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Washington Post Writer 'Cringes' at Sight of 'Vulgar' Americans Celebrating Bin Laden's Death
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/geoffrey-dickens/2011/05/02/washington-post-writer-cringes-sight-vulgar-americans-celebrating- ^

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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To: chessplayer

Cringe away, MoFo! If I wasn’t so old and cranky, and living in the sticks, I’d have been out raising hell myself!


61 posted on 05/02/2011 10:59:03 AM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: chessplayer

Was she so disturbed about the muslims dancing in the streets over 9/11.

What goes around, comes around.

They started it.

They can suck it up if they don’t like the reaction.


62 posted on 05/02/2011 10:59:10 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: chessplayer
this was the scene at the end of WWII when Germany was in ruins and Japan was glowing. Was this appropriate?



ABOSLUTELY!!! Party on!! But stay vigilant because Al Queada is going to be looking for revenge.
63 posted on 05/02/2011 11:00:44 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: chessplayer

I wanted to puke and turned it off. These are the same snots that think the military is for losers who are too dumb for college or are poor white trash. These are the same snots who cringe at the thought of ROTC being on their campus, they are the same ones who rail against the military industrial complex, they are the same snots who could care less that 28 of their peers were killed in Afghanistan last week.

The disdain that they show for the military is what killed it for me. They do not grasp that it is because of our military that they have the life they have.


64 posted on 05/02/2011 11:03:10 AM PDT by panthermom (Proud Mom of an Infantry Soldier)
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To: ThisLittleLightofMine

The only thing that bothered me was hearing they had a Muslim service for this POS, including prayers, before they tossed him over the side. They should have had dogs piss on him, then cut off his head, put him in a hog carcass, and worked up an active chum slick before they tossed him over the side. And, oh yeah, they should have filmed it, hacked into every media outlet in towelheadland, and made all those 2001 “Dancing in the street” folks, watch it. Screw the PC.

ODERINT DUM METUANT!


65 posted on 05/02/2011 11:04:37 AM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: isthisnickcool

Those kids looked about 19 years old which would make them about 9 years old when this all started. I doubt ANY of them actually know who OBL was and what he really did. they were just told to make a lot of noise-also where did they get the American flags so quickly?

Did the White House hand them out like they did the white coats for the “doctors?”


66 posted on 05/02/2011 11:08:09 AM PDT by Wisconsinlady (DEFUND NPR, PBS, THE TSA AND THE U.N.)
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To: panthermom

I am in total agreement with you. Most of these students wouldn’t be caught dead serving in the military because it’s totally beneath them. At minimum, over half of them are crazy lefty Obamabots who bitched and moaned about interrogation techniques and Gitmo, and the war in general — for YEARS. If it were up to them, we wouldn’t be celebrating SQUAT.

As military folks, We’ve known too many who were killed ..it just doesn’t bring them back. It just doesn’t erase all the hassle and suffering. It’s just an odd bittersweet/sour feeling. I can’t describe it. But I definitely couldn’t stand watching “the students” crowd surfing and high fiving ...most of them are whooping it up because it was done under Obama’s watch and are going to endlessly promote him because of it.


67 posted on 05/02/2011 11:23:51 AM PDT by LibsRJerks
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To: Godwin1

>>>“Petula Dvorak?” Can’t the Post find any real Americans to write for it?<<<

Real Americans would not take a job from the Post.


68 posted on 05/02/2011 11:34:49 AM PDT by MeganC (NO WAR FOR OIL! ........except when a Democrat's in charge.)
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To: Trailerpark Badass

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; And when the wicked perish, there is jubilation. (Proverbs 11:10)

PARTY ON !!


69 posted on 05/02/2011 11:41:04 AM PDT by nbenyo
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To: just me

The question should be to the Palestinians that were dancing in the streets after 9/11. Well, Look whos’ dancing now!


70 posted on 05/02/2011 11:43:58 AM PDT by Always Independent
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To: chessplayer

Oh, I remember this guy! He’s the one who also cringed when Muslims celebrated the World Trade Center deaths.... NOT!


71 posted on 05/02/2011 11:45:47 AM PDT by SparkyBass
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To: llmc1

“You are far from alone. Everyone I know feels the same way.”

Well, nobody I know feels that way, except for the America-hating moonbat I have to work with.


72 posted on 05/02/2011 11:58:39 AM PDT by nbenyo
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To: chessplayer

If this writer wants Vulgar it should attend a San Fran “gay rights” rally.


73 posted on 05/02/2011 12:01:48 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: des
My 20 year old son was ecstatic. I'd be worried if he viewed the death of osama as a solemn occasion.
74 posted on 05/02/2011 12:06:39 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: chessplayer

Petula, were you cringing when people were jumping to their deaths from their office windows to escape the flames of the burning Twin Towers?


75 posted on 05/02/2011 12:09:24 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Trailerpark Badass

Not even close. The muslims were celebrating the murder of close to 3000 innocents.

It is repugnant to compare the two (IMHO).


76 posted on 05/02/2011 12:10:18 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: ThisLittleLightofMine; llmc1; sinsofsolarempirefan; juliej
No. You're not alone. My first reaction was one of disappointment as I felt the timing was unfortunate Barry being utterly undeserving, his claims to the contrary notwithstanding. My second reaction was "what next?" The law of intended consequences made it hard for me to be jubilant.

By the time I saw images of college age kids celebrating in front of the White House and heard the giddy tone of the media I was saddened as Barky now would be the "come-back kid."

In fact, I thought Andrea Mitchell seemed especially pleased. I don't recall that being her reaction to Saddam's hanging during Bush's presidency.

A mixed reaction from me at best.

77 posted on 05/02/2011 12:20:22 PM PDT by Oratam
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To: chessplayer
I don't know about that. Kids at a local college last night were hanging out of the windows singing "God Bless America" when the news broke, and there weren't any cameras present.
78 posted on 05/02/2011 12:22:07 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: TheOldLady

Washington Post’s Petula Dvorak needs longer arms so she can push herself back more from the food table.


79 posted on 05/02/2011 12:29:55 PM PDT by chiefqc
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To: isthisnickcool
I assume the crowd was orchestrated by Obama's operatives through Organizing for America or maybe some other network. They appeared almost instantly and cheered as if at a football game, and the tv stations conveniently had cameras situated outside to record the scene.
80 posted on 05/02/2011 1:42:56 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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