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[GlyphGryph]

Which means nothing unless he reminds people of that.

[mainiac]

I suspect that the Osama bump will count for less then a sunny election day would.

[RedKing]

Which is why you can be certain he's going to remind people of that. A lot. It's going to kind of Bizarro World to see a Democrat wrapping himself in the flag and essentially saying, "Remember that guy? Yeah, that's right. We blew his brains out on *my* watch. America, FUCK YEAHHHHHH!"

Although it does kind of deprive the Republicans of one of their oldest and stoutest campaign planks. Best they can try to argue now is maybe something about openly gay soldiers weakening the military or some shit, or some kind of obtuse hypothetical scenarios regarding Israel (which Obama has given no evidence of NOT supporting) or China. Or the fact that the automatic budget cuts (which the GOP agreed to as part of the "Super Committee" budget deadlock deal) hit the DoD, which they've been frantically trying to somehow get undone. It's almost like watching my 5-year old in action:

"Okay, you can either watch one more cartoon and then go straight to bed, or we can read a book and then go to bed. Your choice, but no whining afterwards."
"Okay, I wanna watch a cartoon."

*cue five minutes later*

"But I want a book too!!!"

Unless Obama is found in a hotel bedroom with three Iatolas and Jim Kong Un, he's going to win. Let's not forget, Obama rode a giant eagle to Pakistan and personally ripped Osama's head off and kicked it so hard it flew back in time and killed Hitler.

Oh, and also...it wasn't an eagle, it was a corgi. And he fired cats out of his hands, hadouken-style.

Spoiler: Artist's rendition. (click to show/hide)

[Frumple]

Dude. Banana phone. +1 appreciation. Ring ring ring ring.

[palsch]

Which is why you can be certain he's going to remind people of that. A lot. It's going to kind of Bizarro World to see a Democrat wrapping himself in the flag and essentially saying, "Remember that guy? Yeah, that's right. We blew his brains out on *my* watch. America, FUCK YEAHHHHHH!"

Speaking of which there is this lengthy piece in the Times. There is a lot to unpack there, but the first thing it puts across is that Obama is taking direct personal responsibility for all go/no-go calls on all anti-terror operations.

The tone they are trying to strike is somewhere between hardline hawkish anti-terrorist grandstanding and compassionate controlled responsible leadership. The take over at Volokh is interesting as well;

That signal is aimed, presumably, at broad opinion-setting elites – liberal and conservative, but mostly liberal – whose visceral reactions to how the issue is framed (targeting in unconventional war or just remote execution?) matter over the long run to its institutional legitimacy. As Jack Goldsmith has pointed out in his new book, Power and Constraint, targeted killing and drone warfare are likely to be the next “detention and interrogation” ground of de-legitimation in the broader argument over counterterrorism. The Obama administration is more aware than most administrations just how important it is to hold a certain legitimacy high ground, and that starts with its framing among opinion-elites.

That is, Obama really needs to own and frame these actions in such a way that they are acceptable not just to the American people (easily done) but also to the opinion makers. I'd expect that to mean more transparency around the process, with more memos published and speeches given.

[Mictlantecuhtli]

Unless Obama is found in a hotel bedroom with three Iatolas and Jim Kong Un, he's going to win. Let's not forget, Obama rode a giant eagle to Pakistan and personally ripped Osama's head off and kicked it so hard it flew back in time and killed Hitler.

Oh, and also...it wasn't an eagle, it was a corgi. And he fired cats out of his hands, hadouken-style.

Spoiler: Artist's rendition. (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Obama should just make his own cult already (click to show/hide)

If only reality were as great as art.

[RedKing]

Would that make the GOP Chaos Space Marines?

That....oh god, that actually works.

Palin the Maverick, Primarch of the Tea Party Legion.

[nenjin]

Palin is closer to a Warboss IMO. At least she talks like one.

[RedKing]

Palin is closer to a Warboss IMO. At least she talks like one.

"Tax cuts for the Tax God! Wealth for the Wealth Throne!"

[Sirus]

Would that make the GOP Chaos Space Marines?

That....oh god, that actually works.

Palin the Maverick, Primarch of the Tea Party Legion.

I laughed so hard at that

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Would that make the GOP Chaos Space Marines?

Spoiler: They're ALL Chaos Space Marines. Hope and Change... (click to show/hide)

So if America is KAYOS, I guess that makes China the Imperium, Europe the Eldar, Best Korea the Dark Eldar, Japan the Tau, and Somalia the Orks. No one really fits Necrons or Tyranids, though.

[nenjin]

Palin is closer to a Warboss IMO. At least she talks like one.

"Tax cuts for the Tax God! Wealth for the Wealth Throne!"

I was thinking more along the lines of "Moar Dakka, amirite America?!"

So if America is KAYOS, I guess that makes China the Imperium, Europe the Eldar, Best Korea the Dark Eldar, Japan the Tau, and Somalia the Orks. No one really fits Necrons or Tyranids, though.

Russia for the Necrons.

I'm not sure you can equate someone's nationality to the 'nids without instantly being racist.

[Sirus]

Moar Dakka, you betcha!

Why is Russia Necrons?

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I'm not sure you can equate someone's nationality to the 'nids without instantly being racist.

Damn those Nidians, eating the entire planet and having too many children and throwing themselves into giant open-pit stomachs to be reduced to their base components and sucked up into the hive ship leaving a lifeless ball of bedrock behind as they continue on their rampage towards the Astronomicon.

As you can see, the metaphor breaks down fairly quickly.

Why is Russia Necrons?

Because Russia is a grim and lifeless land of death and stoicism. Just ask Deo- Just ask.... Just ask.... Just ask any Russian that isn't Deon.

[Luke_Prowler]

Would that make the GOP Chaos Space Marines?

That....oh god, that actually works.

Palin the Maverick, Primarch of the Tea Party Legion.

No, the GOP is the Ecclesiarchy. "Fear the xeno, the mutant, the heretic"