Where is Feisty Redhead? At this spot she would had mentioned Romney preferring to ride Osama out of Pakistan on the top of his car.

BHO makes surprise trip to Afghanistan today. Interesting choice of dates. Is there nothing he will not try to use to his Political advantage?

rodney,

another bowl of vitriol for breakfast???

Who would not have taken Osama out...more praise for mediocre performance!

One of the things that I really like about President Obama, is he usually follows through with what he says he'll do... "If we have OBL in our sight, we'll take him out." and that's exactly what he did... Pulled out of Iraq, fixing the crap in Afghanistan... working harder on creating jobs than the GOP is doing... And that smile, Ya just got to love that smile...

I guess that you haven't traveled much, have you?

Anyone who went to Vietnam and interacted with the Vietnamese probably ate dog and cat. To stringy for me

Great, so how much more money are taxpayers going to get to pour into that sh#thole? No, Obama didn't travel there to crow some more about killing Bin Laden, that was not why he went over there on this rather 'special' anniversary, no, he didn't go over there to campaign via the Afghani bully pulpit, no, he's not going to make ANY mention of how he killed bin Laden in his campaign speech to the nation. Mums the word.

He's going to tell us about how wonderful our partnership is with Afghanistan, he's going to tell us how important it is for us to spend many more lives and dollars on a country who hates us and will revert to the Taliban, who won't be our 'enemies' since Obama and Biden both now tell us how great the Taliban is and how we should accept them into our embrace. Obama is doing wonderful things in the Middle East. Wonder if the Marines will have to disarm again?

Lori W learned a new word today! Good girl!

Doe's your Mommy know what your doing Louis

I do not like GW Bush or Obama... both have made sure we give bags of cash to dictators around the world.

Both have done little to correct America's pressing issues. Those issue have NOTHING to do with Afghanistan.

Screw party rhetoric and lets right this ship before it sinks.

Obama said, hey we are removing troops but let me sign those papers so the big bags of cash flow into the opium trade and mineral markets.

The only reason we are in Afghanistan is to rape that countries mineral resources via corporate america. This had jack @!$%# to do with Bin Laden other then it was a great diversion from the truth.

yawwwwwn...

You think this was the only day he had a available for his trip? Of course it was to Gloat and Campaign. All the President ever does is campaign.

Right wing despair? What? I'd say these are the acts of a disparate President.

What a media farce - he travels there to sign a "symbolic" agreement on the anniversary of a murder... All a big show for the leftist media to eat up and spew to the sheep...

One of the things that I really like about President Obama, is he usually follows through with what he says he'll do...

This is laughable at best...

Bring this nation together, Transparent Administration, Close Guantanamo, Unemployment wont top 9% if you vote my stimulus, health care cost will go down, you can keep your same doctor, he will not circumvent congress, raising the debt ceiling is a sign of poor leadership, supports nuclear power...

Yeah right!

MittFlopper "Etch-A-Sketch" Romneycare is just another Bush in the making. So pathetic.

to counter relentless condemnations from opposing candidates?

But Obama writes such great material...

Not happy with Arrangement re: Afghanistan and the United States signing a Partnership Deal.

Afghanistan with Karzai in Power, or whoever comes next, will Back Stab the United States, no matter how many troops are left behind to protect this country--

The Taliban are stronger than the Corrupt Government---and The Afghan Government is stronger and more Corrupt than the Taliban.

We've already paid off (millions) 16 families with Taxpayers dollars for 1 Soldier's mistake. How much more money are they going to drain off the Taxpayers, and the Treasury--

Reality: they despise the US Military--why Reward them for that? Afghanistan does not want us there---the people--Karzai loves the Aid, and money.

What does the US get out of this ongoing War---Russia was smart. OUT!

Terry-Ca

One of the things that I really like about President Obama, is he usually follows through with what he says he'll do... ????????

Kinda like the way he promised the American people he would veto NDAA and then turned around and signed it on new years under th "cover of night"?

Kinda like how he promised to veto CISPA and then turned around and signed it anyway last week?

Starting to see a pattern here?

If Bin Laden had been killed under President G.W. Bush's watch, we would have had another national holiday celebrating his great accomplishment and another statue on the National Mall.

So this piece of crap is signing us on in that @!$%#hole forever or until we run our of money. What a freakin turd.

wait aren't you all the same people that condemned the president for stopping for yogurt last week? Ya it was you! saying that he wasn't doing enough work and shouldn't have any down time... well there you go again complaining that he is doing work the wrong way. no winning with you people.

But you have to admit, he's doing a lot of it on our dime. A lot. And Michele is running up a huge tab too while us commoners are going down the hole.

It would appear that some people have no memory prior to high-noon on January 20, 2009.

Oregon, nuff said....

bagdadjoe-1347766

But you have to admit, he's doing a lot of it on our dime. A lot. And Michele is running up a huge tab too while us commoners are going down the hole.

No more than any other previous President or First Lady, and the Michelle comment just shows that you are only a Republican/TP Inc. parrot.

Admit it, if President Obama were to offer to work without a salary, and pay for all of the expenses of a POTUS, you'd still complain that they weren't spending enough.

Your posting is tired, old, and boring. Try saying something original.

Well Matthew in Houston, no other First Lady had a law suit filed because of her vacationing on the tax dollars of Americans. No other kids of a President got paid vacations by being listed as "senior staff" on the paperwork.

Obama and Biden have been negotiating with the Taliban. The Muslim Brotherhood was honored guests at the White House just a couple of weeks ago. Now Afghanistan is to become another South Korea and we are without a doubt promising, make that Obama promising billions of our dollars while many of our own people go hungry and there are not jobs to be had. November is our only hope for not becoming a Socialist Third World Country or worse one under Sharia Law.

73MPE

I don't agree with you but I'd take another Bush any day over one more minute of Obama. As would all intelligent voters.

...or said simply "we will never leave"...who would have ever guessed it would be President Obama saying this?

HaHa. Hysterical. Yesterday you had all the liberal simpletons deriding Bushs aircraft carrier banner as a political move and today Obama flies to Afghanistan simply to sign a peice of paper that means nothing and certainly didn't require a trip around the world.

Are we supposed to buy the notion that this time a peice of paper means something is actually "over"? pathetic.

Shaking my head:

Well Matthew in Houston, no other First Lady had a law suit filed because of her vacationing on the tax dollars of Americans.

Congratulations, Republicans are far more petty and disruptive than Democrats.

pjam09:

HaHa. Hysterical. Yesterday you had all the liberal simpletons deriding Bushs aircraft carrier banner as a political move and today Obama flies to Afghanistan simply to sign a peice of paper that means nothing and certainly didn't require a trip around the world.

See, the difference is, Obama actually did what Bush only claimed to do or was going to get around to it.

shaking my Head?? And would you please put your "Source" (not faux or limba or hannity ) for us to see? OF course you Can't. Straighten yer Tea Bag Betty and stop with the lies.

peejam you need a hobie or JOB or life. Try dear to get one.

