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In the last few weeks, as gasoline prices have continued to climb in the United States, President Obama has seen his poll numbers decline, suggesting a potential vulnerability in 2012.
But the news that Osama bin Laden has been killed -- on Obama's watch -- is most definitely a political game-changer and appears destined to impact the contours of the 2012 presidential race, as well as the emerging Republican field. Of course, the size of the impact is yet unknown and will be played out in the months ahead, especially with U.S. unemployment near 9%. The 2012 general election, after all, is more than 550 days away.
As NBC's Chuck Todd also mentioned, it could have an impact on the U.S. involvement in Afghanistan-Pakistan. Does it make the U.S. re-evaluate the mission there? Does it affect the troop draw-down that's scheduled to begin this summer?
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Mission accomplished ! If W had done this he would still be prancing around grabbing his ....
Come on Fox and sarah, make a case for bin Laden
This is good news for the nation and the world.
This has given the right wingers heartburn.
Nah.
When will Trump take credit?
In any effing freaking god dang minute he will. Effing bs you know he will. Eff the Chinese and eff Osama. Our effing leaders are stupid. Effing A! /snark
What a great day to be an american. The best of the best getting it done for all of us once again. Show some class americans and be proud of our military people. Stand proud tommorow and make it a priority to say ty to all of our militay men and women who every day risk there life for our freedom. I will raise my flag high and chant usa and be proud of my president. Maybe trump and ryan will get it at some point. A democratic african president showed us all that his leadership skills and the character of this country have been restored thanks to him. Way to go. You have my vote for 2012 and I ty again for being a noble and true leader. You have restored my faith in justice.
Not surprising that all of the Republicans here are poo-pooing this GREAT HISTORICAL EVENT!
Oh, crap, they are all saying. Obama accomplished what Bush II couldn't or wouldn't do. Obama, the black president, did the impossible.
LANDSLIDE for Obama in 2012, no matter how many lies and distortions the Repugs can manufacture.
Slide down hill.
Pulease everyone we have so many problems.... this is a good day, we are all Americans!! We have to get along and remember how that working together was how we got to be great.Since we have stopped working together we stopped being as great as we have been in the past....
Prepare for a MAJOR Stock Market surge tomorrow...
Those of you who have not invested yet, get in line!
I doubt it necessarily changes anything in the long run in and of itself. President George H.W. Bush did a remarkable job in Iraq, liberating Kuwait, and what did that end up contributing to his second term chances?
Additionally, as others have been cautioning in the broadcast, threat levels will be elevated for a bit now, as al Qaida and the splinter groups try to prove that they are still relevant. All it takes is one of those other groups to manage a successful strike on US soil and President Obama will be under fire for allowing a terror attack to occur.
There's still plenty of time between now and the elections - anything can happen.
On the same day John Paul is beatified ?
You can't fix stupid, even if you were on watch when Bin Laden was killed by an operation
started right after 9/11.
Obama is still a loser.
Corsair,
Sadly, on this great day in American History, you are the real loser.
Can't wait until Trump asks for Osama Bin Laden's birth certificate as proof that he is indeed Osama Bin Laden.
I think he won't believe Osama is dead until he sees the death certificate.
Got to have long form certificate, properly signed and notarized, with the testimony of the attending physician.
In 1998 Gadhafi issued the FIRST Interpol Arrest Warrant on Osama bin Ladin. Britains MI6, America's CIA BLOCKED the warrant from being carried out.
If Gadhafi's Interpol Warrant on Osama bin Ladin had been allowed to deport Osama bin Ladin back to Libya, the US Embassy attacks in Africa and the 9/11 attacks in America which cost thousands of American lives would not have occurred.
Why did Libya's Gadhafi issue a Interpol Arrest Warrant on Osama bin Ladin? French and UK military intelligence shows that MI6, CIA paid Osama bin Ladin who was working for them at that time, 100,000 dollars to assassinate Gadhafi in 1996. The plot by Osama bin Ladin to assassinate Gadhafi was uncovered by Gadhafi and crushed in 1998. Whereupon Gadhafi immediately issued the Interpol Arrest Warrant to capture and deport Osama bin Ladin from anywhere in the world MI6 and the CIA had moved Osama bin Ladin to.
