Republicans Really Hate the Fact Prez Obama Got bin Laden

One of most disappointing aspects of watching the January primary calendar come to a close will be seeing God's Servant, Rick Santorum, once again losing.  It's sad, but I'm sure Fox News will keep him employed.

There are a lot of things to argue about in Obama's presidency.  But suggesting he had nothing to do with the death of bin Laden just isn't one of them.  Republicans, though, have invented an entirely different course of history.  In the Republican Fantasy World, Obama merely "followed through" with Bush's policy of hunting bin Laden.

“Osama bin Laden was a continuation of President Bush’s policy. It had nothing to do with a contingency or a problem that came up on his watch. He simply followed through, which we have been trying to do for 10 years.”

And the president doesn’t deserve credit for doing — he didn’t make a decision, if you will, as to go after bin Laden. That decision had been made 10 years ago.”

I'll gladly write this one a thousand times if I have to.  It bothers me none to keep repeating that George Bush took all focus off of bin Laden and the people responsible for 9/11 when he invaded Iraq.  As if sending 150,000 troops and invading a country that had nothing to do with 9/11 isn't enough to constitute a change of plans, Bush made it formal in 2005 when he officially disbanded the anti-terrorism unit tasked with hunting bin Laden.

So despite what idiot Santorum says, YES Obama did create new policy when he came into office in 2009 and ordered the CIA to refocus its attention on finding and killing Osama bin Laden.  Ending the war in Iraq and refocusing our efforts to Afghanistan was not George Bush policy.  That is absolutely nothing but the policy of the current administration.  And it has been very successful.  

Republicans can't accept the reality that Bush failed.  It's like this with everything involving the GOP.  If it doesn't fit their narrative, then lie.  Just like the constant insistence from Republicans that Reagan shrunk government, cut spending and made America free again.  Or the complete lie Republicans tell all the time that George Bush created 10 million new jobs or that he handed Obama an economy with 5% unemployment.  None of that ever happened but in their world it did.  Admitting none of it ever happened would crumble their whole world to pieces so it's easier to pretend.