Yes, some of the posts were over the top — but most of the scepticism and stuff is well-founded and just a product of the corrupt yahoos running this administration.
It is not just FR HUck - I am a defense Constractor and work on a large AF installation. The UNIVERSAL response from the MILITARY members and GOVERNMENT workers here yesterday was, “GLad we got him, but I want to see proof of his death.” That was almost completely the same response I saw around town and at school last night also.
So the scepticism is not just here, it is everywhere. Nobody believes a word that Obama or this administration says without proof to back it up.
That is the only reasonable response to an administration who just last week posted a blatantly-obvious forged birth certificate, with the entire media and government not even balking at the fact it had no identifiable certifying seal.
It is not extreme for people to expect substantiation for claims made. That should be a no-brainer. I believe that Bin Laden is dead. But I am disgusted that they almost seemed to go out of their way to make sure not to give us any clear evidence of that. And that disgusts me.
One of the reasons the eligibility issue is so important is because if the Commander-in-Chief is able to lie to everybody in order to get the position, there is no reason for us to trust him once he’s IN the position. And it is unconscionable for the people of this country to do that to the men and women we put in harm’s way - including these SEALS and including my nephews in the military.
We cannot afford to have a non-credible CINC. He should be treating his own credibility as if it is a national security issue, because it is. And he has TRAMPLED that by posting a blatant forgery. And the entire government has TRAMPLED it by letting a blatant forgery pass. And the media has TRAMPLED it by not even checking to see that the stupid forgery didn’t have a seal on it.
These are surreal times. I would love to go back to the times when I thought the media would spin a story but be basically accurate with facts, and that our government had some version of accountability, but based on what I’ve observed first-hand the only way I could do that is by blind, suicidal faith in people who have gone out of their way to flip the bird at me and break laws as easily as they breathe.
Osama is most likely dead. Why can’t they just cut the crap and substantiate the claim so we can truly celebrate?
appypappy posted - “I have friends on both sides of the political spectrum that are suspicious.”
TruthFactor replied - “I am soooo tired of the conspiracy theories. It’s another indication of the immaturity and lack of critical thinking in society today.”
commish posted - “So the scepticism is not just here, it is everywhere. Nobody believes a word that Obama or this administration says without proof to back it up.”
Our experiences are fully in line with commish and appypappy. Friends and associates were generally of the mindset that the decision to dispose of the body so suddenly was troubling, and made it difficult to feel certainly that justice had indeed been meted out. We also have one in grad school and even she noted a surprisingly healthy degree of skepticism amongst many who she would have never expected it from ; )
And in response to TruthFactor and Huck, I believe that it is less about FreeRepublic and more about the possibility that more and more “average Americans” are realizing that they should not believe everything that the media and the government tells them...
And I happen to think that that is a VERY good thing, and one of the few positive outcomes from the election of The One.
May God give us strength and wisdom.
Tatt
Good, then there is hope for this Republic. The more people who think that way, the better.
Monica Crowley said on the radio Sunday, paraphrasing, "The brouhaha about the BC and skepticism of Obama in general is that he comes across as not anti-American, but un-American." So people doubt, . . a Trust but Verify Reagan attitude. It's a shame, but everything is suspect from this CIC because of his background and how he comes across.