It appears both MI6 and the CIA feared that Osama bin Ladin would be captured and heavily interrogated in Libya exposing Britain and America being behind the plot to assassinate Gadhafi and chose to eliminate Osama bin Ladin before he could be questioned. Whereupon the former employee of MI6 and the CIA went on a mass killing spree against Britian and America. First calling upon his Al Qaeda linked LIFG, AQIM East Libyan 'rebels' to help,plan and carry out the US Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. The attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Towers. ALL would have been prevented IF MI6 and the CIA had not interfered and BLOCKED Gadhafi's Interpol Arrest Warrant on Osama bin Ladin in 1998.
Smith,
All water under your fantasy bridge, now...
Gadhafi issued the FIRST 1998 Interpol Arrest Warrant on Osama bin Ladin and that is a matter of public record. Anyone can quiery Interpol why that arrest warrant was not carried out and who blocked it.
Thousands of people are aware of this information and they are growing in number.
President Obama quietly - without fanfare - authorized a smart & well thought-out strategy to get Osama. America will be forever grateful that the goal was accomplished. To the Tea-Party & rightwing haters of President Obama ~ look into your heart and mind & recognize the evil that is there. Your hateis destroying this country. You can, of course, disagree with President Obama's policies, but when an event of this importance has taken place, you need to ask why you can not acknowledge this achievement and offer congratulations & a well-done. I pity those who hate irrationally. One's soul is empty if hate fills every word and deed.
The war on terror has been won. Congratulations, Mr President. I salute your leadership. Carter blew Iran. Clinton blew Somalia. Bush blew Tora Bora. There's a new sheriff in town! We can rest easy now and get on with our lives.
"splendid Cammander in Chief"??????  Really??
I'll give him the credit he deserves about this, but, come on let's not go overboard for the Spender in Chief. The country is broke $$$$$!
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Rara,
Turn off FOX and learn to spell...or at least not drink so much at night that you can't spell.
OK, sure...........but maybe YOU should note the quotes I used, which means I was quoting someone else - bad spelling and all! Thank you very much!
Rara97...you are so right.
On another thread, I let my dislike/distrust of Pres.Obama take over my keyboard. I personally think he just got lucky with this happening now, but regardless, it was accomplished. So yay, Pres.Obama.
I still don't think he is any better President than I did when the news broke that bin laden is dead.
God, do I feel better!
Steve... are you trying to revisit history? 9/11 was not that long ago, and you are already changing the facts of these past ten years. Obama Bin Laden attacked this country, not Suddam Hussein. The Iraq war was a lie we were led into. Afghanistan was the true war, and Obama has always said so. He held true to his convictions and this is the result, TONIGHT!!! OSAMA BIN LADEN IS DEAD!!!
Bush let him get away in Tora Bora. Obama did not hold anything back in Islamabad. It amazes me that Republicans are held in such high esteem regarding national defense, but never in the history of this nation have Republicans brought a war to its end in victory. This is Victory for the United States brought to you by a Democratic President, AGAIN. Democrats know how to win wars! Osama is the only reason we went into Afghanistan and now he is dead.
I am speaking as a Veteran of these United States of America. May god bless.
What has god have to do with it.
Sorry for the error in the third sentence of the first paragraph. Of course I meant Osama Bin Laden. Not Obama. It has been an emotional night. My prayers to all of those still serving our nation in these wars. We are thinking of you!!!
Whatever god you may believe in has nothing to do with it. You are a master of deflection when facts present themselves. My belief in God is my own personal business. However, facts belong to everyone. Answer the facts and stop trying to deny my stated argument.
The civil war is an exception that I will freely admit was brought to an end victoriously by a Republican President, Abraham Lincoln -- the first Republican President. I did not exempt my comment to modern day history as I intended to do so. Lincoln did win the American Civil War. Solely based on ideology, Lincoln would not be excepted into today's modern Republican Party of Palin, Trump, West or Barbour. He would be freely embraced in the modern-day Democratic Party that supports collective bargaining for workers. An issue Lincoln himself jumped out a window to support.
This has been planned since August, less then two years after the President took office. And was carried out to perfection.
I won't believe it until I see the long form death certificate. Even then I'll decide whether to believe it or not, depending on what FOX tells me to think.
Glad Osama is dead...it doesn'thelp jobs and the economy....A "game changer' for about two weeks.
