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jenmito

(37,326 posts)
Tue May 1, 2012, 01:54 PM May 2012

GREAT article: "McCain, Romney and Bush Wouldn't, Shouldn't, Couldn't Get Bin Laden in Pakistan"

Here are two helpful reminders for apoplectic conservatives: Until Barack Obama shows up on a U.S. aircraft carrier in a flight suit and an over-sized cod piece, no GOP loyalist can criticize him for boasting about the operation that killed Osama Bin Laden. And no Republican can claim that "other presidents and candidates like myself" would have ordered that high-risk mission in Pakistan. After all, in 2008 John McCain said he wouldn't. Mitt Romney said we shouldn't. And despite his tough-talk about getting Bin Laden "dead or alive," George W. Bush simply couldn't.

On Friday, the still bitter McCain declared, "Shame on Barack Obama for diminishing the memory of September 11th and the killing of Osama bin Laden by turning it into a cheap political attack ad." For his part, the 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney scoffed that "even Jimmy Carter would have given that order." Unfortunately for the Republican propaganda machine, we know that neither John McCain nor Mitt Romney would have supported the Special Forces strike deep in Pakistan. We know this, because they told us so.

http://crooksandliars.com/jon-perr/republicans-wouldnt-shouldnt-couldnt-get-bin-laden

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GREAT article: "McCain, Romney and Bush Wouldn't, Shouldn't, Couldn't Get Bin Laden in Pakistan" (Original Post) jenmito May 2012 OP
Romney just claimed that in 2007 he said he wouldn't have ANNOUNCED that he would've gone into jenmito May 2012 #1
The real story is that the Repubs wanted bin Laden as a live boogeyman-- eridani May 2012 #2
+1 sakabatou May 2012 #7
Cynical headline: McCain and Romney supported state sovereignty! joshcryer May 2012 #3
McCain, Romney and Bush ... the three blind mice. JoePhilly May 2012 #4
In addition to TORA BORA there is this hot off the press, Politico news pilkh001 May 2012 #5
welcome to DU! maddezmom May 2012 #6

jenmito

(37,326 posts)
1. Romney just claimed that in 2007 he said he wouldn't have ANNOUNCED that he would've gone into
Tue May 1, 2012, 02:09 PM
May 2012

Pakistan to get bin Laden, and that he agreed with BIDEN back then that THAT'S what he said, and of COURSE he would've gone into Pakistan. But the TRUTH is that Romney said, "I do not concur-in the words of Barack Obama-in a plan to enter an ally of ours and their country in a manner complete with bombing and so forth...".

eridani

(51,907 posts)
2. The real story is that the Repubs wanted bin Laden as a live boogeyman--
Wed May 2, 2012, 05:38 AM
May 2012

--and not a dead terrorist. How would they have justified invading Iraq otherwise?

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)
3. Cynical headline: McCain and Romney supported state sovereignty!
Wed May 2, 2012, 06:29 AM
May 2012

Obama said he would enter states without their permission!

maddezmom

(135,060 posts)
6. welcome to DU!
Wed May 2, 2012, 05:26 PM
May 2012
It's amazing how many of this asshats think everyone has forgotten all their other quotes.
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