Huck...you are just plain wrong. Obama in his speech said the word “I” twenty four times, and mentioned the brave troops who conducted the mission only three times.
Of course we are elated that bin Laden may be dead (I want proof)...but this would NEVER have happened had it not been for GITMO and Bush...yet, the self-absorbed power hungry destroyer of our land will take full credit and give no salute to those who made it possible....it was an ugly day because of Obama, not because of Free Republic.
I count nine "I"s and three "my"s. Of course there could have been fewer and more mention of the troops and each little "I" or "my" might have stung, but that number isn't completely beyond reason.
I guess a lot of how people think about this depends on how plugged in they are to political opinion -- and nowadays more and more people are, so their reactions reflect political considerations.
I missed President Obama's speech and didn't find out about what happened until the next day. I was glad we got Osama and that a chapter may have come to a close.
Sure Obama gets a bump up in the polls, but it wasn't about him. It was about America, about all of us. Too much focus on him one way or the other takes away from what's really important.
Hmmm ... 6 "I"s. That's enough.