DO respect the effort it took and the politics against him, just out of curiousity how many days exactly do you figure he was out golfing on the voters time?
  • ray taitaFa... 2012/04/30 22:16:19
    ray
    not sure about the latest count , recall he passed the 90th outing last December .
    That would work out to about 8% of his tenure.

    The politics against him are of his own making . Force feeding Obamacare down the throats of people ,When 70% vocally opposed it. Crippling the energy industry and squandering billions of failed green programs . Doubling the price of food and gas. Policies that result in lost jobs and years of unemployment . These are not things to endear the man to peoples heart .
  • taitaFa... ray 2012/04/30 22:31:44
    taitaFalcon23
    first, be aware of what a president can and cannot do. the price of gas cannot be controlled from the oval office. when gas prices increase, everything thing else inflates. President going agains electorates is nothing new - I had 2 sons devoted to the mid-east folly. After 20 yrs of my own commitment, I did not want to see my sons dodging bullets for a 'friend' that does not need our help. His job numbers are a reversal of what he had when he took office. YOu don't even need a pad of paper nor pencil to figure gaining 100K+ jobs per month is better than losing 700k per month. BTW; his administration has a recent history low of vacation days in comparison to Reagan and GWB
  • ray taitaFa... 2012/05/01 00:04:41
    ray
    Supplies ( Gulf of Mexico , XL pipe line , Domestic drilling ) can be restricted by the president which will have an effect that causes prices to rise.
    Compound that with Restrictive regulations on Coal and drilling for natural gas on federal lands, off shore drilling and stone walling permits will cause the price of fuel of every type to rise .
    Blaming his actions on some MYSTERIOUS SPECULATORS does not absolve him of the fuel price increase. ( and everything that depends on oil, drugs, crops , plastics, etc. )

    Bush working from office on his ranch is counted as a vacation . Obama tak going to Hawaii is considered working , making the comparison problematic at best .

    "YOu don't even need a pad of paper nor pencil to figure gaining 100K+ jobs per month is better than losing 700k per month"
    Unemployment numbers are smoke and mirrors. They simply started massaging the numbers. Someone currently collecting their 67th week of unemployment is not counted as being unemployed. As each person enters their 53 week of unemployment they are no longer counted and this is counted as a reduction in unemployment , which by default is a job created.
    Current U6 unemployment stands at 15.6 % according to the BLS
    http://www.bls.gov/lau/stalt....
    What the statistics don't show are things like ...


    Supplies ( Gulf of Mexico , XL pipe line , Domestic drilling ) can be restricted by the president which will have an effect that causes prices to rise.
    Compound that with Restrictive regulations on Coal and drilling for natural gas on federal lands, off shore drilling and stone walling permits will cause the price of fuel of every type to rise .
    Blaming his actions on some MYSTERIOUS SPECULATORS does not absolve him of the fuel price increase. ( and everything that depends on oil, drugs, crops , plastics, etc. )

    Bush working from office on his ranch is counted as a vacation . Obama tak going to Hawaii is considered working , making the comparison problematic at best .

    "YOu don't even need a pad of paper nor pencil to figure gaining 100K+ jobs per month is better than losing 700k per month"
    Unemployment numbers are smoke and mirrors. They simply started massaging the numbers. Someone currently collecting their 67th week of unemployment is not counted as being unemployed. As each person enters their 53 week of unemployment they are no longer counted and this is counted as a reduction in unemployment , which by default is a job created.
    Current U6 unemployment stands at 15.6 % according to the BLS
    http://www.bls.gov/lau/stalt....
    What the statistics don't show are things like the college grad that has never had the first job. The college grad stocking shelves in Wal Mart .Nor the person who has had to take a job of Greater than 70% salary reduction , they are not counted at all.
    53% of Recent College Grads Are Jobless or Underemployed—How?
    ( http://www.theatlantic.com/bu... )
    Estimates have run as high as 1:4 and 1:3 when these are included.
    (more)
  • taitaFa... ray 2012/05/01 09:25:38
    taitaFalcon23
    You have so many typos, I don't even know what you're trying to say; but it is clear that whatever this president does, you'll find fault. In fact, you'd find fault if he said the sky is blue. This is what is.... OBL is dead AND GM is alive and gaining. Romney said 2 things that indicate what a buffoon he is: Let GM die and OBL is just 1 guy and he wouldn't waste time and resources to take him out.... Now Johnny-come very lately-MIttens wants to say President Obama just merely took his advice and that he would have done the same things. There's an old sayin': Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's rainin'...
  • ray taitaFa... 2012/05/01 10:44:42
    ray
    GM is Alive ,
    GM pays no taxes on a multibillion dollar income .
    Gm was stolen from the owners , The stockholders were given nothing.
    Bondholders were paid pennies on the dollar , take it or take nothing .
    GM , after being stolen was given to the unions for political support .
    Tax payers payers have lost about 25 billion dollars on the give-a-way .
    Gm was making electric cars costing more to build than sales price.
    Still could not sell the losers even when the GOVERNMENT PAID PEOPLE TO BUY THE THINGS , they still weren't wanted.
    Can you understand that?

