Based on this and this:
...it's time to bump this up, originally posted May 2, 2011:
The September 11, 2001 attacks happened on Bush's watch; thousands were killed. Osama Bin Laden's death happened on President Obama's watch, yet George W is given credit for something he effectively shrugged off, something he made clear was no longer a priority.
Like clockwork, the right wing media is accusing President Obama of making this all about himself, and they're even making awkwardly obvious "typos" and predictable slips of the tongue, while birthers have been trying their level best to delegitimize him every which way they can.
But back to Bush... Via Think Progress:
...Bush seemed to acknowledge that he would never get Bin Laden, saying, “He’ll be gotten by a president,” without specifying which one.He sure was "gotten by a president,"just not one named Bush. President Obama has his critics, but he did keep one major campaign promise: Bin Laden is dead, despite what the "deathers" are now saying. Indelibly etched into our memories is Bush blustering about smoking OBL out of his cave (Bin Laden apparently decided move to the suburbs and forgot to inform Bush), "wanted, dead or alive" slogans, and repeated declarations like, "we will not allow him" to "defeat our freedoms." Why, he even provided us all with those ridiculous rainbow colored terrorist threat level charts. What a hero. Those were the days:
And hey, remember this old chestnut? Check out the segment starting at about 3:00...
The warning signs were right there, in BushCo's faces, and they were ignored. Richard Clarke, former chief counterterrorism adviser:
“And we sat in the national security adviser's office. And I've used the phrase in the book to describe George Tenet's warnings as ‘He had his hair on fire.’ He was about as excited as I'd ever seen him. “And he said, ‘Something is going to happen.’”Think Progress:
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) issued a statement praising Bush, writing, "I commend President Obama who has followed the vigilance of President Bush in bringing Bin Laden to justice."I give you... Mr. Vigilance:
Osama bin Laden "has met his match", boasted Bush. "I really don't spend that much time on him." Clearly. Let's not forget this moment, which pretty much says it all:
But this one says even more:
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