Ex-Bush Aide Andrew Card Says "Obama Pounded His Chest a Little Too Much" in Aftermath of Bin Laden Assassination

Ex-President George W. Bush advisor Andrew Card tells German newspaper President Obama "pounded his chest a little too much" in aftermath of Osama Bin Laden's assassination.

Ex-George W. Bush aide Andrew Card is taking offense to President Obama's major feat of nabbing September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks mastermind Osama Bin Laden by telling German newspaper Der Speigel, "Obama pounded his chest a little too much." Wow, similar to how a gorilla beats his chest? Is that another veiled reference to a racist label for blacks?

SPIEGEL: But now President Obama is the big winner…

Card: I think he has pounded his chest a little too much. He can take pride in it, but he does not need to show it so much.

SPIEGEL: He didn't appear triumphant while announcing bin Laden's death.

Card: I thought his statement was subdued, but I think his schedule is not subdued. Personally, I think it is premature to go to Ground Zero, in New York. I think my role model in this would be George H. W. Bush, when the Berlin Wall came down in 1989. It was a day to celebrate, but we did not dance on the Wall.

SPIEGEL: Still, if the operation in Abbottabad had failed, it could have cost Obama his presidency. Has he not shown precisely the courage that his political opponents insinuated he lacked?

Card: President Obama made a courageous decision because so many things could have gone wrong. What would have happened if bin Laden had not been there or if the Pakistani military had intervened? With imperfect knowledge, I would say that this was probably a 50-50 chance.

I'm not putting words in Andrew Card's mouth, but it is unfortunate that we now live in a society where being politically correct takes precedence over reasoning. Do I think he was sending a message to the fringe? Maybe not, but his critics will have a field day with this perceived slight. If memory serves me correctly, didn't President George W. Bush take a victory landing on an carrier saying "mission accomplished," when that were furthest from the truth? Wasn't that beating his chest a little too much too since we went on to see thousands of our men and women in the military losing their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan? How quickly they forget.