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Only the rethugs could turn a successful story like this into something bad.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)End of story.
elleng
(130,156 posts)Vattel
(9,289 posts)bigtree
(85,919 posts). . .pfftt!
B Calm
(28,762 posts)onenote
(42,383 posts)I fully support the President's action and agree with the administration's consistently held position (expressed in signing statements) that the restrictions on transferring detainees from Guantanamo are unconstitutional.
But its not a particularly compelling argument to ask if Reagan complied with the language of a statute that is specific to Guantanamo and was a enacted decades after he left office.
The administration wouldn't be foolish to make such an argument, so why would we?
warrior1
(12,325 posts)the exchange
the repukes in congress can not be trusted with information
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)debate it, publicize it, and wreck it--or possibly leak info that would have gotten some soldiers/operators killed. Apparently Dianne Feinstein back in 2012 blabbed about a prisoner exchange that killed a prior deal, according to the Daily Beast (Repub trolls Eli Lake and Josh Rogin).
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Vattel
(9,289 posts)The legality of what he did is the real issue, I think. I don't have a position on whether it was legal or illegal because I have not looked at the details of the case.
mfcorey1
(10,997 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Beaverhausen
(24,467 posts)cracks me up to see her name on my sample ballot.
csziggy
(34,120 posts)Because I'd be while in the voting booth!
malaise
(267,824 posts)It's all bullshit - sabotage and destabilize - that's all they do 24/fugging7
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)pinto
(106,886 posts)At least 5 times. Crowley really, really wanted Rice to say the phrase on camera. It was pretty blatant. Rice didn't fall for it.
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)Assholes who do not care one wit about this country.
Julie
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)some batshit crazies would want to impeach him for not supporting cherry pie....
it don't matter what obama says or does...those who against him will never change so why bother? There is no debate with them, no reasoned discussion.....its impossible to undertake and we waste to much time whining about it. The same will happen with any democratic president......they will be hated and despised by the batshit crazies and who really cares?
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)batshit crazies....its best to pay no attention to them personally but to go after their policy and issue positions. They are so anti american worker, anti-female, anti-govt, anti-social security, anti-medicare, anti-medicaid, anti-family, anti-minority, anti-democracy
make the elections about their positions and make then DEFEND it....debating is a waste of time. Attack what they hold dear, a 1900 view of the world.....tie them to it....
ashling
(25,771 posts)getting out of bed in the morning if they could
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)They could convince themselves Mothers Day is evil if they wanted to.
benld74
(9,889 posts)They'd say it's because he can't swim.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Shankapotomus
(4,840 posts)would have preferred he stayed in captivity.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)You get more mileage out of that.
malaise
(267,824 posts)announced that Bin Laden was dead. They were pissed - tried to claim they were responsible because they knew that the 2012 Presidential election was fugging OVER.
Remember the rescue of the ship's crew off Somalia -they were upset big time but when hundreds of marines were killed in Lebanon under Reagan - not a fugging word.
ReTHUGs are scumbags.
Shankapotomus
(4,840 posts)I've never has as much fun with an administration in my life.
I'm downright nostalgic. Such good times.
malaise
(267,824 posts)alphafemale
(18,497 posts)"Obama Wants Our Bears to Starve"
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)They would grab their guns and go have a big demonstration and talk about how they will go kill the bear because Obama merely got the kid away from the bear and didn't shoot it into a million pieces instead.
spanone
(135,636 posts)malaise
(267,824 posts)it's 24/7 sabotage and destabilize the Federal government - fugging non-stop.
They have destroyed America.
Jeff In Milwaukee
(13,992 posts)over at Fox News if Obama hadn't taken this deal?
Fuck them. Fuck them all.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)They will take questions and it's likely they will be asked what they think of RW criticism of the exchange.
Check CNN live coverage or other cable stations.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)malaise
(267,824 posts)malaise
(267,824 posts)Love how the dad pretty much told the media to leave them the fugg alone
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Originally, CNN reported that the Bergdahls would be taking questions. Maybe they had second thoughts and wisely decided to change that plan.