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Washington Post Writer 'Cringes' at Sight of 'Vulgar' Americans Celebrating Bin Laden's Death
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Posted on 05/02/2011 8:49:59 AM PDT by chessplayer
For the Washington Post's Petula Dvorak the sight of American college kids celebrating the death of Osama Bin Laden outside of the White House gates, on Sunday night, was "almost vulgar." In a May 2 story Dvorak described the scenes of joy as "one part Mardi Gras and two parts Bon Jovi concert" but then went on to say "It felt a little crazy, a bit much. Almost vulgar" and went on to admit "my first reaction was a cringe."
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: binladen; handwringers; liberalmedia; wp
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Gotta admit some of the celebrating bothered me in that it looked more like the kids were trying to get their few seconds of fame in front of the cameras. Think about it. Would college kids actually celebrate bin Ladens death? I seriously doubt it. They`re probably in mourning of his passing.
To: chessplayer
Flashmob kids encourged to get out in the street for the Obama show.
Give them a few weeks and they’ll be figuring out that the war isn’t over.
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posted on
05/02/2011 8:51:36 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: chessplayer
Democrats...This is in support of Obama....Only thing that makes sense.
And the new mosque will be just around the corner and with Obama's Muslim blessing.
To: chessplayer
Gotta admit some of the celebrating bothered me in that it looked more like the kids were trying to get their few seconds of fame in front of the cameras. That was my impression as well as I watched youngsters in front of the White House mugging for the camera.
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posted on
05/02/2011 8:52:56 AM PDT
by
Abin Sur
To: chessplayer
I wonder, did he cringe when muslims celebrated the fall of the twin towers?
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posted on
05/02/2011 8:53:34 AM PDT
by
just me
(Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom. (John Adams)
To: chessplayer
Most of them were 20 yr. olds who have known him as our enemy for half their lives. Understandable.
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posted on
05/02/2011 8:54:49 AM PDT
by
des
To: chessplayer
I’m impressed how many actually know the words to “God Bless America”.
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posted on
05/02/2011 8:54:53 AM PDT
by
noexcuses
To: chessplayer
Was Petula just as upset at seeing our soldiers hanging from bridges, being dragged behind cars, beheaded, not counting airplanes flying into the Trade Center. Were Muslims insisting our soldiers were to be buried with reverence with in 24 hours?
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posted on
05/02/2011 8:56:58 AM PDT
by
fish hawk
(Obama = "low-level socialist organizer". Allen West)
To: chessplayer
I bet she thought this was inspiring:
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posted on
05/02/2011 8:57:33 AM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 830 of our national holiday from reality. - It's 3 AM, time to arrest Obama)
To: chessplayer
Something did not feel right about the flash mob in front of the White House. They were mostly white college kids. I know a lot of those types and the ones I know are just not plugged in to the Bin Laden thing. Bring up his name and most will look at you puzzled.
Something smells and it is not Bin Laden’s corpse which word has it was dumped in the ocean? The ocean? Huh?
Nothing is cut and dried about Obama. Nothing. This is all so strange. I hope the military clears the air and gives up facts, photos, etc.
To: chessplayer
I was proud to see young Americans celebrating the death of one of our greatest enemies. I would have liked to have seen millions, of all ages, celebrating and showing the Jihadists what we think of their “leader”.
To: chessplayer
It bothered my daughter and I as well. I felt very solemn and some vindication as if a bit of justice was meted out but not jubilant. I wondered if I/we were alone in this feeling. It seemed odd almost like I was viewing something from the middle east, except the burning effigy were missing.
To: chessplayer
“Would college kids actually celebrate bin Ladens death? I seriously doubt it. They`re probably in mourning of his passing. “
I would say that is a very inaccurate generalization. We should all be celebrating the displays of patriotism by everyone last night and today.
To: chessplayer
If anything is “vulgar,” it will be seeing images of those “celebrations” in campaign videos.
To: des
I am in my 60’s and have known Obama as our enemy since the summer of ‘08!
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posted on
05/02/2011 9:02:08 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: isthisnickcool
Was there something fishy about the 1000s who showed up at Ground Zero or Times Square. Or the 40,000 shouting USA at Citizens Bank Park in Philly?
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posted on
05/02/2011 9:02:50 AM PDT
by
xkaydet65
(IACTA ALEA EST!!!)
To: Prokopton
I agree. I think jubilance is precisely and the most appropriate way to celebrate — yes, celebrate — the death of this evil man.
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posted on
05/02/2011 9:03:08 AM PDT
by
glennaro
To: ThisLittleLightofMine
I think you were alone, along with Petula. The jubilation did not bother me, or anybody I know, one iota. We are all celebrating at work this morning!
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posted on
05/02/2011 9:03:23 AM PDT
by
nbenyo
To: isthisnickcool
“Something did not feel right about the flash mob in front of the White House.”
Yup. Like a rent-a-mob to support obama. The mugging they were doing for the cameras was way overboard. It was like they were saying,,,”hey, look at me! Look at me!”
To: chessplayer
I just can't understand this.
I've searched the ‘blob-o-sphere’ for past writings from Ms. Dvorak denouncing every country in the Middle-East as ‘vulgar’ for hosting hundreds of thousands of ululating savages as they celebrated 3000+ dead in this country in the days following September 11, 2001, but have not been able to find anything.
She CAN'T be a hypocrite, can she?
...
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posted on
05/02/2011 9:05:23 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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