    Now , I'm given to understand that a Fascist type commandeering of private industry , given over to political cronies is something that you find worthy of support and defense. I disagree
    The above is simply facts.

    As for OBL the story of the day is that Obama and Jarret were so wracked and Frozen with indecision as to be unable to function.
    Finally Panetta placed the order to proceed . ( This is indicative of the hi-jacked drone , which Obama allowed IRAN to possess )
    White House Insider: Obama Hesitated – Panetta Issued Order to Kill Osama Bin Laden
    http://socyberty.com/issues/w...
    Good Grief. Obama Took 16 HOURS to Make Up His Mind to Get Osama Bin Laden
    http://www.thegatewaypundit.c...

    After the fact , when all went well , Ob...







    GM is Alive ,
    GM pays no taxes on a multibillion dollar income .
    Gm was stolen from the owners , The stockholders were given nothing.
    Bondholders were paid pennies on the dollar , take it or take nothing .
    GM , after being stolen was given to the unions for political support .
    Tax payers payers have lost about 25 billion dollars on the give-a-way .
    Gm was making electric cars costing more to build than sales price.
    Still could not sell the losers even when the GOVERNMENT PAID PEOPLE TO BUY THE THINGS , they still weren't wanted.
    Can you understand that?

    Now , I'm given to understand that a Fascist type commandeering of private industry , given over to political cronies is something that you find worthy of support and defense. I disagree
    The above is simply facts.

    As for OBL the story of the day is that Obama and Jarret were so wracked and Frozen with indecision as to be unable to function.
    Finally Panetta placed the order to proceed . ( This is indicative of the hi-jacked drone , which Obama allowed IRAN to possess )
    White House Insider: Obama Hesitated – Panetta Issued Order to Kill Osama Bin Laden
    http://socyberty.com/issues/w...
    Good Grief. Obama Took 16 HOURS to Make Up His Mind to Get Osama Bin Laden
    http://www.thegatewaypundit.c...

    After the fact , when all went well , Obama steps on stage to take a bow.
    Earlier reports gave credit to Jarret as giving the command to proceed.
    Natrually there are stories of OBL having died years earlier. Along with conspiracy theories concerning dumping the wrong body at sea.

    Now what appears obvious is that you will support , the man Known as Barrack Hussien Obama , and never question why he lost his law license , why his records are sealed , why he has used 16 different confirmed social security numbers .
    That you would support him even if he Give billions to Hamas, Billions to build Mosques , Billions to Brazilian oil well while blocking US production.
    You would support him even as he Cripples American Military , Ends Nasa's manned space program, insults and betrays Americas staunchest allies ,while bowing and apologizing to our enemies.

    Some will follow Obama blindly and without question , making excuses all along the way as he tramples law and Constitution.
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  • Tomus Megalomania 2012/04/30 18:28:08
    Yes, it’s an important event that’s worth highlighting again.
    Tomus Megalomania
    +5
    Good job, Mr. President!
  • Mopeder 2012/04/30 18:23:32
    Yes, it’s an important event that’s worth highlighting again.
    Mopeder
  • Ryan Mopeder 2012/04/30 18:47:56
    Ryan
    +3
    So did he use a gun, or just beat him to death with his bare hands?

    Obama sat and watched it on TV.
  • TruXter Ryan 2012/04/30 19:25:32
    TruXter
    +1
    Along with a bunch of others who had nothing to do with it.
  • Ryan TruXter 2012/04/30 19:50:39
    Ryan
    +2
    Exactly.
  • Dan ☮ R... Ryan 2012/04/30 23:06:19
    Dan ☮ R P ☮ 2012 ☮
    He didnt even watch it (assuming the raid ever happened). According to Panetta, the feed was blacked out during the raid.
  • Starman 2012/04/30 18:17:20
    Yes, it’s an important event that’s worth highlighting again.
    Starman
    +5
    Mr Obama took a huge risk sending a Seal team into Pakistan. If the intell had been wrong, or if the raid went badly, it could have created a huge backlash. Mr Obama made the hard decision allowing our military to get the job done. Mr Obama deserves real credit and the accomplishment of ridding the world of binLaden is important this election cycle.
  • Ryan Starman 2012/05/01 15:57:32
    Ryan
    Sorry I don't give him the credit. That goes to the men on the ground facing the bullets.
  • Starman Ryan 2012/05/02 00:44:32
    Starman
    I bet you wouldn't give Mr Obama credit if he single handedly cured cancer and brought piece to the middle east.
  • Ryan Starman 2012/05/03 17:11:35
    Ryan
    I give credit to those that deserve it. In some cases Obama does deserve credit, this isn't one of them.

    Obama made the call most people would make in that situation. So while he gets credit for making the right call, he wasn't the one that located bin Laden. He sure as hell wasn't the one that went in and killed him.

    If this had happened under Bush I'd be saying the exact same thing.

    If Obama cured cancer himself, I'd give him the credit for it.

