Obama was able to kill Osama because he knew that no matter what he did, the media and the left would be ecstatic and support him. Bush could never have gotten away with it; he’d be in jail this morning on his first step to some sort of international tribunal for “war crimes,” and the press and the left would be howling for his blood.
BTW, Obama had originally scheduled this event for the day before, so that it could occur in coordination with the Press Club dinner that he attended. Unfortunately, there was bad weather and they had to cancel, so he couldn’t make the announcement then.
He had to wait until the next evening to make his announcement with the 24 “I’s” and only 3 mentions of the military...Actually, can you imagine the media reaction if Bush had publicly taken credit for any US victory, let alone a targeted killing?
The “I”s were a little too much, weren’t they?
With OBL out of the way, what do you think will be the October Surprise?
I have to think they will have to go negative on the opposing candidate. They have nothing else to run on, except of course, ruining lives.