Milk it Barry, milk it......we still are not buying your teet!

Why cant you run on your accomplishments?

Thanks for bringing unemployment under 8% NASA thanks you too!

Thanks for those shovel ready jobs!

Thanks for the TARP money.......those coked up monkey's sure are happy.....perhaps they will vote for you

Thanks for using tax dollars to sue states who are trying to enforce FEDERAL immigration laws

Thanks for dropping the US credit rating!

Thanks for handling that BP oil spill so quickly!!

Lastly, thanks for costing me my health insurance!

You just rock!

NOT!

“Facts are stubborn things.” Sadly for the president, he cannot run away from his record no matter how many political ads he runs, and he will have to answer for that in November.

It should be noted that the signing of this agreement that the President went to Afghanistan has it that the United Stated will give a minimum of $3,500,000,000 per year for the next 10 years. That will equate to a total of $3.5 trillion minimum. Just so we all know the costs. There goes half revinue that the "Buffet Rule" would increase.

Obama acts like he actually did something . The first president to take credit rather than give it to the CIA and Seals,other military. Disgusting...even the Washington Post thinks so.

Richard: Obama is very good at giving away taxpayer monies. He goes against congress on a regular basis to do so. Just recently he gave $192,000,000 to Abbas and the Palestinian Authority, under cover of darkness, as usual. He then turns around and says that we aren't taxing the rich enough. Hell, there aren't enough rich people on the planet to cover his largesse.

Obama thinks in millions and billions, trillions, since it's not his money he can be real free with it. Trillion here, billion there, pretty soon you're talking some real money...like our national debt.

Vote buying isn't cheap, fortunately, there are ambassadorships to the Neatherlands and other countries which he can use as rewards along with cabinet and other bureaucratic positions. Printing fiat money helps, as does borrowing and raising taxes. People of foreign countries will enjoy many things (oops, make that corrupt government officials of other countries) that Americans are struggling to acquire.

How many billions were lost to Karzai's brother's banks? Oh, nevermind, lots more where that came from....

RichardWalking:

It should be noted that the signing of this agreement that the President went to Afghanistan has it that the United Stated will give a minimum of $3,500,000,000 per year for the next 10 years. That will equate to a total of $3.5 trillion minimum.

Though I'm not sure how credible your information is, even just using your figures...

Do you really think that 3.5 billion times 10 equals 3.5 trillion? Now I see why Republicans get all crazy over weird things: they can't do arithmetic.

I love you MR. PRESIDENT, you rock!

Obama/Biden 2012

Rodham-Clinton/Wasserman-Schultz 2016

Now that is funny, wake up the dream is over in November. NO more in training presidents. We need to get this country straighten out, and soon unless we want to end up like Spain and Greece.

Wake up get your head out of your axx, vote for Republicans whenever you can to save America....

Obama does have nice teeth.

Though I'm not sure how credible your information is, even just using your figures...

Do you really think that 3.5 billion times 10 equals 3.5 trillion? Now I see why Republicans get all crazy over weird things: they can't do arithmetic.

First, let me state I did make a simple arithmetic mistake on my previous post.

Second, you seem to be making an assumption as to what party affiliation I am without information to go on. Just to correct you, I am considered an independent. I do not participate in my state's primary elections but do vote in every general election in the fall for the last 20 years or so. So you do no one any good by making your general assumptions and put downs based on a political party bias.

Third, I got my information from MSNBC article posted on April 22, 2012, at approximately 4:21 PM EDT. It stated the following line,

...White House National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor said President Barack Obama expects to sign the document before a NATO summit in Chicago next month, meeting the deadline set by the two sides. Many had started to worry in recent weeks that Karzai and Obama would miss that goal as talked dragged on and Karzai continued to announce new demands for the document.

The late May summit will see Western leaders try to agree on future funding and support for the 352,000-strong Afghan police and army. That support is expected to amount to $4 billion a year, with the Afghan government contributing around $500 million a year of that....

While I cannot be sure since I am not privy to the White House staff information, I am actually not surprised that President Obama signed the deal in Afghanistan tonight instead of waiting until the NATO conference in Chicago later this month. The reason I am not surprised by this is because of issues that have recently occurred in Pakistan. Pakistan was originally expected to attend the NATO conference in Chicago, but after their demand that President Obama make an official on the air apology, it appears that Pakistan may not go to the conference.

This surprise trip to Afghanistan to sign a 10 year strategic agreement that was going to be signed in Chicago is most likely being done in part as a message to Pakistan as much as one to Afghanistan and as a domestic political ploy at home to get re-elected.

That all being said, it still does not negate the fact that the agreement commits the United States to giving Afghanistan 3.5 billion a year for approximately 10 years. BTW, I believe this is about the amount we give to Egypt or Israel each year. And if the college economist experts can be believed, this agreement amounts to approximately half of what is expected to be the annual revenue from the President Obama only economic plan known as the "Buffet Rule".

So thank you, Observer_1, for continuing the present day partisan bickering. That is the only way this country seems to do to fix our current problems. Of course, there will be 8 weeks in November and December to turn this counties fiscal issues around before the Perfect Storm occurs sending it into a second and more serious Recession. So we have plenty of time to continue the bickering.

Spanking your head. You have hit yourself to many times in the head as you are so full of Sh t. I hope all you Rep's hold your breath waiting for Romney to win in Nov. Not happening. Hell your own people don't like Mitt. So if the Rep's don't want Mitt, and Independents don't like Mitt, where do you think he will get the votes. Do you think you can buy the Presidency again. See if the Court will give it to the Rep's again. May be we wont ever get to vote this time and the Courts just decide we don't know what we are doing and just give it to Mitten.

RichardWalking:

First, let me state I did make a simple arithmetic mistake on my previous post.

It's a little more than a simple arithmetic mistake. To reach 3.5 trillion, we'd have to be annually paying Afghanistan for a thousand years.

You can see why I assumed you were a Republican because only they run with crazy notions like that in their heads and then spout them off in public.

So thank you, Observer_1, for continuing the present day partisan bickering.

It's not just bickering. I want the complete expulsion of the current GOP out of all forms of government for blatant treason. It has nothing to do with the regular folk who are conservative (hell, I'm pretty conservative in some regards) and has everything to do with the current GOP politicians. I too was a registered independent for the longest time until after this last election and I've seen how the GOP has conducted itself towards our president, then registered Democrat. Not to mention their dangerous attempts to push us closer to a theocracy and the denial of science just to garner votes.

It's not just bickering. I want the complete expulsion of the current GOP out of all forms of government for blatant treason.

See, this is the type of bias statements that I mentioned does not fix the problem. What has the GOP leadership done that would classify as "treason"? Name an actual act for which any or GOP leader has done and ONLY the GOP leadership has done that would be classified as "treason"?

Was it because a GOP President invided the sovereignty of another nation? Was he the only one that did so? What actions make it treason for a President to "go to war" with a country?

