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Playinghardball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 02:01 PM
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Five bizarre GOP reactions to bin Laden’s death
Source: Raw Story
By Sahil Kapur

WASHINGTON – The news that Osama bin Laden was killed Sunday during a U.S. firefight in Pakistan led to heaps of praise for military service members and President Barack Obama, even from his biggest political adversaries. Some GOP responses, however, have been pretty bizarre.

Here's a roundup of some of the stranger reactions.

1) Obama's base didn't want this

MSNBC anchor and former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough (FL) suggested that killing bin Laden required Obama to defy his base and his beliefs.

"I think Republicans should stand up and certainly salute Barack Obama for making some — again, for making some very tough choices that his own base did not want him to make," Scarborough said. "That takes courage, that takes leadership, and we saw the results of that courage and leadership saying no to his own base yesterday."

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/02/five-bizarre-gop-reactions-to-bin-ladens-death/
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rfranklin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 02:05 PM
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1. We know that Joe wouldn't hesitate to take out a dangerous intern....
He's got a proven track record.
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Scuba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 02:26 PM
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2. +1
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randr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 02:31 PM
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3. Republicans aways pretend to know what the left is thinking
Somehow it justifies their twisted reasoning.
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DenverDad Donating Member (305 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 03:14 PM
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4. Don't forget the

"it's a hoax to distract us from what's REALLY going on", position.

They think it's a "Wag the Dog" situation to distract Americans from the economy (or worse).
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Patchuli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 12:46 AM
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5. Fuck you Joe you intern killer....
asshole.
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