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Vinca

(50,168 posts)
36. The White House needs to tell them all to fuck off.
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 03:43 PM
Jun 2014

For all we know, the kid had a mental breakdown while in the field. No one knows what happened until they ask the soldier and the matter is investigated. In any case, the right seems to be arguing for letting a soldier stay in captivity and die. If that's not un-American, I don't know what is.

Let the hearings begin. And we'll see if this breaks along partisan lines, as usual. n/t Tarheel_Dem Jun 2014 #1
I'm so glad congress is focused on this BS outrage instead of working to abelenkpe Jun 2014 #2
Exactly! "Useless millionaire jerks." n/t RKP5637 Jun 2014 #3
+1 SunSeeker Jun 2014 #5
Nope, stuck with her until Jan 2019 davidpdx Jun 2014 #7
An enemy with guns and bazookas could NOT do more harm... randys1 Jun 2014 #28
^^THIS^^ valerief Jun 2014 #30
Obama got his way. That pisses them off. TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #4
If Obama had not gotten Bergdahl back one way or the other, we would only hear JDPriestly Jun 2014 #16
Um...is Kerry going to testify? How much is the State Dept. involved? TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #6
I'm glad the President is finally saying "fuck you" on this "I don't have the say on gitmo" shit. phleshdef Jun 2014 #8
Congress is supposed to have a lot of authority that it now refuses to exercise. JDPriestly Jun 2014 #17
In other words, Republicans have NOTHING to help out Main Street. So they might as well go with this blkmusclmachine Jun 2014 #9
The prisoners are exchanged. What's done is done. Water under the bridge. bluestateguy Jun 2014 #10
Fuck congress mwrguy Jun 2014 #11
This is what the GOP has been drooling for since Obama has been President: tofuandbeer Jun 2014 #12
The White House Is just going to have to MAN UP Demeter Jun 2014 #13
Are you trolling from the TeaPublican side or the TeaLeft? RBInMaine Jun 2014 #15
The 'Tealeft'? blackspade Jun 2014 #24
Maybe you should apply for Chief Of Staff. Since you know better than anyone else. randome Jun 2014 #25
Meh, if Congress has a leg to stand on they should just giftedgirl77 Jun 2014 #29
"Tolerating" bad behavior? Arkana Jun 2014 #34
HE's supposed to prosecute and jail crooks via Holder Demeter Jun 2014 #37
Um, you were just bitching about how he isn't slapping Congress around. Arkana Jun 2014 #38
Don't back down against these ridiculous attacks! 6000eliot Jun 2014 #14
what and let go of their fury at school meals? these dolts should be ignored and ignored BIG TIME tomm2thumbs Jun 2014 #18
Ooh, I bet the Bergdahls have a garden. tanyev Jun 2014 #22
heheheh - rural talk tomm2thumbs Jun 2014 #32
much ado about nothing heaven05 Jun 2014 #19
Face The Nation ETC. Scarsdale Jun 2014 #20
Obama ought to put these clowns in their place. C_U_L8R Jun 2014 #21
Who are the Democratic nitwits in Congress that are in a 'fury?' blackspade Jun 2014 #23
Let Congress feel 'stung'. why did they forget about this POW? When the rest of Gitmos go home.... Sunlei Jun 2014 #26
Beats working for a living BeyondGeography Jun 2014 #27
Well, Bergdahl and Benghazi both start with a 'B' and have a lot of the same letters. Fuck Congress. mountain grammy Jun 2014 #31
Fuck DiFi and the Israeli Rockettes Arkana Jun 2014 #33
Hagel to appear at House Armed Services Committee hearing June 11th. PoliticAverse Jun 2014 #35
The White House needs to tell them all to fuck off. Vinca Jun 2014 #36
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