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New York Times: Demonizing Sgt. Bergdahl
The New York Times via the Salt Lake Tribune ^ | Friday, June 6, 2014 | Editorial

Posted on 06/07/2014 6:03:45 AM PDT by kristinn

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To: kristinn

The NY Times has no problem when a Republican or a conservatives is “demonized”, with or without any basis (the examples are too many to list, and besides we here all know them.

So it is not about how someone is being “demonized” they have a problem with. It is the fact that in this case the President has done something stupid (and some say may be illegal) and so rather than report the facts, they are pounding the table.


61 posted on 06/07/2014 7:57:56 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I do not doubt that our climate changes. I only doubt that anything man does has any effect.)
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To: kristinn

from the editorial:
“But the critics seeking political advantage don’t care about the life or mental state of a particular soldier, or of a principle of loyalty that should provide comfort to any soldier in danger of capture. They live only for the attack.”
Obama is really pi$$ed and the fellatious Press reacts.

I wonder how many on the NYTimes editorial board have been in command in the Afghan War or have any idea of what real military have to put with. Lying Ba$tards.
Hell they can even acquire a profitable enterprise (Boston Globe) with turning it into Obama or hire a woman CEO without embarrassing themselves.


62 posted on 06/07/2014 8:03:28 AM PDT by BilLies (sharyl attkisson is alive and well HOORAY!!!!!)
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To: kristinn; LucyT; null and void; Cold Case Posse Supporter; Flotsam_Jetsome; circumbendibus; ...

CNN’s Smerconish did an hour-long program this AM slamming Barry and the MSM for lying about Bergdahl and I would think that McCain could be forgiven to a certain extent for Barry’s military brass hiding Bergdahl’s desertion/(defection?) and also the likely 6 fatalities of US troops that occurred while searching for Bergdahl.

Smerconish interviewed the mom of one of the dead solders (the lieutenant) and she said she wanted to know why Barry’s military had lied to her...and this is on CNN!

Smerconish also had the NY Times reporter on who wrote the front page story today that tried to cast doubt on whether the 6 soldiers died directly searching for Bergdahl or whether their deaths were “incidental” or “normal” at the time. Smerconish reamed the reporter with withering sarcastic questions and backed him into a corner finally getting the puke to agree that in view of the mother of the dead officer who just said that her son told her that the only reason that he was outside the wire before he was killed was because he was looking for Bergdahl, the reporter would continue to investigate and the NY Times would update the story.

Looks like whatever close marital or blood relative link between CNN and Barry in the White House isn’t working for Barry anymore!

I believe that the Congress is significantly more ready for Sheriff Arpaio’a “universe shattering” post-Bergdahl Scandal! Barry’s national security team, led by Susan Rice is now a...problem (fill in the constitutional wording)...that even Democrat have their hair on fire.

Have you seen the most recent video of Hagel, BTW? He looks like a very sick man, physically...


63 posted on 06/07/2014 8:04:23 AM PDT by Seizethecarp (Defend aircraft from "runway kill zone" mini-drone helicopter swarm attacks: www.runwaykillzone.com)
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To: TomGuy

I would have tagged then with GPS units and then let them ‘escape’.


64 posted on 06/07/2014 8:05:05 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (.)
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To: kristinn

Shouldn’t they be writing an editorial about the Obama administration’s efforts to demonize those who served WITH Mr. Bergdahl?

That twitter twit was a writer for Time Magazine (he authored a piece on the VA scandal June 3rd, 2014). He was formerly(?) vice-chair of the Dmeocrats’ VoteVets.org. He was in the “war room” for VA and HUD publicists.

The Obama administration’s fingerprints are on those attacks. Why does that Rat who has since deleted those tweets still on the government payroll?


65 posted on 06/07/2014 8:05:33 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: kristinn
Bergdahl isn't really the issue it is that Obama has released 5 notorious Taliban leaders, one of whom is accused of crimes against humanity, who will now be free plot and commit mass murder. Obama’s release of these murderers also is seen as a great victory for Islamic fascism and will embolden a new generation of terrorists to strike at us. Imagine in WW-II if we had captured Himmler, Eichman and three top SS leaders and FDR traded them for a single soldier in a German POW camp.
66 posted on 06/07/2014 8:10:52 AM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: kristinn; GeronL

Wonder how the NYet Times’ fauxoutrage would read if the headline said “Pvt. Bergdahl”


67 posted on 06/07/2014 8:11:22 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: kristinn
"a classified military report shows that Bergdahl had walked away from assigned areas at least twice before and had returned"

I would like to hear more about this, I know that had I left my post once in the USMC I would have been in serious trouble (brig time, DHD). There is a big difference in being late for morning formation (slap on the hand) and leaving a post. Big big difference. I find it hard to believe the USA would keep in it's ranks a solider that has a history of leaving his post.

68 posted on 06/07/2014 8:47:57 AM PDT by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
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To: Seizethecarp

Thank you for this excellent & informative update, Seize. There wasn’t a dull word in it. It was extremely encouraging overall.