Was it because a GOP politician took campaign money from company and may or may not have made favorable decissions for that company? Is that only done by the GOP politicians and we have to exempt General Electric's situation from the example?

My point is that causeing they are treasonist and only they are treasonist does not help, and is actually WRONG. The politicians, GOP or Democratic, are the same. They do the same things. The work the same way regardless of the policy. They got elected to Congress or the White House or what ever by a group of people who want them there. They are doing what everyone does to stay there and nothing different then what any of the rest of them are doing. To say that the GOP politicians are committing treason is to say that the Democratic politicians are committing treason as well because they do the exact same things.

You can agree/disagree with the choices that a GOP politician expresses/makes. You can agree/disagree with the ones that Democratic politicians make. But do not call them treasonist without giving proof that they are knownly working against what they believe is the good of this country and are doing it in direct difference than all other politicians. If you cant do that, than just vote them out as was done for the White House position by the people of the United States on the promises made by then Canidate Obama.

Frankly IMO, all of the politicians presently in Washington have failed to do the job I have sent them there to do. IMO, every single politician who holds a set in Washington today and is up for re-election in November should be voted out. Vote against the incombent. This includes everyone of them from President Obama down to Representative Behnor (sp?) to Senator Mchanel (sp?). Every one of them.

But this country has followed to much of bias political partisianship for to long and most citizens see it as everyone of the other party are wrong and all of those in my own party are white as snow. Why? All I can think is that because they like to be entertained.

And that's fine that you think that, Richard. I did too for the longest time, in fact I still do. If you go back through my extensive posting history, I know you'll find me saying the same exact thing you did.

But then I grew up and developed a real strategy for helping America. Get the GOP out, then work to fix the issues with the Democrats. I can work with partially corrupt and partially bad ideologies, I cannot work with fully corrupt and ignorant ideologies. I can fix the former but not the latter.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/04/secret-torture-memo/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/a-bittersweet-win-for-a-whistleblower/2011/07/26/gIQA8pJUbI_story.html

http://newsjunkiepost.com/2010/03/02/republican-obstruction-at-work-record-number-of-filibusters/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/22/jim-jordan-solyndra-investigation-elections_n_1372205.html

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/rep-darrell-issa-bars-minority-witness-a-woman-on-contraception-2/

http://zfacts.com/p/voodoo.html

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/12/01/380129/norquist-gop-middle-class-ta/?mobile=nc#target=%22blank%22

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/13/incoming-gop-chairman-congress-exists-serve-banks/#target=%22blank%22

http://thegazette.com/2011/12/16/report-outlines-what-affordable-care-act-repeal-would-mean-to-iowans/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/09/epa-republican-war-defund_n_1000664.html#target=%22blank%22

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67555.html

http://articles.marketwatch.com/2010-08-10/commentary/30767246_1_gop-ideals-david-stockman-economy

http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/HaireoftheDog/archives/2012/03/01/andrew-breitbart-remembering-a-traitor-who-used-lies-and-trickery-to-deceive-his-fellow-americans

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/06/michael-tomasky-on-the-gop-s-economic-sabotage.html

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/john-farrell/2010/01/28/alitos-not-true-was-out-of-line-court-deserves-obama-smack

http://www.alternet.org/news/153509/gop_voter_suppression_plan%3A_seven_tactics_to_block_your_vote_in_2012

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-a-palermo/att-concepcion-supreme-court_b_862066.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-05/ryan-tax-rate-goal-would-require-u-s-lawmakers-to-consider-favored-breaks.html

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/project_syndicate/2011/01/did_the_poor_cause_the_crisis.html

http://open.salon.com/blog/pwtenny/2010/08/09/study_shows_tea_partyers_more_likely_to_hold_racist_views#target=%22blank%22

And anything involving Koch. I got tired of hitting ctrl-x/ctrl-v.

Again, I realize Democrats have their seediness. But I can work with them longer than the GOP. And again, I don't have a problem with conservatives, I have a problem with their politicians.

Observer_1,

I am not going to counter everyone of your links, but I will give you some more examples.

• http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/04/secret-torture-memo/

Ok. This article is about the use of the CIA regarding a practice that has become known has "Enhanced Interigation Techniques". You are making this as an example of a treasonist act by the GOP leadership. I will point out that first, "War Crimes" are not treasonist. They are bad and wrong and a crime, but they are not treasonist. If "War Crimes" were treaonist, President Lincoln and President Roosevelt would have been at the top of the list of president that should have been convict of treason. Lincoln used the military to kill civilians of his own country and burn their towns and homes. Roosevelt imprisoned thousands of Japanese Americans without trials and held them indefinately for a period of time. Some of which were abused while in custody.

Secondly, if the GOP that was in power was in the wrong about this technique should not the Senate and House committees who KNEW it was occur not be in the wrong as well? And half that committee were Democrates. One of them from the House committee eventually become Speaker of the House.

• http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/a-bittersweet-win-for-a-whistleblower/2011/07/26/gIQA8pJUbI_story.html

Ok. This one is about the lady who reported problems behind our "War on Iraq" and how she was demoted. It reports that she received a settlement. So was her demotion, treasonist for leaking what would be considered classified? If so, I would like to point out that no President had his Justice department go after more "whistleblowers" than the current Administration. Here is a quote from a news article:

Former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling was charged in January 2011 with telling New York Times reporter James Risen about a botched sting operation that may have given Iran critical information about how to build a nuclear bomb. One count of the indictment against Sterling charges him with mail fraud--because the (apparently true) revelations about Iran appeared in a book by Risen that was sent through the mail (Secrecy News, 8/1/11).

Again, I am only pointing out that the action you state that are so bad and done by the GOP leadership are also being done by the Democratic leadership. And also making the point that they are not "Treasonist". In fact, here is what the United States Constitution actually defines as "treasonist" in Article 3, Section III:

Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.
The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.

It is furthermore an interesting fact that the only crime that is actually defined and stated in the US Constitution is that of "treason". The founders believed that it was such a serious crime and charge to make that they felt that it needed to be explicitly defined in the Constitution. They did this to prevent the government from abusing the use of the crime for actions less-treasonist, the very action you are doing when you call the GOP actions treasonist.

And anything involving Koch.

And is Soros any better?

Thank goodness for DVR. Skipping through the myriad of political commercials is wonderful.

I will never get the name-calling..."dumcrats"? "Oblamo"?

The maturity levels on here astound me.

Go look at gallup.com, Obama has had an 8 point swing upwards with the independent vote since August.

Republicans scathing comments at Obama for getting Bin Laden is pushing more independents Obama's way.

Makes you proud to be an American, doesn't it?

It is fun to pick and choose isnt it Fourmore?

Why not call out the obvious democrats for using Repugnicans, teabaggers> It sounds like you are a hypocrite. Why not name them. This is not the first story you have read is it?

Having said that, I do agree. The posts these days have become playground time for both sides.

