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Did ‘The Rock’ Know About OBL’s Death Before the President Did?
- Posted on May 2, 2011 at 5:56pm by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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If you follow The Rock (aka Dwayne Johnson) on twitter, you may have discovered that hours before the president announced the news of Osama bin Laden’s death, The Rock reported that he “just got word that will shock the world.”
New York Magazine reports:
Hours before President Obama’s announcement that Osama Bin Laden had been killed, Dwayne Johnson tweeted, “Just got word that will shock the world — Land of the free … home of the brave DAMN PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!. Post announcement, he followed that up with “..couldn’t have asked for a better birthday present..”
Hat Tip HuffPo.
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Comments (164)
JohnnyJT South Philly
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:19pmThe ROCK is THE MAN
Report Post »last frontier
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:18pmHard to know before the president because the president watched it live in the situation room on closed circuit tv.
Report Post »Workforit
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 10:11pmYou just can’t believe a word the Obama administration says. I wonder if they thawed out Osama before they blew his head off…
Report Post »temple62
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:15pmWho leaked this to Hollywood, ABC?
Report Post »nobodyimportant
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:14pmThis situation is somewhat suspicious. After 11 years in the Army and 3 deployments to Iraq, it just doesn’t synch completely with reality; it seem more like a staged political event than an actual military operation. Dumping the body into the ocean so soon after the event is highly suspicious.
When we killed Saddam’s sons and then later Al-Zarqawi, we were very concerned that the Arabs would actually believe that they were in fact dead. Photos were released quickly and we brought in witness who could identify the remains and vouch that they were who we claimed they were.
We should have held onto the body for evidence at some undiclosed location.
Did any of the family members verify the body?
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:27pmBush acted like an American president. But now we have a traitor, who once again apologized to the Muslim world and once again failed to buy them over. Pathetic kiss-butt wuss.
Report Post »Bigfatlies
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 10:01pmJust a campaign ploy. It worked.
Report Post »mill
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 2:59amI doubt OBL is dead. BHO just needed a jump in the polls…and boy did the people give it to him. Suddenly the economy doesn’t matter anymore..
Report Post »Utahdrifter
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:14pmHiding behind a woman. What a man! Figured he would do that–coward!
Report Post »ryguy1985
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:14pmOf course he knew first, He’s…duh duh duh, ‘The Hulk Obama’
Report Post »trooper
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:08pmHey Donald I think you found your running mate and he’s not a politician, just like you. I am done with professional blood sucking parasites!
Report Post »Mr. Nice Guy
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:31pmYeah that ticket would layeth the smack down.
Report Post »Bluenose177
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:07pmBin Laden smelled what The Rock was cooking
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:07pmI knew Osama Bin Ladin was dead when he stopped putting out videos and the CIA put out that fake video with the fake Bin Ladin.
Report Post »calamitykate
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:06pmThats why no one has ever heard of SEAL team 6 — its actually just the Rock!
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:06pmWell, maybe the POTUS needs to hire the The Rock’s people and drop some of his less than effective sychophants and handlers.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:04pmThank God the troops got him…otherwise we‘d be going on William and Kate’s honeymoon!…maybe I should start tweeting..apparently they are getting the news first!
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:04pmWell, hey! We had emails asking for immediate prayer support for our service men and women for an operation “going down” right now.
There you go!
Report Post »foobear
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:04pmI can just imagine Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson being part of a secret paramilitary team that *really* was responsible for taking down OBL.
Naturally, their base would be inside a hollowed out mountain.
Report Post »SacredHonor1776
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:23pmHis next movie.
Report Post »Speak without Fear
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:04pmhmmmmmm……
Report Post »trooper
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:03pmAt least he is a man!
Report Post »survivorseed
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:15pmHe gets you hot doesn’t he troop
Report Post »trooper
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:02pmI would rather see him as our president!
Report Post »islandlady
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:06pmI second that imagine him on vacation running along a Hawaiian beach!
Report Post »Just Joking, but I still second that!
