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Bachmann: I’ve Seen the OBL Death Photos & I‘m Convinced ’We Got Our Man’
- Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:36pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Although the public has not been allowed to see the bin Laden death photos, some members of Congress have. One such member is Michele Bachmann (R-MN). And after seeing them today, she said she’s convinced bin Laden is dead.
The confirmation from Bachmann came in the form of a tweet, in which she explained she visited CIA headquarters and saw the photos. However, as you’ll see below, despite vouching for bin Laden’s death, she does call for the release of the DNA testing that helped cement his identity:



















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Comments (117)
OlefromMN
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 7:00pmIt is very intersting that the media has chosen to run with Bachmann viewing the photos. Many others viewed or deKlined (John Kline MN2 chose not to view. ) The AP wants to take Michele out of the race before she has a chance. Call it just another preemptive strike. The media loves to highlight her and allow all the negativity to do their dirty work.
She viewed the photos and Tweeted. That’s it. Not a big news story in my eyes. Hannity was much more graphic in his description and questioning of guests on his radio show today.
Report Post »Sol Idarity
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:58pmYou conservatives waste so much precious energy on such petty conspiracy issues, it is a wonder how anyone can expect you to govern ANYTHING!!
Whether it is President Obama’s birth certificate, his religion or his color. Whether it Osama is dead or alive. You want to take the country back….to WHERE????????
Report Post »thinkinghuman
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 8:43pmIts not “petty” anymore. Its way past petty. Its every turn, every way you look. Nothing seems true or real anymore. All seems like a BIG ACT.
Report Post »On The Bayou
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:38pmReal or fake the death of Bin Ladin will not win the 2012 election for Obama. America has seen enough of this administration. It was very clear where the country stood last November. Do not pay attention to recent polls and any polls you see from here on out. Obama is toast. Everything he does from here on out will be for re election. Like the speech he gave in Elpaso yesterday, which side of the Rio Grande was he standing on?????????
Report Post »Liberal_Atheist_Critical_Thinker
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:47pmWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s approval rating has hit its highest point in two years – 60 percent – and more than half of Americans now say he deserves to be re-elected, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll taken after U.S. forces killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
In worrisome signs for Republicans, the president’s standing improved not just on foreign policy but also on the economy, and independents – a key voting bloc …
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/11/obama-approval-rating-_n_860409.html
Report Post »Joshua Tyler
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 7:02pm@Thinker
Are you as amused by “Conservatism” as I am?
Report Post »Liberal_Atheist_Critical_Thinker
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 7:06pmJoshua,
Yea.
Dude, I’d be honored if you would join my forum (click on my name).
Cheers
Report Post »On The Bayou
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 7:14pmlike i said Mr. Critical thinker don`t believe the polls, they are polling democrats and lefts
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 7:28pmLIBERAL_ATHEIST_CRITICAL_THINKER that poll will change every time someone stops to buy gas
Report Post »Liberal_Atheist_Critical_Thinker
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 7:33pmand every time a terrorist is stopped.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 8:34pmOh come on, LACT. Surely you saw the data favoring Dems in that poll by 17%. Nice try though.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 3:16pmThe words of a critical thinker……
Yea……..Dude
Report Post »Liberal_Atheist_Critical_Thinker
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:32pmRight.
OK.
So you people trust that Bachman, somehow, has the medical forensic training to identify dead terrorists with blown-out skulls, but she couldn’t quite interpret a clean/pristine – official – certificate of Live Birth straight from the state that issued it, verified as accurate from that same state. She had to push that issue as it was just too difficult to trust THAT picture.
Uh-Huh.
Pass the bong please.
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:57pmYou have no idea what it’s costing me, in my head, to respond directly to you because of my view of you. But, here it goes–no attack coming at you, nothing personal at this moment..
I’m sick of politicians assuming measured postures. Right or Left–they all do it. It’s clear my hate of liberals is practically legendary even in H*ll. But that’s beside the point.
Bachmann has no better ideas than Olbermann. To them, realistically, it’s all about the status quo, using minutiae as some kind of garment of lustre. And, at other times, a cudgel. I don’t know about you, LACT, but I’m really tired of it. I think, too, so are all the Conservatives on this site. Libs, too–realistically, we’re getting nowhere.
