Bergdahl's Hometown Deluged with Hateful Calls

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Stay classy, conservatives.

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Bergdahl's hometown flooded with hateful calls, cancels celebration in 'interest of public safety'

I suppose it should not be a surprise that people in Bowe Bergdahl's tiny Idaho hometown are getting inundated with furious phone calls from Americans who are ... angry that Bergdahl is from there, apparently? Angry that the town was going to welcome the POW back without punching him? Whatever the reason, America's creepiest not-patriots are taking it out on any town official whose phone number they can find. . .

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GOP Hypocrisy on POW Bergdahl Release

McCain and Ayotte, for it, before they
were against it. Image from source, HuffPo

It really should come as no surprise by now. Countless times, Republicans have been for something, only until President Obama does that thing. Then, magically, they're against it. In the case of the release of prisoner of war, Bowe Bergdahl, their reasons have been kind of all over the place. But Sen. John McCain, Sen. Kelly Ayotte, and countless others in the conservative media and blogosphere were adamantly for getting Bergdahl out of detention, up to and including the use of prisoner swaps. Hell, McCain himself was released in a prisoner swap!

I've gotten in arguments with conservatives regarding Obama, Eric Holder, Jay Carney, always on the same theme: they lie! Well, what is this, friends and neighbors? What do you call this, besides hypocrisy of course? Amnesia?

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GOP Urged White House To 'Do All It Can' To Get Bowe Bergdahl

As soon as President Barack Obama told the nation Saturday evening that America's only prisoner of war in Afghanistan had been rescued, Republican lawmakers and pundits began criticizing the administration on how it handled the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. . .

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Disgust with Right Wing World Over Treatment of American POW

It goes without saying by now, that if President Obama does something (or doesn't do something) Right Wing World will bellow that it's wrong. It even applies to the First Lady who has been lambasted merely for suggesting that kids eat healthy food, and that we all drink more water. Honestly. So, it was a given that there would be an outcry when American POW Bowe Berdahl was sprung from Afghanistan. We didn't know exactly what their tactic would be, but you could predict outrage!

And boy, it was a scattershot outrage. Bergdahl, it is alleged, had "deserted" his post. The details of this are not confirmed, but no one I've seen denies that whatever happened there should be investigated. It was hardly the point when bargaining to get a 5-year POW out of imprisonment. But so far, that's only one of the reasons why President Obama was wrong to get this guy out. In addition to the desertion charge--which apparently means he should be left to rot--there is a complaint about how and when Obama told Congress about it, a complaint about the bargain to exchange Gitmo detainees (men who have never even been charged, let alone convicted, and have been there more than a decade). And they're even picking on the guy's parents. It's all over the place, and it would have brought charges of unpatriotism from the right, were the tables turned, and this was a POW sprung by Dubya. Whatever issues need to be hammered out by military justice and by Congress, the behavior of Right Wing World (FOX "News", talk radio, and the blogosphere) has been skeevy.

Rachel Maddow shares my disgust in this video which is really worth watching.
 

 

Chris Hayes Dismantles Right Wing Complaints About Bergdahl Recovery

So, the only American POW in Afghanistan was released. Right Wing World goes nuts because it was President Obama who was responsible for getting him released. They've assailed the President for not informing Congress, they've maligned the soldier himself (and his family, oddly), and more. If this were during the Bush era, complaints like these by liberals would have brought immediate outrage from the right, and accusations of a lack of patriotism. Regardless of the circumstances of an American POW release. And you know that's true.
 

POW! McCain Can't Use Computers Because of War?

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In a campaign filled with stupid stories, what's one more? But just exactly how stupid does the John McCain campaign think his followers are? If you ask a question or say a derogatory word regarding Sarah Palin--about anything--you're disrespectful, not deferential, and quite probably sexist. If you criticize McCain about anything, why, didn't you know? He was a POW! How dare you!

What? Yeah, I know that McCain survived several plane crashes and a long stretch as a POW. What that experience has to do with remembering how many houses he has, or cheating on his first wife, or any other issue, I have no idea. And now, it is the reason he can't use a computer? Exsqueeze me?

And one more thing. I know it's standard operating procedure for Democrats to precede any criticism of McCain with a lofty "McCain is a war hero. He served his country well and is a good man. . ." Whatevs. Sorry folks, I'm going to go with the premise that the preamble is by now assumed. The history is well known, and really doesn't need to be rehashed by Democrats. And yeah, he used do nice stuff for us. . .but what has he done for us lately?

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Yes, McCain Can Use Electronics

The Drudge Report and several conservative blogs are working themselves into a lather over the new Obama ad noting that John McCain doesn't know how to use a computer.
Their claim is that McCain is simply unable to use a computer because of his POW injuries, citing a March 2000 article in the Boston Globe that states, with no supporting evidence...

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John McCain, Infallible Because He was a POW?

This clever, "it's funny 'cause it's true" video, a Nineteen Eighty-four parody, shows us the new defense for any John McCain gaffe: he was a prisoner of war.

Now, I can't imagine what it would have been like to go through something like that. It is a truly unfortunate thing that happened to McCain, and I doubt any Democrat would belittle the experience with anything akin to purple band-aids. But increasingly, McCain's POW experience is being trotted out as an answer to any gaffe he makes. From cheating on his first wife to forgetting how many houses he has, we're met with, "but, he was a POW!"

I don't think having been a POW automatically makes you ready to be President, and I don't think it explains adultery or being out of touch. What do you think?




Found at: AmericaBlog

Olbermann on McCain's Elitism and the "POW Card"

Another video found on AmericaBlog may be one too many posts on this blog about McCain's "how many houses" gaffe. But hey, when have I been afraid to belabor a point in the past? And besides, I missed Countdown with Keith Olbermann last night, so I can watch along with you.