One thing I noticed: Obama’s RealClearPolitics disapproval rating spiked to -9.9 today. When you consider that several of the factored polls are rolling averages, this means that the number can only go higher for at least the immediate future. Obama is likely to set a disapproval record before the numbers level off.

At some point even the most diehard rats abandon ship. Obama is flailing & floundering so badly that most of the left is already focused on ‘16. Sure they’d like to prop Obama up. But when he becomes too toxic—as it appears he’s well on his way to being already—leftists will cut their losses & start spending most of their time hyping Hillary or Warren or whoever they think can prevail in ‘16.

Even liberals can recognize a lost cause. The gum chomping Choomer has a raging case of Reverse-Midas-touch. He’s getting to be too much of a liability even for his most devout knee-padders. The only thing missing is a total, tsunamiesque wipe-out in Nov. If that happens, Obama’s name will be mud on the left, just as it’s been mud for many years already on the right.


69 posted on 06/07/2014 8:51:41 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: kristinn
Let's see now...a number of guys who served with him say he's a deserter.More than a few even say he's a traitor.But the NY Times pretty much says he's deserving of the Medal of Honor.

Who to believe????

70 posted on 06/07/2014 8:55:32 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Rat Party Policy:Lie,Deny,Refuse To Comply)
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To: kristinn

Bowey has been “Swift-boated,” right NY Slimes?


71 posted on 06/07/2014 9:18:43 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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To: xzins
His fellow soldiers ALL say he willingly deserted

His fellow soldiers are all psychopaths.

A White Hut spokesman told us so.

72 posted on 06/07/2014 9:20:57 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And the WH proof they are psychopaths is that when they were sent to a foreign country they tried to kill people. /sarc


73 posted on 06/07/2014 9:24:25 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And the WH proof they are psychopaths is that when they were sent to a foreign country they tried to kill people despite rules of engagement designed to prevent that. /sarc


74 posted on 06/07/2014 9:25:01 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: kristinn

So, McCain saying “an exchange” is the same as five Taliban Generals. Quite a leap there.

Exchange a Private for a Private, not five Generals for a Private.


75 posted on 06/07/2014 9:32:17 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (If Cancer were Contagious, they would call it Liberalism...)
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To: kristinn
Four months ago, Sen. John McCain said he would support the exchange of five hard-core Taliban leaders for the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.

Sounds fugazi.

Was McCain literally asked if he'd "support the exchange of five hard-core Taliban leaders for the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl?" That's hard to believe.

See McCain's press release: THE NEW YORK TIMES PURPOSELY EDITS MCCAIN STATEMENT TO MISREPRESENT HIS POSITION ON BERGDAHL PRISONER EXCHANGE.

76 posted on 06/07/2014 9:37:17 AM PDT by x
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To: Fantasywriter

You and I have been on the same page anticipating that eventually the Dems will demand that Barry step down (even they couldn’t be THAT stupid or cravenly unpatriotic could they?) and we have been WRONG for soooo long...but now we may finally be vindicated...well saved by
Barry and Valery Jarrett and Susan Rice’s “universe shattering” stupidity!

When Susan Rice gushed yesterday that “The entire national security team backed this swap” I could just see DiFi saying to herself “That does it! Time for the intervention to remove Barry’s team from the White House or Hillary will never be POTUS!”


77 posted on 06/07/2014 9:49:09 AM PDT by Seizethecarp (Defend aircraft from "runway kill zone" mini-drone helicopter swarm attacks: www.runwaykillzone.com)
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To: kristinn

SO we have to pretend that he is really a Sgt now?


78 posted on 06/07/2014 9:52:17 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Seizethecarp

You said it well. Supporting Obama’s boneheaded moves is perfectly acceptable to Democrats as a rule. However, when Obama’s disastrous ‘leadership’ starts imperiling not only the midterms but also ‘16, things change. I think to some degree most of the Dem pols & strategists have been head-in-the-sand about the losses Obama has already wreaked on his party. I.e.: if they can blame anything else for their electoral mishaps, they’ve been content to leave Obama, for the most part, out of it. But they’re fast approaching the point when they no longer have that luxury. A shellacking in Nov would cripple them, & anything Obama does to jeopardize the WH in ‘16 will energize them (against him) at last.

Which is a longish way of saying I agree. If Obama thinks he’s had a bad yr so far, he hasn’t seen anything yet. It’s all downhill from here.


79 posted on 06/07/2014 10:13:56 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Seizethecarp
I believe that the Congress is significantly more ready for Sheriff Arpaio’a “universe shattering” post-Bergdahl Scandal! Barry’s national security team, led by Susan Rice is now a...problem (fill in the constitutional wording)...that even Democrat have their hair on fire.

We can always count on Obama to keep on screwing up much much more.

80 posted on 06/07/2014 10:21:07 AM PDT by Red Steel
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