I Love A Tongan
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:02pmMalie ROCK!
Report Post »Obeckian1984
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:01pmsee even the Rock is waking up
Report Post »trooper
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:01pmAt least I have some respect for this half african.
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:06pmHe’s a good actor,i enjoy his movies
Report Post »lylejk
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:11pmOK; I admit I liked the Tooth Fairy and Rundown for sure. Haven’t seen Scorpion King yet. lol
:)
Report Post »Obeckian1984
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:01pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBIthwLN0iI&feature=related
Report Post »JP4JOY
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:00pmMaybe Obama was just scoring points with some of his buddies.
Report Post »red riding hood
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:29pmYou know I think Obama blamed George Bush for this too!
Report Post »Obeckian1984
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 5:59pmBenazir Bhutto knew in 2007
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnychOXj9Tg
maybe the Rock watched this video ?
islandlady
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 5:58pmWow!!! Woww!!! and Woww!!!!
Report Post »Nervous Investor
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:13pmPardon my ignorance but, like, who is the Rock?
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:26pmHe starred in movies Walking Tall, Gridiron Gang, Tooth Fairy, and used to be a WWF star.
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 8:59pmHe‘s also friend of Pres Obama’s.
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 10:42pmMaybe The Rock could be president?
NOT.
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 5:57pmNow that’s funny.
Report Post »Revere1
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:04pmYeah, why shouldn’t the Rock know first? He probably had more to do with the operation than Obama did. http://www.elephantwatcher.com/2011/05/after-bin-laden-should-republicans-be.html
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:05pmI couldn’t give a rats *ss of care to who knew it or when,I‘m just glad it’s done!.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:09pmDo you know what the Rock is cookin’?
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:09pmtheonefromabove
Report Post »Wow how did he know he must know someone in the Navy Seals.
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My guess : The White House
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:11pmThe first ones to know about Bin Lauden going away for good was the soldiers there in the operation; the next person to know does not matter, for me the accounts of 9-11 that cost me so much I held dear are now balanced.
May God judge him in righteous judgment. (Bin Lauden that is.)
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:17pmbeckisnuts wrote:
I personally know both Dwayne and his dad. I can’t wait to hear what he says about this.
WOW, I’m impresssed, you really know the ROCK
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:17pmHe didn’t know before because the President watched it live…..remember?
Now the Rock may have gotten word before the President told us… That does not surprise me…But not before the President…Just a twist to get readers attention.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:18pmNice name dropping Nutsie. Way to get the personal WWE connection in there.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:18pmWanna know why people keep confusing OBAMA and OSAMA? Cuz what you think makes them different is BS.
poverty.sucks
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:20pmHe’s has friends in the Armed Services.
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:21pmHe didn’t know before because the President watched it live…..remember?
Now the Rock may have gotten word before the President told us… That does not surprise me…But not before the President…Just a twist to get readers attention..
Report Post »marine249
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:21pmDUSTLUV
Report Post »Ribs, Ham, Bacon, Pork Roast, Pork Skins, Libs etc
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:25pmNow we really know who is running the country, Hollywood. I bet the movie will have the Rock, Arnie, Chuck Norris, Bill Shatner and Stalone. It will be callled, “Operation Geritol, Kill Bin Laden by bedtime.”
Report Post »Independent American
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:27pmBeckisnuts doesn’t know ****, but he is full of it.
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:28pmRock on ROCK!! next time a press conference for us tweet less soles, ok??
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:29pm@kryptonite I like that,that’s funny, I’m more than glad the evil doer is now getting his judgement from God.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:32pmI knew friday nite….
Report Post »D0ntTread0nMe
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:33pmHe’s probably the trigger man…kicked down the door and gave him a mouthful of lead! go to my blog and click a google ad… It saves all of the wales! and it’s FREE!
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kryptonite
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:35pmHey Okie, maybe he was in the Situation Room with Obum, because the WOCK couldn’t STAND to watch, so the ROCK had to report the unfolding events to him.
