# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/161 "2011-05-02T03:42:49Z")
Here’s [Obama’s face](http://twitpic.com/4s777w) during Seth Meyers’ bin Laden joke last night at the press correspondence dinner. I can’t think of a funnier joke than one you’re one of just a handful of people in on, but that thousands are laughing at. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/162 "2011-05-02T03:43:21Z")
FFS, **Bricker** –would you be so pious at Hitler’s death? :rolleyes: Spare some pity for the almost 3000 people he helped kill, as well as the Afghans he has killed. He chose this path in his life; his victims did not. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/163 "2011-05-02T03:43:54Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > I am pretty sure Obama said the attack occurred today. Nope. Read the thread. They’ve been waiting on DNA confirmation. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/164 "2011-05-02T03:44:04Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > I am pretty sure Obama said the attack occurred today. That’s what I heard. ---
**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, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/165 "2011-05-02T03:44:31Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > I am pretty sure Obama said the attack occurred today. He did. Whether that’s political bullshit or not is a different question. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/166 "2011-05-02T03:44:33Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Nope. Read the thread. They’ve been waiting on DNA confirmation. I have read the thread; I am just commenting on what Obama is saying in his speech. And I swear he said “today.” ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/167 "2011-05-02T03:44:38Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > I am pretty sure Obama said the attack occurred today. No, he said he could share this news with America tonight. ---
**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, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/168 "2011-05-02T03:45:13Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Wait a minute… > > Bush was the crazy asshole who got us in all this trouble. Obama ran on getting us out of those shitholes post haste. > > Now that Osama has been killed Obama is the great one who gets the credit? > > We got Osama because Bush did what he said he would do and because Obama didnt do what he promised to do… > > I guess its okay though…since Bush stole the first election he is eligible to run one more time… A good President would have prevented the attack. An average President would have avenged the attack. A lousy President would have invaded the wrong country. The only thing Bush did right was leave office. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/169 "2011-05-02T03:45:32Z")
Very dramatic ending to the speech there with Obama just turning and walking away. ---
**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, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/170 "2011-05-02T03:45:46Z")
_Interesting_ how Obama waited until May Day to announce this! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/171 "2011-05-02T03:45:55Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > NBC just cut into the Apprentice, they say that it indeed has to do with Osama Bin Laden. That’s just so perfect. It brings a tear to my eye. ---
**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, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/172 "2011-05-02T03:45:56Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > Wow, this happened today? CNN said last week. Today is Sunday. If it happened on Saturday, it happened “last week”. Not “a week ago”, but “last week”. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/173 "2011-05-02T03:46:19Z")
OMG… I was listening to the radio and they broke in with Obama’s speech and I literally got goosebumps. It felt like ice water was flowing through my veins, but in a good way. This is wonderful, wonderful news in my book. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/174 "2011-05-02T03:46:31Z")
Now they’re saying it happened today. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/175 "2011-05-02T03:46:55Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Nope. Read the thread. They’ve been waiting on DNA confirmation. Nope, listed to the speech. Obama said it happened today. I’m not saying it did happen today. I’m saying that’s what Obama just claimed. Anyway, good riddance. ---
**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, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/176 "2011-05-02T03:47:39Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > No, he said he could share this news with America tonight. No, he said he ordered the attack today. The obvious conclusion is that the media got it wrong. I’m guessing Obama knows when he ordered this attack. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/177 "2011-05-02T03:48:01Z")
Hell yeah! I’m not a religious man, but can I say “Thank God”? I hope that if Osama indeed has a soul, he is undergoing pain more horrible than that he caused millions of people, both physically and emotionally. You bet your sweet ass I’m cheering. ---
**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, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/178 "2011-05-02T03:48:19Z")
The announcement is over. Let the doubting begin. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/179 "2011-05-02T03:49:04Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Tireless, my ass. Bite me. Have you been there? 24/7, since this happened? I was, in 2008, my son is now, and US military forces have there, yes, tirelelessly, since the beginning. ---
**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, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/180 "2011-05-02T03:49:24Z")
Bullshit… They’re reading Bush’s belated greetings on Fox right now…any cheap misdirection. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435.md?page=10)