# Obama announcing death of Osama bin Laden \[edited title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 2, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435 "2011-05-02T02:15:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/41 "2011-05-02T02:54:41Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > If they caught bin Laden, might as well not have elections. What happens when Osama bin Laden sticks his head out of the ground? You get four more years of Barack Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/42 "2011-05-02T02:54:49Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > CNN says that Osama’s body was found inside a Masonic lodge in Roswell, New Mexico. Those sneaky masons! They’ll get you every time! ---
**Author:** ![Cort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/77aa72/32.png) [@Cort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cort)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/43 "2011-05-02T02:55:09Z")
The Fox News headline currently reads “Usama Bin La **n** den Dead Fox News Conf **r** ims”, so they’re obviously very agitated. This will be a true test of their ability to spin any breaking news story into a Democrat failure. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/44 "2011-05-02T02:55:19Z")
Yeah, I reported this thread and the other one to TPTB. Merge them all into one big Happy Dance. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/45 "2011-05-02T02:56:00Z")
Merged duplicate threads, renamed. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/46 "2011-05-02T02:57:21Z")
> [@feppytweed](#): > > On [http://www.foxnews.com/](http://www.foxnews.com/) headlines… I copy/pasted it: **Usama Bin Landen Dead Fox News Confrims** ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/47 "2011-05-02T02:57:24Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Plus this year is the most eventful and epic one for a long, long time. The tsunami, revolutions, the royal wedding, now this. Obviously, you fell off the turnip truck just yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/48 "2011-05-02T02:57:41Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > NBC just cut into the Apprentice, . How appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/49 "2011-05-02T03:00:09Z")
I was sure this was going to be about Biden’s long-form birth certificate…or lack thereof. I’m not saying he \*was \*born in Borneo, but why has he proven he wasn’t? Yeah, think about it. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/50 "2011-05-02T03:01:20Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > What happens when Osama bin Laden sticks his head out of the ground? > > You get four more years of Barack Obama. Nah. If it happened within a month of the election, then sure, it’d be a huge shot in the arm for him. But we’re almost eighteen months from the election. It’ll be good for his numbers in the short term, though. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/51 "2011-05-02T03:01:30Z")
> [@Cort](#): > > The Fox News headline currently reads “Usama Bin La **n** den Dead Fox News Conf **r** ims”, so they’re obviously very agitated. This will be a true test of their ability to spin any breaking news story into a Democrat failure. Well, not that long after his ‘Dead or Alive’ speech, Bush said that bin Laden didn’t really matter anymore. So Fox will spin it as Obama taking credit for something that’s of little importance. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/52 "2011-05-02T03:01:45Z")
Oh my G-d. I’m crying, I’m so overwhelmed. I can’t put my feelings into words. We have Osama bin Laden’s body in our custody. It’s just. . . I. . . I’m shaking. This is incredible. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/53 "2011-05-02T03:02:05Z")
Will this cut into the networks coverage of Obama’s birth certificate? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/54 "2011-05-02T03:02:38Z")
If Bin Laden is dead, why haven’t they released the death certificate? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/55 "2011-05-02T03:02:54Z")
I broke out the good stuff for this announcement. Macallan Cask Strength. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/56 "2011-05-02T03:04:39Z")
Obama got Osama! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/57 "2011-05-02T03:05:11Z")
Is Obama going to produce a “Dead Death Certificate”. Will Trump demand to see one? ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/58 "2011-05-02T03:05:39Z")
If anyone wants to watch online, they can watch the announcement [here.](http://www.whitehouse.gov/live) I’ve been staring at that blue screen for the last 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/59 "2011-05-02T03:05:49Z")
Obama gets Osama! ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/60 "2011-05-02T03:06:41Z")
I won’t believe it until I see his death certificate. Long form. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435.md?page=4)