Illustration: I got Osama by Greg Groesch for The Washington TimesKarl Rove: Bin Laden Killing Was No Biggie -- Washington Post
Keep an eye on this one, too, because it will also be central to GOP efforts to rewrite the history of the Obama presidency.
In his big Wall Street Journal Op ed piece today atttacking Obama’s campaign documentary and minimizing the magnitude of the economic crisis Obama inherited, Karl Rove also claims the killing of Osama Bin Laden was no big deal.
Rove cites this quote from Bill Clinton in the documentary to make the case that any president would have made the call Obama made:
As for the killing of Osama bin Laden, Mr. Obama did what virtually any commander in chief would have done in the same situation. Even President Bill Clinton says in the film “that’s the call I would have made.” For this to be portrayed as the epic achievement of the first term tells you how bare the White House cupboards are.
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My Comment: If Republicans want to know why they lost Congress in 2006 and the Presidency in 2008 .... it is because of stupid remarks and thinking like this one.
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