UPDATED: Of Course They Do: Lefties Already Politicizing Osama Hit
Michelle Malkin has a round-up.
Obama certainly deserves credit. He’s the Commander-In-Chief; and he didn’t drop the ball, like Carter did in a similar instance. I think it’s a little ridiculous to get mad at the mention of Bush’s role in the end result of an operation that began years ago. But really, who cares? Any Leftie who thinks killing Bin Laden in the Spring of 2011 is an automatic 4-year renewal of Obama’s right to sit in the Oval Office is either a little naive or a little desperate. Or just plain dumb.
By the end of the month, after most Americans have completed their obligatory 3 or 4 visits to their local supermarkets and gas stations, the euphoria over Osama’s death will have faded. If inflation continues apace, by this time next year – about 6 months before the next presidential election – more people will be hurting even worse than they are now.
Let’s just put it this way: hundreds of Americans were cheering last night, but their wallets weren’t. Public Enemy #1 is inflation. And it’s still out there.
UPDATE: This Targeted Killing Brought To You By Waterboarding: AP: ” “Officials say CIA interrogators in secret overseas prisons developed the first strands of information that ultimately led to the killing of Osama bin Laden.”
Good round-up on this topic at Insty‘s.
On behalf of W, Dick Cheney and John Yoo: You’re welcome.
MORE: Barney Frank seems to believe you can only politicize Osama’s death in one direction. OK. I think Iowahawk agrees with the Senator.
And here’s some more Leftie re-electioneering spotted by R.S. McCain, who links (thanks!), plus reaction from an a Leftie bystander outraged at so much celebration just because a “person is dead”.
I was a little taken aback at seeing so many young people merrymaking over Osama’s death, but not because I thought it wasn’t good that he was killed. I just didn’t think so many 20-somethings, who were in their teens or even younger on 9/11/01, felt that strongly about his capture.
But I was certainly happy about Osama getting rubbed out. Not sure it was worth partying about, but I’m in my 40′s. What do I know?
