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Barack Obama Shares Details Of The Killing Of Osama bin Laden On 60 Minutes

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by Colby Hall | 7:35 pm, May 8th, 2011
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From CBS: Three days after he announced that American troops had killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan – President Barack Obama talked with “60 Minutes” correspondent Steve Kroft in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. That video aired tonight and was released by CBSNews.com, which you can watch in its entirety below.

A complete transcript, provided by CBS, follows the video:


STEVE KROFT: Mr. President, was this the most satisfying week of your Presidency?

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Well, it was certainly one of the most satisfying weeks not only for my Presidency, but I think for the United States since I’ve been President. Obviously bin Laden had been not only a symbol of terrorism, but a mass murderer who’s had eluded justice for so long, and so many families who have been affected I think had given up hope.

And for us to be able to definitively say, “We got the man who caused thousands of deaths here in the United States and who had been the rallying point for a violent extremist jihad around the world” was something that I think all of us were profoundly grateful to be a part of.

KROFT: Was the decision to launch this attack the most difficult decision that you’ve made as Commander-In-Chief?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Certainly one. You know, every time I send young men and women into a war theatre, that’s a tough decision. And, you know, whenever you go to Walter Reed [Army Medical Center] or Bethesda [Naval Hospital] and you see the price that our young people pay to keep this country safe, that’s a tough decision. Whenever you write a letter to a family who’s lost a loved one. It’s sobering.

This was a very difficult decision, in part because the evidence that we had was not absolutely conclusive. This was circumstantial evidence that he was gonna be there. Obviously it entailed enormous risk to the guys that I sent in there. But ultimately I had so much confidence in the capacity of our guys to carry out the mission that I felt that the risks were outweighed by the potential benefit of us finally getting our man.

KROFT: When the CIA first brought this information to you . . .

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Right.

KROFT: What was your reaction? Was there a sense of excitement? Did this look promising from the very beginning?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: It did look promising from the beginning. Keep in mind that obviously when I was still campaigning for President, I had said that if I ever get a shot at bin Laden we’re gonna take it. And that was subject to some criticism at the time, because I had said if it’s in Pakistan and, you know, we don’t have the ability to capture ‘em in any other way, then we’re gonna go ahead and take the shot. So I felt very strongly that there was a strategic imperative for us to go after him.

Shortly after I got into office, I brought [CIA director] Leon Panetta privately into the Oval Office and I said to him, “We need to redouble our efforts in hunting bin Laden down. And I want us to start putting more resources, more focus, and more urgency into that mission.”

Leon took that to the CIA. They had been working steadily on this since 2001, obviously. And there were a range of threads that were out there that hadn’t quite been pulled all together. They did an incredible job during the course of a year and a half to pull on a number of these threads until we were able to identify a courier who was known to be a bin Laden associate, to be able to track them to this compound.

So by the time they came to me they had worked up an image of the compound, where it was and the factors that led them to conclude that this was the best evidence that we had regarding bin Laden’s whereabouts since Tora Bora.

But we didn’t have a photograph of bin Laden in that building. There was no direct evidence of his presence. And so the CIA continued to build the case meticulously over the course of several months. What I told them when they first came to me with this evidence was: “Even as you guys are building a stronger intelligence case, let’s also start building an action plan to figure out if in fact we make a decision that this is him or we’ve got a good chance that we’ve got him, how are we gonna deal with him? How can we get at that?”

And so at that point you probably had unprecedented cooperation between the CIA and our military in starting to shape an action plan that ultimately resulted in success this week.

KROFT: When was that when you set that plan in motion?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, they first came to me in August of last year with evidence of the compound. And they said that they had more work to do on it, but at that point they had enough that they felt that it was appropriate for us to start doing some planning. And so from that point on we started looking at the time what our options might be.

The vigorous planning did not begin until early this year. And obviously over the last two months it’s been very intensive in which not only did an action plan get developed, but our guys actually started practicing being able to execute.

KROFT: How actively were you involved in that process?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: About as active as any project that I’ve been involved with since I’ve been President.

Obviously we have extraordinary guys. Our Special Forces are the best of the best. And so I was not involved in designing the initial plan. But each iteration of that plan they’d bring back to me. Make a full presentation. We would ask questions.

We had multiple meetings in the Situation Room in which we would map out — and we would actually have a model of the compound and discuss how this operation might proceed, and what various options there were because there was more than one way in which we might go about this.

And in some ways sending in choppers and actually puttin’ our guys on the ground entailed some greater risks than some other options. I thought it was important, though, for us to be able to say that we’d definitely got the guy. We thought that it was important for us to be able to exploit potential information that was on the ground in the compound if it did turn out to be him.

We thought that it was important for us not only to protect the lives of our guys, but also to try to minimize collateral damage in the region because this was in a residential neighborhood. I mean one of the ironies of this is, you know, I think the image that bin Laden had tried to promote was that he was an ascetic, living in a cave. This guy was living in a million dollar compound in a residential neighborhood.

KROFT: Were you surprised when they came to you with this compound right in the middle of sort of the military center of Pakistan?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, I think that there had been discussions that this guy might be hiding in plain sight. And we knew that some al Qaeda operatives, high level targets basically, just blended into the crowd like this.

I think we where surprised when we learned that this compound had been there for five or six years, and that it was in an area in which you would think that potentially he would attract some attention. So yes, the answer is that we were surprised that he could maintain a compound like that for that long without there being a tip off.

KROFT: Do you believe it was built for him?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: We are still investigating that, but what is clear is that the elements of the compound were structured so that nobody could see in. There were no sight lines that would enable somebody walking by or somebody in an adjoining building to see him. So it was clearly designed to make sure that bin Laden was protected from public view.

KROFT: Do you have any idea how long he was there?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: We know he was there at least five years.

KROFT: Five years?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Yeah.

KROFT: Did he move out of that compound?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: That we don’t know yet. But we know that for five to six years this compound was there, and our belief is that he was there during that time.

KROFT: What was the most difficult part? I mean you had to decide. This was your decision — whether to proceed or not and how to proceed. What was the most difficult part of that decision?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: The most difficult part is always the fact that you’re sending guys into harm’s way. And there are a lot of things that could go wrong. I mean there’re a lot of moving parts here. So my biggest concern was, if I’m sending those guys in and Murphy’s Law applies and somethin’ happens, can we still get our guys out? So that’s point number one.

Point number two, these guys are goin’ in in, you know, the darkest of night. And they don’t know what they’re gonna find there. They don’t know if the building is rigged. They don’t know if, you know, there are explosives that are triggered by a particular door opening. So huge risks that these guys are taking.

And so my number one concern was: if I send them in, can I get them out? And a lot of the discussion we had during the course of planning was how do we make sure there’s backup? How do we make sure that there’s redundancy built into the plan so that we have the best chance of getting our guys out? That’s point number one.

Point number two was: as outstanding a job as our intelligence teams did — and I cannot praise them enough they did an extraordinary job with just the slenderest of bits of information to piece this all together — at the end of the day, this was still a 55/45 situation. I mean, we could not say definitively that bin Laden was there. Had he not been there, then there would have been significant consequences.

Obviously, we’re going into the sovereign territory of another country and landing helicopters and conducting a military operation. And so if it turns out that it’s a wealthy, you know, prince from Dubai who’s in this compound, and, you know, we’ve spent Special Forces in — we’ve got problems. So there were risks involved geopolitically in making the decision.

But my number one concern was: can our guys get in and get out safely. The fact that our Special Forces have become so good — these guys perform at levels that 20, 30 years ago would not have happened — I think finally gave me the confidence to say, “Let’s go ahead.” I think that the American people have some sense of how good these guys are, but until you actually see ‘em and meet them, it’s hard to describe how courageous, how tough, how skilled, how precise they are. And it was because of their skills that I ended up having confidence to make the decision.

KROFT: I mean it’s been reported that there was some resistance from advisors and planners who disagreed with the commando raid approach. Was it difficult for you to overcome that? And what level of confidence did you have?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: You know one of the things that we’ve done here is to build a team that is collegial and where everybody speaks their mind. And there’s not a lot of snipin’ or back-biting after the fact. And what I’ve tried to do is make sure that every time I sit down in the situation room, every one of my advisors around there knows I expect them to give me their best assessments.

And so the fact that there were some who voiced doubts about this approach was invaluable, because it meant the plan was sharper, it meant that we had thought through all of our options, it meant that when I finally did make the decision, I was making it based on the very best information.

But as I said, you know, there were sufficient risks involved where it wasn’t as if any of the folks who were voicing doubts were voicing somethin’ that I wasn’t already runnin’ through in my own head. You know, we understood that there were some significant risks involved in this.

KROFT: How much did some of the past failures, like the Iran hostage rescue attempt, how did that weigh on you? I mean . . .

PRESIDENT OBAMA: I thought about that.

KROFT: . . . was that a factor?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Absolutely. Absolutely. No, I mean you think about Black Hawk Down. You think about what happened with the Iranian rescue. And it, you know, I am very sympathetic to the situation for other Presidents where you make a decision, you’re making your best call, your best shot, and something goes wrong — because these are tough, complicated operations. And yeah, absolutely. The day before I was thinkin’ about this quite a bit.

KROFT: It sounds like you made a decision that you could accept failure. You didn’t want failure but after looking at . . .

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Yeah

KROFT: . . . the 55/45 thing that you mentioned, you must have at some point concluded that the advantages outweighed the risks . . . .

PRESIDENT OBAMA: I concluded that it was worth it. And the reason that I concluded it was worth it was that we have devoted enormous blood and treasure in fighting back against al Qaeda. Ever since 2001. And even before with the embassy bombing in Kenya.

And so part of what was in my mind was all those young men that I visited who are still fighting in Afghanistan. And the families of victims of terrorism that I talk to. And I said to myself that if we have a good chance of not completely defeating but badly disabling al Qaeda, then it was worth both the political risks as well as the risks to our men.

KROFT: How much of it was gut instinct? Did you have personal feelings about whether . . . .

PRESIDENT OBAMA: You know, the thing

KROFT: . . . he was there?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: The thing about gut instinct is if it works, then you think, “Boy, I had good instincts.” If it doesn’t, then you’re gonna be running back in your mind all the things that told you maybe you shouldn’t have done it. Obviously I had enough of an instinct that we could be right, but it was worth doing.

