The Swiftboating of Bowe Bergdahl Turns Into a Republican Disaster With Torture Revelation

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98. When I said it wasn't a "big deal" I meant that IF republicans hadn't said anything....

...if they hadn't gotten his fellow soldiers to say what they sad, if all there'd been was the president talking about the exchange at a press conference, this would be no big deal. This is only headlining the news because Republicans are shouting about it. THEY are making it a big deal because they need a new distraction, one that will divides Americans. Divide and conquer is how they keep getting what they want. And usually, the division is over something that wouldn't have divided us at all if republicans hadn't manufactured a controversy over it.

This is why you see them jumping on things again and again, trying to manufacture controversies. It's not that they hate Obama (or that they just hate Obama)...it's that every time they leap on these things there's a chance it might turn into a big deal. Most times, it doesn't. But when it does, they really benefit from it. Because that is all the news talks about, that is all Americans talk/argue about, that is all congress talks about. And NOTHING else gets discussed or done. Mission accomplished.

So, no. The POW coming home is NOT a big deal. The repukes going against what their party stands for IS a big deal. But that's not the "no-big-deal" I was talking about. Again, imagine if no one had made a fuss about it. Do you honestly think any newspaper or news outlet would *still* be discussing it now? The only reason it's being still discussed, the only reason anyone thinks it's a big deal that the guy was traded for Gitmo prisoners is because the repukes are making sure that everyone *thinks* it's a big deal.

Yes?