I only got to listen to Rush for about 10 minutes yesterday. It seemed he was sincere in thanking the Adminstration for nailing OBL. Was I wrong?
Not to insult you, but you have a tin ear. He was dripping with sarcasm.
He profusely thanked Obama for keeping the Bush policies in place - and claimed that was how they got Osama.
These people on the left see life through a political prism. They cannot use logic and reason. Their whole life is one big knee jerk reaction.
For a good look at the liberal mindset watch: How Modern Liberals Think by Evan Sayet. Long but worth it.
I initially thought the same thing, but was able to listen to almost the whole show. Unfortunately it took Rush over half the show, being interrupted by the press conference, and then show continuation to get around to his point.
Good sarcasm is and should be difficult to distinguish from some truths. This is the case with Rush yesterday.
We didn't get bin Laden thanks to any policy that 0bama put in place. All the things 0bama said he was going to end...he learned very quickly he couldn't. Pulling troops out, closing Gitmo, information extraction techniques, etc. If 0bama had accomplished his goals, we wouldn't have bin Laden at the bottom of the Arabian Sea.
Again, we already know that. Rush finally got around to explain how all those things are "wrong when Republicans do it," but how it is OK for democrats to do it when they are in charge. And when it comes to our military how they will 'use' it for political power, instead of protection of the country when they are not in power.
But, all that under consideration...it was still a very gutsy order by 0bama, not one I would have thought him capable of. Which if one considers the relevance of bin Laden as having been reduced to a figure head...what power did such a strike give 0bama?
Made the world safer? Fed 0bama's ego for adulation? (I, me, in his speech some 30+ times) Justify his continuing use of Bush era policies