An idea–how about America seek statesmen instead of politicians? Maybe that’s what we need, whether Right or Left. Maybe–just for an idea–we need fresh vision, maybe another Great Awakening (sans religion as a factor as part of the term).
I’m totally Constitutionalist, of that there is no doubt.
Something has gone very seriously wrong on the most important level: our society.
Just some ideas…
Report Post »Liberal_Atheist_Critical_Thinker
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 7:05pmUpstateNYConservative,
I can talk to you I think.
We need politicians that don’t take any donations from corporations and serve a single term, so they know they are just going to DC to do a job for the country and going back home to their communities.
How’s that for starters?
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 7:19pmAh, but the problem isn’t corporations, per se. The problem is politicians–those types who make a career out of being re-elected, perpetually in campaign mode.
Now, you and I have differing views–fair enough. My problem isn’t with you and the liberal view. My problem lies with those Congresscritters who have, for decades, refused something like term limits. Why is that; does that serve We the People?
H*ll no! On both sides of the aisle. that pompous self-aggrandizing status quo negates you and me as Citizens.
I truly believe that, left alone, Americans get along just fine. The only monkey wrench I see is politicians.
Report Post »On The Bayou
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 7:31pmIt`s funny you people would be looking at The Blaze site, see I couldn`t tell you if there`s a liberal site such as the Blaze in liberal ville.
Report Post »Joshua Tyler
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:30pmConservatism couldn’t find Bin Laden for seven years. Liberalism found and killed Bin Laden, in two and a half years. Ta daaa . . .
Report Post »On The Bayou
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 7:28pmThe CIA found him back in August of 2010, they have been on Obama`s a$$ to take action. Obama`s hand was forced. He and Vallerie Jarret were holding out until the very minute of the raid. Google it.
Report Post »mill
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 8:25pmoh bull Joshua Tyler!!! , you DID drink the kool aid..tahdah!!!!!!!!
Report Post »poor boo…you‘ll have a little hang over then realize you’re a putz
thinkinghuman
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 8:40pmI am NOT buying into that whole liberalism/conservatism tussle. They are all the SAME. People seeking to overthrow the government, in two different ways. We have people like NEWT recently outed for supporting Global Warming. Wake up and accept, they are all the same. Centrists leaning left. A few exceptions.
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:23pmOh, for frack’s sake! Quit posturing, quit measuring your stance for the media spotlight and a 12-second-nothing sound bite.
Instead, blaze a real trail. Tell us what you’re into go fix America. Our Nation comes first. A politician‘s ego doesn’t make any list worth considering.
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:28pmForgot to add my usual “Pffft!”
Report Post »PatriotSmith
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:21pmWait if she can see it why can’t we?
http://www.patriotsmith.com
Report Post »pinnybogg
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:18pmso much has been said about the picture. Some say fake , some say real, what are we to believe??? Have to go with out guts on this because they will NOT let us see them, might hurt a radical islamists and that would only lead to more terorist attacks that are coming anyways
Report Post »psst
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:14pmGeez! how come the employees gets a lookysee and the employers are told to go an phflqwudsck themselves.
Report Post »As usual, “They” know what’s good for us.We don’t have the stomach fo it blah-blah.
Truth be told, Soetoro don’t want to rile his religious affiliated radical jihadist tribes.
I don’t know for sure one way or the other if the person killed was OBL.
IMO, if it was OBL, Soetoro knew where he was for at least a year. This kill order was supposed to have gone out next year just before the election.
But w/ Jerome Corsi’s book aout Soetoro due out next week, he had to do something biiiiiggg.
He did two things. Released his phony BC (it was slow cook’n for 2 yrs) and gave the order to kill OBL..
oh_yeah
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:13pmi ?
Report Post »the_zazzy
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:04pmThey are the Obama regime!
Report Post »Bob1943
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:23amI agree, along with the dung-head media and the Department of Injustice!!
Report Post »Hawt'n'secksie
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:03pmYes. Release the DNA analysis and I will dust off my genetics text books so I can interperate the data myself and come to a conclusion. Or maybe Maury will do an episode on it. I believe him more than anyone on the planet (and he is one hawt mofo).