KROFT: After you made the decision to go ahead, you had like this incredible weekend where you were you surveyed the tornado damage in Alabama.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Right.

KROFT: You took your family to the shuttle launch and met with people down there. With Gabby . . . .

PRESIDENT OBAMA: With Gabby . . . .

KROFT: . . . Giffords.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Giffords, yeah.

KROFT: You attended the White House Association dinner. There was a commencement address. And this was all going on, I mean you knew what was gonna happen.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Yeah. Yeah. The decision was made. I made the decision Thursday night, informed my team Friday morning, and then we flew off to look at the tornado damage. To go to Cape Canaveral, to make a speech, a commencement speech. And then we had the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night. So this was in the back of my mind all weekend.

KROFT: Just the back?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Middle, front.

KROFT: Was it hard keeping your focus?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Yes. Yeah.

KROFT: Did you have to suppress the urge to tell someone? Did you wanna tell somebody? Did you wanna tell Michelle? Did you tell Michelle?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: You know one of the great successes of this operation was that we were able to keep this thing secret. And it’s a testimony to how seriously everybody took this operation and the understanding that any leak could end up not only compromising the mission, but killing some of the guys that we were sending in there.

And so very few people in the White House knew. The vast majority of my most senior aides did not know that we were doing this. And you know, there were times where you wanted to go around and talk this through with some more folks. And that just wasn’t an option.

And during the course of the weekend, you know, there was no doubt that this was weighin’ on me. But, you know, something I said during the campaign that I’ve learned over and over again in this job is the Presidency requires you to do more than one thing at a time. And it is important for you to be able to focus on somethin’ that matters deeply to you, but still be able to do the things on a daily basis that are makin’ a difference in people’s lives.

KROFT: I want to go to the Situation Room. What was the mood?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Tense.

KROFT: People talking?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Yeah, but doing a lot of listening as well, ’cause we were able to monitor the situation in real time. Getting reports back from Bill McRaven, the head of our special forces operations, as well as Leon Panetta. And you know, there were big chunks of time in which all we were doin’ was just waiting. And it was the longest 40 minutes of my life with the possible exception of when Sasha got meningitis when she was three months old, and I was waiting for the doctor to tell me that she was all right. It was a very tense situation.

KROFT: Were you nervous?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Yes.

KROFT: What could you see?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: As I said, we were monitoring the situation. And we knew as events unfolded what was happening in and around the compound, but we could not get information clearly about what was happening inside the compound.

KROFT: Right. And that went on for a long time? Could you hear gunfire?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: We had a sense of when gunfire and explosions took place.

KROFT: Flashes?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Yeah. And we also knew when one of the helicopters went down in a way that wasn’t according to plan. And, as you might imagine that made us more tense.

KROFT: So it got off to a bad start?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, it did not go exactly according to planned, but this is exactly where all the work that had been done anticipating what might go wrong made a huge difference.

KROFT: There was a backup plan?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: There was a backup plan.

KROFT: You had to blow up some walls?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: We had to blow up some walls.

KROFT: When was the first indication you got that you had found the right place? That bin Laden was in there?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: There was a point before folks had left, before we had gotten everybody back on the helicopter and were flying back to base, where they said Geronimo has been killed. And Geronimo was the code name for bin Laden. And now obviously at that point these guys were operating in the dark with all kinds of stuff going on so everybody was cautious. But at that point cautiously optimistic.

KROFT: What was your reaction when you heard those words?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: I was relieved and I wanted to make sure those guys got over the Pakistan border and landed safely. And I think deeply proud and deeply satisfied of my team.

KROFT: When did you start to feel comfortable that bin Laden had been killed?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: When they landed we had very strong confirmation at that point that it was him. Photographs had been taken. Facial analysis indicated that in fact it was him. We hadn’t yet done DNA testing, but at that point we were 95 percent sure.

KROFT: Did you see the pictures?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Yes.

KROFT: What was your reaction when you saw them?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: It was him.

KROFT: Why haven’t you released them?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: You know, we discussed this internally. Keep in mind that we are absolutely certain this was him. We’ve done DNA sampling and testing. And so there is no doubt that we killed Osama bin Laden. It is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence. As a propaganda tool.

You know, that’s not who we are. You know, we don’t trot out this stuff as trophies. You know, the fact of the matter is this was somebody who was deserving of the justice that he received. And I think Americans and people around the world are glad that he’s gone. But we don’t need to spike the football. And I think that given the graphic nature of these photos, it would create some national security risk. And I’ve discussed this with Bob Gates and Hillary Clinton and my intelligence teams and they all agree.

KROFT: There are people in Pakistan, for example, who say, “Look, this is all a lie. This is another American trick. Osama’s not dead.”

PRESIDENT OBAMA: You know, the truth is that – and we’re monitoring worldwide reaction — there’s no doubt that bin Laden is dead. Certainly there’s no doubt among al Qaeda members that he is dead. And so we don’t think that a photograph in and of itself is gonna make any difference. There are gonna be some folks who deny it. The fact of the matter is, you will not see bin Laden walkin’ on this earth again.

KROFT: Was it your decision to bury him at sea?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: It was a joint decision. We thought it was important to think through ahead of time how we would dispose of the body if he were killed in the compound. And I think that what we tried to do was, consulting with experts in Islamic law and ritual, to find something that was appropriate that was respectful of the body.

Frankly we took more care on this than, obviously, bin Laden took when he killed 3,000 people. He didn’t have much regard for how they were treated and desecrated. But that, again, is somethin’ that makes us different. And I think we handled it appropriately.

KROFT: When the mission was over . . .

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Uh-huh.

KROFT: . . . and you walked out of the situation room . . . .

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Yeah.

KROFT: . . . what did you do? What was the first thing you did?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Yeah, I think I walked up with my team, and I just said, “We got him.” And I expressed my profound gratitude and pride to the team that had worked on this.

I mean keep in mind this is something, first of all, that that wasn’t just our doing. Obviously since 2001, countless folks in our intelligence community and our military had worked on this issue. President Bush had obviously devoted a lot of resources to this, and so there was a cumulative effort and a testament to the capacity of the United States of America to follow through. And to do what we said we’re gonna do. Even across administrations, across party lines and the skill with which our intelligence and military folks operated in this was indescribable.

So it was a moment of great pride for me to see our capacity as a nation to execute something this difficult this well. And obviously, it also made me think about those families that I had met previously who had been so profoundly burdened by the fact that he was still runnin’ around out there.

You know, I got a letter the day after, an e-mail from a young person who had spoken to her dad when she was four years old before the towers collapsed, he was he was in the building. And she described what it had been like for the last ten years growing up, always having that image of her father’s — the sound of her father’s voice, and thinking that she’d never see him again, and watching her mother weep on the phone. And that’s what I thought about.

KROFT: When you announced that bin Laden had been killed last Sunday, you said “Our counterterrorism cooperation with Pakistan helped lead us to bin Laden in the compound where he was hiding.” Can you be more specific on that, and how much help did Pakistan actually provide in getting rid of bin Laden.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: You know, I’ve gotta be careful about sources and methods and how we operate and how we pieced together this intelligence, because we’re gonna still be goin’ after terrorists in the future.

What I can say is that Pakistan, since 9/11, has been a strong counterterrorism partner with us. There have been times where we’ve had disagreements. There have been times where we wanted to push harder, and for various concerns, they might have hesitated. And those differences are real. And they’ll continue.

But the fact of the matter is, is that we’ve been able to kill more terrorists on Pakistani soil than just about any place else. We could not have done that without Pakistani cooperation. And I think that this will be an important moment in which Pakistan and the United States gets together and says, “All right, we’ve gotten bin Laden, but we’ve got more work to do. And are there ways for us to work more effectively together than we have in the past?”

And that’s gonna be important for our national security. It doesn’t mean that there aren’t gonna be times where we’re gonna be frustrated with Pakistanis. And frankly, there are gonna be times where they’re frustrated with us. You know, they’ve got not only individual terrorists there, but there’s also a climate inside of Pakistan that sometimes is deeply anti-American. And it makes it more difficult for us to be able to operate there effectively.

But I do think that it’s important for the American people to understand that we’ve got a stake in continuing cooperation from Pakistan on these issues.

KROFT: You didn’t tell anybody in the Pakistani government or the military.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: No.

KROFT: Or their intelligence community?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: No.

KROFT: Because you didn’t trust?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: As I said, I didn’t tell most people here in the White House. I didn’t tell my own family. It was that important for us to maintain operational security.

KROFT: But you were carrying out this operation in Pakistan.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Yeah.

KROFT: You didn’t trust ‘em?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: If I’m not revealing to some of my closest aides what we’re doin’, then I sure as heck am not gonna be revealing it to folks who I don’t know.

KROFT: Right. Now the location of this house, the location of the compound just raises all sorts of questions.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Uh-huh.

KROFT: Do you believe people in the Pakistani government, Pakistani intelligence agencies knew that bin Laden was living there?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: We think that there had to be some sort of support network for bin Laden inside of Pakistan. But we don’t know who or what that support network was. We don’t know whether there might have been some people inside of government, people outside of government, and that’s something that we have to investigate, and more importantly, the Pakistani government has to investigate.

And we’ve already communicated to them, and they have indicated they have a profound interest in finding out what kinds of support networks bin Laden might have had. But these are questions that we’re not gonna be able to answer three or four days after the event. It’s gonna take some time for us to be able to exploit the intelligence that we were able to gather on site.

And I just want the American people to think about this. These guys, our guys, go in in the dead of night, it’s pitch black, they’re takin’ out walls, false doors, gettin’ shot at, they killed bin Laden, and they had the presence of mind to still gather up a whole bunch of bin Laden’s material which will be a treasure trove of information that could serve us very well in the weeks and months to come. It’s just an indication of the extraordinary work that they did.

KROFT: Do you have any sense of what they found there?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: We are now obviously putting everything we’ve got into analyzing and evaluatin’ all that information. But we anticipate that it can give us leads to other terrorists that we’ve been lookin’ for for a long time, other high value targets. But also can give us a better sense of existing plots that might have been there how they operated and their methods of communicating.

All of this should help us continue to push harder and harder. And one of the things that I said when I came into office was we had to remember what our primary focus was. Who carried out September 11th and how do we make sure that we are laser-focused on getting them.

