Obama: Congress Consulted on Prisoner Exchange

President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended his decision to release five Afghan detainees from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for an American soldier's freedom, saying his administration had consulted with Congress about that possibility "for some time."

Not only is this lie and his photo-op with the parents going to sink him, but the mere fact that he negotiated with terrorists and released 5 of the worse is not going to work no matter how many weasel words.

I actually think this is going to accentuate the VA scandal. I rarely make predictions, but there will be more firings after Shenseki (who we all know was forced to resign) once the full scope of the VA cover-up is revealed.

Interestingly, both issues are shaping up to create bi-partisan outrage. Even the socialist/communist Dimocrats don't like to face an angry populace regarding mis-treatment of our Service members. Plus, The NY Times, Washington Post, and other liberal rags are coming down on Obambi. These 2 issues plus the failing Obamacare will be his sad legacy. Mark my words.

If the next Repub nominee to the WH uses this unmercifully, he may be the winner 2016. At the very least, the mid-term Dims are even in deeper doodoo. They can blame Bush for the VA scandal, although Obambi has had all these years to fix it, but this treasonous release of the Taliban is all on him.

Even Carl Levin (a Democrat Senator) has been quoted that the only "notification" they sent was years ago, and the White House only said it was a "possibility".

When Levin will call a democrat lie - you know it's a lie...

“And so, when the opportunity presented itself and we could successfully recover him, we acted quickly to do so,” Carney said.

I don't believe that. It's not like they had to go in the middle of the night and grab him like they did Jessica Lynch.

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