    If he sat in an office and had a team of scientists cure it, they'd get the credit. They did they work.
  • Starman Ryan 2012/05/03 18:55:04
    Starman
    Is that why CEOs in this country make more than 100x the salary that the people who actually do the work make? Although I don't think that it's worth 100x more, leadership is a valuable part of the process.
  • Ryan Starman 2012/05/03 20:44:28
    Ryan
    Oh I don't think CEOs deserve what they make in most cases.

    Leadership is important, but Presidents don't really have much leadership for Military. That comes from the Generals and other officers.
  • Mr. Smith 2012/04/30 18:14:49
    No, it was a great moment but has no place in this campaign.
    Mr. Smith
    +1
    Desperation! The man died in late 2001 of marfan syndrome, but the Bush Admin kept the lie going in order to keep the war on terror alive. The Obama Admin took the baton and continued the lie until the American people finally were growing war weary. Since bin Laden no longer served the purpose of being the boogieman, last year came the political timing to "publicly" put bin Laden to death, and to get a bump in the polls. A year later, Obama's record is so weak that he's having to dig up bin Laden again, just to get more brownie points going into a summer of high gasoline prices and a weakening economy - this is the sign of a very weak reelection campaign.
  • JohnnyR... Mr. Smith 2012/04/30 20:34:58
    JohnnyRudick
    +1
    Not sure of your facts but it does make for a great story.
    Good going. Thanks.:-)
  • Mr. Smith JohnnyR... 2012/05/01 01:45:22
    Mr. Smith
    +1
    It's not mine, it's a story told often by those closest to the intelligence community.
  • Wren77 2012/04/30 17:54:05
    No, it was a great moment but has no place in this campaign.
    Wren77
    The majority agree with then Pres Bush to go into Afghanistan to get Bin Laden Bush failed and Obama made it happen. Both parties were i favor of this.
  • Ukie 2012/04/30 17:49:32
    No, it was a great moment but has no place in this campaign.
    Ukie
    +3
    NO....he's pandering to "himself again! Obama shameless self promotion Obama how great I am Obama how great I am Obama how great I am Obama how great I am Obama empty suit Obama empty suit Obama empty suit
  • Wag 2012/04/30 17:35:20
    Yes, it’s an important event that’s worth highlighting again.
    Wag
    +6
    Hell yes that should be brought up....Had he not got him that surely would be a campaign issue.....Campaign promise fullfilled!
  • ray Wag 2012/04/30 18:32:33
    ray
    +2
    Problem is Obama dithered so badly he couldn't make up his mind .
    From a Year ago .
    White House Insider: Obama Hesitated – Panetta Issued Order to Kill Osama Bin Laden
    https://www.google.com/search...

    Obama finally gave the go ahead not knowing it was all over .
    Good Grief. Obama Took 16 HOURS to Make Up His Mind to Get Osama Bin Laden
    http://www.thegatewaypundit.c...
  • Gooky 2012/04/30 17:32:18
    No, it was a great moment but has no place in this campaign.
    Gooky
    +1
    The lying scumbag said he wouldn't bring it up again...and then to imply that Romney wouldn't have done anything about it,is ludicrous...what a P.O.S.,he is!!
  • Wren77 Gooky 2012/04/30 17:56:42
    Wren77
    +2
    Romney brought it up , saying it as a waste of money.
  • Monolith Wren77 2012/04/30 18:39:11
    Monolith
    Just shows what a moron Romney is!
  • Gooky Wren77 2012/04/30 20:58:28
    Gooky
    But 0vomit is the one who said it was over & done...now he's using it for his campaign...
  • JohnnyR... Gooky 2012/04/30 20:36:23
    JohnnyRudick
    +1
    Thanks. Good comment.:-)
  • Gooky JohnnyR... 2012/04/30 20:58:46
    Gooky
    +1
    Thanks,Johnny.
  • Denny 2012/04/30 17:25:30
    No, it was a great moment but has no place in this campaign.
    Denny
    Frankly, is it worth the possible deaths of some innocent bystanders who may be inside the blast range Caused from some towelhead without his camel????? Don't think it's worth the chance. These Limp di-ks ar going to come here anyway, why provoke them even more???
  • CUDDLY BUT STILL CRABBY 2012/04/30 17:17:12
    Yes, it’s an important event that’s worth highlighting again.
    CUDDLY BUT STILL CRABBY
    +1
    Everything in politics should be fair game. If Obama wants to politicize the alleged Bin laden killing then he should be allowed to do it.

    On the other hand, I have seen ZERO EVIDENCE that the killing actually took place under BHO.

    Have you?

    Then there is the matter of that helicopter "accident" that killed over 30 of the SEAL participants in the alleged event after the VEEP released highly top secret information to folks who had no need for said information.

    The tentacles of deception and corruption run very deep in this regime.
  • Wag CUDDLY ... 2012/04/30 17:39:03
    Wag
    HEY! That has all the makings of conspiracy #288....I mean we bought the fact that the Iraq war was over when GB landed on the carrier and announced the Iraq war was pretty much over.

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