Right-Wing Dazed By Obama Success

Any way you look at it, Sunday night was a stunning victory for President Obama. The American people have waited for a long time for the U.S. government to catch up with Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice, and the president was finally able to announce they had been successful. As I listened to the president announce Osama's death I wondered just how the right-wing would try to play this victory. After all, they have adamantly refused up to now to give the president credit for anything.

And they did not disappoint. Most on the right still refuse to give the president the credit he deserves. President Obama has supervised this operation from the very first, and showed a great deal of political courage in authorizing the foray into Pakistan by American forces (which is exactly what he said he would do if Osama was found in Pakistan).

Some, like Sarah Palin, have ignored the president altogether and only praised the forces on the ground who did the actual fighting. I guess these people think no decisions had to be made. But many on the right are giving credit to President Bush instead of President Obama -- such as Rep. Eric Cantor, Bush Chief of Staff Andy Card, Karl Rove, Rep. Steve King, Donald Rumsfeld, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Bush legal advisor John Yoo, Heritage Foundation president Edwin Feulner, and teabaggers Michelle Malkin, Laura Ingraham, and Judson Phillips.

To use a football analogy, these right-wingers make it sound like George Bush carried the ball down to the 1 yard line and then tossed it to Barack Obama to make the score. This is just silly. A much better analogy would be to say Obama picked up a Bush fumble and ran it for a touchdown. If you'll remember, Bush seemed to have lost interest in finding Osama near the end of his presidency, saying, "I don't know where he is. I really just don't spend that much time on him, to be honest with you."

But as silly as these right-wingers seem there is a group of fringe right-wingers (such as blogger Andrew Brietbart and Washington Times editor Emily Miller) who are going off the deep end with a new conspiracy theory. They are claiming that Osama bin Laden may not be dead, and they are demanding proof of his death -- actually wanting to see the body. This is ridiculous. We have the assurance of the forces (praised by the right-wing) who actually did the job and of DNA evidence.

This reminds me of the "birthers", who insisted on a conspiracy long after there was no doubt of the president's birth in Hawaii. Now that this movement has been thoroughly discredited it wouldn't surprise me at all to see them jump on board this new conspiracy theory -- the "deathers". These people need an excuse to oppose the president (since they can't admit to their real reason to oppose him -- their racism). I expect we'll hear a lot more from these new "deathers" in the near future, and personally I think they are still as pathetic as they were when they were "birthers".

But the denials of both the "Bushers" and the "deathers" was to be expected. They are incapable of admitting President Obama did something right -- even when it was something they themselves wanted. That's just the kind of people they are.