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Vesta says:

I’m not pleased with Obama either but I think this news makes him a lock for another 4 years. This capture, dead or alive, justifies all the military action going on over there: the drones, the CIA hits, Blackwater and other contractors.

It keeps the remaining troops over there and justifies building more embassies and stealing their natural resources and minerals.

I don’t think We the People even count in the grand scheme of things unless we collectively hit the streets. What Pol is going to be able to “top” this in a year, short of Obama taking away SS and Medicare?

scharfy says:

Unless there’s a violent double-dip. He’s in.

Plus the Repubs have no candidate.

Hopefully Osama can lie for eternity with the Infidels.

Good job Barrack.

Psychoanalystus says:

>>> How does this development change the election dynamics for 2012? Does this, as some correspondents have suggested, give Obama a lock for 2012, or could a flagging economy undo the boost he will get from this success? <<<

This is definitely an Obama lock for 2012. Now that Bin Laden is dead, Obama is certain to immediately stop the wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and Yemen, he will surely dismantle the DHS, scale back the TSA, and half the DoD and CIA budgets, saving us trillions in the process. All that money saved will undoubtedly be reinvested in rebuilding this country’s crumbling infrastructure, fully fund our public schools, hire more policemen, and expand Medicaid and Medicare to cover the 50+ million Americans without insurance. This will unquestionably lead to a miraculous economic recovery and a new century of unparalleled American prosperity.

I am pretty sure all this will happen right away…lol

Psychoanalystus

dameocrat says:

he will do well with the prowar prowallstreet neocon type of dems that already tended to like him. It is a wash with liberals and independents.

readerOfTeaLeaves says:

From McClatchey:

Only U.S. personnel were involved in the raid and Obama’s decision to launch it was not shared with any other country, including Pakistan, whose most powerful intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate, has long been suspected by U.S. officials of maintaining links to extremist groups close to al Qaida.

Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/05/01/113442/osama-bin-laden-found-in-pakistan.html#ixzz1LAgMQamC

ScottS says:

At least we don’t have to listen to anything Guiliani says anymore.

kevin de bruxelles says:

This may just create a “deather” movement which tries to convince the public that the person killed was not in fact Osama bin Laden!

Pat says:

“In February, 2004, Iranian state radio claimed Osama bin Laden had been captured in Pakistan’s border region with Afghanistan “a long time ago.” Pentagon and Pakistani officials denied the report. “Osama bin Laden has been arrested a long time ago, but Bush is intending to use it for propaganda maneuvering in the presidential election,” the radio report said.
Osama bin Laden died of kidney failure soon after the September 11, 2001, attacks. In 2002, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said bin Laden had kidney disease, and that he had required a dialysis machine when he lived in Afghanistan. That same year, the FBI’s top counterterrorism official, Dale Watson, said, “I personally think he is probably not with us anymore.”
A Taliban leader told the Pakistan Observer on December 21, 2002, that Bin Laden was suffering from a serious lung complication and died in mid-December, in the vicinity of the Tora Bora mountains. The source claimed that bin Laden was laid to rest honorably in his last abode and his grave was made as per his Wahabi belief, according to Fox News.
Alex Jones was told live on the radio in 2002 by high-level Council on Foreign Relations members that Osama Bin Laden had died of kidney failure in early 2002.
“I have it from high level [sources] from inside the Bush administration…that bin Laden died of natural causes and that his family has given the body to the CIA, that they’re gonna roll him out right before the election, that he’s on ice right now. They will claim they killed him right before the election,” Alex said at the time.
“Jones gave a caution that the intelligence could be disinformation but claimed that his base in Austin was extremely close to the Bush administration and similar information received in the past had been credible,” Paul Joseph Watson wrote in August of 2002.
During the 2004 election, CNN reported that Democratic insiders had been told that George W. Bush was going to use the Bin Laden body as an ace-in-the-hole if he thought he was in danger of losing the 2004 election. This confirmed the evidence that Jones had been given by the CFR and others.
In 2003, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told Fox News Channel analyst Morton Kondracke she suspected Bush knew the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden and was waiting for the most politically expedient moment to announce his capture.
Obama’s announcement follows the release of a highly suspicious birth certificate last week. Both events represent psychological operations that possibly portend more significant events in the days ahead as the U.S. dollar continues to lose its reserve status, the economy fails to recover as promised, and wars expand in Libya, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
Obama’s propaganda stunt arrives as the Democrats kick off their leader’s presidential reelection bid against a number of Republicans contenders who have been highly critical of not only his perceived handling of the economy, but also his management of the manufactured war on terror.”

Grammar Police says:

I believe the expression is “shoo-in”
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-confidential-cafe/80192-shoo-vs-shoe.html

Eureka Springs says:

Any sentient voting American must ignore the kabuki, rejecting it at all cost. Restoring rule of law along with much of our lost liberties under the war on emotion are as important as “fixing” the economy… which includes changing our MIC, energy, trade and health ways.

The only certainty is that neither major corrupt money party will allow this. But they will both raise billions to spend convincing you otherwise.

If you are considering a D or R candidate in 2012 (perhaps ever again), you are part of the problem.

PJ says:

This operation was apparently based on information obtained from KSM at Guantanamo in 2007. I would not credit the Administration; as American Foreign policy seems to be under control of the Military, probably the best alternative given Mr. Obama’s total lack of experience. Unfortunately our economic policy is seems to be under control of the banks probably the worst alternative given Mr. Obama’s total lack of experience. This will be old news in a year as will Mr. Trump’s political career.

ghastly says:

This is ridiculous. Both bin Laden and Donald Trump will long be forgotten by November 2012. It’s the economy, stupid.

Chaz Sanderson says:

First, the American public has a very short memory. Second, remember that George Bush Sr. had very high approval numbers after the first Gulf War in 1991, but lost the election in 1992 to Bill Clinton. Yes, I know Ross Perot got 18% of the vote and many of those votes were probably Republican votes – but Daddy Bush had a poor economy and that caused him to lose popularity among independents. Since it is likely that the economy will be poor in 2012, it is likely Obama will lose, unless there is a 3rd party candidacy pulling votes from the Republicans. People vote their walllets!

Westcoastliberal says:

I believe about 1/2 of the stories about what really happened on 9/11, but since Osama Bin Laden took credit for it, then I think this is a really big deal.

If Obama could now shift his position more to the progressive side and reshuffle his advisors (getting rid of the Wall St insiders and hiring more Elizabeth Warren types), then I would vote for him without question.

I would guestimate a lot of disappointed Dems would do likewise, but then again it depends on the field of candidates. If Bernie Sanders ran I would vote for him in an instant.

kievite says:

That’s pretty funny:

Goodbye ‘birthers,’ hello ‘deathers’

http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2011/05/mailbag-goodbye-birthers-hello-deathers-osamabinladen.html?cid=6a00d8341c7de353ef014e883659ea970d#comment-6a00d8341c7de353ef014e883659ea970d