I don't see it as protecting Obama, but merely pointing out hypocrisy and double standards. "he's soft on terrorism...BUT...he's killing to many terrorists. He stands in the way of business...BUT...bows to wall street and has given more breaks and incentives to business than in recent history." There's this weird overt theme that isn't shy about trying to neuter him at every turn.
"People bashed Bush." Did they question his nationality? Did they see a secret terrorist? Did they question his chosen religion? Did they praise him despite political affiliation when he deserved it, without condistions? There's a difference between being pissed off as hell at policy choices and directing that at the person who made them...and being scared shit-less, of the person, based on fabrication and lies. I'll be the first to admit, you root for the home team. You tend to see the positives before the negatives and throw an extra bump here and there. But I've never been shy about calling out our Presidents short comings or policy decisions...that were in my opinion flawed or lacked "oomph"...but jesus christ...the GOP couldn't throw obama a "good on ya" without a nut kick if they tried.
Fox wasted no time calling into question what the ops team "really" did and praising the military and Bush in the same breath...and sorta, kind...including the President...in an outcast kind of way. I've watched it off and on all day. While MSNBC may be on their knees sucking his praises, over at Fox it's all "Coat Tails" and "Johnny come lately." It just gets really old and tiresome when disagreements trail not so subtly away from policy and keep going head long into character assassination to make a case.
exactly..
there can't be a 'good job yo!' with no strings attached? Why can't it be about Obama? and The ballsy decision
he made... Bush didn't make the decision to send spec forces into
another country,
covertly, on a damn good hunch, to see if the person they
thought was in the compound, was really in the compound. McCain didn't decide on sending helicopters and boots on the found instead of dropping a 2000lbs bomb on the place an obliterate it from existence.. Rummy didn't tell Bush to send in a predator and drop a few smaller missiles on the place.. No, Obama made a pretty big damn call and just by luck it worked.. we know from Viet Nam to Mogadishu that these things don't always turn out the way they are supposed to.. not too mention some times the person we think is there, isn't..
Let's not forget Bush stopped looking for OBL in 2004-05.. which is about the same time OBL built this place and comfortably moved in and lived for the last 6 years..
nor let's forget it was Obama who ordered the CIA to start back up it's mission to find OBL at all costs..
and if these people 'really' cared and are just thanking 'everyone' who was involved.. then where is their thanks to Bill Clinotn? That's right, this whole hunt started with him.. Even Dick Cheney says that. .. so where is the "Thanks Bill"
It simply amazes me that Bush can't be blamed for 9/11 because he was only president for 9 months.. but 2 1/2 years since he's been out of office, he gets credit for this.. well fine, if Bush's terror polices are still reverberating to the point where he gets the credit for this capture, then his economic polices are still reverberating and fucking things up today. If Obama can't get the majority, if not, sole credit for the OBL kill and those in the GOP must give Bush the lion's share.. then Obama must not be blamed for anything he's done to the economy either and the lion's share of that crisis can also go to their dear leader Bush.
can't have it both ways.. If GWB's polices, which haven't been changed, can't be blamed for the economic crisis since Obama has made his own changes and additions... well then Bush's national security polices, which haven't been changed much, can't be credited to Bush since Obama has made his own changes and additions..
