I have to side with Mike on this one (and I suspect this is happening more often than in the past). It did seem odd and bothering to me that both of you immediately jumped on the partisan wagon when this news came out. It seems like it should be an event that can cross party lines. You both know as well as I do if GWB had found this guy, you'd be finding some way to perhaps crap on it--if only because your dislike of the man runs too deep to be overcome with grudging praise. Mike's post didn't seem even grudgingly written.
I for one am proud Obama did it--I think it's a good example of the strong leadership potential I saw when I campaigned for him. It was awfully fucking presidential of him, wasn't it? I hope he brushed his shoulders off afterwards, because he deserves it. My personal reaction to the news of his death was quite different though.
Remember the days after 9/11?
The entire nation rallied behind the president. Congress took on a decided bipartisan tone in support of the president's actions.
Nobody questioned him.
Can you honestly say that's happening now? No. The right wing extreme fringe has grown to such ridiculous levels there was no choice but to add a defense of Obama's action while praising him.
Mike's first post on the muche was so patently wrong, even if he did not name Bush directly, thenintent of his words were there.
Since then, he's been shown that Bush gave up on finding bin Laden, he's been shown that waterboarding was not the one thing that precipitated this action, and his obstinance refuses, as usual, to see what me, ekg, and Chuck are saying.
And...he's doing it in a manner that's insulting, not to me, but to the intent of this forum.
As he did with the muche in his one-handed death wish on the Politika section, Mike will attack, demean, insult and otherwise do everything possible to distract the conversation from the truth - that he can be wrong.