Robert: What scandal? You teatards are amazing. Living in your own make belief world!!! LOL

MSNBC did not tell you that Obama will make a TV speech from Baghram AB at 7:30 pm tonight. On top of marking the Death of OBL- the 1st anniversary- it will be from now on celebrated in US- the OBL killing anniversary (this in itself is so antiwestern so beyound decency of behaviour. US is also designating an Afghani Major as an ally partaking in the NATO Summit. Furthermore Obama has won the battle(s)in Afghanistan and the US taxpayers will have 15 yrs to support/assist/aid the Afghanis notwithstanding the corruption and insecurity for all.

Eric-913730

Go look at gallup.com, Obama has had an 8 point swing upwards with the independent vote since August.

Republicans scathing comments at Obama for getting Bin Laden is pushing more independents Obama's way.

LOL... I am independent and hang with mostly independent voters, in my real life, away from this vine. I will not vote for Obama and every independent I speak to states the same.

Polls are nothing until election day. Then they are still never accurate. They will change daily with bias from the media and polling stations.

The vote is what counts and my educated guess is that Obama will not prevail. The unemployment rate alone states volumes for his tenure.

When you have a president that has to try and convince people of his accomplishments, and his showcase one is a terrorist killing we have a pretty sad commentary on four wasted years of Obama. What makes this truly sad is that no one really believes that we finally got UBL because of Obama. The reality is that we got UBL in spite of Obama. It wasn't as if Obama did something different, he just happened to be sitting in the Oval office when UBL was finally located.

But anyone that thinks this is enough for Obama to be re-elected, isn't giving the America voter much credit. As the saying goes, you can fool Obama supporters all of the time, but the rest of the people just aren't that gullible.

Rick,

I think judging from a lot of the comments on this vine, that Americans may not be that smart anymore. I hope I am wrong, but we will have to wait and see.

I will never get the name-calling..."dumcrats"? "Oblamo"?

The maturity levels on here astound me.

What would you expect from a party (GOP) that sees education as a low priority? Remember how Perry said he would disband the department of education, and that Santorum was most popular among uneducated white conservatives?

Gotta love people that are Republicans and state they are independents not voting for Obama. Then tout their peer group as having more sway than polls stating the opposite.

Good luck with that.

This is Crazy--Signing a Partnership with Afghanistan.

The most Corrupt and back stabbing country feeding off the United States.

Karzai is not committed to following anything, especially a signed Partnership Deal.

We've been there too long, and it's looks like longer. What is the United States getting out of this--giving them more money to steal, continue the corruption, and letting the Taliban run the Goverment.

The Government is the Taliban.

Every time Republicans comment on Bin Laden, more independents come over to Obama's side.

errr very wrong Eric! obama's over politicizing a no-brain decision (kill OBL) is driving many independents and fence sitting democrats over to the Republican side! Obama is making a mockery of the offfice of POTUS!

Nice try Ben, go to realclearpolitics.com or gallup.com and you'll see that Obama has a positive 8 point swing with independents since August.

Independents don't much like Republicans demonizing Obama for getting Bin Laden.

Nice talking point righties about "over celebration", but its not working. You've got all of America looking at Obama's successes, and not the economy.

how convienient, it seems some of you have forgotten what dumb a** conservative presidents got us into these wars. o ya but blame obama... smart. also, supposedly we went into this war that i never approved of spending 1.3 trillion on to date, to find and capture the leader bin laden... then we wait for 8 years, bush didn't do it. Then obama comes in and finally does it, and you complain... no winning with you all. you typically are the same people complaining about welfare spending... do you realize 23percent of our federal budget is on defense and only 12percent on welfare? I didn't vote for this spending in Iraq and for millions of our tax dollars going to halliburton only to be unaccounted for during the dick chaney regime... so you all can shut up and support americans that lost their jobs after companies that got bailouts gave our tax money to the elite instead of saving american jobs. complain complain

First I am an Independent voter and will be voting for Obama. While I am not thrilled with the last four years.I understand that as the Companies return from overseas in the next couple of years with the current state of the GOP workers will suffer if they are allowed to have full ruin of the US. They claim tax breaks to Corp. create jobs however, the last 12 yrs. say differently. Job growth is at its highest when taxes are at there highest. Check it out for yourself and you will see. My only hope is the country will wise up and elect a friendly Congressman and Senators then the do nothing ones elected 2yrs. ago. That is not to say government does not need to be trimmed.

ben snead: pretty sure bush made a mockery of the office way before obama did. Nice try.

those complaining about guantanamo: im with you. for a country that doesn't condone torture, we sure found a loophole.but DONT FORGET WHO PUT GUANTANOMO IN PLACE! the conservative administration before obama.

What makes you think jobs will be coming back from overseas? Job growth - in the banking and oil industries. We had a democratic Congress and Obama got nothing done - Sorry, I voted for the man but more time in Afghan nope - sick of it. Sick of his OBL politics. Kind of disgusting celebrating killing someone - terrorist or otherwise. He never kept a promise from the last campaign. What makes you think he will the next four years. Can't afford to put the country in a worse position with the debt.

So our troops will remain to wipe Afghanistan's ass and take the blame for all their mistakes not to mention continuing to flush our money down the drain. When will Washington realize it's a lost cause and pull ALL our troops out. It reminds me of the story my husband told me about Nam. While LBJ was feeding the US public the line about no more troops he was unloading troops coming into Nam.

@Sooner...I don't like name-calling from either side. However, "Teabaggers" named themselves after their own movement! I've heard them refer to themselves as such...so if the shoe fits...

Ahhhh just another notch in the re-election pole................and thanks W for getting us into this bogus mess....while you sit and enjoy ypur wealth leaving behind a trail of destruction - you should be in jail with all your banker friends!

Well big fuk'n hairy deal!!! So Damn Insane went down during Bushs' watch and Binny Bang Bang during Obamas'. Sooooooo what??? How about giving credit to whom credits due??? Try the men/women who put their lives in harms way. I've yet to see a president that isn't in it except for their own personal gain while selling this country to the highest bidder to get there.

I wonder if our president 'bowed' to Karzai?

What a lily livered CIC we have. Did WE get concessions? Or just insure more aid and money to Karzai?

It's all "smoke and mirrors".

USA/Canuck

I will say obama accomplished 1 thing. His arrogance is unsurpassed in this country. Is there nothing he won't do to get his face in front of the camera? I think its time he "tried" ruling in the US.

Suffer. It does my heart good to see Neoconservatives/Teabaggers/Republicans...squirm!

May I just say that this is a good example of why we don't let others know about our plans. Mind you, we had such a successful run in Afghanistan that the President should be expecting everyone to come out and give him a parade on the anniversary of the death of many of their leader/financier. It's like the Afghanis were letting the Talliban know that the President was making a visit today for some reason. I have no idea why, maybe a 21 gun salute? Imagine how that assault a year ago would have gone if we had let the Packistani government know that we were coming......

OK, on to the agreement. I think it went something like this: PBO-"Here are the keys to your country, here's the title, and here is our signed payment plan to help you enjoy your new country. And for your extended warranty, we'll throw in some US troops to use as you wish and blame for anything, and I mean anything, that goes wrong. Have fun!"

