Bin Laden Follies

You can tell how discombobulated Freepers are by Obama acting all macho and claiming credit for Bin Laden's death, both in his ads and in a speech in Afghanistan, by the extraordinary number of random accusations in this thread.

JimSEAis just generally pissed off:

This is beyond reprehensible. The sorry son of a b!tch.

lodi90 decides to focus his rage on domestic policy:

A POTUS campaigning at 4 am while we have historic unemployment and unprecedented trillion dollar deficits. What a buffoon no budget barry is.

lodi90 simultaneously also thinks that this speech will end Obama:

LOL. Barry overplaying his hand will cost him this election. All he had to do was sign up a few RINOs and be POTUS Bipartisan but this bitter little man can never stop attacking. He is going to look like a fool with his pants on the ground doing a victory lap in Afganistan.

Oregon Coast Conservative hates Obama soooo much!

Is it a sin to hate evil? I don’t know, but I can’t help myself anymore. I despised Clinton, laughed at Gore, wanted to slap haughty John Kerry, but there is no comparison between them and what we have in the WH now. This “man” and his fellow travelers hate everything our ancestors built, and want nothing more than to destroy it. If there is anyone that is aware of what he is doing, and doesn’t realize that we are in a war, so far without weapons, needs to wake up before it is too late.

Oregon Coast Conservative is sure Bush never did anything like this!

Obama has not right to go to Afghanistan on a tax payer funded campaign trip during an Election Year. No other president would do such a thing. Thats EMPEROR Obama to us peasants. Get used to it, his second term is going to be just awesome, especially after he opens our borders completely.

The previous quote is, of course, our beloved Uncle Slayton. He's rapidly becoming my hero. >br /> airborne remembers recent outrages:

Obama's minions will have to disarm the troops again, like they did with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.

andy58-in-nh has so much to be pissed about, like lying to the press for security purposes:

Didn't the White House just spend the last 7 or 8 hours denying that Obama was going to Afghanistan? They lied to the news media, intentionally. And the news media will..... love them for it. Oh, he's not "spiking the football" or anything coarse like that awful, déclassé Texan George Bush would've done. He's just taking credit for what brave Americans risked their lives to do, while using his endless 24/7/265 political operation to suggest that his likely opponent wouldn't have done the same thing. Can't say it any other way: Obama is a piece of shit.

I like how he admits Bush would do it, but it's still awful when Obama does it.
SMARTY thinks Obama went to Afghanistan to plot America's downfall:

You can bet the visit has more to do with “O” demanding DIRECT and PERSONAL input into selling our a$#es down the river for good and all where Asia and the WOT is concerned. He wants to assure the complete and irreversible demise of US influence and policies in that part of the world. It is really one of the many nails “O” has personally driven into our coffin.

A few to many comic books, dude.
WVNan takes the prize for crazy, though!!

Bet it’s his double if anyone is there at all. He has a double for sure. got that idea from the other Hussein. Sometimes his hair is black and other times it’s almost white. Sometimes his mouth has that puffy ring around and other times he doesn’t have that. sometimes he looks like the picture of evil and hate/anger, and other times he’s goodtime charlie. the one is not going to put himself in harms way. You can bet on that.

Theology

Freepers respond to a study finding 'Those who think more analytically are less inclined to be religious believers than are those who tend to follow a gut instinct.' I'm all for faith, but Freepers' attempts to justify their faith gets pretty hairy:


 mrsmel is actually kind of reasonable.

When people get hung up on thinking they have to “prove” their faith either to others or themselves, they are forgetting this important thing. It wouldn’t be called “faith” if it was supposed to be proveable on a scientific standard at all times.

dragonblustar is somewhat less reasonable. More dickish, really:

  Thinking Can Undermine Religious Faith, Study Finds

Only if you're muslim, mormon or a tree hugging liberal.

onedoug knows the true science!

Thinking only increases my faith. The more one knows of true science, and the monumental struggle with microbes and their collective intelect, the more one realizes that biology, and existence is so much deeper than the self.
To God the Glory....