We have done a great job even before we got bin Laden in degrading their capacity. And we now have the opportunity, we’re not done yet, but we’ve got the opportunity, I think, to really finally defeat at least Al Qaeda in that border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan. That doesn’t mean that we will defeat terrorism. It doesn’t mean that Al Qaeda hasn’t metastasized to other parts of the world where we’ve gotta, you know, address operatives there. But it does mean we’ve got a chance to, I think, really deliver a fatal blow to this organization, if we follow through aggressively in the months to come.

KROFT: Is this the first time that you’ve ever ordered someone killed?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, keep in mind that, you know, every time I make a decision about launching a missile, every time I make a decision about sending troops into battle, you know, I understand that this will result in people being killed. And that is a sobering fact. But it is one that comes with the job.

KROFT: This was one man. This is somebody who’s cast a shadow in this place, in the White House for almost a decade.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Right.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: As nervous as I was about this whole process, the one thing I didn’t lose sleep over was the possibility of taking bin Laden out. Justice was done. And I think that anyone who would question that the perpetrator of mass murder on American soil didn’t deserve what he got needs to have their head examined.

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  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    “He was probably sad that he had to kill his good friend Osama.” – Idiots

  • Jaurez

    Is this the highly edited version or the uncut version?

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    Jaurez said:
    Is this the highly edited version or the uncut version?

    Any link to verify what you say occurred occurred? Or just baseless speculation per usual?

  • The Lantern of Truth

    ” I came up with MY plan while I was four putting the fifth hole on MY golf course with MY Secret Service Agents standing by waiting for ME . “‘ “I’ m Shaft . Barack Shaft .” . ” Put ME down for a birdie on that hole , Trumka .”

  • BeckFinallyDemoted

    This will be a highly rated version of 60 Minutes and the Prez’s rating will prolly jump another point tomorrow. :)

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  • BeckFinallyDemoted

    “And I think that anyone who would question that the perpetrator of mass murder on American soil didn’t deserve what he got needs to have their head examined. ”

    LOL…he’s directly referring to you teagaggers!

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  • Barack Must Go

    What do you get when you cross a whore with a snake oil salesman…….president Obama.

  • Pablo

    BeckFinallyDemoted said:
    “And I think that anyone who would question that the perpetrator of mass murder on American soil didn’t deserve what he got needs to have their head examined. ”

    Who has said that? You gotta quit drinking the cheap stuff, BFD.

  • Edith Massey

    Barack Hussein Obama killed Osama bin Laden. Seriously that is all you need to know. He rules so much and he already won re-election.

  • Lolwut

    Jaurez said:
    Is this the highly edited version or the uncut version?

    Paranoid much?

  • BatBoy

    It was a good “Hit” Mr. President…thanks for ordering it!

  • The Lantern of Truth

    Employment also improving under the reign of King Obama .

    BFD ( AKA STD ) happy with his fabulous new job working with Robert the Real Royal King in Austin !

    The Salon :

    Chair one : Bobbi (” The Real Royal King”)
    Chair two : Armando ( Bobbi and Army are not speaking at this time )
    Chair three : BFD ( new stylist and special friend of Armando’s )

    Shampoo boy : Ernesto
    Manicurist : skyfet ( No tip necessary , just give him a bottlecap )

    (Don’t make any sudden moves around BFD ! Never call the cops on him .

    BFD is wary of the police due to his many arrests for cross dressing and other transgressions .

    Be careful if BFD does your hair or makeup . He is very dimwitted and subject to strange behavior .

    Has been known to kick , scratch , slap and bite if he is cornered .)

  • Paul G

    HE’S THE GREATEST PRESIDENT EVER!!!…But I suppose he’ll be even greater if the justice dept.convicts the interrogators. How do you libtards sleep at night?

  • Newsjunky

    Great job President Obama and our brave troops. Thanks for finishing the job. Looking forward to the interview in about a half hour here.

    On a political note, I hope these cretins on the right keep up their attacks. The re-election of Barak Obama is nearly certain. The vast majority of the American population has no tolerance for you far right-wing nutjobs and your sad attacks. Please keep it up! And do it harder! And faster!

    Obama 2012. Get used to it. :) Have a great night!

  • Liberal Tormentor

    I would LOVE to be a fly on the wall in a room of Navy Seals reading this:

    But he made that decision to go without telling Pakistan and that took some real courage, as much courage as our Navy SEALs did in pulling off a near flawless operation.

    http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2011/05/07/wendy-chamberlain-obama-was-just-as-courageous-as-the-seals/

    I’ll bet they’d have an opinion on which took more guts.

    ps, BFD, didn’t you learn your lesson last time (just a few weeks back) that you predicted Obama’s #’s would skyrocket after he addressed the peasants and it didn’t happen?

  • Azarkhan

    CAIRO (AP) — Muslim mobs set two Cairo churches on fire overnight during sectarian clashes that left 12 dead and more than 200 injured. The deepening religious violence in military-ruled Egypt exacerbated an already chaotic and lawless transition to democracy.

    http://www.theblaze.com/stories/muslim-mobs-burn-egyptian-churches-12-killed/

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    Well done, Mr. President and Mr. croft!

    You continue you do us proud, Mr. President, and you make our wondrous nation the envy of the world!

  • TfT

    I busted out laughing after I read the first question.

    What a kiss-ass interview.

    “Mr. President, was this the most satisfying week of your Presidency?” and it only got worse from there.

    OMG, and these people think they are journalists?

    bwahahahaha

    CBS – Corrupt bastard station, complete barak sympatico’s; see bull shit….whatever it was, it was hardly an interview, it was an “I bow down to the king of kings, the almightly Obamasiah, the greatest man who ever walked the face of the earth, the Osama killer, the great warrier, the gutsymove.com man, the greatest one of all time”

    LOL

    What a joke Kroft is.

  • Girth Brick

    I remember when any criticism of Bush the Lesser’s Iraq Disaster was considered treasonous by the wingnecks.

    Now the same are defending Bin Laden.

  • Liberal Tormentor

    Who defended Bin Laden, moron?

  • TfT

    Kroft if he was interviewing W:

    Mr. President, how can you sit here ingood consience knowing that you had an unarmed man killed? How could you even go after this poor OBL because all you laerned about him you got from tortuing poor terrorists? This is your VietNam and aren’t you ashamed of yourself and what you have cdone? You have taken this assassination squad and used them for your own benefit”……

    I’m so sorry, I just can’t stop laughing at these fricking idiots who think they are “reporters” who are nothing but the biggest, bestest verbal bjers in the world, kissing up to and kissing the ass of hehimselftheone. OMG.

    Sickening and disgusting stuff. I hope all thise bull crap back fires on both CBS and HEHIMSELF.

    What a duo, nothing but two jokers sitting there stroking each other.

  • Girth Brick

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    Who defended Bin Laden, moron?

    Lots of “how could he kill an unarmed man?” BS poutrage.

    Just like Birtherism, your unhinged jealousy over Obama’s mission success makes you look tiny and petty.

  • TampopoLoco

    PRESIDENT OBAMA: “As nervous as I was about this whole process, the one thing I didn’t lose sleep over was the possibility of taking bin Laden out. Justice was done. And I think that anyone who would question that the perpetrator of mass murder on American soil didn’t deserve what he got needs to have their head examined.”

    Game set match!

  • Calvin

    TfT said:
    I busted out laughing after I read the first question.
    What a kiss-ass interview.
    “Mr. President, was this the most satisfying week of your Presidency?” and it only got worse from there.
    OMG, and these people think they are journalists?

    It needs music:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNHgZgtk8_0

  • Sam M.

    Azarkhan said:
    CAIRO (AP) — Muslim mobs set two Cairo churches on fire overnight during sectarian clashes that left 12 dead and more than 200 injured. The deepening religious violence in military-ruled Egypt exacerbated an already chaotic and lawless transition to democracy.

    http://www.theblaze.com/stories/muslim-mobs-burn-egyptian-churches-12-killed/

    Oh Sweet Jesus!! The caliphate has begun. Be afraid tea-tards!!

  • Sam M.

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    I would LOVE to be a fly on the wall in a room of Navy Seals reading this:

    But he made that decision to go without telling Pakistan and that took some real courage, as much courage as our Navy SEALs did in pulling off a near flawless operation.

    http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2011/05/07/wendy-chamberlain-obama-was-just-as-courageous-as-the-seals/

    You are a fly on the wall.
    I’ll bet they’d have an opinion on which took more guts.

    ps, BFD, didn’t you learn your lesson last time (just a few weeks back) that you predicted Obama’s #’s would skyrocket after he addressed the peasants and it didn’t happen?

  • murf

    Che executed POWs at point blank range , Leftists wear his T-Shirts , Bush waterboarded , he’s Hitler . Got it .

  • TfT

    After reading through this transcript, I am convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that Steve Kroft asked the questions that Team Obama handed to him.

    I’m still laughing.

    What a set up to make him look like a hero, a king, a decider, a warrior, a gutzycall kind of guy.

    i’m still laughing; the more I read the harder I laugh.

    Steve Kroft is a tool for Team Obama, pass it around.

    bwahahahahahahah

    hohohohohohoho
    hehehehehehehe
    hahahahahahaha

  • Jaurez

    BeckFinallyDemoted said:
    “And I think that anyone who would question that the perpetrator of mass murder on American soil didn’t deserve what he got needs to have their head examined. ”

    Why hasn’t hasan got a bullet in the back of the head, yet? Is he different?

  • roxsteady

    Sam M. said:

    Remember that the Seals work for the Commander in Chief, not the other way around. Also, you’ll note that Bush never came up because Croft knew that his administration had NOTHING to do with Bin Laden’s capture. Keep pretending that Bush did but, if you can’t back that up with facts like Liz and the Dick that is Cheney couldn’t, it’s still just talking points. Bush didn’t get him but, Obama did and that’s all this country knows! I can understand your bitterness because of that and still, I’m laughing at you rightwing loons and Bush apologists like every other Liberal in this country. I can’t stay to taunt you though. We’re having a party and I just came down here for more Champagne. I couldn’t resist clicking onto this site to see what bullshit comments from you loons were being posted here. More of the same I see. Good night losers, oh and Cheers!

  • lobodons

    Thank You President Obama!!

