Conservative Group Blasts President for Gratuitous Self-Congratulation

Admonishes, "Give Credit Where Credit is Due"

Osama Snuff Not a Campaign Tactic

WASHINGTON, May 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The group says credit belongs primarily to the military and to intelligence agencies - not Obama. "Obama's shameful attempt to take absolute credit for this in his speech Sunday evening was un-presidential," said Scott Wheeler, Executive Director of The National Republican Trust PAC.

"Obama would have blamed the same people from whom he stole credit if something had gone wrong," Wheeler stated.  "This is an obvious attempt to prop up his reelection on the backs of the brave Americans who risked their lives to get bin Laden only to have Obama run out and snatch the glory for himself in an outrageous speech talking about his role in the operation. Obama was in the rear with the gear but once the mission was successful gave a speech in which he took all the credit for himself." 

The group also announced that GOPTrust.com will be running television ads nationwide exposing Obama's hypocrisy. The group will also be selling tee shirts as an antidote to the Democrat tee shirts that say "it took Obama to get Osama." The GOPTrust.com response tee shirts say:

"Credit Where Credit is Due.  The US Military Got bin Laden."

and

"America Knows How We Got bin Laden
The US Military
Water Boarding
Renditions
Enhanced Interrogation 
All the things Obama said he was against..."

Wheeler says, "Our sole goal is to put this event in some very important perspective."  There were a lot of people involved for a very long time.  Bottom line: give credit where it's due.

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