So, what shall we talk about?

Sometimes the topic of conversation is going to be obvious. It's like that moment in Raiders of the Lost Ark when the nazi torturer walks in on a prisoner and says, "So, Miss Ravenwood, what shall we talk about, hmm?" After Obama announced last night that he had actually been doing his job while everybody tried to turn the presidential race into next season's version of The Apprentice, there was cheering to be expected and face it, this is what people want to talk about. But there are some dickheads who don't want to give the President the credit he deserves.

Joe Scarborough on MSNBC told his viewers that the President made the decision to kill Osama bin Laden even though it would alienate his base. Mike Huckabee, The Bitch™ and Rick Santorum couldn't bring themselves to acknowledge that the operation was ordered by the President. Faux News put up the banned "Obama bin Laden is dead". Michelle Bachman called this the start of the end of "Sharia-compliant terrorism". Donald Rumsfeld called the President wise for only doing what his predecessor did (um, who got this done again?).

Hell, The Drudge Report complained that the President broke into The Apprentice to make the announcement just to show up Donald Trump. Trump himself at least gave credit where it was due. Even the man that President Obama replaced gave full credit. So did Darth Vader - although he later claimed that torturing people led us to him. Rush Limbaugh, on the other hand, claimed that bin Laden would still be alive if the President weren't in trouble for re-election. Hey Rush, you fat turd, is anyone running against him yet? I hear crickets.

Still waiting for John McCain to weigh in. I expect I won't have to wait long - he's on every damned news show on the planet.

And there's the other side, with commentary that is just as creepy. One that I've seen is a LOLcat picture of President Obama getting off of Air Force 1 that is captioned, "Sorry about the late birth certificate. I was busy killing bin Laden." I think it's kind of weird to celebrate the death of any man, even a mass murder, but I will acknowledge that there was no other way to do it. Luke Russert tweeted that he thought Penn State was a great school because they threw the best bin Laden is dead party.

And then there's Steve Martin; " Tonight, President Obama will announce that Clint Eastwood shot Osama Bin Laden."

The President gave one hell of a speech about it all last night, clearly labeling bin Laden as a man who was not a leader of Muslins, but a killer and a thug (Given that he used one of his wives as a human shield during the attack just goes to show how far he had strayed from the religion. You might not like how the Islamic world treats women, but one of the first rules is that the husband must protect the wife at all costs.) Obama addressed every angle, and he did it well. You can see the speech here.

And of course the nuts are going to come out. There are people already claiming the photos were faked. And because he was buried at sea and there is no body anymore some people are going to be spotting him with Elvis and Bruce Lee. Personally, I think Bruce will kick his ass and Elvis' hips will give the man an epileptic fit, but hey.

My own comment? Only one. Mission actually accomplished. Now can our soldiers come home?

Also, given the amazingly funny speech the President gave at the White House Correspondents Dinner less than 24 hours earlier, it's nice to have a President who can multi-task. It's also nice to know that the man can mock a fake rival mercilessly while doing it again on an unseen level - ribbing Trump for firing Gary Busey (and calling it the kind of decision that would keep him up nights) while knowing behind his smile that he had given the order to take bin Laden only hours earlier. This President is a smart man.

Cheap shots:

Oh, and if John McCain were President, Osama bin Laden would still be alive.

Guess who else was announced as dead on May 1st? Maybe they'll make a commemorative coin.

This man, as much as anyone, has a right to feel relief.

You can now find bin Laden's hideout on Google Maps.

Everyone cue up the tiny violins.

@KatieS is my heroine!

And because I love you, Fitz and the Tantrums