  • roxsteady

    By the way, did they catch Bin Laden while Bush was still in office? Ha! HELL NO! That’s all America will be able to process which is great since the answer is also HELL NO! Obama is still kicking Republican ass! Yeah! Buh Bye!

  • murf

    murf said:
    Che executed POWs at point blank range , Leftists wear his T-Shirts , Bush waterboarded , he’s Hitler . Got it .

    Wrong thread ( but still true )

  • Azarkhan

    PHOENIX – Arizona lawmakers want more fence along the border with Mexico — whether the federal government thinks it’s necessary or not.

    They’ve got a plan that could get a project started using online donations and prison labor. If they get enough money, all they would have to do is get cooperation from landowners and construction could begin as soon as this year….

    The fund through Wednesday has received nearly 44,000 donations totaling more than $3.7 million, collected online and through mailed donations since May 2010. Roughly half of the money has been spent, and Brewer spokesman Matthew Benson said the balance is also needed for SB1070-related legal expenses.

    http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/08/arizona-seeks-online-donations-build-border-fence/

  • The Lantern of Truth

    roxsteady said:
    We’re having a party and I just came down here for more Champagne.

    Translation : We’re sitting on the curb by the dumpster popping forties .

  • Girth Brick

    Democratic President record—

    1- markets up 90%
    2- kills Osama Bin Laden
    3- US oil rig count highest since 1987

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704858404576134553990567750.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

    Repugs are writhing in jealousy!

  • Resistance Is Futile

    Publius219 said:
    “He was probably sad that he had to kill his good friend Osama.” – Idiots

    Only a traitor would make a comment like this. Since you have no respect for the elected president of the United States leave and find a country you like better, We do not want or need you here.

  • cjd ohio 1

    roxsteady said:
    Remember that the Seals work for the Commander in Chief, not the other way around. Also, you’ll note that Bush never came up because Croft knew that his administration had NOTHING to do with Bin Laden’s capture. Keep pretending that Bush did but, if you can’t back that up with facts like Liz and the Dick that is Cheney couldn’t, it’s still just talking points. Bush didn’t get him but, Obama did and that’s all this country knows! I can understand your bitterness because of that and still, I’m laughing at you rightwing loons and Bush apologists like every other Liberal in this country. I can’t stay to taunt you though. We’re having a party and I just came down here for more Champagne. I couldn’t resist clicking onto this site to see what bullshit comments from you loons were being posted here. More of the same I see. Good night losers, oh and Cheers!

    totally wrong,,,,,,, the seals work to protect and defend the constituition and this country, as taxpayers (seals), the president works for them and all of us

  • The Lantern of Truth

    Kroft : What has enchanted you most during your reign , my king ?

  • Azarkhan

    “You have Mexican cartels, and then you have terrorists,” said a U.S. federal agent with expertise in gathering intelligence on the Zetas, speaking on condition of anonymity. “The Zetas are terrorists, not a cartel.”

    Read more: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/04/28/1989795/zetas-drug-gang-uses-dallas-as.html#ixzz1LoSadbu8

  • Jaurez

    The Lantern of Truth said:
    Translation : We’re sitting on the curb by the dumpster popping forties .

    Foties is what they’re called.

  • roxsteady

    Azarkhan said:
    PHOENIX – Arizona lawmakers want more fence along the border with Mexico — whether the federal government thinks it’s necessary or not. They’ve got a plan that could get a project started using online donations and prison labor. If they get enough money, all they would have to do is get cooperation from landowners and construction could begin as soon as this year…. The fund through Wednesday has received nearly 44,000 donations totaling more than $3.7 million, collected online and through mailed donations since May 2010. Roughly half of the money has been spent, and Brewer spokesman Matthew Benson said the balance is also needed for SB1070-related legal expenses. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/08/arizona-seeks-online-donations-build-border-fence/

    What does that have to do with Bush ntot being involved in catching Bin Laden? Oh, that’s right, NOTHING, which is why you changed the subject. Bush sucked ass! Bye now! I just pulled another bottle from the freezer before it froze. Back to my educated guests! Good night losers!

  • The Lantern of Truth

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    the president works for them and all of us

    Obama – public servant . Thinks he’s a king .

  • Jaurez

    If this wasn’t a “blue dress” interview then I don’t know what is…under handed lobs.

  • roxsteady

    Jaurez said:
    Foties is what they’re called.

    No asshole, Magnums are what they’re called! Moonshine is what you country ass, toothless banjo players drink. See, more guests just arrived with more Champagne! Say hi to your mother sister for me….I gotta go now!

  • The Lantern of Truth

    roxsteady said:
    Bush sucked ass

    roxsteady said:
    another bottle

    roxsteady said:
    Back to my educated guests!

    High society party with a charming , refined hostess . Clearly .

  • The Lantern of Truth

    roxsteady said:
    Champagne! Say

    roxsteady said:
    asshole

    roxsteady said:
    country ass

    roxsteady said:
    toothless

    Goodnight Ariana .

  • TfT

    After reading these complete kiss-ass questions, I have to ask, what in the world did Steve ask that made HEHIMSELF angry that CBS agreed to cut it out of the interivew and edit the tapwe to please the one and only obamasiah?????

    This whole escapade with Kroft kissing himself’s rear end is a complete embarrassment to CBS; how much do they pay these guys? It must be alot, no real man would reduce himself to such an embarrassing display of adoration, of subservience, of complete and total on-air orgasmic behavior. No man would do that without getting a big fat bonus….do tell,now that CBS is letting the perky one go, did they give Kroft an extra $1M to embarrass himself on the telly?

    hohohohehehehahaha

  • roxsteady

    The Lantern of Truth said:
    High society party with a charming , refined hostess . Clearly .

    That’s right cooter! We’re still down here laughing at you morons! How’s that voting Republicna thing working for ya? Obama is still wiping the floor with you idiots. Oh, and the champagne is great! We couldn’t wait to get back upstairs, so we opened one right now! What are you drinking?

  • Jaurez

    The Lantern of Truth said:
    Goodnight Ariana .

    Ariana takes showers…roxsunteady, not so much.

  • Azarkhan

    roxsteady said:
    No asshole, Magnums are what they’re called! Moonshine is what you country ass, toothless banjo players drink

    roxsteady said:
    Back to my educated guests!

    Are they like you?

  • Newsjunky

    Look at all the conservative freakbags on here tonight – they have nowhere else to go. They have no real life friends to console themselves with (because 98% of the American public is nowhere as crazy as the very far-right wing nutjobs that comment on articles on this website). So, here they gather… talking trash and masturbating on each other trying to turn the killing of Osama Bin Laden into a negative in some perverse way.

    It is wonderful to see. You are like a collapsing, dying star… like the Republican party itself. Incapable of offering up a viable candidate to challenge our President.

    Anyway, clean up when you’re done (there’s towels in the bathroom – or in TfT’s or WCinWI’s case – paper towels scattered on the floor of your trailers). Enjoy the next 18 months!! :) I know I am.

  • roxsteady

    TfT said:
    After reading these complete kiss-ass questions, I have to ask, what in the world did Steve ask that made HEHIMSELF angry that CBS agreed to cut it out of the interivew and edit the tapwe to please the one and only obamasiah????? This whole escapade with Kroft kissing himself’s rear end is a complete embarrassment to CBS; how much do they pay these guys? It must be alot, no real man would reduce himself to such an embarrassing display of adoration, of subservience, of complete and total on-air orgasmic behavior. No man would do that without getting a big fat bonus….do tell,now that CBS is letting the perky one go, did they give Kroft an extra $1M to embarrass himself on the telly? hohohohehehehahaha

    Your’e right Croft shoud have asked how the Bush adminstration could have had anything to do with Bin Laden’s capture but, I guess he too realized that Bush didn’t have shit to do with it. Just like the rest of the country! Asswipes! So long now!

  • Jaurez

    roxsteady said:
    So long now!

    For the 10th time, we heard ya!

  • TfT

    Well Rox, I have been laughing so hard over this kiss-ass interaction (I won’t even call it an interview), tha tI haven’t noticed if Kroft bothered to ask HEHIMSELF if he is going to stop prosecuring the CIA agents who got the info to begin with that allowed them to track Osama down. I doubt seriously that Kroft asked such a hard hitting substantive questions because he was too busy cleaning his chin.

    Sorry to be so gross in my observations, but this was hardly an interivew, and we are not jealous as some of you lefties like to say, it is just we are bent over in laughter at this suckupery. And to think, Kroft thinks we think he is serious.

    bwhahahahahahahahahah

  • The Lantern of Truth

    roxsteady said:
    That’s right cooter! We’re still down here laughing at you morons! How’s that voting Republicna thing working for ya? Obama is still wiping the floor with you idiots. Oh, and the champagne is great! We couldn’t wait to get back upstairs, so we opened one right now! What are you drinking?

    Muffy ! Buzzy ! We must drop by Roxy’s . She’s having one of her famous soiree’s this evening !

    You know , where she keeps gettting on the computer to rage at somebody .

    Marvelous .

  • Cecelia

    Frankly, if you are so dense or so partisan that you can’t give the president credit for going in and killing Bin Laden, then you definitely need some time away from political blogboards in order to gain some much needed perspective.

    The president DID risk quite a lot in doing this. It very could have been a disaster, Armchair Quarterbacks… THEN you’d be fuming over that.

    I understand that people have questions about the raid, but let’s not let that diminish any JOY we should have that the mastermind behind 9/11 is gone.

    Don’t let it diminish any sense of fairness or rational gratitude we should have our DULY ELECTED president risked much by giving the green light to this gig.

    You may not like him in other ways, but he’s not Darth Vader or Kim Jong-il, folks.

    Get some perspective here. Grow up, please…

  • Barack Must Go

    Barack Obama Shares Details Of The Killing Of Osama bin Laden On 60 Minutes.

    Why does the supposed president of the United States of America choose on show, on one network and what secret bank account do they send the money to?

    Maybe Barack Obama was born in Hawaii, but he definitely isn’t a ” real ” American……..not even close.

  • Gasket

    Jaurez said:
    Is this the highly edited version or the uncut version?

    It’s the dummy version for the idiots (like you) to comprehend.

  • Azarkhan

    Newsjunky said:
    It is wonderful to see. You are like a collapsing, dying star… like the Republican party itself. Incapable of offering up a viable candidate to challenge our President.

