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White House braced for Bowe Bergdahl backlash
Politico ^ | June 4, 2014 | EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE and CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN

Posted on 06/04/2014 4:16:21 PM PDT by Second Amendment First

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1 posted on 06/04/2014 4:16:21 PM PDT by Second Amendment First
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President Barack Obama’s Rose Garden appearance Saturday afternoon with Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s parents was an attempt to humanize the prisoner swap to deflect potential criticism of letting five Taliban leaders out of Guantanamo Bay, White House aides say.

It didn’t work.

It worked fine with the members of the press.

It was only those pesky soldiers who screwed it up. They Swift Boated the story!

2 posted on 06/04/2014 4:18:19 PM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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Considering that the Resident-in-Chief at the White House is an imbecile who’s totally out of touch with the American people, it’s no surprise there’s a “backlash.”

The only surprise is that those tools in the White House even care.


3 posted on 06/04/2014 4:20:14 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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There is something else here. Don’t chase the dissenter rabbit. Bring him home and try him and shoot him. But he is not the story. Why did we pay ransom? There is something huge under this.


4 posted on 06/04/2014 4:20:51 PM PDT by SADMILLIE
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White House aides were aware Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl had been tagged a deserter,

Wow, so they knew they were lying when they sent out Rice to say he served honorably and with distinction.

5 posted on 06/04/2014 4:20:52 PM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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“I think the principle of leaving no man behind will ultimately prevail,” said White House spokesperson Eric Schultz.


I'm in complete agreement with Mr Schultz.

Bowe should not be left behind.

He should be brought home to face a Court Martial and if he deserted he should be thrown in Leavenworth for the rest of his life

If he actively taught the Taliban how to best ambush our troops and how to improve their IEDs he should be tried, convicted and executed by hanging - a firing squad is much of an honorable death for such a dishonorable criminal.

But I do agree he should not be left behind, just not for the same reason Mr Schultz does

6 posted on 06/04/2014 4:23:26 PM PDT by rdcbn
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“All this, Obama aides say, is in their minds a proxy for the hatred toward the president.”

Oh I see. So when Dianne Feinstein said he broke the law. It was because of her hatred for Obama. Got it now.


7 posted on 06/04/2014 4:23:31 PM PDT by Durbin
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Actually, it didn’t even work well with the press. That’s why the WH is in frantic spin mode. They tried the misunderstood hero meme, they’ve tried the eeeevil Republican “Swift Boat” meme, and nothing is working.

That’s probably why Holder - the bad cop - announced the revival of the “home grown terrorist” section, devoted to the tracking of imaginary right wing terrorists. All this while verified Muslim terrorists - “refugees” that Obama brought into this country - go unnoticed until the bombs go off.


8 posted on 06/04/2014 4:23:32 PM PDT by livius
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Spin, they didn't brace for backlash, they didn't expect it. This is called "blowback" and the libs can't handle it.


9 posted on 06/04/2014 4:25:03 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Forgive but don't forget)
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Aides believe that’s how most people outside of the Republicans in Congress and their base will see the situation.

Those are the aides that advised this travesty in the first place. Pity 0bama didn't exchange them for Bowe. BTT

10 posted on 06/04/2014 4:25:16 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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Obama did not have time to tell Congress of the “trade” before it happened.
Obama did not tell any member of Congress about the trade. They had to learn about the trade by “reading the newspaper” because there wasn’t time.
Yet, there was time to fly the Bergdahls from Idaho to Washington between the trade and the photo op.

My conclusion is that Obama thinks we are all as stupid as members of the DemonCrap party.


11 posted on 06/04/2014 4:25:36 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Have a wonderful day!)
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"The new PR plan: Frame the criticism as another example of Republicans complaining about something just because Obama was the one to do it."

We have a PR regime in charge of our nation. Susan Rice is the lead PR idiot. Obama waits to read the spin in the newspaper. Amazing.

12 posted on 06/04/2014 4:27:06 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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I didn’t read it, I read nothing this homosexual run blog reports.


13 posted on 06/04/2014 4:27:14 PM PDT by boomop1 (term limits will only save this country.)
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>> prisoners would be released from Guantanamo Bay

The closest Politico will come to mentioning the 5 high-risk terrorists.

The Mainstream Ministry of (Mis)information is working hard to bend this story.


14 posted on 06/04/2014 4:27:18 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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The WH is really feeling the heat? That’s too bad.
Let me try to think of something tactful to say...


15 posted on 06/04/2014 4:29:23 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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OK. Dear WH: schadenfreude photo: schadenfreude schadenfreude.jpg
16 posted on 06/04/2014 4:31:27 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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Apparently Feinstein outed herself as a rabid racist.


17 posted on 06/04/2014 4:36:25 PM PDT by all the best (sat`~!)
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"White House aides were aware Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl had been tagged a deserter, and that they would be grilled over not keeping Congress in the loop. But they figured people would be most outraged over the national security implications. "

In other words, come hell or high water Obamadullah was going to SET THE 5 TALIBAN COMMANDERS FREE BECAUSE HIS #1 PRIORITY IS HIS TALIBAN BROTHERS!

18 posted on 06/04/2014 4:41:27 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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“Yet, there was time to fly the Bergdahls from Idaho to Washington between the trade and the photo op.”

It’s just a coincidence. That, and...oh look! A rabbit!


19 posted on 06/04/2014 4:44:59 PM PDT by 22202NOVA (This Space For Rent. Offers accepted.)
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"The White House has been surprised by how much attention has remained on the questions about Bergdahl, .."

cuz dude that was like so 4 days ago.

20 posted on 06/04/2014 4:45:25 PM PDT by uncitizen
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