I'm just not a fan of a politician (of either party) grandstanding for their own gain. Here the President is waving the "war is over" treaty on the exact day as the OBL's death- no possible connotation there, right? Did you know that this month is (if I recall correctly) the most deadly for US troops this year? They aren't really enjoying the fruits of their labors. Add to that the President took Afghanistan's side when it came to reports of the Koran burnings (later exposed to be a reasonable thing to do, that Afghani help did the burnings, etc.) and I'm sure that the military isn't really enjoying the visit. I'm just saying that it would be better for politicians to keep their mouths shut and let the military do their jobs. While we are at it, how about letting our intellegence agencies do their job without villifying them and limiting them to getting timely information from detainees via polite request.

O'worthless is going to have a speech tonight? Looks like its time to listen to the radio until all the libtard channels are clear of the scumbag.

Shosyn

LOL... I am independent and hang with mostly independent voters, in my real life, away from this vine. I will not vote for Obama and every independent I speak to states the same.

Liar! From your posts, it is obvious you are a rabid, right wing, Republican/TP Inc. supporter. Don't even try to deny it, it ain't flying.

Polls are nothing until election day. Then they are still never accurate. They will change daily with bias from the media and polling stations.

The vote is what counts and my educated guess is that Obama will not prevail. The unemployment rate alone states volumes for his tenure.

You mean the rate of 25 straight months of private sector job growth Under President Obama? Is that the 'rate' you are talking about? Or how about the fact that Romney economic policies will be the same as the Bush policies? You know, the Bush policies that gave us the deepest recession since the Great Depression, put the rest of the world into a recession, and caused monthly job losses of over 750,000.

Give it up, Shosyn, you don't know what you're talking about, you're just parroting the Republican/TP Inc. party talking points.

'Independent', my a$$! ROTFLMAO@U, Shosyn.

Eric-913730

Provide links to those polls showing an upswing for Obama please. They don't match the ones I've seen.

It is nice to know there are still some intelligent Texans. For the sake of this country and the sanity of its citizens we can't have another four years of Republican control. Look what they did when they got into office. Small groups of people called the Teaparty wanted to control everyone. Women have become the scapegoats in this insane turn back to the 1950's. Corporations grow and prosper while the middle class whithers. They want Americans to carry identification papers in order to prove they are citizens. Some idiot thinks 71 Democrates are communists. I am not worried about communists. I am worried about a small group of radicals controlling this country. I think that is called fascism.

Will, when was the last time ANY politician kept a promise to the people? When it comes to politicians, I believe none of what I hear and only half of what I see. And polls are idiotic too.

Shaking my head - The sources of the polls were named when they were mentioned (I already lost them in the stack on my way down the page). If they were at all likely to change your view even slightly, you probably would have already gone and looked.

I have no doubts that different polls show different stats. Many folks are going to work off of different measuring methods. We won't know the real feelings until November, though, when everyone who feels like speaking up is worthwhile will do so.

Give it up Eric, another day another Oblamo scandal breaks.

Eric, you can keep blustering about Romney's comments about bin Laden but I believe it was once said by Clinton, "it's the economy stupid".

You can bring up comments by Romney in 2007 but it wont change how people are feeling about the economy TODAY.

I find it interesting how the left is able to attribute the STARTING of two wars to GW Bush while never mentioning the little event in American history known as 9/11.

You can make an argument regarding Iraq, but BOTH wars?

Two wars ended? Really? Where do you get your information?

Yep, it is the economy. Obama kept us out of depression, the economy (google gdp graph) has grown each quarter since Obama was sworn in, DOW was at 8000 now at 13000, keeping his word to wind down the war in Afghanistan, has kept 177 promises to date (politifact.com),

AND, Romney's economic plan doesn't lower the deficit, raises taxes on the poor and lowers taxes for the rich.

Obama has plenty of room to run on the economy.

dal, lets not forget who really finished the war in Iraq. Remember the shoe throwing incident? Oh yeah, he WAS there to stop the war. Obama simply followed through with the plan passed down to him...then took credit for it.

Eric-913730

Osama is dead, and Romney doesn't have a chance against Obama.

Etch-a-Sketch Romney keeps being reminded of what he's said since 2007 about not going after Bin Laden.

Did you forget about the 53 states Obama was talking about, It goes both ways.

Who was there to finish he war he started? By the way where are those WMDs? You RWNJs don't have a clue or any grasp of reality.

My thoughts exactly mygirl1. Last count I had was we're still in Afganistan.

dal,

So you are saying that we are no longer at war in Afghanistan? You are saying that Bush STARTED both wars?

You are saying that Obama ended the war in Iraq versus simply adhering to the Bush withdrawl policies that were signed with the SOFA (Status of Forces Agreement) on November 16, 2008 between the US and Iraqi officials? The same SOFA agreement that Iraqi parliament signed Nov 27, 2008 approving the timeline?

Give it up Eric, another day another Oblamo scandal breaks.

Hey Rob, what scandals are you talking about? And what scandal broke today? I thought so...

Obama is spelled with two A's and no L. Maybe you should've worked harder in your English class...

I find it interesting how the left is able to attribute the STARTING of two wars to GW Bush while never mentioning the little event in American history known as 9/11.

Bush ignored the warnings of Richard Clarke and others about Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda before 9/11. It is possible that if the warnings had been taken seriously and appropriate resources made available, 9/11 might have been prevented. Taking down the Taliban in Afghanistan was possibly the one thing Bush did right, but rather than getting Bin Laden when we had him cornered in Tora Bora we let him escape to Pakistan, because Bush pulled our special forces out of Afghanistan and sent them into Iraq. The justification given never rang true, and subsequent events clearly showed their fallacy. I doubt we'll ever know the real reasons the Bush administration was so keen on using 9/11 as an excuseto go after Saddam Hussein, but taking his eyes off the ball in Afghanistan and invading Iraq got us into two quagmires simultaneously. Coupled with the "temporary" reductions in taxes that benefit primarily the ultra-rich, Bush turned the budget surpluses and payments against the national debt that he inherited from the Clinton administration into the biggest budget deficit in history up until that time. Contrast the situation Bush inherited from Clinton and that Obama inherited from Bush, and it is apparent that Obama has done remarkably well. I hesitate to imagine where we'd be today under McCain/Palin. Now the Republicans carp about Obama not fixing Bush's screw-ups fast enough, simultaneously try to block everything he tries to do, vilify any of his accomplishments they fail to block, and cry foul if he mentions anything positive he has been able to do in spite of their opposition. Obama will surely be re-elected, and many Democrats will ride his coat tails into office. My fear is that there will not be enough of them to gain the super-majorities to overcome Republican filibusters.

rusty-2418164

And were gonna do what we said we'd do.....vote osama out!!!!!

We did...permanently!

Try to keep up.

Bush Clinton ignored the warnings...