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:17pmYes H “N” S
Report Post »I too am dusting off my Beginners guide to interpreting ethnic DNA. All the markers and sequences will be compared for analysis. Are these people crazy or what?
TheGreyPiper
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:02pmReally guys, we gotta let this go. Making an issue of this is absurd. Let the lefties have their vast right wing conspiracies and the Troofers and Lyndon LaRouche, the Dems loony in chief. ******* 1 is dead, Sock Puppet got him, or at least didn’t get in the way of those who did get him. Move on. Harping on this only gives ammo to those who want to see this halfwit in the Oval Office for another term.
Report Post »LibertariansUnite
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 8:01pmI like how people don’t realize that this Osama thing is a mere distraction.
Regardless if he is dead or not, it does not affect our countries situation one bit.
The only thing it does is give both established parties ammo, to label people who don’t like the idea of a world police “unpatriotic”.
Report Post »hlopeor
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:58pmWhy you can see the photos and I not
Report Post »NoTrashTalkHere
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:55pmGood enough for me.
Report Post »ck7blaze
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:48pmThank you.
Report Post »Saxindacity
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:53pmCheck out the inane comments in the MPLS StarTribune directed toward Bachmann in regards to vewing the OBL photos. http://www.startribune.com/politics/blogs/121706099.html I think the liberal loons there hate Bachmann more than they did bin laden (I’m from Minnesota btw)…mention the name Michele Bachmann in that paper and the left goes scurrying like **** roaches in the night to spew their vitriol.
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:00pmI deal with those lunatics on a daily basis. I think the Strib hires leftists to post comments. There are about 10 of us conservatives that regularly post, and 8M leftists using the same tired rants to attack the messenger(s).
Report Post »Mr. Nice Guy
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:31pmI prefer the other newspaper. You know, the one that used to have Calvin and Hobbes.
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 7:12pmGood luck! (MNs should know that one. CI = 44)
Report Post »Bret
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:53pmIf she is convinced, then why not toss all the DNA into the middle of the ocean, too?
Report Post »Bret
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:51pmThis is such a joke… What was she comparing the picture to? Al the phony video that we have first been saturated with? “Yup, that is the boogey man!”
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:58pmAbsolutely agree, Bret. While I have more regard for Bachmann than others, when did she become a forensic expert? I wouldn’t trust the photos even if they did release them. It’s just lies, lies and more lies with this administration.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:51pmMost of us don’t have a problem believing we got bin Laden, so we don’t need politicains to “reassure us”. We just think it would be good to see the pictures. Screew the Jihadists and the terrorist apologists. Let’s humiliate the bastrd a little more.
Report Post »brado9505
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:55pmwish we beheaded him and put his head on a stick, paraded for all to see!
Report Post »MinnesotaMARINE
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:47pmSo much for one shot one kill. Hahahahahaha…. : ]
Report Post »avi8tor
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:55pmHay neighbor ! also reside in Pamlico co…
Report Post »Bob1943
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:46pmThey are not to be trusted anymore than the Obama regime!!
Report Post »sablegsd
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:46pmWE paid for those photos and everything leading up to them. WE suffered during and after 9/11.
How DARE they pick and choose which cronies get to see them. WE THE PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THEM!
Report Post »survivorseed
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 1:50amWhy do Blazers want to see photos of a man with half his head missing? Is this what they call right wing porn.
Blazers are a hoot
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:42pmROTFLMFAO!!!
THIS IS THE CHAMELEON WHO VOTED TO REAUTHORIZE THE PATRIOT ACT!
Don’t be fooled.
I don’t think these clowns realize that Congresspersons and Senators are NOT the American People.
We are THEIR BOSSES.
WE WANT TO SEE THE PHOTO OURSELVES.
EVERYTHING PUT OUT SO FAR IS PHOTOSHOPPED FAKERY AND NO ONE BUYS IT BECAUSE SOME POLITICIAN SAYS THEY SEEN IT.
OSAMA BIN LADEN HAS BEEN DEAD.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:44pmStop yelling. One sentence in lower case does not an impression make!
