Sorry if this was unnecessarily politicized (I noticed that I was late for the train and hit submit before I was ready). But for most of W's presidency OBL was used as a tool to gain support. I'm sure people here remember the suspicious timing between when W was dipping in the polls and when a new tape would surface. What really drove the point home for me was after the 2004 election my homestate newspaper printed an editorial from a person who said the November surprise tape made him change his vote from Kerry to W. Considering how W acted, I have to wonder how serious he was about OBL. He acted with more zeal towards Iraq than getting the person responsible for 9/11.

What's shocking were the deniers. The people who question the timing or dismiss the importance. After over 7 years of using him as the boogieman to scare people into voting for him, his death is seen as a stunt and refuse to credit Obama at all for this victory. I think they're mad because it shows Obama doing what W didn't and how now their favorite spectre is gone. IOKIYAR continues.