Pussie-Wussie probably pissed his pants. hahaha
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:39pmThe real story is that a watch out guy in Abbottabad tweets acitivity at Bin Ladens Hut, exactly who was he communicating with?
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:46pmNutsie! Looks like The Rock saw your post and asked that it be taken down as he doesn’t want anyone to know he has a connection to you!!
Report Post »STUPID WINDTURBINE
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:56pm“Do you smeeeeeeeeelll-l-l-l-l!!!!! What The Rock is cooking!
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:58pm@Kryptonite
If you notice bad BO didn’t have the best expressions on his face while in the situation room…Not being a soldier, I’m sure bad BO had to change his draws after it was done…
The pictures displayed of the situation room say a lot… H Clinton had her hand covering her mouth she was so afraid…Of course, the brave SEALs had this in thought:
“Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.”
Only easy day was yesterday!
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:59pmOr maybe, Okie, Hussein was not in the Situation Room. Nope. He was on Marine One anxiously waiting to pray over Osama’s dead body before he was respectfully buried at sea, while the Rock, who WAS in the Situation Room, tivoed the whole thing — which the Wuss will not watch. hehehe
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 7:03pm@Kryptonite
That is comedy!!!
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 7:06pmHe was talking about the weekend grosses from his new movie.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 7:28pmWell, Geraldo was running his mouth on Fox News while he was waiting for obama to speak and said something to the effect that wouldn’t it be great if Osama bin Ladin were dead. He obviously knew something and was about to pee in his pants to keep from blurting it out.
Report Post »Ba Ba Booey
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 7:29pmAwesome the blaze is pulling stores from HuffPo
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 7:35pmCan ya‘ll smell what The Rock is cookin’???
You certainly can’t beat the phenomenon known as “need to know”.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 7:44pmSee, Okie, the mind can play tricks on you. That looks like the photo that was taken when the NATO Coaliton — which we are not a part of, no, no — bombed Qaddafi’s grandkids into eternity.
I forgot when, but Obum WAS present that time. Gotta be there when your friends are about to die.
Seriously now, great quote. God bless our military and our very own Glenn Beck.
Report Post »cruzinbill
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 7:58pmif you smellllllll what the rock is cooking.
Report Post »C. Schwehr
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 8:09pmSounds like Dwayne has a friend on Team 6…..Cool.
Report Post »jdh5750
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 8:11pmAt least the Okie is thinking.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 8:49pmThere was a “local” twittering from Pakistan .. it is quite possible that LOTS of people knew!
Report Post »jmbogstad
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 10:36pmSeal Team 6, is that anything likr “Leonard part 6”.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhDPHb2RXI4
Okie from Muskogee
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 11:44pmJDH5750 wrote:
“At least the Okie is thinking.”
Are you a fan? What purpose did you write this?
Report Post »Kraus79
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 1:30amThe Rock knew when everyone else did. His tweet was made at 10:24 pm. That was around when network were beginning to go on the air with the announcement. This is a non-issue.
Report Post »No1YaKnow
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 1:51amHmmm…very weird.
Report Post »staggerlee32
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 5:06amDwayne was a Navy Seal from Hawaii.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:56amAny Seal found to have leaked information to ‘the rock’ would be in serious trouble, not just with the Navy, but from his fellow Seals. Their entire mission from training to landing safely back on U.S. soil depends exclusively on 100% integrity of individual honor and strength of character. He’d be an outcast in seconds. Maybe worse.
Report Post »Mee the People
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:51ami thnk it was something about where obummer was really born, he has friends in low places
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:52am…….
Report Post »Americans and barbecue.
What could be better?
Maybe the middle east could learn a thing or two.
skinnydipinacid
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 4:07pmThe Rock for President, lol
Report Post »Kookaburra
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:50amDid the Rock know first? No, but Benazir Bhutto sure did several years ago when she stated that Bin Laden was already dead and stated who took part in the murder. Then she herself, for all her efforts as friend of the U.S., was assassinated. Start watching at marker 2:12, before they take it off the internet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uao2gMTEhvM
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