Flashback to 2008 Elections…

Filed at 7:10 am, Tuesday May 03rd 2011
by Arlen Parsa

Obama:

“We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority.”

McCain:

LARRY KING: If you were president and knew that bin Laden was in Pakistan, you know where, would you have U.S. forces go in after him?
MCCAIN: Larry, I’m not going to go there and here’s why, because […]

Osama Bin Laden is Dead

Filed at 6:47 am, Monday May 02nd 2011
by Arlen Parsa

I’m stunned right now just like everyone else. I think most people never expected this day of closure would come. Almost a decade after the original attacks, the shock that the perpetrator has finally been killed is nearly as shocking as the initial attacks themselves.



Asides


 # Every progressive blogger ought to read Chris Bowers post on building a bigger carrot.

 # Obama formally announces Tim Kaine as the new DNC Chair.

 # Eugene Robinson eviscerates McCain on the economy

 # McCain & Palin are lying about their crowd sizes