Wow.. The outrage-of-the-day over the Bin Laden ad sure got quiet all of a sudden. I guess the GOP instant-response machine decided it wasn't a "winner", and that their attempts to attack him (and try to make everybody forget the Romney videos where he's on-record saying what he said), wasn't working too well.
Stay tuned for tomorrow's outrage-of-the-day where we see what they try to come up with that Mitt said, (that he didn't contradict before--or later). I did like the new Obama ad that targets Romney's only apparent link to "Foreign Policy"--his Swiss bank accounts, and his accounts in the Cayman Islands...
Soulshiner wrote: President Obama made the tough decision to go ahead with the operation. If it had failed and the Seals had died, it would have totally been hung around his neck and the responsibility for their death would have been called by the right as his and his alone.
And the only worse outcome, politically speaking, would have been once it surfaced that he had a chance and refused to take it ala Clinton. That would have ended his political career more surely than a failed attempt might have. It really wasn't a tough decision when all the factors are put into proper perspective, was it.
Yes, it was... But nobody expected the usual righties to give him any credit for it.
Remind me again how well Bush did with making the decision to actually go after him, after promising he would after 9/11...? Another Bush "broken promise"?
LadyJazzer wrote: Yes, it was... But nobody expected the usual righties to give him any credit for it.
Remind me again how well Bush did with making the decision to actually go after him, after promising he would after 9/11...? Another Bush "broken promise"?
I'll take a moment to go off topic...
Obama Broken Promises
Increase the capital gains and dividends taxes for higher-income taxpayers
Expand the child and dependent care credit
Create a foreclosure prevention fund for homeowners
Provide option for a pre-filled-out tax form
Create a mortgage interest tax credit for non-itemizers
Require automatic enrollment in 401(k) plans
Require automatic enrollment in IRA plans
Create a retirement savings tax credit for low incomes
End income tax for seniors making less than $50,000
End no-bid contracts above $25,000
Repeal the Bush tax cuts for higher incomes
Phase out exemptions and deductions for higher earners
Sign the Employee Free Choice Act, making it easier for workers to unionize
Lift the payroll tax cap on earnings above $250,000
Forbid companies in bankruptcy from giving executives bonuses
Allow workers to claim more in unpaid wages and benefits in bankruptcy court
Allow imported prescription drugs
Prevent drug companies from blocking generic drugs
Allow Medicare to negotiate for cheaper drug prices
Appoint federal-level coordinator to oversee all federal autism efforts
The Liberals GOP Twin wrote: This thread is about his despicable use of the incident and turning it into a campaign ad.
Obama gave the order to get Bin Laden. He gets credit for that. He did a good thing.
Now one of his campaign people talked him into a really stupid campaign commercial that handles the subject in a very wrong way.
See LJ? No Bush, No Romney, no conservative or liberal crap - just credit and criticism where they're due. You ought to ty being rational sometime - it's nice and relaxing.
"Whatever you are, be a good one." ~ Abraham Lincoln
But.... What if I think 8 pages of it are bad things to have the federal government do?
Good point, more reasons not to vote for the dog meat gourmet.
Kidding! I could care less that he ate dog meat as a kid. But if he adds it to the menu for the next White House state dinner, he might just lose some votes.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