FIFY

I give the GOP the credit they deserve...WHO Was in Charge on 9/11?...wait for it ...wait for it...You got it . The GOP under the smart? and watchful? eye of G.W.BUSH. Then the genius went after the wrong "Axis of Evil" Lost more men and woman in Iraq than was lost in the towers. All to please PaPa Bush. (and make Cheney /Halliburton BILLIONS) Who picks up the tab??? You got it, not the rich Bush buddies (he already Gave them a Huge gift. Not the Oil Co., they got more pass's (think spill off coasts) NOt the banks (hell they still are not regulated the way they need to be) YOU sheep..you get to pay for all of it! So if you like being the snot rag for all of the above...vote the Rep.?Teabags in Nov. You Will get more of what we had under Bush....only Romney is Smarter than Bush was.. And has Friends in Higher places.

Who was in charge Feb 26, 1993? ....wait for it ...wait for it.. You got it The Democrats under the smart? and watchful? eye of William Jefferson CLINTON! So actually the Clinton Administration should have "handled" Bin Laden long before G.W. Bush. Bush had only been POTUS for about 8 months when 9/11 occurred, I guess Al Qaeda formed in those short 8 months and planned the attack. Damn they are good. This goes back as far as Reagan and maybe even Carter. We were just too arrogant to think that foreign terrorists couldn't/wouldn't attack on U.S. soil. After 1993 we should have been given the wake up call. As far as I am concerned NO POTUS is to blame Democrat or Republican, only the sick demented terrorists are to blame.

The only reason we are staying in Afghanistan, is to protect the TAPI gas pipeline which is under construction to transport trillions of dollars worth of Israeli owned gas from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan to Pakistan and on to India. This is being done for Israel. Read below and see links.

On December 11, a preliminary agreement was signed in Turkmenistan’s capital, Ashgabat, by
representatives of the four countries to proceed with plans for the American
and Israeli-backed pipeline. Here are the basic points about the TAPI pipeline:

Construction of the pipeline will be completed by 2014 (▼)

1,680 kilometer gas pipeline will supply 3.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day (much of
this gas will come from Israeli/Mossad-owned gas fields in Turkmenistan,
meaning immense profits for the Mossadniks who pulled of 9/11)............►The Obama
administration, elected on the promise to withdraw U.S. troops by July 2011,
now says the U.S. will maintain combat troops in Afghanistan until December
2014. On December 17, the House passed a defense authorization bill (by a
341-48 vote) that authorizes the Pentagon to spend more than $160 billion on
the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2011 without major restrictions on the
conduct of operations. Why are U.S. (and NATO) troops being kept in Afghanistan
for another 4 years? What's really going on there? What is the cost and who is
involved in this game??

The real reason for the U.S. invasion and occupation of Afghanistan is to build and
secure a 1,080-mile long gas pipeline designed to carry trillions of dollars of
Israeli-owned gas from Turkmenistan to Pakistan and India. You could ask how
come Turkmenistans gas could be Israeli-owned, here is the answer:

Following the break-up of the Soviet Union, Israeli agents sought to gain control of the
strategic assets of the newly independent Soviet republics. In mineral-rich
Turkmenistan, a Mossad agent named Yosef A. Maiman was very successful in
gaining control of the republic's immense resources of natural gas. Yosef
Maiman, born in Germany in 1946, grew up in Peru and studied in the United
States before becoming an Israeli citizen in 1971. As an agent of Israeli
intelligence, Maiman heads a network of Mossad-controlled companies that serve
Israeli interests. As the chief executive of the Merhav Group, Maiman has
controlled the development of Turmenistan's gas resources. Maiman's key
colleagues at Merhav are the former head of the Mossad, Shabtai Shavit, and
Nimrod Novik, chief adviser to Shimon Peres, the current president of Israel.

Maiman was described as "a leading miner" of Central Asian gas fields by the Jerusalem
Post in 2004. Given their control of the immense gas resources of Turkmenistan,
Maiman, Merhav, and the "Mossad" would all profit if and when the
U.S.-led coalition were able to "pacify" and control Afghanistan so
that the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline could be
built allowing the gas of Turkmenistan to be sold to energy-hungry India . The TAPI pipeline
project would bring billions of dollars into "Mossad" coffers every
year. This is the real reason for the war in Afghanistan and why the
Zionist-controlled Obama administration has increased the war effort in Central
Asia. It has nothing to do with terrorism or 9-11.

Now you can easily understand why there was need for the "justification" of
this war, which was planned before the 9/11
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1550366.stm). The false-flag terror
attacks of 9/11 were part of a strategic Israeli operation to bring the U.S.
military into Afghanistan on a long-term mission on behalf of Israel’s Turkmen
gas enterprise. The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline is
the real reason that U.S. soldiers are killing and dying in the southwestern
Afghan provinces of Helmand and Kandahar. 9/11 was just the cover story for
this pre-planned war of aggression - and it is nothing but a complete hoax.

www.rense.com/general15/game.htm

Exactly .. Harry Thurman never said Vote For Me ... I nuked Japan.

No, but Bush said, "mission accomplished" and vote for me, and we weren't even done yet.

Texas A&I Exactly .. Harry Thurman never said Vote For Me ... I nuked Japan.

Thurman? Really?

ja ja typo ... neither one of them said it lol

Harry Thurman... My sides ache I'm laughing so hard.

Eric-913730

No, but Bush said, "mission accomplished" and vote for me, and we weren't even done yet

Mission Accomplished was for the ship not the war.

The ship was heading back to the states......

Nope, mission accomplished was about the "end of the Iraq war" not the ship. Nice try.

The sign was not for the ship..Bush landed on that carrier with a hardon and said Mission Accomplished hahahahaha He was wrong.

That makes Obama's repeat of the same stupid publicity stunt even more disturbing.

Bush landed on a carrier and touted a peice of paper as an "end".... Obama landed in Afgahnistan and touted a peice of paper as an "end".

Dumb the first time, incredibly dumb, obvious, and insulting the second time.

"The banner was a Navy idea, the ship's idea," Chun said.

"The banner signified the successful completion of the ship's deployment," he said, noting the Abraham Lincoln was deployed 290 days, longer than any other nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in history.

At the time of the event, Democrats worried President Bush would use his speech and the dramatic landing for political gain.

Signed, sealed, delivered.

Romney is nothing but a liar.

Obama for all Americans 2012

America at risk - you are a glowing example of why this country is sliding down the slope. Stupidity and ignorance of any facts or the ability to think on your own. The fewer people we have that display the ignorance you do around this country, the better off we will all be.

Hey Eric, how much do you get paid for posting democrat talking points? Since all you do is sit at your computer and post lies, you must be raking in the cash.

CW042410...name one lie Eric has stated?!?

Oh, I might get collapsed, but usually end up with more votes and get restored. Just watch.

Eric,

It will become a breeding ground for more terror cells.

Yeah, and if the mission had been a disaster, Republicans would be spiking the ball, hanging from the rim, and singing at the top of their lungs.

Republican envy of Obama's success with Bin Laden is growing by the minute.

