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OSAMA BIN LADEN DEAD: Large crowd gathers at White House to cheer the news.
www.trentonian.com ^ | 05/01/2011 | AP

Posted on 05/01/2011 10:04:40 PM PDT by ThinkingBuddha

Edited on 05/01/2011 10:13:20 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

ASHINGTON (AP) — A large crowd has gathered in front of the White House to celebrate the death of Osama Bin Laden.

Chants of "U-S-A, U-S-A" are breaking out periodically, and people are waving U.S. flags and taking photos. They're also singing the national anthem.

Will Ditto, a legislative aide, says he was getting ready to go to bed when his mom called him with the news. He decided to leave his home on Capitol Hill and join the crowd, and as he rode the Metro subway system to the White House, he told fellow passengers the news.

Ditto calls the news of Bin Laden's death "huge" and says "it's a great day to be an American."

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says Americans have kept their promise after Sept. 11 to capture or kill Osama bin Laden.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: operationgeronimo; osamabinladen; osamabinladenkilled
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To: TheDailyChange
I'm not too sure about that.. Sure this was something to boost his ratings right now, but it will be short lived.. Peoples wallets are hurting right now and if he doesn’t try to do something about these gas prices it won't matter... Democrats pay the same thing for gas as republicans, and both are sick of these ridiculous prices, just wait till hurricane season!
41 posted on 05/01/2011 10:35:40 PM PDT by mrsalty
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To: Patriot Babe
Whoa...there is someone on ground zero who is wearing a shirt that says”I’m a Mulim” WTF!!!

It is called Al-Tekkeya;
42 posted on 05/01/2011 10:36:46 PM PDT by ThinkingBuddha
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To: mom4melody

Only yesterday, Obama was making gun of overt flag waving patriotism with his “I am a real American” bit.


43 posted on 05/01/2011 10:37:33 PM PDT by harmonium
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To: ThinkingBuddha

And the group that Whoraldo interviewed were changing 0bama 0bama..I think the delay for this announcement, which was not well scrubbed if you listen to it carefully,was to round up supporters for 0bama to make him look good..a war president..and where did they get those large flags on a Sunday night this late even in DC? I think it was another set up in DC but the NY scene developed more slowly.


44 posted on 05/01/2011 10:37:43 PM PDT by celtic gal
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To: mom4melody
staged

History will record that these demonstrations were planned and orchestrated by friends of the Administration.

45 posted on 05/01/2011 10:41:25 PM PDT by Praxeologue (io)
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To: harmonium

I’m sorry you’re so cynical.


46 posted on 05/01/2011 10:42:53 PM PDT by kristinn (Lowering the IQ on FR since Jul 31, 1998)
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To: ThinkingBuddha

47 posted on 05/01/2011 10:43:32 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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To: ThinkingBuddha

Where did these high school kids came from? It’s past their bed time.


48 posted on 05/01/2011 10:43:32 PM PDT by Selene
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To: sten
The sight at the White House with the young people screaming reminded me of the Islamists cheering when the Towers went down
49 posted on 05/01/2011 10:44:12 PM PDT by funfan
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To: freedomwarrior998
Obama will have the media on his side, running his campaign commercials for him. It isn’t the same.

Yet the GOP has won 5 of the last 8 presidential elections. People are going to vote based on their pocketbooks, not some great news that happened 18 months before the election. The press can try to tilt things, but they always do that and, as often as not, they fail.

50 posted on 05/01/2011 10:49:41 PM PDT by Numbers Guy
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To: rabscuttle385

” Tonight, I’m going to toast the United States Navy for bringing the bastard down. “

Amen, brother!!


51 posted on 05/01/2011 10:50:13 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker
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To: kristinn

“I’m sorry you’re so cynical.”

Is it cynicism that’s explains why EVERY other interview from the crowds on NY1 right now is a Leftist who can’t sell their flag waving for two second before talking about the importance of multiculturalism and how “America was bad for brown people” ??


52 posted on 05/01/2011 10:50:47 PM PDT by harmonium
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To: celtic gal; kristinn
I think it was another set up in DC but the NY scene developed more slowly.

You are reading my mind! The Ground Zero event seems spontaneous and genuine. The demonstration in front of the White House appears contrived and has traits of a political rally.

And why the White House? It was a military operation by our finest, skilled real American Patriots. The _resident at 1600 Pennsylvania is an impediment to our brave men in the Armed Services.

No I'm not a cynic, I'm a realist and I see through the transparent stagecraft of the usurper and his evil handlers.

53 posted on 05/01/2011 10:53:01 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: ThinkingBuddha

Osama bin Laden is dead.

Ayman al-Zawahri is now on the clock.


54 posted on 05/01/2011 10:53:30 PM PDT by FDNYRHEROES (In just His first 3 days, the War on Terror became the War on Free Speech.)
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To: ThinkingBuddha

I’m so glad this happened but I wish it could have been done under Bush.


55 posted on 05/01/2011 10:55:38 PM PDT by diamond6 (Check out: http://www.biblechristiansociety.com/home.php and learn about the faith.)
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To: FDNYRHEROES

I think Obama was only interested in getting UBL because he could rub Bush’s nose in it.


56 posted on 05/01/2011 10:55:49 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: ThinkingBuddha

America, F yeah!

FUBO! You used “I” in your speech more than you gave credit to our military.


57 posted on 05/01/2011 10:58:05 PM PDT by Sensei Ern (Akbar Zib (Burning the Quran will incite anger? You mean they are using joybuzzers against us now?))
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To: unkus
DUmocrats were put on notice with the release of “The Path to 9/11” that they are to blame for allowing the cancer of islamic (nazi) terrorism to fester. Complacent.

DUh-bama was put between scylla and charybdis...his appeasment of mooslimb terrorism was laid at his feet. If he'd have made a choice of inaction, he would have suffered politically. Now his minions come out in his praise as if he'd not have been standing in the way of progress all along. In his eyes it was nothing more than a choice for political expedience.....In mine, GO NAVY!

58 posted on 05/01/2011 10:58:44 PM PDT by RasterMaster (We the tax-payer subsidize DUh-bama's failures)
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To: re_nortex; harmonium

They’re just as political as you are tonight. But they’re out waving the American flag and chanting USA! USA! for all the world to see.


59 posted on 05/01/2011 10:59:19 PM PDT by kristinn (Lowering the IQ on FR since Jul 31, 1998)
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To: diamond6
You and everyone here.

President Bush wouldn't have tried to use this to his Political advantage, while we all know the worker bees in the White House are hard at work as we speak figuring out how to turn Obama into George Washington II.

With the Liberal Press we have in this Country, they will probably pull it off.

60 posted on 05/01/2011 11:02:11 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Natural Born Taxpayer on Board...)
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