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May 1, 2012

Osama bin Laden and the 2012 Election

Nicholas Schmidle, New Yorker

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We will no doubt hear more about the bin Laden raid over the coming months. Most of it, though, will take the form of end-zone dances, spiked footballs, and clamorous appeals for an excessive-celebration penalty.

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TAGGED: Pakistan, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Mitt Romney, Osama bin Ladin, 2012

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