only respect money, power and strength -- nothing else! Obama has been treating them with
courtesy, diplomacy and gentleness. Look at the results of the past 5+ years. He might yet
learn that they only hold the big stick in admiration.

corp world.

Someone willing (and able to sleep at night while doing it) to destroy communities and the environment just to make a profit.

I know all too well just how bad those on the right can be, how greedy, it is very sick...

was thinking what kind of sociopath would it take to work in HR these days?
A professional career made of lying to people, cheating them out of just wages, and making up reasons to fire people loyal to their job. Wonder why they just don't go postal?

as a group. And DiFi is despicable.

That's exactly what they are doing while sending out their PR's lying machine. GOPers don't give a shit about soldiers or veterans. Eff them.

Associated Press? And how does Salon's carrying an AP article (one out of about fifty AP articles appearing on Salon) "ramp up" Benghazi?

File an alert and let a jury decide.

scroll down the front page, looking on the right side of the page for the segment titled "From the Wires". Under that title you will see four sections listed, "All - Politics - Entertainment - Life," click on the "Politics" section and AP reports on politics will appear. At this moment the article Dem leader assails GOP over soldier swap is third from the top, click on it and the AP article will appear. If that isn't sufficient for you, Google the title of the article, I'm certain an acceptable to you source will be provided, e.g., ABC News, AZStarNet, The Press of Atlantic City and man more...all publications printing the identical AP story.

"By DONNA CASSATA
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The top Democrat in the Senate on Wednesday accused Republicans of trying to score political points with their criticism of President Barack Obama over the swap of an American solider for five members of the Taliban held at Guantanamo.

In a speech on the Senate floor, Majority Leader Harry Reid read aloud past statements from Senate Republicans who had said no member of the armed forces should be left behind and then challenged the GOP for now denouncing the exchange of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for the five detainees.

"The safe return of an American soldier should not be used for political points," Reid said. "When a man or woman puts on the uniform as a United States servicemen, they have America's uncompromising support."

Reid said questions regarding Bergdahl's disappearance should be addressed by the Army, not the "Monday morning quarterbacks" on Capitol Hill"......... article continues at many websites who buy AP news. Associated Press

Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

It's not unusual to see the same article appearing several times in a list of AP articles, both written by the same author but one having more detail than the other. Nice try at suggesting Salon is rewriting AP articles. You need to do something with your hard on for Salon.

Though all seem to have used the same AP "headline" You did leave out some and change a bit.

No worries, it's no big deal. I like reading AP stories complete, that's why I asked for the link to the AP story. I found the entire story by searching the headline.

IMO in latest breaking news the source should match the link.

The 'story' should link to the entire AP story if it is AP material. Not just a couple of out of sequence paragraphs with no link provided to the original entire story.

It's really no big deal. I've learned to search the headline (which is not changed from the AP writers story) and find the entire story myself. Plenty of other medias use the entire AP story.

p/s and edited to place in..when that "Dem leader" speaks he usually hits the nail right on the head.

We, as Americans, do not leave our soldiers on the battlefield. NYT has an article "Can Bergdahl be tied to 6-8 deaths" - I would like to ask "can Bush and Cheney and Rumsfeld and rice be tied to 6-8 deaths"? - I am disgusted by those who would malign our soldiers....my two brothers came home - many didn't...Viet Nam, another war without meaning...

Welcome to DU

and welcome to DU.

You never get enough credit.

It apparently wasn't even worth quoting at length. The only quotation was the "Monday morning quarterback" part which to me seems extremely mild under the circumstances.

He can never seem to have focused, point-by-point, hard-hitting language, that gets picked up by someone other than Salon and that gets repeated over and over and has real impact on hoi polloi.

And knowing Harry Reid, he will address it everyday.

Think about how he went after Romney over his taxes and has been constantly going after the Koch brothers.

"Whatever the results of the military's inquiries, it doesn't change the fact that one more American solider is home safe. What was the alternative? Would any American honestly prefer that a U.S. soldier remain in captivity until all the questions have been answered?" Reid asked. "Of course not. In the United States, we rescue our soldiers first and ask questions later."

a link to the entire AP story in WTVM website.
http://www.wtvm.com/story/25691148/dem-leader-assails-gop-over-soldier-swap

Why start out with "whatever the results of the military's inquiries"?

Why include weak third person language like "it doesn't change the fact that"?

Here:

"We brought home another American soldier."

(Note: "We" language, as if Reid represents all of Americans, instead of the bullshit, shill language up above.)

"Anyone who has a problem with that is dishonoring our men and women in uniform."

(Note: Warning out there for "anyone" but we all make the immediate jump to the Republicans. Also, turn it around on them (for just once) and show how they are the ones doing wrong by America and Americans.)

Or maybe this:

"You out there lying about our efforts -- and the rescuers' risking their lives -- do a disservice to America."

(Note: Now you have some real emotion, some real strength. If you could get that POS to go this far, he'd be talked about as a candidate for President.)

"We will sort it all out in due time."

(Note: If he's a deserter, then any heat for rescuing him will be faded in the long run. Scare them away from trying to use his alleged desertion to fuck up what should be a victory.)

Now, if that warm pile of goo called Harry Reid could come up with something like this, the world would be a better place (and I'm not really exaggerating). But he is such a weak POS that we have to suffer.

And I demand and expect more from my representatives and my party.

but were no where to be found during the Vietnam era!

I seem to recall another (very famous) POW whose situation was clouded by questions and whose release was the result of an exchange of prisoners. Now who could I be thinking of? Could it be a failed GOP presidential candidate? Could HE really be one of the most vocal critics? Yeah, that asshole.

while they are playing chess and criticize ever move the players make, but never have the balls to sit at the table and play the game. If Obama had not made the prisoner switch, the guy would have died and the GOP would be complaining that he let an American solider die unnecessarily.

But you never heard any of them criticize GWB or his puppeteer Cheney and they are responsible for the entire mess.

Then a court martial will determine that in due time and after due process.

In the meantime, he's a United States soldier and should receive the respect and consideration that is due to any other soldier. The concept of leaving no soldier behind is no predicated on whether or not the talking heads at Fox News deem him sufficiently worthy. We don't leave them behind. Period.

Even if Bergdahl is guilty of something, we damned sure don't outsource our justice to the Taliban. If he serves time in prison, it's going to be an American prison and not rotting in the hands of our enemies.

Republicans despise this country...

"We don't outsource our justice to the Taliban."

Sums it up very well.

When one gets in the way, they make up/find dirt about him/her.

A co-worker asked me for a ride home during the Kerry /Bush election. On the way home, he blurted out something like, "Looks like we'll have a lying Democrat who pretends he fought in a war for president." (This was the point where Kerry looked like he was going to win it).

I'm guessing he thought I was on his nutty side of politics and was frustrated, because he didn't mention anything else. I let it go, but didn't offer him anymore rides.

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She has made it known she didn't support the exchange and has gone silent. Yet another reason I won't vote for her.

Edit: OOOPS..my bad..I have no choice but to vote for her if she is the candidate. My mad got the best of my brain for a sec..

Thanks for the thread, DonViejo.

but why am I not surprised he doesn't seem to remember all the heat he took when he was in the same situation.