That's one way to grab the media spotlight from Donald Trump. On Sunday night, President Obama delivered a speech that will go down in history, interrupting the Sunday night TV schedule, including Trump's “Celebrity Apprentice”, to announce the death of Osama bin Laden. It was 66 years to the day that Hitler was pronounced dead.
Criticized by Republicans for being soft on terrorism, Obama not only put a stop to that talk, but continued to confound his political critics with his calm and seemingly aloof demeanor.
The raid on Osama bin Laden's compound not only took extraordinary courage from the members of the military special forces who carried it out, but from the president himself, who by ordering it, opened himself up to some serious second-guessing if the mission had been unsuccessful.
What turned out to be a very good week for Obama turned out to be a very bad one for Donald Trump, who last week made a buffoon of himself by holding a press conference to announce that he was honored to be responsible for forcing Obama to turn over his long-form birth certificate.
It is now more than ever obvious that there are more important issues facing America than Trump's birther idiocy. The media was reporting Trump's bizarre antics as if it were news, but Obama was quietly going about his job running the country. On hindsight, Obama has not only shown that he's quite adept at multi-tasking, but that he's also one cool customer.
While the risky top-secret mission to bring down the most hated man since Hitler was being carried out, Obama was doing his stand-up comedy routine at the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night. The annual night of light-hearted fun was all the more remarkable when we realize that while Obama was delivering spot-on one-liners taking on Trump's paranoid birther conspiracy, Paul Ryan's budget proposal, funding cuts for NPR, and even his own sagging poll numbers, Obama's mission to root out Osama bin Laden was being meticulously planned and on the verge of being carried out.
Suddenly Obama's long-form birth certificate didn't seem so important, and Donald Trump had been relegated to the political trash heap reserved for losers and has-beens.
And Obama proved that he can calmly juggle matters of national security with idiotic pop-culture absurdities such as Trump and his right wing conspiracy theorists.
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Trumps days are over. The Republicans better come up with someone better than him.
ReplyDeleteWhen we look back at the events that transpired, we will see Obama delivering his eloquent address to the nation, and the world, showing that America is a compassionate nation, yet one that will not let any person or organization take away our sense of security and safety.
ReplyDeleteIt was a great moment in history, a great moment for Obama, and a great moment for the Democratic party, because, when all is said and done, the GOP cannot recover from their incompetence in letting Trump hijack their party.
The events that transpired over the past few weeks have indeed proven that Obama is a calm and composed character. Taking all the stupid slurs on his character from someone who has been bankrupt three or four times, divorced and married more times than I care to research and,at best, a reality star...all the time making the real tough decisions on foreign policy...ahhh it was a good time to be American (not a Democrat or a Republican...just a REAL American...the kind we speak to in our families, Republicans and Democrats...REAL people. Was a great day.
ReplyDeleteGood week for Obama...Good day for America!!!!!
ReplyDeleteRepublicans and Democrats, all Americans are cheering the success in getting rid of Bin Laden. Obama can take credit of a job that should have been done long ago, and of course it gives a boost to his 2012 chances. But the crowd gathered at the White House last night didn't care about politics or parties, there was a sense of relief that this chapter in history is closed. History will remember the day, and Obama will surely be remembered for it.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's great news that we have eliminated the most hated man since Hitler, Obama has shown himself to be a competent multitasker, and Trump has been exposed as a total buffoon. However, what really bothers me is the word "birther", an egregious example of noun-verb-nouning. Arrrggghhh!
ReplyDeleteOf course, don't think that the threat of terrorism on US soil has ended with bin Laden's death. We need to be on the alert for possible retaliation from al-Qaeda, who are probably a bit upset after losing their beloved leader.
ReplyDeleteAfter so much time this is mostly symbolic...Bin Laden is just a figure-head and al Queada is spread out among many groups.It is great that we got him though.
ReplyDeleteObama took a big risk and deserves credit. Had the mission failed, he would have been blamed by the Republicans and would have set himself up for defeat in 2012...The Republicans can't call him soft on terrorism now.
ReplyDeleteDon't mess with the Donald...He'll be back.
ReplyDeleteInstead of keeping his 'dead or alive' promise to get Bin Laden, Bush went went into Iraq and got Saddam Hussein instead. Obama made a campaign promise in 2007 and kept his word. It was a gutsy decision, and you can bet Republicans would be blaming him and cheering his misfortune.
ReplyDeleteIt is incredible that Obama kept a cool head leading up to this, doing his comedy and everything at the Correspondents Dinner. The interesting part, it looked like Obama was having a good time, laughing at jokes made at his expense by Seth Meyers, while Trump looked so serious, it looked like he wanted to kill someone.
It all proves that not only does Obama have a good sense of humor, he's able to be calm under pressure. Trump on the other hand, has no sense of humor, and he can't laugh at himself because the truth hurts. When a comedian points out the ignorance of Trumps actions, the audience is laughing at him, and not with him. When the jokes were directed at Obama, the audience was laughing along with him.
Anyone who can silence Donald Trump will get my vote.
ReplyDeletegood work Obama
ReplyDeleteIt was a bad week for the Republican party. They still think Obama is soft on terrorism...Fox News airs a GOP debate and no serious contender shows up...Paul Ryan wants to end Medicare and has other crazy ideas for the economy, and the rest of the Republican party is left with not much to add to the discussion. Politics is serious business, and people like Trump are just there for the media to boost their ratings.
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