"Republican envy of Obama's success with Bin Laden is growing by the minute" LOL! 0bama is just taking credit for the Bush policies that led to his capture. 0bama was against all of the techniques used to gather information about Osama's location. If it was up to 0bama, osama would never have been found. Thank you SEALS for taking him out.

Obama had to issue the order or the attack never would have happened - Fact.

Bush, took his eye off the ball, and even commented that Bin Laden wasn't important.

Obama kept his eye on the ball and we got Bin Laden.

Check out the REAL news that you will find anywhere BUT MSNBC.

THE NAVY SEALS ARE FURIOUS AT OBAMA FOR USING THE OBL KILLING AS AMMUNITION FOR HIS ELECTION

Just google it, because it's all over the worldwide news. You just won't find it here on MSNBC because this is the official White House propaganda news station.

Yeah, go to FOX and watch the Republicans demonize Obama for getting Bin Laden. Only on FOX.

MSNBC ... actually have a NewTape on screen saying breaking news .. Osama Bin Laden killed a year ago ... it is like they are SNL

Bull@!$%# Eric, if the window of opportunity existed to get Osama, the military would of issued that order to go even if Obama didn't. The CIA and our seal teams wouldn't of left a mission of such nature, just because joyboy didn't give the order. They would of taken him out anyway and notify the president that they got him. But this parade Obama around like he's some @!$%#ing hero is beyond moronic. Big deal he gave the order. Any backwoods hick would of given the same order knowing we had OBL dead to rights and in our sights. I would of been pissed as POTUS if they hadn't taken the opportunity, whether I gave the order or not.

Want to know who the real hero is? Its not just our military and Seal Team 6, but how about the guy who set this whole thing up with our advisers and posed as a doctor giving vacinations to get DNA evidence to show that it actually was OBL at that location. Think about that Eric the idiot.

And as far as his little joke about eating dog, makes him no better then that dog killing dirtbag Mike Vick. So yeah, he can stay there in that craphole we call Afganistan, i'm sure their serving lots of dog meat over there.

unknow warriior??? I question that. You would not know a seal if it flipped you in the face. I come from a long line of Military men & woman....they follow ORDERS...not couch potato tough boy antics Have some Respect. Oh I forgot you are Truly UNKNOWN. Do us all a favor and stay that way.

Success???? Never mind, it will be an endless argument; as most know there has been very little or none when compared to his many failures.

Eric,

Lets take the opposite point then, the fact that the left has mocked the "Mission Accomplished" claim and rejoiced in Bush's failures. These failures cost thousands of men and women their lives, and the left uses it as a punch line!

0bama's success? LOL! No, what is sickening is someone who takes credit for the work of others.

Obama has many successes, that's why we aren't in a depression, have an auto industry, and manufacturing is returning to the US.

Oh yes, and we all know the GOP would be doing the same thing if it was a republican president who got Bin Laden.

Eric,

You mean the bailed out auto industry that added to the national debt? What manufacturing? What depression? Economomists were not predicting a depression they were predicting a deep recession. The White House ecomists themselves said that without the stimulus unemployment would peak at 8.8%.

Face it, the economy sucks right now but to be able to make it appear to suck less the left has to revise history to make it appear as though it would have really been bad had Obama not done what he did.

Hell of a campaign ad honesty would offer up for Obama "What? It could have been worse."

CW042410, no what is sickening is reading what you rightwing loonies posting hate, no facts, just hate.

You want to check on people that took credit for the work of others, check out the founding fathers who came to this land seeking freedom, but enslaved others. All this hate flows from that action.

Conservatism means Old Ways, Liberal Means Change.. Where would we be if we went back to old ways?

Like you CW?

Ha

What a scum bag, using the anniversary of the CIA and military taking out Bin Laden to pander for votes. He's quite sickening.

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especially when you realize that the only reason we are in Afghanistan is to provide security for JP Morgan and other investors setting up gold mines and removing precious minerals for profits.

again, typical liberal b.s. Romney never said that, and you goofballs know it. Have you ever left anything in context?

Eric gets paid to post democratic talking points, AKA lies.

Name the lies, post links. I'll debate anytime.

Look at politifact.com and compare Romney's statement record to Obama's and get back to me about who the liar is.

Eric, you are a certified moron. Keep the bs coming, haha

Keep them coming Eric... Looks like they cant handle the truth.

brewsky and his friends are having brain hemorrhages because Republicans want this war to go on forever to keep making $$$$ for the 1% in the war industries...............why shouldn't Obama end the war on day marking the death of Bin Laden............isn't that one of the main reasons we were there to get him..........Oh, Bush made up other reasons to pull out most troops and go into Iraq.....the country that did NOT participate in 9/11 and did NOT have weapons of mass deception..........but I digress with facts.

Some balls indeed ......where was he when all those people were dying after the gutting of our military ?? He just sunk to a new low for me.....

No risk is too big for potential political gain!

Titlest or Pinnacles? Golfing in the poppy fields with secret service picking flowers.

Pat, if flying unannounced into a relatively safe airport under the cover of darkness with the highest level of security both in the air and on the ground requires a huge set of balls, what does the 19 year old Lance Corporal have when he sets out on a dirt road in broad daylight with only his squad and a flack jacket for protection from IED's and enemy snipers? Who has the big balls? I dare say, not our sissy president.

Yes.. Like a thief in the night.. under cover of darkness total secrecy.. if this war is won .. Why not in broad daylight with the Military welcome? Bands playing? High Fives!! and the sort?

How about an Unconditional Surrender? Signed in full view of the world?

Where is the America of my father and his father..?

Lost in Hope and Change by a false flag.

No wonder we are the laughing stock of the world.

Here f***ing here exodus

Obama has no balls, he hides behind US navy Seals and the real men with balls who took down osb. But then again we still have no proof of him being dead, our great country is at the hands of a man that wants to control of our nation. You idiots that feel the need to take Obamas side are fools. Romney never said he wouldn't go after osb. Four more years of this idiot and we will be kissing our country good-bye. Obama is deperate and will do anything to win this election. God bless the USA we are going to need you right now!!

Doesn't take balls to fly into the hornets nest, just takes NO BRAINS.

Mclead....and You served How many Tours of DUTY? Just askin because You MUST have Lead the Charge...Right? Big Brave Betty that you are.

Peavaldes and you served Where?

I thought so...NOT

Agree about the troops. However, without a strong intelligent leader, the mission would not have happened. If the mission were a failure, the Obama presidency would have been over that night. The Repubs would never let it go. Now that it was a huge success, the Repubs say President Obama had nothing to do with the mission. Desperate lies by foolish people.

wireman ......what exactly was a huge success? The killing of ONE man.....ONE person who had little or no contact with the outside world ? Meanwhile the rest of the region was spiraling out of control. Yeah he's a real F***ing hero let me tell ya......now he uses it as a political tool ? Makes me want to vomit......

It was all in place without his input. That is why he made the statement "it was the longest time of my life". All he did was say OK guys do it.

