OBL is dead and all the right wing got was this lousy "I hate Obama" t-shirt-- HOWEVER--Obama Approval Ratings up *even

[john dough]

Maybe so, but the whole military buildup was to "get the people who did this" (actually it was to build up to get into Iraq, as noted by many).

If OBL was killed early on, Iraq wold have been a tougher sell, as it had nothing to do with 9/11.

[Black]

john dough wrote:
Maybe so, but the whole military buildup was to "get the people who did this" (actually it was to build up to get into Iraq, as noted by many).

If OBL was killed early on, Iraq wold have been a tougher sell, as it had nothing to do with 9/11.

Think about it-- if the current administration were less interested in truthfulness than in shaping public opinion, it could justify basically any course of action with the mysterious intelligence collected in the raid.

[Lux Interior]

$tevie wrote:
If there's enough good stuff on those hard drives and thumb drives, the boost may be both higher and long-lasting.

I heard that the CIA waterboarded the hard drives and they won't mount anymore.

[OWC Jamie]

Black wrote:


the President of the United States of America's approval ratings are enjoying a little boost:



Kind of suggests that in times of national crisis both sides will rally behind a president regardless of party affiliation . . . as long as that president's not a democrat.

Is that supposed to make sense ?

[Black]

billb wrote:
[quote=Black]


the President of the United States of America's approval ratings are enjoying a little boost:



Kind of suggests that in times of national crisis both sides will rally behind a president regardless of party affiliation . . . as long as that president's not a democrat.

Is that supposed to make sense ? You edited out a sentence-- don't be a prick.

[OWC Jamie]

Black wrote:
[quote=billb]
[quote=Black]


the President of the United States of America's approval ratings are enjoying a little boost:



Kind of suggests that in times of national crisis both sides will rally behind a president regardless of party affiliation . . . as long as that president's not a democrat.

Is that supposed to make sense ? You edited out a sentence-- don't be a prick. Yeah, I wouldn't want to be disingenuous or mis-leading.

[$tevie]

BTW, Black, thank you for the tip of the hat. Ah, fame. :-)

[Lux Interior]

billb wrote:
[quote=Black]
[quote=billb]
[quote=Black]


the President of the United States of America's approval ratings are enjoying a little boost:



Kind of suggests that in times of national crisis both sides will rally behind a president regardless of party affiliation . . . as long as that president's not a democrat.

Is that supposed to make sense ? You edited out a sentence-- don't be a prick.
Yeah, I wouldn't want to be disingenuous or mis-leading.

[$tevie]

The fact is that people do rally around a President in times of crisis. Obviously September 11th was a crisis, as opposed to what happened this week which is more what I would refer to as a "triumph".

[OWC Jamie]

Lux Interior wrote:
[quote=billb]
[quote=Black]
[quote=billb]
[quote=Black]


the President of the United States of America's approval ratings are enjoying a little boost:



Kind of suggests that in times of national crisis both sides will rally behind a president regardless of party affiliation . . . as long as that president's not a democrat.

Is that supposed to make sense ? You edited out a sentence-- don't be a a prick.
Yeah, I wouldn't want to be disingenuous or mis-leading.