# If Osama bin Laden was found tomorrow... **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 19, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-osama-bin-laden-was-found-tomorrow/468678 "2008-10-19T23:59:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-osama-bin-laden-was-found-tomorrow/468678/21 "2008-10-21T01:42:52Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > There’s a certain logic to that. We’ve whacked the Number Two Guy what, three or four times? > > 🙂 And he’s getting _tired_ of it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-osama-bin-laden-was-found-tomorrow/468678/22 "2008-10-21T02:09:31Z")
Would he give us back our rights? Would he make them stop listening to phone calls and reading emails? Would he return 2 trillion dollars to our treasury? If not, why would it matter. He could write for Better Caves and Gardens though. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-osama-bin-laden-was-found-tomorrow/468678/23 "2008-10-21T02:18:46Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > He could write for Better Caves and Gardens though. Cooking Without Heat: Rotted Meat, Medium or Well done? ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-osama-bin-laden-was-found-tomorrow/468678/24 "2008-10-21T02:34:19Z")
> [@Desert\_Nomad](#): > > If McCain himself tackled OBL at the supermarket it would not change my vote. Ok, I’m offering a deal to Senator McCain… If this happens, _and_ if there’s a clip on youtube of the sped-up chase with accompanying Benny Hill music, I’ll change my vote. Otherwise, no dice. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-osama-bin-laden-was-found-tomorrow/468678/25 "2008-10-21T02:40:01Z")
> [@Kyrie\_Eleison](#): > > Ok, I’m offering a deal to Senator McCain… Not me. At $40,000 a year, I want to spread the wealth around and end the war. ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-osama-bin-laden-was-found-tomorrow/468678/26 "2008-10-21T04:30:41Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Not me. At $40,000 a year, I want to spread the wealth around and end the war. Pshaw, you’re not willing to trade your political views for a moment of pure hilarity? Clearly, you’re not a values voter. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gozu/32/6615_2.png) [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-osama-bin-laden-was-found-tomorrow/468678/27 "2008-10-21T05:03:24Z")
> [@Kyrie\_Eleison](#): > > Pshaw, you’re not willing to trade your political views for a moment of pure hilarity? Clearly, you’re not a values voter. Pshaw, I’ll say. Pshaw indeed. I voted for Bush last time around based purely on his comedic effect and boy did I laugh at his antics when watching the daily show! Totally worth a couple of wars and some economic depression. ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-osama-bin-laden-was-found-tomorrow/468678/28 "2008-10-21T05:28:17Z")
> [@Gozu](#): > > Pshaw, I’ll say. Pshaw indeed. I voted for Bush last time around based purely on his comedic effect and boy did I laugh at his antics when watching the daily show! > > Totally worth a couple of wars and some economic depression. But, but, John McCain, he’s old and stuff, chasing a nearly equally old O. Bin Ladin in full turban and robes around a grocery store, knocking down packages from shelves. With a few incidentally exposed female grocery clerks… [All accompanied by…](http://home.comcast.net/~linkman00/tv-mp3/Benny_Hill_Show.mp3) Priceless! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-osama-bin-laden-was-found-tomorrow/468678/29 "2008-10-21T13:13:24Z")
Why should the Republicans get credit for something they didn’t do? Bush said he doesn’t know and doesn’t care where OBL is. If they pick up Bin Laden, it’s going to be for speeding, or a random pickup of stragglers at a protest rally. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-osama-bin-laden-was-found-tomorrow/468678/30 "2008-10-21T22:59:53Z")
> [@Kyrie\_Eleison](#): > > …a nearly equally old O. Bin Ladin… McCain is 72. Osama Bin Laden is 51. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-osama-bin-laden-was-found-tomorrow/468678/31 "2008-10-21T23:08:48Z")
> [@KGS](#): > > Scenario: You wake up tomorrow morning (or Nov. 3rd, if you like) and see the news that Osama bin Laden has been captured in Pakistan Can’t happen. Bruce Willis shot Bin Laden years ago. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQpXdSC4UFk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQpXdSC4UFk) (NQSFW) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-osama-bin-laden-was-found-tomorrow/468678/32 "2008-10-21T23:41:17Z")
McCain has distanced himself too far from the Bush Admin to claim any partisan share of the credit for anything it might accomplish in the next two weeks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-osama-bin-laden-was-found-tomorrow/468678.md?page=1)