 P-Marlowe appeals to some sample-biased authority:

 Thinking will clearly undermine the faith of a Muslim.
Anyone who has read Issac Newton, Tomas Aquinas, Augustine or John Calvin will have to admit that these guys were probably among the deepest thinkers in world history. Their faith was bolstered by thinking.
Christianity is a thinking man’s religion.

AndyTheBear, in attacking Materialism, accidentally makes all faiths collateral damage:

 Materialism is true because it is true. Evidence that seems to contradict it, is either misreported, misunderstood, or somehow does not contradict it. Philosophical proofs that it is not true, are not to be thought about too much, and the great thinkers on such subjects are not to be read or listened too. We must continue to assume, assume, assume, and assume that materialism is true...because this shows how smart we are.

GeronL just re-defines religion down:

Everyone has a religion, even if it doesn’t LOOK like what we would normally call a religion. Whether its global warming, worship of big government or vain worship of their own bodies, there is always a ‘religion’ of some kind.

 Salamander knows the counter to science is smugness:

Imagine how many brilliant geniuses will eventually “think” themselves right into eternal damnation.
Scary.

NOT FUNNY!

Obama joked that the difference between a hockey mom and a bulldog is that a bulldog is delicious. Freepers treat the joke like they treat all humor - by wringing our any partisan benefit they can and then moving on:

 libertarian27 shows us what a real joke looks like:

The joke did fall flat - the dude’s a fag - of course he’s never partaken a hockey mom - duh!

Obama's non a citizen, he's a Muslim, he's not black. I guess those got tired, so Obama being secretly gay is the new hotness?

hummingbird agrees Obama can't tell a joke:

He has no ear for comedy/delivery and it shows time after time. He thinks he is clever, witty and bright. But, guess what ass**le...”you're not.”

mamelukesabre's analaysis also comes up with the joke being bad:

Obama needs a new joke writer. That was not good, not good at all. You just do not joke about eating dogs like that when you have in fact eaten a dog before. Creepy.

21twelve analyzes the joke, thus killing it's humor:

Palin’s quote was in the context of her being a hockey mom, taking the kid’s to practice in the wee hours of the morning, driving to far-away games, and being a devoted fan, etc. It went something like “What is the difference between a hockey mom and a Pit Bull? ...Lipstick!” Good quote coming from her. Obama’s version was stupid. As was his (or was it Biden’s?) comment during the election that went something like “Just because you put lipstick on a pig - it’s still a pig”. Yep - Palin is still living in his head. Rent free.

mamelukesabre follows up by noting that any laughter in the room doesn't count:

I’m not convinced. People are ticked off about the crappy economy. The room he was in was hand picked. Of course those nit wits will suck up to the commie bastard.

onedoug knows Africans are all cannibals , so...

White House Denies That Obama Feasted on Human Flesh soetoro is such a pathological liar that if he denies something it has a very high likelihood of being true.

smoothsailing shows that this is totally true:

No doubt about it... Barack Obama’s grandfather ate Polish missionary...

The link is to a joke, but Freepers will probably run with this. Intolerant in NJ knows abortion rage can leach the humor out of any situation!

Obama wanted to allow babies mistakenly born alive during abortions to simply die - not that far removed in depravity as far as I'm concerned....

yarddog agrees - the joke was kind of about abortion:

Yes depravity. That is the word I was trying to think of a few minutes ago. I can’t think of a more appropriate word to describe Obama and also Sebelius however you spell her name. I still almost get a gag reflex when I remember her inviting Tiller the infant killer and his whole staff to the Governors mansion for steak and lobster.

seowulf makes with the Obama is gay bit again:

I can't believe he's ever eaten a hockey mom; a goalie or a power forward, maybe.

Swiftboating Obama

The Romney campaign is trying to hit back against Obama's "I killed Bin Laden" thing by having some former SEALS get pissed at how Obama is taking credit that should go to the boots on the ground. Freepers recognize this play from Kerry in 2004, and relish the chance to use it again as though some sort of sympathetic magic will cause it to work, in a completely situation against a sitting President: Lancey Howard is outraged!

