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doxydad

(1,363 posts) Tue Jun 3, 2014, 07:03 AM Jun 2014

As the right-wing echo chamber ramps up about how horrible it is that five Guantanamo Bay detainees have been freed, let’s remember that 520 Gitmo detainees were released under George W. Bush.

So, there's THAT.

http://freakoutnation.com/2014/06/02/more-than-600-gitmo-detainees-released-under-bush-one-suspected-in-benghazi-attack/

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More Than 500 Gitmo Detainees Released Under Bush, One Suspected In Benghazi Attack (Original Post) doxydad Jun 2014 OP

yYu're forgetting the First Rule of the RW hobbit709 Jun 2014 #1

(41,694 posts)

1. yYu're forgetting the First Rule of the RW

Tue Jun 3, 2014, 07:06 AM

Jun 2014

You only get outraged when a Democrat does it.

(51,311 posts)

2. Perhaps we should remember that Democrats didn't put up a squawk. Too late now. We'll never

Tue Jun 3, 2014, 07:07 AM

Jun 2014

learn. No; instead we'll keep trying to "reach across the aisle".

Otherwise known as, taking the crocodile ride yet again.