    That is quite poetic! In fact it is so good, that it almost made me forget the results of last November’s elections. Remember last November? There was a hazey shade of winter and a patch of snow on the ground.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFRx4PkXeVM&feature=related

  • TfT

    Cecilia = I agree completely, please pass that message to Steve Kroft. This is clearly the most unserious interivew of our lifetime. Just one hard question, just one look into the reality of it all, just one sense of the irony of prosecuring our CIA agents like Team Obama is doing would have made all the difference in the world, but when youj start an itnerview with “was this the best day of your presidency” then, you know, this is not a serious interview.

    This was a tremendous success, and it would have been better all around, if we had had a serious interviewer would asked questions and disn’t suck up….but this article, and this transcript can only result in laughter. There is nothing serious about it.

  • JoeRemi

    Cecelia said:
    Frankly, if you are so dense or so partisan that you can’t give the president credit for going in and killing Bin Laden, then you definitely need some time away from political blogboards in order to gain some much needed perspective. The president DID risk quite a lot in doing this. It very could have been a disaster, Armchair Quarterbacks… THEN you’d be fuming over that. I understand that people have questions about the raid, but let’s not let that diminish any JOY we should have that the mastermind behind 9/11 is gone. Don’t let it diminish any sense of fairness or rational gratitude we should have our DULY ELECTED president risked much by giving the green light to this gig. You may not like him in other ways, but he’s not Darth Vader or Kim Jong-il, folks. Get some perspective here. Grow up, please…

    Amen, sister.

  • ChrisNH

    KROFT: “You must feel like the biggest hero in the world, just like we do, right? Please feel free to use this segment in your upcoming campaign commercials, which we’ll help you produce.”

  • Cecelia

    TfT said:
    This was a tremendous success, and it would have been better all around, if we had had a serious interviewer would asked questions and disn’t suck up….but this article, and this transcript can only result in laughter. There is nothing serious about it.

    Frankly, you’re not giving the issue enough time, but even if you NEVER see a serious question from the media, why must that cause you to sound like you view the death of our #1 enemy with all the gladness of having the opposing team score at the little league game?

  • Cecelia

    ChrisNH said:
    KROFT: “You must feel like the biggest hero in the world, just like we do, right? Please feel free to use this segment in your upcoming campaign commercials, which we’ll help you produce.”

    He got the #1 bad guy. He took a huge political risk in doing it. Failure could have meant the end of his viability as a leader.

    How is the fact that he must feel like hero an irrational question, at this point? Can you give him that for a week or two?

  • TfT

    Cecilia – This is not a time issue, it is a media issue. And please excuse my laughter, I’m truly sorry that you can’t join in, as it is truly fun to watch the mecdia bend over backwards to raise this President to levels he does NOT deserve. I’m surprised you are equating this event to a little league game; I clearly think our media is little league, and all my comments are about the media. Our Navy Seals did this great country a tremendous service, and in return, their ranks have been referred to as “corpse men” by our President; the capture and kill of UBL is not their frist successful mission. I find Mr. Kroft’s “questioning” laughable, not laudable and all my comments are meant to be directed at the childishness of the media. Again, I will repeat, this interview is laughable and the media is clearly in little league levels, because no big league media type would submit himself or herself to such a level of complete and total subservience; never.

  • BR

    Cecelia said:
    Frankly, if you are so dense or so partisan that you can’t give the president credit for going in and killing Bin Laden, then you definitely need some time away from political blogboards in order to gain some much needed perspective.

    The president DID risk quite a lot in doing this. It very could have been a disaster, Armchair Quarterbacks… THEN you’d be fuming over that.

    I understand that people have questions about the raid, but let’s not let that diminish any JOY we should have that the mastermind behind 9/11 is gone.

    Don’t let it diminish any sense of fairness or rational gratitude we should have our DULY ELECTED president risked much by giving the green light to this gig.

    You may not like him in other ways, but he’s not Darth Vader or Kim Jong-il, folks.

    Get some perspective here. Grow up, please…

    Actually, you are wrong. Most conservatives (including me) realize that Obama risked a disaster if the mission was not a success. I’m well aware of that and I commend his decision. But the fact is that there are CIA interrogators being investigated for doing exactly what lead to OBL “capture”. Don’t you think that that would be a fair question to ask him? You can’t be so partisan that you think that that question should NOT be asked. Can you?

  • Barack Must Go

    TfT said:

    KROFT: Were you surprised when they came to you with this compound right in the

    You’re wrong on this one. This most definitely ‘ WAS ‘ an interview.

    Too bad it’s the one Barack had with himself, naked in front of his full length mirror, sony hand held recorder in hand.

    His private man / servent Reggie Love just wrote the pitcher half of the interview out long hand verbatim , well all except for the 7 times Barack said ” who’s your daddy ” while smacking his own ass.

    He ( Reggie ) immediately fax a copy over to Croft so he could familiarize himself with exactly what he was going to say ( ask ).

  • timzank

    World Class Salad Tossing by Kroft.

  • Fokker News

    Obama’s appearance on 60 minutes will be well-received by the non-birther public.

  • ChrisNH

    Cecelia said:
    He got the #1 bad guy.

    According to Libs, Osama was NOT the ‘#1 Bad Guy.’ Osama was ‘old news’ and ‘inconsequential’ to Libs who were asked about him over the past few years. Now that ‘Obama got Osama,’ all of a sudden he magically becomes the ‘#1 Bad Guy’ they previously declared he wasn’t?

    Please.

    This was stagecraft & campaigning, aided and abetted by Leftist CBS.

  • fishchef

    TfT said:
    ..please excuse my laughter, I’m truly sorry that you can’t join in, as it is truly fun to watch the media bend over backwards to raise this President to levels he does NOT deserve. I’m surprised you are equating this event to a little league game; I clearly think our media is little league, and all my comments are about the media. I find Mr. Kroft’s “questioning” laughable, not laudable and all my comments are meant to be directed at the childishness of the media. Again, I will repeat, this interview is laughable and the media is clearly in little league levels, because no big league media type would submit himself or herself to such a level of complete and total subservience; never.

    Kroft asked the President about the mission, what happened, how he found out where bin Laden was, details about the mission, about the picture, about worldwide reaction, about the burial of the body.

    What didn’t he ask him? What makes it laughable? What would you have asked him? Would you ask him, “Did launching this attack make you feel more like an American since you weren’t born in this country?” or “Do you think that killing bin Ladin will have a negative affect on your Socialist Marxist agenda?”

  • Jaurez

    Cecelia said:
    He got the #1 bad guy.

    “Al Qaeda really hurt us, but not as much as Rupert Murdoch has hurt us, particularly in the case of Fox News. Fox News is worse than Al Qaeda — worse for our society. It’s as dangerous as the Ku Klux Klan ever was.” KO

  • Group Hug

    Vindication;
    When the loudest Critic of your policies achieves his greatest success because of them.

    Thanks GW

  • Group Hug

    Bush laid the foundation for Obama’s success, a success which would not have taken place had Bush followed Obama’s demands to stop harsh interrogations (even those short of waterboarding), to close so-called “black sites,” to lawyer-up detainees early on, to close Gitmo, and to treat the al-Qaeda problem as a law enforcement problem.

    Obama made the right decision in killing bin Laden, but it was a decision made possible by hard work that took place during the Bush years.

    One of the collateral benefits of the killing of bin Laden is that more facts are coming out, and those facts debunk the malicious mythology which has been spread by the mainstream media and Democratic Party politicians and pundits about George W. Bush and the hunt for Osama bin Laden.

  • Paul G

    Newsjunky said:
    Look at all the conservative freakbags on here tonight – they have nowhere else to go. They have no real life friends to console themselves with (because 98% of the American public is nowhere as crazy as the very far-right wing nutjobs that comment on articles on this website). So, here they gather… talking trash and masturbating on each other trying to turn the killing of Osama Bin Laden into a negative in some perverse way.

    It is wonderful to see. You are like a collapsing, dying star… like the Republican party itself. Incapable of offering up a viable candidate to challenge our President.

    Anyway, clean up when you’re done (there’s towels in the bathroom – or in TfT’s or WCinWI’s case – paper towels scattered on the floor of your trailers). Enjoy the next 18 months!! :) I know I am.

    change your diaper that I HOPE MM paid for(but prob not) and change your name here…You’ve done your job. But now you’re a known moron.

  • timzank

    Group Hug said:
    Vindication;When the loudest Critic of your policies achieves his greatest success because of them. Thanks GW

    It’s hilarious. This guy has continued and enhanced every policy GWB had. He’s dropping bombs and drones all over the frickin place, GITMO is humming right along, rendtion is flourishing, he’s openly called for the assassination of an American citizen, he shot the head off of an unarmed man in a covert op on someone else’s sovereign soil and the pussies here that two and a half years ago were calling for war crimes trials are now blindly defending this guy and waiving us flags.

    Square that circle leftards.

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    timzank said:
    It’s hilarious. This guy has continued and enhanced every policy GWB had. He’s dropping bombs and drones all over the frickin place, GITMO is humming right along, rendtion is flourishing, he’s openly called for the assassination of an American citizen, he shot the head off of an unarmed man in a covert op on someone else’s sovereign soil and the pussies here that two and a half years ago were calling for war crimes trials are now blindly defending this guy and waiving us flags.

    Square that circle leftards.

    You just can’t figure out how Obama can do it… if Republicans could, they’d have a candidate like him…

    You guys are just jealous. :P

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    timzank said:
    It’s hilarious. This guy has continued and enhanced every policy GWB had. He’s dropping bombs and drones all over the frickin place, GITMO is humming right along, rendtion is flourishing, he’s openly called for the assassination of an American citizen, he shot the head off of an unarmed man in a covert op on someone else’s sovereign soil and the pussies here that two and a half years ago were calling for war crimes trials are now blindly defending this guy and waiving us flags.

    Square that circle leftards.

    While the media attention is focused on bin Laden….
    http://noisyroom.net/blog/2011/05/08/senate-seeks-to-create-caesar/

    “While all of America is distracted and focused on the death of Osama bin Laden, our President and his minions have been fast at work laying the groundwork for S. 679: Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011 to speed through the Senate and then make its way into the House and then to the President to sign. Yes, the other hand is quickly forming into a dictatorial fist that is about to smash our Constitution.”

