Hits Them Where It Hurts

Of all the crazy lies and denialism Republicans make-up to justify their Fantasy World, their insistence President Obama deserves no credit for killing bin Laden is second only to their insistence that the president wanted bin Laden kept alive but was overruled by the military. Super Tough Guy Patriot Sean Hannity makes the case for why Republicans not only live in a Fantasy World but rely on complete lies to justify their ideology.

“They’ve got a foreign policy that shows a lot of weakness,” Hannity said. “I know the President will say they got bin Laden, putting that aside.” 

“And the public gives him credit for that,” Luntz interjected. 

A reluctant Hannity replied, “But it wouldn’t have happened if he had his way, and I think that could be proven as well on tapes.”

The fact bin Laden was killed at the order of President Obama, a Democratic president elected with the most votes in the history of America, hits a raw nerve with Republicans. In their world, only Republicans and people who support Republicans are tough, manly and strong enough to kill the most wanted man in the world. Only war-cheerleaders who constantly chest thump invasion after invasion and who routinely label Democrats as panty waists are serious enough-- and love America enough-- to administer foreign policy and seek revenge for 9/11.

Anything that deviates from such ideology is a conspiracy only meant at destroying America. That's why Hannity alludes to "tapes" proving Obama didn't want bin Laden killed.  It's a right wing baked conspiracy theory that allows them to exist in an alternative universe.  Republicans believe that the president ordered the military to stand down and the military vetoed it and successfully took out bin Laden.  It was only after the successful operation did Obama take credit.  Because, as we all know, had it not been successful he would have thrown the military under the bus and ordered them all executed for treason.  I'm not making this stuff up either. This is mainstream Republican thinking.  This is their every day conversations.  They not only believe, they beat off to it.

Why do they do it?  Why must they concoct complete lies against their country?  I haven't read a better explanation in years than Simon Malory's:

The death of Bin Laden has proven to be an intractable problem for a conservative commentariat that relies upon facile and outdated stereotypes of the opposition. Say what you will about the Obama administration's expanded use of drone warfare and targeted assassinations, but it certainly does not comport with the flower-child caricature that has served as a foil for talk radio tough guys. And the death of the world's most prominent anti-American terrorist is not easily explained away.