This is the real "Mission accomplished" moment for the U.S. And for those idiots who think this is staged, George Washington University is only a few blocks away and most of the spectators are students who heard what happened and grabbed flags, made signs and headed out to celebrate like real patriots. We already know that these racists and republicans will never give Obama any credit nor do we care. What matters is Bin Laden is dead and the victims of 9/11 can sleep well knowing justice has been done. History will record this as one of the most successful Presidencies in light of the historical acomplishments this President has made in just over 2 years (passing healthcare bill, 1st hispanic on supreme court, averted a 2nd great depression, killed bin laden to name a few). No matter what you ignorant yokels say or think, President Obama is intelligent, poised under pressure, accomplished, a leader and yes... he is black. Cry me a freakin' river, build a bridge and get over it! We have the body, forensics confirm the DNA and yes... OBAMA got Osama! Thanks to our troops and our Commander in Chief and President of the United States of America, Barack Obama! 4 more years... 4 more years!
Damon,
The Demon salutes you!
PATRIOTS? Patriots! Patriots are only true patriots when they are REAL AMERICANS!!! Only Real Americans matter! Those with long form birth certificates and a lighter shade of skin who live in rural America. Those are Real Americans. Not college age kids who vote with their emotions.
These same college age kids are the ones being sent into wars all over the world and dying for their country. They are old enough to serve and die but not old enough to vote their conscience and be called patriots???? You sir, are an idiot...
One cannot help but be pleased with this outcome, and no doubt the President will see a bump in his approval ratings. But will that bump last when a month from now we're still paying $4.25 for gas, our soldiers are still dieing in Afghanistan, food prices are still going up and up, and we're still $14 trillion in debt with no forseeable way out? I doubt it.
Dandy,
I feel sorry for you. Glass half empty kind of person. Put you car in the garage and ride your bike or take public transportation.
Bin Laden is dead. Look on the bright side, dude!
When Bush was in office gas was $4.50. I blame all politicians, they are all gilty! This is a great day for Americans. Thank you 2 all the people involved. Thank you 2 all the soldiers. GOD be with you. :)
This is going to help Obama barring a major terrorist attack (possibly a reprisal for Bin Laden) or a major setback in Afghanistan, Iraq or Libya (or all of the above). The fact of the matter is Obama has continued (if not expanded) Bush's foreign policy objectives. This fact should be brought to bear in the 2012 election and not simply that Bin Laden was killed on Obama's watch. Our economy still teeters on the verge of what could be the biggest economic collapse in history. Take our troops out of the Middle East and North Africa. Our presence there was what gave Bin Laden an excuse and his willing followers a personal reason to carry out the attacks of 9/11. Let's not give them any reasons ever again. This election is about a radical change in the country that has never been undertaken and that is public involvement in the policies of their own country. Remember that thousands if not millions of innocent people and military personnel have died at home and abroad partly because of America's elite foreign policy of the past 50 years and will continue to until a significant change to America's approach is undertaken. Obama was not really about change in the 2008 election. In this upcoming election, change from the bottom up should be forced upon Obama as a requirement by the American people and not used as lip service to coerce a deliberately misled and uniformed populace to the polls.
If we lived through the dung left by one Reagan and 2 Bushes, I'm sure we'll be okay.
We are still paying for what happened under Reagan and Bushes one and two. Clinton didn't have his clean hands either. Ask the Haitians (a continuation of Reagan's policy). Ask the around 1 million innocent Iraqis that died as a result of Clinton's sanctions during the 1990s. I am by no means a conservative or right-wing. Quite the opposite. Our policies are too far to the right in general.
Friday - Long Form Birth Certificate
Sunday - Osama bin Laden
Tuesday - Rush Limbaugh's liver
That is the funniest thing I have heard in a long time. Thank you .. LOL
Pretty dang funny. I lol'd.
Does that mean a end of America's invasion and occupation of Afghanistan? NO, Halliburton is making BILLIONS per week off that operation. The US Military Complex is desperately needing WARS to continue it's gigantic Trillion dollar annual funding request for itself and defense related spending.
It does make it much tougher for former Governor Mitt Romney to beat Obama in the 2012 election which I am glad about. Romney would march America into WW3 just as Bush jr.'s hidden agenda was to march America into Iraq if Mitt Romney was elected as America's 2012 President. It's looking more tonight like that is not going to happen.