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:45pmI’ll never vote for Bachmann after she voted for the Patriot Act.
She has lost all credibility.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:46pm@Sinista ~
“…BECAUSE SOME POLITICIAN SAYS THEY SEEN IT.”
See, saw, (have/has) seen
Which government school did you attend?
Report Post »Jd85
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:49pmOk yoda..
Report Post »Bob1943
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:53pm“OSAMA BIN LADEN HAS BEEN DEAD.”
I don’t know for sure, but the credibility of someone I have never met, on an Internet website, is better than that of the Obama regime, or anyone from Congress.
I’m guessing for 4 years or more.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:54pmGo away, troll.
You an your cadre of troglodytes have lost.
If the best you can do is correct grammar as if you’re the bastion of grammatical correctness then you ought to petition google or some website to take the place of their spellgrammarchecker thing.
Loser.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:56pmYou must be one of the lesser trolls. You do nothing but cheerlead when others make corny insults and point out spelling and grammar when you’re left to your own little brain.\
Why don’t you get a life and stop trolling my every breath.
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:05pmPthhhhhhttttttt
Report Post »american1st
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:42pmif the we people can see them and analyze them for photo shopping, and compare nose and ear shape, i would be more satisfied than i am with trusting what the CIA lets congressmen see under CIA supervision,
Report Post »i don’t doubt he is dead, i just don‘t trust the governments story’s about when and where…
MHP
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 9:14pmSinista
You’ve heard Alex Jones talk of Hardin, MT. I’m 150 miles from there. 1/2 of it is on the reservation.
Soon as my friend comes back up to visit, we’re gonna head up there. I was advised by a gun dealer down here to go up armed.
We’re aware of a FEMA camp up near Yellowstone, But I haven‘t heard exactly where it’s at.
You got any Idea?
Another one purportedly is at the WW II Heart Mountain Relocation Camp 20 miles east of me.
Some sites say that is being rebuilt as a FEMA Camp, which is not the case here.
They actually made it into an interpretive center. 3 of the original barracks are still there along with the smokestack. I’ve been there many times, and will reopen to the public this year.
I do want to find the one near Yellowstone tho.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 2:56amMHT
I have no idea, I’m in Cleveland, but I have been searching for areas that have been converted into FEMA processing areas, a lot of locations present itself, all are located near train tracks if not directly adjacent to them, and they all are very large areas like gigantic parking lots. I’ve also noticed renovation to a number of defunct shopping malls…
Report Post »Code_Orange
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 7:00amMr. Showtime seems to be a web policeman troll! How critical!
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 7:36pmhahahahahahahahaha…fema camps…hahahahahahahaha
Report Post »the iceman
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:39pmGood enough for me!
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:43pmYou’re the Ice in the Official Kool-Aid that Dr Steve Pieczenik peed in.
Report Post »mill
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 8:15pmmaybe all of us are not as trusting of a dishonest administration s you seem to be
Report Post »thinkinghuman
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 8:35pmTotal Koolaid time
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on May 14, 2011 at 7:18amFace it, President Obama, the intel community, and the SEALS aced it. Bin Laden is history thanx to them.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:38pmYes, DNA match should be released to the public on Osama’s identity!
Report Post »Revere1
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:43pmNow it’s confirmed. I trust Bachmann more than Obama on this one. http://www.elephantwatcher.com/2011/04/what-about-bachmann.html
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 5:45pmNOW I believe it. Thanks Michele
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:04pmHow do we know that she has not seen those fakes of dead Osama going around all over the world ?
Report Post »How does she know they are not fake?
IMPEACHBHO
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:18pmIt is very odd that osama hasn’t put out a video in years (he always loved doing that), esp. with all stuff going on the past few years.
HOWEVER – It doesn’t matter, BHO had nothing to do with his death one way or the other. If osama was just killed by the SEALS, BHO did not give the order, the CIA did.
SO – We need to get our eyes back on the ball. BHO is destroying our country and we must stop him.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:19pmShow the pics to WE the PEOPLE NOW!!!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:42pmBin Lauden is now officially deader than a doornail; so lets get back to what matters and get the nation on course for recovery and getting the progressives and Obama out of office in ‘12 so we are able to save her from the nightmare coming to life all about us.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:52pm@Revere1
I trust Bachmann more than Obama and most of Washington D.C. including many other Republicans … NO MORE RINO’s!