PValdes

So now it was no big deal to hunt down and eliminate the most powerful and influential terrorist in the world? WOW!

Have somebody explain to you what happened on September,11 2001. It will blow your mind.

You do realize this "hunt" began immediately after 911, with the bulk of the hard, tireless efforts being done by the CIA and military. Any President that happened to be in the White House, or on the golf course would have said, "sure, if you have him and know it go for it". Not one, regardless of party would have said NO. Obama was lining up a putt on the 12th green when the call came in. The reason one helicopter crashed was because it ran out of gas because Obama had to finish the remaining holes before he would give the okay.

You Repubs never stop spinning. No wonder you are all so fricking dizzy!

All the President does is review what the military gives him and decide whether it's in the best interest of the country to take action and deal with the result. Clinton had the same choice to send the Seals after Bin Laden, and said he wasn't ready to give them permission because the possible retaliation from terrorists outweighed the benefit. In hindsight that was a really bad decision but it was forgotten after the whole Monica Lewinsky thing and most people don't know he had the chance to do something.

Stupid desperate right wing liars.

Go ahead and vote for Mitt the nitwit.....I'm just laughing at seeing how many people are so stupid....and bash Eric...he's the smartest person I've seen on here yet....you want admit it but the repubs on here are biggots and don't deny it....bet if it was Obama and another repub black man you wouldn't even vote...

eric, you're not supposed to have another alias on here, or is that your wife?

His presence in Afghanistan is boosting the morale of all the troops stationed there. He's showing they're not alone, and that he cares, that America cares.

Dyermore .....please tell me you are joking.....The troops are probably puking in their boots right now. Morale my eye.....he is using them !

As I mentioned, I get the attempted optics, but this was completely unnecessary and purely ceremonial. Give the Military some credit, they know why he is there.

Also, from what Im reading on all the outlets ( including MSNBC ), the SEALs and the military in general are not overly happy that he is politicizing the death of Osama. His part was a relatively easy decision. Risky sure, but not very hard given the intel he had.

Go ahead collapse all my comments........The truth hurts doesn't it . This POTUS is playing politics with the safety of our fighting men and women.. He is a loser ... Like I said another clandestine campaign operation ....loser

Not to mention, most military are not fans of Obama.

Yeah, because right wing nut jobs decide the opinion of ALL of the military. Obviously.

Brrrr?? That was Scooby Doo with a puzzled look on his face. You sure don't give the military much credit for being independent thinkers when it comes to personal issues do you? Go figure; your avatar fits.

Don't vote Republican & we won't get into these messes!

Romney wants another Cold War & continued Middle East Wars,,,,, Not a doubt about it

I'm sure it would be just as idiotic as this post. "Usurper"? Really? You are moron.

Enjoy your historic loss this year. Obama is going to win in one of the biggest electoral blowouts of the past century.

Drew ...are you high right now......leave that stuff alone man .

Drew Moyers, who you think gives a f-a-c-k about what of what comes out the TRAILER P-A-R-K-S (big liberal grin)

You can bet that this will go down as the funniest day in Republican Politics. I can't wait to red the post's .I'm already laughing hysterically

You can't read the posts because everything against Oworthless that has anything negative is somehow community colapsed. What are you afraid of libtards? Obama will be gone in 2013!

Were afraid of you ,OH MY

It might be the only thing he can do well besides be a liar. Polesmoker Obama? His wife looks like Zira from the Planet of the Apes. Does make me feel a little bad for him. Ugly skank

cun.. you would know All about Down Lows...and Teabaggers? Right? I thought so Oh and tothe...Hey at least HE has a Girl...old buddy...when was your last time..without payin?

That is a great ticket..

Rommey as President, Rush as VP, and Sean Hannity as campaign manager..

Oh boy!!!

HAhahahahaah you fuc,king mental midget

After all, he has kept us out of Syria.

He campaigned on ending the Iraq war. Iraq war ended. He campaigned on finding and killing Osama Bin Laden. He campaigned on escalating the Afganistan war before drawing down. Go watch the debates from 2008 he's doing exactly what he said he would.

momcat - "After all, he has kept us out of Syria."

Hillarious, the upcoming election kept us out of Syria.

See what an overdose of corporate media does to the brain.

lololololololol Sure lololol

airmanc5

So you're saying you're speaking for ALL Navy Seals? If so, I'll pass this on to someone I know, they might want to take a look at you, see if you're still active duty.

You're right, airmanc5. He doesn't have the courage Bush had. That is, the courage to send our military to Iraq on the lie that Sadam had weapons of mass destructions, thereby causing the loss of thousands of service members' lives while he sat back here and pretended to the world that he had just saved it. I'll bet you hold GW in much higher regard than you hold President Obama. You, sir, are a jackass!

did so have wmd, they incinerated them at the Kamisiyah dump. VX and Sarin, I was there. March 91.

@airmanc5--Agreed. I still don't understand how he can take credit for it. The "go" action was executed with a handwritten note (from Director Panetta) when the POTUS couldn't make up his mind. They told Obama about what was happening AFTER the operation had started. He had wavered too many times and somebody had to take the reins and be decisive.

airmanc5, Ya ain't in the military..

You are TRAILER P-A-R-K crap..

Obama is the COMMANDER IN CHIEF..

Take that back to the Trailer!!

ho ho ho

Momcat99

You are wrong! It was Ronald Regan giving the order from the grave.

Ya mom, he kept us out of syria, but got us into Afghanastan. Yup! accomplishments

WOW, these people are reaching I see!!!

who cares?

It was also the slogan of the Chinese Communist leader Mao. Study those initials for a while to figure out who has those same initials. ( MAO )

All he does is go places

Yes and fix America Image that the last President ruined!! He has a lot of work to do!!!

Texas A&I--I'm sure you'd complain if he DIDN'T go places, too.

Can't win with you righties.

NO ... like to see him work and not campaign 24/7 ... he has in fact already had more of those trips than EVERY president since Nixon combined.

@Fourmore idiot: Especially when he is campaigning at tax payers' expense.

Btw, any chance he'll stay there? I mean, he won't go hungry; I understand they have plenty dogs there.

At least Bush was a better President than Obama will ever be.

Wow a lot of these baggers communicate with the same talking points as FOX. They are really mad that President Obama is handling business and closing down some of the BS that the GOP left behind! My state just announce another drop in unemployment lololololol Watch out here comes the haters lolololol

MittFlopper "Etch-A-Sketch" Romneycare is just another Bush is the making. So pathetic.

Muslims never burn pictures of their brother Muslims!

NO Eric...it is NOT just Fox!! It is all over the news that the Navy Seals are furious about obama using this to his advantage.

Thanks, Eric. I'm glad you were on here today. Reading some of these comments just blows my mind. I can't believe people are still walking around asking for the birth certificate or calling Obama a Muslim or using talking points that have no fact or merit included in them or only using put downs to make a statement as intellectual ability is lacking. Seriously, thanks.

President Obama, doing a great job as usual!