    “From The Heritage Foundation, here is a succinct explanation of the bill:”
    ‘The bill reduces the number of presidential appointments that require the consent of the Senate and establishes within the executive branch a Working Group on Streamlining Paperwork for Executive Nominations. Individuals nominated to senior executive offices suffer slow and detailed background investigations and mounds of duplicative paperwork before a President sends their nominations to the Senate. After nomination, many nominees suffer time-consuming inaction or time-consuming and excruciating action as the Senate proceeds (or does not) with consideration of the nomination. The sponsors of S. 679 have identified a valid problem, but proposed the wrong solution. Congress should not enact S. 679.’

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    When we ask Pakistan to explain how bin Laden could have been in the country for so long, we might reasonably be asked how much we know about the illegal aliens residing within our own borders.
    Hmmmmmmmm?

  • timzank

    Best one I heard all day: “They told me if I voted for McCain our President would be a bloodthirsty cowboy who thumbed his nose at international law. And they were right!”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kevin-Flynn/861335470 Kevin Flynn

    Barack Must Go said:
    What do you get when you cross a whore with a snake oil salesman…….president Obama.

    Wow. That’s pretty low even for you.

  • ganymede

    Cecelia said:
    Frankly, if you are so dense or so partisan that you can’t give the president credit for going in and killing Bin Laden, then you definitely need some time away from political blogboards in order to gain some much needed perspective. The president DID risk quite a lot in doing this. It very could have been a disaster, Armchair Quarterbacks… THEN you’d be fuming over that. I understand that people have questions about the raid, but let’s not let that diminish any JOY we should have that the mastermind behind 9/11 is gone. Don’t let it diminish any sense of fairness or rational gratitude we should have our DULY ELECTED president risked much by giving the green light to this gig. You may not like him in other ways, but he’s not Darth Vader or Kim Jong-il, folks. Get some perspective here. Grow up, please…

    I hardly ever share Cecelia’s opinions but she has always sounded like a respectful, intelligent person and I was heartened about her comments on the bin Laden operation. Our President pulled off a masterful stroke that was the sign of a real leader. Obama was able to mobilize and inspire the type of greatness that has been so lacking in and out of our government. You would think this might be a lesson for the Obama haters that maybe this guy has some insights and ideas that can get us back on the right track.
    Most of the hardened rightwingers on this blog come here because they need the stimulation they get by arguing with left/progressive types. That’s understandable and positive as most of the rightwing website comment boards are really pathetic, dumb and boring. However, most of the extreme rightwingers one meets on Mediaite aren’t going to change their views and values. They’ve invested too much time and energy in them, but millions of Americans who have been on the fence about Obama are going to move over to his camp because they understand that Obama is worthy of their trust. It would be great if the right could open up a bit more to the reality of our times. America is not an isolated island. Our ‘exceptionalism’ has turned sour and now is the time for us all ‘collectively’ work together to show the world that we are truly exceptional in all ways positive. United we stand, divided we fall.

  • “Real” American

    You can always tell when Obama is doing well. Mediaite contards warp into troll overdrive. They go all mental and start typing one innane one liners.

  • Eric

    So glad I voted for Obama!. He has totally risen to the occasion. He’s a total lock for 2012.

  • BeckFinallyDemoted

    BR said:
    But the fact is that there are CIA interrogators being investigated for doing exactly what lead to OBL “capture”.

    No, they are not. Holder has said those who acted within the government’s legal guidance will not be prosecuted, but had not said the same for those who went beyond the guidance and broke the law.

    So if they acted like the Abu Graib guards or the Afghan soldiers who beat an innocent taxi driver prisoner to death they will be prosecuted.
    Even under the Bush guidelines you are not allowed to break someone’s nose.

    One of the problems with enhanced interrogation was that some people took it too far and subsequently BUSH sold them out and called them “bad apples”.
    That is who Holder is after.

  • Jaurez

    But under Obama we’re allowed to invade and kill w/out being armed in front of women and children?

  • murf

    ganymede said:
    I hardly ever share Cecelia’s opinions but she has always sounded like a respectful, intelligent person and I was heartened about her comments on the bin Laden operation. Our President pulled off a masterful stroke that was the sign of a real leader. Obama was able to mobilize and inspire the type of greatness that has been so lacking in and out of our government. You would think this might be a lesson for the Obama haters that maybe this guy has some insights and ideas that can get us back on the right track.
    Most of the hardened rightwingers on this blog come here because they need the stimulation they get by arguing with left/progressive types. That’s understandable and positive as most of the rightwing website comment boards are really pathetic, dumb and boring. However, most of the extreme rightwingers one meets on Mediaite aren’t going to change their views and values. They’ve invested too much time and energy in them, but millions of Americans who have been on the fence about Obama are going to move over to his camp because they understand that Obama is worthy of their trust. It would be great if the right could open up a bit more to the reality of our times. America is not an isolated island. Our ‘exceptionalism’ has turned sour and now is the time for us all ‘collectively’ work together to show the world that we are truly exceptional in all ways positive. United we stand, divided we fall.

    This has Royal’s stench all over it

  • fishchef

    Group Hug said:
    Bush laid the foundation for Obama’s success.

    Bush didn’t care about bin Laden and he said so. Bush disbanded the bin Laden search unit. Obama reinstated it. Obama said he would get bin Laden during the campaign. He made good on the promise. Bush had nothing to do with it.

    Why do you not want to connect Bush to the bad economy, which he does have a direct connection to; why do you not want to connect Bush to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, which he does have a direct connection to; and now when Bush has so little to do with bin Laden’s capture do you insist he deserves credit?

  • “Real” American

    Jaurez said:
    But under Obama we’re allowed to invade and kill w/out being armed in front of women and children?

    And come in your mouth without apologizing.

  • fishchef

    Jaurez said:
    But under Obama we’re allowed to invade and kill w/out being armed in front of women and children?

    So you don’t think this is a good thing?

  • fishchef

    You think we shouldn’t have gone into Pakistan, we should’ve just left him there?

  • Jaurez

    fishchef said:
    Bush disbanded the bin Laden search unit.

    Doesn’t mean he told the troops to quit looking for him. Jeezuz.

  • Jaurez

    “Real” American says:

    Say hello to longstocking for me. ;)

  • fishchef

    You think he surrendered? Laid down on the floor and said “I give up!”? Do you know who he is and what he did? If you were a Navy Seal in a firefight in the heavily fortified fortress facing the world’s most dangerous man, the man who has terrorized the entire planet, are you going to think twice about what his intentions are? Hmmm, I wonder if he’s got a bomb strapped to him? Hmmm, I wonder if there’s booby traps anywhere in this room. You’ve got seconds to make life and death decisions with Osama bin Laden directly in front of you. What are you going to do?

  • fishchef

    Jaurez said:
    Doesn’t mean he told the troops to quit looking for him. Jeezuz.

    This pretty much sounds like he did:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PGmnz5Ow-o

  • The Tea Weasel®

    Jaurez said:
    But under Obama we’re allowed to invade and kill w/out being armed in front of women and children?

    All that and…..thanks to the previous administration’s policies…we can start wars with little or no provocation, torture people, hold foreign nationals in undisclosed locations for unspecified amounts of time, eavesdrop on electronic communications without a warrant, search people’s footwear at the airport, kick people we don’t like off airplanes, lose millions of dollars in foreign war zones without batting an eye, run huge deficits while lowering taxes and of course wreck the U.S. economy.

    It’s great Obama is continuing Bush’s policies.

    Here Fox News announces their secret wishes:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMP7Ys57ha4x

  • Jaurez

    The Tea Weasel® said:
    It’s great Obama is continuing Bush’s policies.

    I didn’t vote for either one. You did vote for Obama.

  • Jaurez

    Btw weasel, nice diversion.

  • IIWII

    Football SPIKED!!!!!!….um, I thought that was not who we are???????

  • JeffMcNeil

    President Barack Hussein Obama

    Re ELECTED by landslide of REAL AMERICANS from the Left and the Right!

    President Barack Hussein Obama 2008- 2016!

  • The Tea Weasel®

    Jaurez said:
    I didn’t vote for either one. You did vote for Obama.

    LOL….”Prove it”.

    Well, I hope you get your citizenship in time to participate in the next election.

    Jaurez said:
    Btw weasel, nice diversion.

    Thanks, I was following your method.

  • Pablo

    fishchef said:
    If you were a Navy Seal in a firefight in the heavily fortified fortress facing the world’s most dangerous man, the man who has terrorized the entire planet, are you going to think twice about what his intentions are?

    Uh, no. The SEALs were the most dangerous men on site, and the fortress wasn’t all that fortified. No one there stood a chance against the extremely dangerous men that showed up last week. Do you really think they couldn’t have easily taken him alive, had that been the plan? Allow me to disabuse you of that notion.

    Blue Falcon Alert

    This story regarding whether or not the SEALs were specifically instructed to kill UBL has now officially gotten out of control. Obama is trying to have his cake and eat it too, and in so doing, he has completely buddy f*cked the SEAL Teams. Already stories are being written by Obama syncophants and AQ sympathizers implicating the SEALs as essentially murdering an unarmed man. Meanwhile, on background, more “Senior Administration Officials” are saying that POTUS ordered the SEALs to assassinate bin Laden, but there’s more:

  • Alice67

    Newsjunky said:
    Please keep it up! And do it harder! And faster!

    Why do I feel like I want to smoke a cigarette?

  • Alice67

    murf said:
    This has Royal’s stench all over it

    For some unfathomable reason a call for unity has become a stench to you righties. Shame!

  • Davo

    Alice67 said:
    For some unfathomable reason a call for unity has become a stench to you righties. Shame!

    The only time Democrats call for “unity” or “bipartisanship” is when you’re outnumbered and not getting your way. Where was Nancy Pelosi’s “unity” before last January? Or Harry Reid’s today? Or Hussein’s concerning his CommieCare?

    Your party has survived with no truth or logic on your side, only through using divisiveness and class warfare to a people too weak and gullible to see through the facade of compassion, all to the detriment of prosperity, productivity, and liberty. Congratulations, purveyors of deceit, divisiveness, and deception.

  • ChrisNH

    Davo said:
    The only time Democrats call for “unity” or “bipartisanship” is when you’re outnumbered and not getting your way.