TEA!
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 6:57pmSo can we all visit CIA HQ to see the photos?
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 7:10pmOBL is probably dead, now show the world the pictures, we want proof.
Report Post »LibertariansUnite
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 7:20pmBetter Question:
Who cares?
Since OBL is dead, let us ask ourselves some questions:
Will it bring back those who died on 9/11? No.
Will it fix our economy? No.
Will it end the wars in the middle east? It should, but no.
Will it fix corrupt politicians who play these topics to distract you from real topics? No.
This is a political game you people are falling for. I am glad justice was served to that evil person. Regardless, let us move on to more important issues.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 7:21pmI want the pictures released to the American public!
Does anyone except me find it interesting that al qaeda believes that he is DEAD…Bin Laden’s sons believe that he is DEAD…do you think that photos were released to them? I have to believe that they were…anyone else suspect that except me? You think that THEY would believe our government just because they said it was so? I don’t…
Do I believe that he is DEAD? Yep…still, I believe that the pictures BELONG to the American People and they have no right to keep them away from us…I think Obama just doesn’t want to be tied to the “gruesome” image! Quite frankly, why would I care a rats a** what he wants?
Report Post »Code_Orange
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 7:29pmThank you Congresswoman Michelle! Now that you have demonstrated your ability as commander in chief to authoritatively represent a secret photo, it is time for you to formally run for the presidency. Your tweet puts me at ease and I no longer doubt the Obama Administration, so thank you very much. You made my day!
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 7:49pmI wish I was one of the privileged class to be able to see the photo.
Report Post »mill
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 8:14pmYeah, and I just confirmed that Mickey Mouse is actually Muhammad of Muslim/Islamic fame….
Report Post »thinkinghuman
Posted on May 12, 2011 at 8:32pmSorry, she has always seemed dumb enough and spotlight seeking enough to make me doubt her no matter the subject. I certainly don’t believe that she “knows” anything from looking at photos. Gimmeabrake.
To be honest, I am troubled by all of the neighbors over there who say the video of the guy watching TV was someone else they know. With propaganda the way it is, I trust government LESS than citizens, no matter the country.
Report Post »VerySeniorCitizen
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 7:14amWE got OUR man, said Ms. Bachmann.
Unfortunately, Ms. Bachmann has been against EVERYTHING that this President is, does or stands for.
Only now does she admit that WE got OUR man – as if she had a great hand in – and supported – the successful raid.
Hypocrisy – thy name is Bachmann!
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 7:43am“We?”
Report Post »weeblewacker1
Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:22amoh Michele,you poor,miss-guided idiot.shhhhhhh,it’s time to be quite now dear.your ignorance is showing,again. oh,by the way Michele,are you going to take up that 10th grade girl on a debate about the constitution? i know,i know,your scared a 15-16 year-old-girl would clean up the floor with you.say good-bye,Michele. http://minnesotaindependent.com/81476/high-schooler-challenges-bachmann-to-debate-on-u-s-constitution
Report Post »jzs
Posted on May 14, 2011 at 1:23amRelease the DNA match! Right now!
But I’m wondering what that would look like and how that would prove anything. Could any of us tell the difference or similiarity in the DNA between Glenn Beck and Obama? What does DNA look like anyway? Is it, like, a photograph on the DNA of the the two people and you look at the 100,000 molecules and say, “Yep looks the same,“ or ”Nope, not a match.”
Somebody tell me how they do these genetic comparisons, and how I’d know it was or was not a match. Then explain to me how you could convince anybody but a geneticist that those numbers prove anything. OJ Simpson got off the hook partly because, although his blood was everywhere at the crime scene, in his car and in in his house, nobody could understand the genetics.
No, Bachmann is speaking out of both sides of her mouth. She says she believes OBL is dead, but is proposing that the government “show the DNA evidence” something she knows nobody could possibly undersand.
OBL is dead. Cut the crap about proving it. If you don’t believe it now, nothing you see will convince you, photographs, DNA, whatever.
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