Friday, April 27, 2012

Playing Politics With The Take-Down Of Osama Bin Laden



Obama Campaign Trots Out Bin Laden, Spikes the Football (Updated: Romney Responds) -- Weekly Standard

Barack Obama's reelection campaign has released a new ad that focuses on the president's decision to go after Osama bin Laden:


The narrator in the ad is former President Bill Clinton.

This latest ad contradicts President Obama's own pledge after he took out bin Laden. "You know, we don't trot out this stuff as trophies," Obama told CBS soon after the terrorist mastermind had been taken out. He added: "Americans and people around the world are glad that he's gone. But we don't need to spike the football.

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More News On The Politics Of The Bin Laden Killing

Romney would not have killed Bin Laden, implies new Obama campaign ad -- ABC News
FLASHBACK: Obama Campaign Accused Clinton Of Using Bin Laden To ‘Score Political Points’ In 2008 -- ABC News
Obama Web Ad Takes Aim at Romney Over Bin Laden -- National Journal
Biden on foreign policy: Obama "has a big stick" -- CBS
Biden: Bin Laden is dead, General Motors is alive -- USA Today
What Romney Has Said about Osama bin Laden Since His Killing -- ABC News
Romney Camp: Obama Using Bin Laden To ‘Divide Us’ -- TPM
Obama video: Would Romney have made same call on bin Laden? -- CNN

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