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Clown Car Congress (Original Post)
Rhinodawg
Jun 2014
OP
Well I have it straight from a friend's cousin's nephew's brother-in-law that
A Simple Game
Jun 2014
#3
For a long time Obama has been trying to trade this Congress for anybody anywhere
tclambert
Jun 2014
#4
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Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)2. They weren't consulted because they would have found some way to fuck it up.
Like we should have used Louie Gohmert and Michelle Bachmann as negotiators.
A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)3. Well I have it straight from a friend's cousin's nephew's brother-in-law that
we in fact did try to trade Louie and Michelle to the Taliban for Bergdahl but they just laughed at us.
tclambert
(11,187 posts)4. For a long time Obama has been trying to trade this Congress for anybody anywhere
but he can't find terrorists stupid enough to take them.
ErikJ
(6,335 posts)5. It was in the Washington Post 3 months before
spelled out in detail. 5 detainees for Bergdahl.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-seeks-prisoner-swap-with-taliban-to-free-army-sgt-bowe-bergdahl/2014/02/17/f142ed50-9590-11e3-afce-3e7c922ef31e_story.html