    ^^^ FACT ^^^

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    Davo said:
    The only time Democrats call for “unity” or “bipartisanship” is when you’re outnumbered and not getting your way. Where was Nancy Pelosi’s “unity” before last January? Or Harry Reid’s today? Or Hussein’s concerning his CommieCare?

    Your party has survived with no truth or logic on your side, only through using divisiveness and class warfare to a people too weak and gullible to see through the facade of compassion, all to the detriment of prosperity, productivity, and liberty. Congratulations, purveyors of deceit, divisiveness, and deception.

    ChrisNH said:
    ^^^ FACT ^^^

    True, but only if we count all the times McConnell and Boehner/Cantor refused to participate in the discussions.

    And, by the way, I know it is an uncomfortable fact, but a fact nonetheless: the Republicans did not unseat Reid, nor did they win the Senate. If only they still had Ensign, however.

  • TfT

    Dana Perino and others on F&F this morning asking when there will be, and the need for, a follow-on interview, where the President actualloy gets asked some hard questions. Dana had a nice dig on CBS and 60 minutes, given how often they kiss up to the one, she pretty much said well, Obama is a fixture on 60 minutes and someone else said he was pretty much a co-host. Now that was funny….CBS reputation of being a DNC propaganda network lives on after this so-called interview.

    I congratulate Obama for making a tough decision, I congratulate our SEALs and hold them up with the highest of regard for going in and conducting the mission, but I laugh at Kroft for his inability to actually ask a tough question. CBS does itself no favors with this kind of kiss-up interacion.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    TfT said:
    Dana Perino and others on F&F this morning asking when there will be, and the need for, a follow-on interview, where the President actualloy gets asked some hard questions. Dana had a nice dig on CBS and 60 minutes, given how often they kiss up to the one, she pretty much said well, Obama is a fixture on 60 minutes and someone else said he was pretty much a co-host. Now that was funny….CBS reputation of being a DNC propaganda network lives on after this so-called interview.

    I congratulate Obama for making a tough decision, I congratulate our SEALs and hold them up with the highest of regard for going in and conducting the mission, but I laugh at Kroft for his inability to actually ask a tough question. CBS does itself no favors with this kind of kiss-up interacion.

    I shouldn’t get all in a twit about Perino. She has never put much stock in objectivity nor in tough questions. This was just a general kvetch. Be happy about what was accomplished, as you are, and resolute about what still needs to be done, and let the Perino and her ilk lick their sores.

  • Probably NOT wrong

    Four minutes into the interview, I thought they were going to announce
    that Barry was the first one rappelling down from the helicopter, personally
    leading the raid. I was expecting CBS to flash a photo of the Prez, in his
    Kevlar Vest, Helmet with night vision gear attatched and custom painted
    Face Camo.
    I hope Croft remembered to see his Doctor when it became apparent the
    erection was going to last more than four hours.

  • mtjade4

    Good interview. Good job Mr. President and the Navy Seals!

  • Probably NOT wrong

    RRK, I hope you remembered to see your Doctor also.
    In any case, I am sure the first question Obama asked his staff this
    morning was.
    “Did Real Royal King approve of the action?”

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    Probably NOT wrong said:
    Four minutes into the interview, I thought they were going to announce
    that Barry was the first one rappelling down from the helicopter, personally
    leading the raid. I was expecting CBS to flash a photo of the Prez, in his
    Kevlar Vest, Helmet with night vision gear attatched and custom painted
    Face Camo.
    I hope Croft remembered to see his Doctor when it became apparent the
    erection was going to last more than four hours.

    In fairness, this wasn’t the ideal time for an aircraft carrier, a flight suit with enhanced junk photo opportunities and a “Mission Accomplished” banner, although the Mission was, indeed, Accomplished.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    Probably NOT wrong said:
    RRK, I hope you remembered to see your Doctor also.
    In any case, I am sure the first question Obama asked his staff this
    morning was.
    “Did Real Royal King approve of the action?”

    I shouldn’t think so. In any event, they know me by my real name, Rock Steelhammer.

  • TfT

    As was the mission of our sailors; but hey – they are only “navy corpse men” in Obama’s eyes. Hopefully, he won’t make a similar error when discussion the Navy SEALS, and it really won’t matter anyway since the media will never report his massive gaffes anyway.

  • Probably NOT wrong

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    I shouldn’t think so. In any event, they know me by my real name, Rock Steelhammer.

    Well, in any case, everyone in these 57 United States of America are thankful
    the Mission was a success, and the services of our very brave Korpsmen
    were not required this time.
    Thank you, US Navy SEALS !!!

  • Anne 1

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    I shouldn’t think so. In any event, they know me by my real name, Rock Steelhammer.

    Of course they do .

    http://twitter.com/#!/brenteverett/status/25092789997

  • Anne 1

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    I shouldn’t think so. In any event, they know me by my real name, Rock Steelhammer.

    Of course they do

    http://tinyurl.com/3n7cevw

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  • Liberal Tormentor

    Girth says:

    Lots of “how could he kill an unarmed man?” BS poutrage.

    Um, those are either libs or us conservatives forcing you libs to justify something you’ve always abhored. That’s been the second best part of this. Watching you defend something you know you don’t believe it.

  • Liberal Tormentor

    Cecelia says:

    He got the #1 bad guy. He took a huge political risk in doing it. Failure could have meant the end of his viability as a leader.

    I gotta disagree with you here. The bigger political risk would be to NOT act. This was a no-brainer. If he hadn’t acted and it were made public that we had Bin Laden and passed, he’s be finished. But even knowing that he took 16 hours over 9 holes of golf to decide. This was not a tough decision.

  • Judge Mental

    I think that anyone who would question that the perpetrator of mass murder on American soil didn’t deserve what he got needs to have their head examined.

    Take that, Michael Moore.

    http://www.mediaite.com/tv/michael-moore-america-lost-something-of-our-soul-in-killing-osama-bin-laden/

  • Judge Mental
  • billyweeds

    It’s so great to see the conservatives melting down and getting hysterical now that they see there is no chance in hell for the Rethugs to win in 2012. Obama has it won already. Will be a slam-dunk. And the neocons and righties are going nuts with the realization. Yay!

  • Paul G

    billyweeds said:
    It’s so great to see the conservatives melting down and getting hysterical now that they see there is no chance in hell for the Rethugs to win in 2012. Obama has it won already. Will be a slam-dunk. And the neocons and righties are going nuts with the realization. Yay!

    Cubicle diaper boy.

  • Judge Mental

    billyweeds said:
    It’s so great to see the conservatives melting down and getting hysterical now that they see there is no chance in hell for the Rethugs to win in 2012. Obama has it won already. Will be a slam-dunk. And the neocons and righties are going nuts with the realization. Yay!

    Who’s “melting down and getting hysterical?” Dream on.

  • George C

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    I shouldn’t think so. In any event, they know me by my real name, Rock Steelhammer.

    Anne 1 said:
    Of course they do
    http://tinyurl.com/3n7cevw

    Oh my , LOL !

  • writer

    I shouldn’t think so. In any event, they know me by my real name, Rock Steelhammer.

    I’ve heard that when he was making ‘art’ films, he went by the name ‘Buck Futt’.

  • Cecelia

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    Cecelia says:

    He got the #1 bad guy. He took a huge political risk in doing it. Failure could have meant the end of his viability as a leader.

    I gotta disagree with you here. The bigger political risk would be to NOT act. This was a no-brainer. If he hadn’t acted and it were made public that we had Bin Laden and passed, he’s be finished. But even knowing that he took 16 hours over 9 holes of golf to decide. This was not a tough decision.

    I’m sorry but that’s just too easy and too partisan.

    Pres. Obama could have done a Clinton ala the pharmaceutical company and bombed the place.

    He did take a risk in doing it the way he did, and frankly a sense of celebration and “thanks, Mr. Prez!”, just shouldn’t be that difficult for any American, no matter how they feel about health care or taxes.

  • Liberal Tormentor

    Cecelia, I’m thrilled that UBL is gone, but I just don’t agree that it was that tough of a decision. ANY sitting president would have done the exact same thing. But even knowing where he was, he waited months before agreeing to get him. That troubles me. Call me overly partisan if you want, but it won’t change how I feel.l

  • writer

    I’m glad in this instance we got over the ‘What will the world think of this?’ routine and went on to do the right thing.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    Cecelia says: He got the #1 bad guy. He took a huge political risk in doing it. Failure could have meant the end of his viability as a leader. I gotta disagree with you here. The bigger political risk would be to NOT act. This was a no-brainer. If he hadn’t acted and it were made public that we had Bin Laden and passed, he’s be finished. But even knowing that he took 16 hours over 9 holes of golf to decide. This was not a tough decision.

    And, the award for Unsurpassed Pettiness by a Rightist Reactionary Zealot goes to: Michelle-in-Utah. Again.

  • Probably NOT wrong

    writer said:
    I shouldn’t think so. In any event, they know me by my real name, Rock Steelhammer.

    I’ve heard that when he was making ‘art’ films, he went by the name ‘Buck Futt’.

    THAT was funnier than ASSLESS Chaps.
    Damnit writer, I never get any work done :-)))))))))))

  • TfT

    Who hasn’t congratulated the President and said job well done; I have seen no criticism of hehimself. But you have to admit that Steve Kroft did a kiss-up interview, and the question is WHY? Not a single hard question, and thus the requirement for a follow-on interview on the subject from someone who doesn’t have his head up Obama’s rear end.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    Cecelia, I’m thrilled that UBL is gone, but I just don’t agree that it was that tough of a decision. ANY sitting president would have done the exact same thing. But even knowing where he was, he waited months before agreeing to get him. That troubles me. Call me overly partisan if you want, but it won’t change how I feel.l

    Perhaps, we should have dropped an A-Bomb on the compund months ago, destroying not only the intelligence in the compound, but also the information gleaned from comings and goings at the compound during this period. That would have been the brave and intelligent thing to do, wouldn’t it Michelle-in-Utah?

  • Lolwut

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    Cecelia, I’m thrilled that UBL is gone, but I just don’t agree that it was that tough of a decision. ANY sitting president would have done the exact same thing. But even knowing where he was, he waited months before agreeing to get him. That troubles me. Call me overly partisan if you want, but it won’t change how I feel.l

    Correction- Prez got a tip back in Feb. of where he *might* be. That’s not definitive. They didn’t use facial recognition technology until they entered the compound. So he didn’t wait months “knowing where he was”. Thats inaccurate. So there’s no need to be troubled on that issue.

