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Photo: Obama, Biden, Clinton et al in the Situation Room on 5/1/11 as they are updating on Osama bin Laden

Posted: 5/4/11 at 12:02am

Photo: Obama, Biden, Clinton et al in the Situation Room on 5/1/11 as they are updating on Osama bin Laden

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. Seated, from left, are: Brigadier General Marshall B. “Brad” Webb, Assistant Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command; Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Standing, from left, are: Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; National Security Advisor Tom Donilon; Chief of Staff Bill Daley; Tony Binken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President; Audrey Tomason Director for Counterterrorism; John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Please note: a classified document seen in this photograph has been obscured. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
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Photo: Obama, Biden, Clinton et al in the Situation Room on 5/1/11 as they are updating on Osama bin Laden

Posted: 5/4/11 at 12:03am

The "humanness" captured in this photo is potent.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
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Photo: Obama, Biden, Clinton et al in the Situation Room on 5/1/11 as they are updating on Osama bin Laden

Posted: 5/4/11 at 7:05am

Obama was rushed from the golf course. You can see they threw a jacket over his golf shirt. Everyone else is wearing business attire, but Obama shows up in golf shirt and cleats.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
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Photo: Obama, Biden, Clinton et al in the Situation Room on 5/1/11 as they are updating on Osama bin Laden

Posted: 5/4/11 at 7:38am

Yes, that's because he normally plays a few rounds of golf on Sunday morning, which he did not do on this day.

He dressed that way so no one would get suspicious.

Except YOU have to whine about the way he’s dressed.

Goth, please just STFU.

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Photo: Obama, Biden, Clinton et al in the Situation Room on 5/1/11 as they are updating on Osama bin Laden

Posted: 5/4/11 at 8:03am

The morons on Fox are already starting the rumor mill about verification of Bin Laden's death. I guess they'll be called 'Deathers'? The three stooges that host their morning show really showed their ignorance when they were questioning the decision to bury him at sea.

However, I'm not sure how well their disinformation tactics will work with this. Sure, the fringe will latch onto anything Fox 'News' tells them, but the more details we learn about this mission, the better Obama looks. This was far, far more than him just being president at the time when we found Bin Laden. I have no doubt that Bush's administration would have blown this opportunity.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson
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Photo: Obama, Biden, Clinton et al in the Situation Room on 5/1/11 as they are updating on Osama bin Laden

Posted: 5/4/11 at 8:55am

Obama was rushed from the golf course. You can see they threw a jacket over his golf shirt. Everyone else is wearing business attire, but Obama shows up in golf shirt and cleats.

Goth...the following quote was posted by one of my Facebook friends yesterday, and I immediately thought of you.

"Obama could $h*t sunshine and conservatives would complain that he didn't give them sunglasses"


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Photo: Obama, Biden, Clinton et al in the Situation Room on 5/1/11 as they are updating on Osama bin Laden

Posted: 5/4/11 at 9:07am

This is the time to put political views aside and remember we are all AMERICANS. It saddens me that people like Goth still have to find flaws in OUR President. What ever happened to the respect we gave our Presidents? How can Americans expect other countries to respect us when we can't even do it amongst ourselves?

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Photo: Obama, Biden, Clinton et al in the Situation Room on 5/1/11 as they are updating on Osama bin Laden

Posted: 5/4/11 at 9:19am

Very well said boobsie!
JustAGuy, great comment & sadly it is too true, sometimes there is no pleasing some people.
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen." Conan O'Brien
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Photo: Obama, Biden, Clinton et al in the Situation Room on 5/1/11 as they are updating on Osama bin Laden

Posted: 5/4/11 at 9:21am

"It saddens me that people like Goth still have to find flaws in OUR President. What ever happened to the respect we gave our Presidents?"

It went out the window when people like you and the others posting above slammed Bush. We are worse off now that we were when Bush was in office.

And Reginald's comment is exactly the problem. People would criticize Bush if he had showed up to Ground Zero, people would criticize Bush if he hadn't.

Either take your lumps like we did when Bush was in office or shut up.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
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Photo: Obama, Biden, Clinton et al in the Situation Room on 5/1/11 as they are updating on Osama bin Laden

Posted: 5/4/11 at 9:44am

Goth, you don't recall a weensy little event like impeaching President Clinton? You honestly think finding fault with a sitting president started with Bush? Really?

And did you notice that I, in fact, did NOT criticize President Bush. I think it would have been fine if he'd accepted the invitation.

So how, exactly, is my comment "the problem"?
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Photo: Obama, Biden, Clinton et al in the Situation Room on 5/1/11 as they are updating on Osama bin Laden

Posted: 5/4/11 at 11:19am

I remember during the 9/11 tragedy, one of the few bright spots was the bipartisan support given our president during a time of crisis. I wondered aloud to a friend whether Republicans would support a Democratic President in the same way if the situation were reversed. He chided me saying "Of course they would; we are all Americans."

I think the last few days have illustrated the ugly truth.
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Photo: Obama, Biden, Clinton et al in the Situation Room on 5/1/11 as they are updating on Osama bin Laden

Posted: 5/4/11 at 11:47am

"I think the last few days have illustrated the ugly truth."

It's hard to support a leader when he has to "sleep on" major decisions like should we get Osama bin Laden.
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If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

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