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The Bergdahl swap: a full-blown Obama scandal in less than 48 hours
Human Events ^ | June 3, 2014 | John Hayward

Posted on 06/03/2014 7:45:04 AM PDT by don-o

As one of the characters in “Anchorman” observed of its bloody brawl between news teams: Boy, that escalated quickly. I mean, that really got out of hand fast.

Two days after President Obama broke the law to arrange an insanely reckless swap of five incredibly dangerous Taliban terrorists for captive American Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, virtually every aspect of the deal has blown up in Obama’s face, and the whole thing has soured into another five-star scandal for an Administration riddled with them. Maybe it’s the accumulated weight of Obama fatigue, or the sheer stupidity and arrogance the President displayed in this particular abuse of power, but even people who stood by him through Fast and Furious, Benghazi, and the IRS scandal are asking: What the hell was he thinking? What did the White House think was going to happen here?

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very good summation on where this thing is.
1 posted on 06/03/2014 7:45:04 AM PDT by don-o
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To: don-o
Wayne Allyn Root ‏@WayneRoot 37m

Fox News reports this morning U.S. POW refuses to speak English. Only Arabic. OMG. 6 hero American soldiers died searching for this deserter

2 posted on 06/03/2014 7:46:34 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

Should have rescued him with a cruise missile.


3 posted on 06/03/2014 7:46:37 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: don-o; All

Obama wants to end all Wars, remove all US Military from foreign soil, free all prisoners, and capitulate to all Muslim Terrorist Organizations.

Appeasement was poorly handled by Chamberlain’s total capitulation to Hitler, but Obama knows that he can do better.

Obama’s Staff has correctly concluded that Boehner will NEVER bring Articles of Impeachment against Obama, for reasons known only to the weak, sobbing-coward Boehner.

Hence, Obama is free to do anything that he wants to do to “Fundamentally transform the United States of America” into the most powerful Fascist Nation that the World has ever known.

With the future joining of the Muslim Terrorists Organizations and Obama’s future Fascist America, there will at last be no more Wars, only sporadic episodes of Workplace Violence, for the next 1,000 years.

Obama and his Muslims owe Boehner a great debt of gratitude, as no other Speaker of the US House of Representatives has ever demonstrated a stronger refusal to Impeaching a US President.

In all fairness, Obama and his Muslims should be even more grateful to the TEA Party Republicans who have steadfastly supported Boehner, Cantor, McCarthy, Ryan, Issa, Mike Rogers and Peter King of New York for the Republic strategy of “Talking Loudly, but never using the Big Punishment Stick of Impeachment.”

Each day that the current GOP-E Congressional Leadership is allowed to stay in power, is another day that documents that there is no effective difference between the Democrats and the GOP-E Republicans.

Prove to We, the People that there is an effective difference by replacing Boehner with a fire-in-the-belly Speaker such as Trey Gowdy!

Early voting starts in 90 days, TEA Party House Members. Tick-Tock - - - .


4 posted on 06/03/2014 7:47:20 AM PDT by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: don-o

Anticipate an escalation of news events that will make this matter seem not as important?


5 posted on 06/03/2014 7:48:08 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: don-o

It’s just gotta be on purpose...

as another FR said earlier: Ø’s response to shooting himself in the foot is... shooting himself in the hand.

I guess a shot in the hand (Bergdahl) is worth two shots in the foot (VA/BenGhazi/etc).


6 posted on 06/03/2014 7:48:52 AM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: don-o
I knew he was going to pull that cr** when they said he was having trouble conversing in English.

I'd start checking daddy and mommy out, too. He learned Pashto, too and praised allah while at the Whitehouse.

I loathe Obama.

7 posted on 06/03/2014 7:49:36 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Graewoulf
Prove to We, the People that there is an effective difference by replacing Boehner with a fire-in-the-belly Speaker such as Trey Gowdy!

Allen West for Speaker of the House.

8 posted on 06/03/2014 7:49:58 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

Give the pressholes some time to make him into a victim suffering psychological problems. It’s the only chance he has.


9 posted on 06/03/2014 7:50:06 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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To: don-o

Don’t know who John Hayward is, but he echo’s my thoughts perfectly. Obama wanted to knock his VA disaster off the front page and it worked. Dumbass didn’t understand he was accomplishing the feat by creating yet another scandal.


10 posted on 06/03/2014 7:50:38 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost ("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")
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To: headstamp 2

Even if they can pull that off, there is still the matter of the terrorists they released.


11 posted on 06/03/2014 7:50:45 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: don-o

Maybe the 5 released from gitmo have been recruited as double agents. Or maybe they will be watched and fall prey to Obama’s drone strikes: “Turns out I’m really good at killing people,” Obama said quietly, “Didn’t know that was gonna be a strong suit of mine.”


12 posted on 06/03/2014 7:51:18 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
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To: dfwgator

Yes. The “Clown” owns that one.


13 posted on 06/03/2014 7:51:38 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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To: Graewoulf
TEA Party Republicans who have steadfastly supported Boehner, Cantor, McCarthy, Ryan, Issa, Mike Rogers and Peter King of New York for the Republic strategy of “Talking Loudly, but never using the Big Punishment Stick of Impeachment.”

By and large, if not entirely, that list is not comprised of anyone remotely associated with the TEA movement. Where did you come up with this phrase...TEA Party Republicans?
14 posted on 06/03/2014 7:52:11 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Resettozero
Right now he's in Poland promising One billion dollars for the EU countries in Military aid.

Just keep poking at Russia dude.

15 posted on 06/03/2014 7:52:18 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Lee'sGhost
John Hayward ‏@Doc_0 24s

Obama's big miscalculation was assuming the military community would shut up and let him write the Bergdahl story: http://www.humanevents.com/2014/06/03/the-bergdahl-swap-a-full-blown-obama-scandal-in-less-than-48-hours/ …

16 posted on 06/03/2014 7:52:45 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: headstamp 2

Ok NOW you’ve done it
given them an idea

I bet before the day is over someone, either that POS 0dumbo/ staff or some liberal media idiot will say that exact thing

and we will blame YOU :)


17 posted on 06/03/2014 7:52:50 AM PDT by RWGinger
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To: don-o

He spoke English in the captivity videos.


18 posted on 06/03/2014 7:52:55 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
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To: don-o

if Obama was going to Europe 3 weeks from today , the exchange would be 3 weeks from today .It happened now because Obama could run off to Europe to avoid his NEW SCANDAL


19 posted on 06/03/2014 7:52:59 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: don-o

This “exchange” was meant to turn our attention away from the VA problem and all the other scandals. But it looks like this distraction has blown up in his face. Even the lapdog media can’t ignore what a disaster this is, and will be once the 5 terrorists are back in action.


20 posted on 06/03/2014 7:53:38 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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