There is no bottom of the sewer for that scumbag Ubama and the rats. I cannot in a million years imagine Reagan or Bush using the military for a sleazy campaign push.

Bush, use the military for politics? NEVER! Toadman knows how the Real Seals think about Obama:

Rank and file SEALs have never liked the current person sitting in the Office of President. Off the cuff I'd say 95% of the door kickers have never, and will never vote for him; in fact, many resent the fact that the media keeps insinuating that there's a "special relationship" between Obama and the Teams. There isn't. There definitely was between GWB and SEALs, but not Obama - no matter how hard he tries to project.

I love how he knows the Seals had a "special relationship" with George W. Bush. Sounds kinky. PanzerKardinal will allow no celebrations in time of war:

From April 3rd to April 28th, 33 Americans died in combat in Afghanistan. Making it the deadliest month of the War on Terror. These are the pictures of those men who gave "Their last full measure of devotion." While the media and the leftists congratulates Obama on the killing of Bin Laden, they has completely forgotten about these men who died protecting us. Please take a moment today and honor our fallen and remember the ones they left behind.

stillfree? knows what this is!

SWIFTBOAT!

Michael Barnes recalls another example of a secret military coup that made Obama seem tough:

early on in zero's presidency pirates got a hold of an American citizen. Three times the American escaped the vessel where he was held and the Navy stood by with no orders and did nothing. This dragged on and on if you recall. It is rumored that the Navy finally took matters into their own hands and they ended the stand off quite nicely with seal snipers on the aft end of a ship; result, American home safe. I wonder if any from that incident will start speaking up?

EandH Dad kinda hints at assasination:

I would be very cautious about getting a group like the SEALS irritated with me. Seems like the chances for a very bad accident would increase. Then again bho doesn’t seem to care about who he pisses off.

crosshairs looks forwards to the inevitable military coup:

Maybe the SEALS can get the honor of dragging this illegal treasonous occupant of the WH out, when it finally cannot be concealed any longer by the media.

RummyChick heard the following on Rush Limbaugh:

“Uh, I wish I could cite my source for you. I can’t. I’m sworn to secrecy. But I’m just gonna tell you: They had to go call the president off the golf course and get him into that Situation Room an hour and a half before the attack so he was there for the photo-op. And if you’ll notice, if you’ve seen the picture of Obama looking with the deer-in-the-headlight eyes at the monitor supposedly of the op taking place, you see a golf shirt under that jacket that they put on him.”

Which is the narrative Freepers are going with: Tucker39 saw a pic!

I can’t stand to watch the whole thing. Clinton looks TERRIBLE; with what looks like sores, and chancres, etc. all over his face....like he’s being eaten up by syphilis.

According to Freepers, Clinton has had late stage Syphilis since his first year in office, the man's fortitude is amazing!

Tell it to Jack Bauer

A Senate report finds that torture doesn't work.  Freepers faith in barbarism will not be shaken, however:

rockinqsranch takes a flippant tone:

Democrats have proven to us all they are the enemies of truth.
Waterboard them.

Like three Freepers make that exact same joke. jmcenanly asks a deeper question than he means to:

If torture doesn’t work, why has it been so popular over the years?

 Tula Git cites authority:

The history of torture is that it extracts the answer you want, not the correct answer. There are more effective, less distasteful methods.

 Tell it to Jack Bauer

jveritas knows the TRUTH:

The report is just a LIE. The reason of course is political like anything else with the socialist democrats. For these maggots power and politics trump everything else including national security.

 jveritas follows up with some mouldy Bush-era talking points:

  First of all “water boarding” and “sleep deprivation” is not torture. Second give me examples of the more effective methods.

 rlmorel has studdies the Commies, so he's an expert:

Actually, the downside (according to what I know about communist torture of our POW’s) is not that people give you the information you want to hear, it is that they give you everything including the truth, things you don’t want to hear, and things that are lies.
It makes it difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff.
But, everyone breaks and talks. Everyone, except for some extremely rare examples.