  • writer

    King, we’re really glad Obama got Bin Laden.

    RRK: No you’re not.

    Yeah, King. Really, we are.

    RRK: No you’re not.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    TfT said:
    Who hasn’t congratulated the President and said job well done

    Michelle-in-Utah.

    You have, and I commend your openess and your selfless love of country that enabled you to do just that.

  • Pablo

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    Cecelia, I’m thrilled that UBL is gone, but I just don’t agree that it was that tough of a decision. ANY sitting president would have done the exact same thing. But even knowing where he was, he waited months before agreeing to get him. That troubles me. Call me overly partisan if you want, but it won’t change how I feel.l

    Cecilia is right here. If the raid was a disaster, Obama’s presidency would be over. He’d be Jimmy Carter II, and that would be that. If bin Ladin wasn’t there, he’d have a huge international crisis on his hands. There were significant risks in greenlighting this, and there would have been had he just bombed the place too. Yes, it would have been his ass if we found out he had the opportunity and passed on it. But it also would have been his ass if it went sideways. So, thank God for Leon Panetta, Obama’s courage.

  • Liberal Tormentor

    Royal Dimwit, how many times do I have to praise the raid for it to stick? I just don’t think any sitting president would’ve decided not to go in and get him. But I do agree that sending in the seals was risky.

  • writer

    LT is sad Bin Laden is dead.

    (Saved you the trouble, King.)

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    writer said:
    King, we’re really glad Obama got Bin Laden. RRK: No you’re not. Yeah, King. Really, we are. RRK: No you’re not.

    Actually, WrLter, I know you are glad. You said so. And, you are a decent sort (a bit tormented by African Maerican males chasing you, but we all have our pathologies). To be sure, when the story broke Sunday before last, you were the first to whine that W was not getting the credit he arguably deserved (he did deserve some credit, and he got it), but I realized you are merely a thorn just below the tip of the index finger. You are not a tumor, as others are.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    Royal Dimwit, how many times do I have to praise the raid for it to stick? I just don’t think any sitting president would’ve decided not to go in and get him. But I do agree that sending in the seals was risky.

    As long as you convince yourself, Michelle in Utah, does anyone else really matter? You haven’t convinced me, but I am not as willing to discount years and volumes of mean-spirited, racially insensitive bleating, kvetching, moaning and whining as some are.

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    Maerican

    An interesting word, isn’t it?

  • RowdyHoward

    I loves my freedoms cause I’m Maerican!

  • Liberal Tormentor

    Nothing about you is interesting, Royal Dimwit.

  • writer

    King, I think the most whining was coming from far right wingers like Michael Moore.

  • Probably NOT wrong

    Doan be talkin bout no Maericans here, RRK!
    And doan be talkin bout droppin no bombs on
    no compund, neither!
    So, there…

  • The Tea Weasel®

    If this had been the work of a Republican president (who had his chance, see Tora Bora), the loudest complainers here would still be riding around in their Hummers waving American flags out the windows screaming “WE GOT HIM, BITCHES!”, with nary a complaint about OBL’s demise. As it is, the visceral dislike of the CinC has turned this “good for us” moment into a “gotcha” moment for some. I would venture to guess those same folks are not shedding a tear for the foreign nationals who were turned into “desaparecidos” over the last 10 years. The fact is, this president made the decision to remove a threat to the United States and assigned the job to his military commanders and his top soldiers to carry out the mission. This is a fact. The exact details of the mission are not in the public record, and are not likely to be (although if BHO decides to abide by Rove’s Rules of Campaigning, they may become public in October 2012).
    Anyone claiming to “have heard” or “know” exactly what the Seal operatives’ orders were, what they encountered in the house, and why OBL was shot rather than captured is simply conversing anally.

    Also, the fiscal conservatives should be delighted by the savings of burial at sea versus a 2-5 year imprisonment/trial and attendant security risks and exorbitant costs at this time of economic distress.

    All that being said, I fully expect the only way you will remove the anti-BHO hatred from these folks is to pry it out of their cold, dead hands. I doubt the Seals would be required for that mission.

  • tws258

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    I shouldn’t think so. In any event, they know me by my real name, Rock Steelhammer.

    Anne 1 said:
    Of course they do
    http://tinyurl.com/3n7cevw

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ! Nice Anne 1 !

  • Pablo

    The Tea Weasel® said:
    Anyone claiming to “have heard” or “know” exactly what the Seal operatives’ orders were, what they encountered in the house, and why OBL was shot rather than captured is simply conversing anally.

    Does that include the Senior Administration official and High Ranking Military Officer quoted saying that the order was to kill him?

    Among the three of you, I think you take the talking rectum prize.

  • CAconservative

    How many shows is this clown to appear on to tout his hero-like ( in his mind) decision to send in the troops? Will he be telling Big-Bird next, how only he, with his abnormal insight, and steel like tenacity, could have made this momentous decision.
    Obimbo’s only option was to put troops on the ground. If he had put a missile into that building and it proved not to be Bin Ladin, all hell would have broken out. As it stands, Obimbo made a decision to put troops in harms way, on foreign soil, without the consent of Congress using NON-EXISTENT AUTHORITY!! Why the hell isn’t Congress in Obimbo’s face demanding answers?! NO president should ever have that kind of authority, and the founding fathers fully intended that he shouldn’t.

  • BatBoy

    The WH had a good thing going…that is until they have floated defferent versions of what happened almost on a daily basis for a week now.

  • The Tea Weasel®

    Pablo said:
    Does that include the Senior Administration official and High Ranking Military Officer quoted saying that the order was to kill him?

    Yes Pablum, it does. When your “Senior Administration Official” and “High Ranking Military Officer”
    go on the record, give me a call. Neither of them can appear in a court of law under those names, so until they “come out”, its all hearsay. Even when the government puts out its own sanitized report, the only people who know what really went down…will be the Seals. Oh and of course Pablum, who, by his own reckoning, knows all, sees all, bookmarks all for future reference.

    Pablo said:
    Does that include the Senior Administration official and High Ranking Military Officer quoted saying that the order was to kill him?

    Among the three of you, I think you take the talking rectum prize.

    There you go again. Thinking. It has been problematical for you in the past and continues to be a problem. I heard from a Senior Administration Official and High Ranking Military Officer that the “talking rectum” prize was created for, and awarded to you for your outstanding troll work here on Mediaite.

  • The Tea Weasel®

    CAconservative said:
    How many shows is this clown to appear on to tout his hero-like ( in his mind) decision to send in the troops? Will he be telling Big-Bird next, how only he, with his abnormal insight, and steel like tenacity, could have made this momentous decision.
    Obimbo’s only option was to put troops on the ground. If he had put a missile into that building and it proved not to be Bin Ladin, all hell would have broken out. As it stands, Obimbo made a decision to put troops in harms way, on foreign soil, without the consent of Congress using NON-EXISTENT AUTHORITY!! Why the hell isn’t Congress in Obimbo’s face demanding answers?! NO president should ever have that kind of authority, and the founding fathers fully intended that he shouldn’t.

    42. Sixty Minutes for public consumption and 41 others that play in a constant loop in the batcave you call a brain.

  • The Tea Weasel®

    CAconservative said:
    Why the hell isn’t Congress in Obimbo’s face demanding answers?! NO president should ever have that kind of authority, and the founding fathers fully intended that he shouldn’t.

    Well because most of the country is glad the dude is gone, as we have more pressing matters to take care of. However if you are dissatisfied with Congress’s response to the “murder” of OBL (who you may remember was the mastermind/financier/facilitator of 3000+ American deaths on 9/11) you are welcome to write every member of Congress and express your dissatisfaction. I am sure they will be just as thrilled to hear from you as we are to discover you have posted another incomprehensible rant.

  • TfT

    It would have been nice if Steve Kroft had done a little homework before this interview, no, instead he just got all the questions in advance from the WH.

    Kroft and CBS are nothing but propagandist tools for team Obama; what an embarrassing interview. Not a single hard question about how Obama’s justice department is prosecuting SEALS and CIA for stuff they did when W was President, and now…..well…..it is the tpical double standard, one that Mr. Kroft could care less about because he was too busy kissing Obama’s behind.

    For shame.

  • The Tea Weasel®

    TfT said:

    For shame.

    These days it must be really hard to be a conservative, what with all the networks except Fox against you, Oh, I almost forgot your friends on AM radio, that antiquated radio band that the Raving Righties share with the Jeebus Freeks, NASCAR and the spanish language stations…

  • Rio

    Pablo said:
    Pablo says:
    May 9, 2011 at 1:04 pm

    Val Plame’s pal Larry has some grave concerns, watery grave concerns, a couple of other things as well. He wrote a few blogs about it over the past couple of days, he’s rather steamed:

    http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/

  • notsofast

    PRESIDENT OBAMA: Yeah. And we also knew when one of the helicopters went down in a way that wasn’t according to plan. And, as you might imagine that made us more tense.”

    LOL

    A number of libs were saying this was part of the planned operation. This show’s ya how far up Barry’s arse some libs are!

  • Rio

    notsofast said:
    A number of libs were saying this was part of the planned operation.

    That would certainly be an extremely pricey plan, not to forget a couple of governments have their hands on that technology. Not a good thing.

  • Pablo

    BatBoy said:
    The WH had a good thing going…that is until they have floated defferent versions of what happened almost on a daily basis for a week now.

    This is why it’s a good idea to let the Pentagon do the talking in such matters.

  • Pablo

    Rio said:
    Val Plame’s pal Larry has some grave concerns, watery grave concerns, a couple of other things as well. He wrote a few blogs about it over the past couple of days, he’s rather steamed:

    http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/

    Best comment yet:

    Hubby just said he’s grateful Holder didn’t get a hold of him. He’d be trying him in small claims court!

  • alwaysawesome6

    He is a good orator but not a good leader. I am happy that he is doing it from the terrorism point of view , but he is not doing anything else for the betterment of the people/citizens of the country. People thought earlier that he might be coming out as a super man from some smallville series/DC comics, but it really turned opposite.
    http://smallville-tvshow.com/

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