Mariner has been waterboarded, so he knows better than some stupid panel:

I have been on the Waterboard in SERE school.
I can assure all of you that anyone who is worked on the Waterboard with earnest will tell anyone everything they know.
Every time.
No human could resist a concerted effort to extract information under that duress.
Nobody.
So, if this is the contention of the Senate Committee, either the captured persons didn't KNOW anything, or the Senate folks are lying.
It can be only one or the other.

  BilLies's confirmation bias is patient:

I will wait for the Minority Report that will provide the TRUTH.
Kinda like the Zimmerman and Trayvon Media episode.

Phone taps are fascist, awesome

Doctor_TeethMD brought this to light: Susan Sarandon claims her phone is tapped, and that she was denied security clearance to enter the White House. Freepers hate her, but also want to blame Obama. Mentos can't understand how Obama got security clearance:

If they allow Obama, Holder and Van Jones in the White House then they’re not excluding her for any security reasons. Her access problem is that she’s an irrelevant has-been.

Norm Lenhart is sure this is proof Obama's a commie and hates competition:

Strange that she did not make such complaints when GWB was Prez that I remember. And she is under Obama? Not so strange is what happens with useful idiots under totalitarian regimes. They get bugged, watched and generally treated pretty much like Sue is bitching about. Perhaps she should read up on a little history to see what her future could look like once her faith in liberalism has ceased being useful to the people she helped put in power. I’m thinking that the collective Dr. Frankenstein has lost control of the monster. And they are more than a bit worried about it. All the stories of low donations from his former backers, the Dems ‘retiring’, the increasing dictates by exec order, etc. tend to support that.

toolman1401 loves phone taps of The Enemy, though:

Exactly why taps are necessary. Responsible people need to watch the watchers. Maybe we could think of it as some additional checks and balances. I wonder what Susan has been saying on the phone to draw attention to herself and her activities.

Of course, Sarandon is a liberal women, so we need at least some folks likeCondor51 to make fun of her looks, if not her chastity:

Anywho what I did find interesting in this was that Tim Robbins dumped, or left her. I knew that the big age differences would eventually take its toll. (aka: who wants to be with an old broad?)

dearolddad totally wouldn't do her:

With those bug eyes she has to be Marty Feldman’s sister.

"No - YOU'RE the liberal, stupid!!"

A commenter suggested a couple of Civil War threads. Now, I've been there, and such threads rarely change. Plus, they usually just turn into flame wars or esoteric historical wanking. But then I realized I'd never really looked at a Freeper flame war. It's kind of hilarious: catfish1957 starts with a shot across the bow:

F off newbie, with the rest of your liberal friends.

ohioman cites the Freeper's much smaller nemesis, DU:

Why don’t you take your liberal trype to DU. They’ll love you for it there.

ROCKLOBSTER sets some people straight about Yankees:

Some of the folks from here are insulted by the term Yankee, that's for liberal city folks from Boston and New York. The hardcore northern coastal types call themselves Downeastahs.

jmacusa returns fire!!

Right back at you a-hole. Liberal? Hah! You’re the liberal stupid. Coming to a conservative web-site venerating a bunch a Dixiecrats. Boy, irony is sure lost on you.

catfish1957 makes his 'newbie' charge clear/

Liberal Troll..... I have been here extolling conservative causes over over a 11 years. You less than 2. Take your liberal, reading comprehensive limited ass back to du where it belongs. I bet you are from the NE. Lot of RINO pseudo-conservatives there. Mittens your hero?

Wow, so much to unpack. People who disagree are trolls, 'extolling conservative causes' meaning membership in Free Republic, citing DU, and then damning people with being from the Noetheast, as is no conservatives could possibly live there: jmacusa accidentally leaves himself open by not mentioning Reagan:

My hero is Duncan Hunter. And Sarah Palin. And yes I’m from the Northeast. So what? You think we’re all liberals here, is that it? You’ve got a lot to learn boy.

catfish1957 takes advantage:

Sonny, my hero is Ronald Reagan. I figured you were a kid. You think we're all liberals here? uh..... yes., or pseudo conservatives.

So no non-Southerner can be a 'true conservative.' Plus, I like the constant invocations of seniority almost as much as I like the constant liberal accusations.