Bowe Bergdahl

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by 4-2-7

That's the longest post I'v seen from although off topic and untrue.

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[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by bobabode

That usually works when dealing with a disruptive child, they soon grow bored and move on but that obviously isn't the case here. This guy has all sorts impulsive voices in his head raucously clamoring for attention. To suffer this fool in silence only encourages and emboldens his sick and twisted ego. In short, he deserves every brickbat cast his way.

What he deserves isn't the point. We've stopped talking about Bergdahl and we're talking about him again. Is that the situation we deserve?

There is something wrong with the lad, of course. A normal person wouldn't throw anger and insult, eg, 'your a lier who hates America' just because someone posts a version of facts that contradicts something else. We are all at sea in claims of fact, it would be rational to help each other sort through them, test what is true and false, make sense of it all.

Throwing anger and insult in this situation is either pathological, or paid for.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by 4-2-7

I'll look tonight and we do have more leaked documents today.

Right and I'll expect an apology tomorrow.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

What he deserves isn't the point. We've stopped talking about Bergdahl and we're talking about him again. Is that the situation we deserve?

There is something wrong with the lad, of course. A normal person wouldn't throw anger and insult, eg, 'your a lier who hates America' just because someone posts a version of facts that contradicts something else. We are all at sea in claims of fact, it would be rational to help each other sort through them, test what is true and false, make sense of it all.

Throwing anger and insult in this situation is either pathological, or paid for.

Good to see that we are in agreement on most things Don Q. Verdad!

Yours, Pancho.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by 4-2-7

And you HATE AMERICA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZz2qlKeAJk

[BlueStreak]

Has anyone here ever heard of a "Whisper Campaign"? It's another favorite of Karl Rove, wherein rumors are casually started in several locations, media, political rallies, etc., at once and repeated until they become something "everyone knows". It's a more subtle twist on the "big lie". He made his name playing out this tactic in Texas back in the 1970s. He successfully employed this tactic against John McCain in the Republican Primaries with the "black love child" campaign.

Think; "Some people say......"

All of the sudden every soldier that has ever served in Afghanistan knows all about Bowe Bergdahl, and he is the biggest rat since Benedict Arnold.............

Right.

Veterans, you know the military rumor mill and what a pain in the ass it can be. Are you buying all of this?

Dave

[barbara]

Yes.... Have heard of whisper campaign. Very effective.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Has anyone here ever heard of a "Whisper Campaign"? It's another brainchild of Karl Rove, wherein rumors are casually started in several locations, media, political rallies, etc., at once and repeated until they become something "everyone knows". It's a more subtle twist on the "big lie". He made his name playing out this tactic in Texas back in the 1970s. He successfully employed this tactic against John McCain in the Republican Primaries with the "black love child" campaign.

Think; "Some people say......"

All of the sudden every soldier that has ever served in Afghanistan knows all about Bowe Bergdahl, and he is the biggest rat since Benedict Arnold.............

Right.

Veterans, you know the military rumor mill and what a pain in the ass it can be. Are you buying all of this?

Dave

And the one against Bergdahl is in full swing. People are swinging 180 degrees from positions the held before his release. Example McCain was in favor before Obama did it, I guess much of this works because of short attention spans. Well sorry Karl baby because I have a memory like an elephant. Florence just looks at me and shakes her head when I happen to mention something we did back when we were getting our lives together started. To me it is like yesterday.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by merrylander

And the one against Bergdahl is in full swing. People are swinging 180 degrees from positions the held before his release. Example McCain was in favor before Obama did it, I guess much of this works because of short attention spans. Well sorry Karl baby because I have a memory like an elephant. Florence just looks at me and shakes her head when I happen to mention something we did back when we were getting our lives together started. To me it is like yesterday.

Me too, and I'm not bragging. Sometimes I'm jealous of the gnat-brains. Everything is always brand new to them. Must be wonderful.

Dave

[bobabode]

One of my fondest memories from election night 2012 was when I turned on Fox as Gretchen relayed the news that Ohio had went with Obama. Karl Rove was beside himself objecting to the news. He insisted that she double check her facts so with a cameraman in tow she marched down into the bowels of the Faux Noise machine for confirmation. Gretchen came back up to Karl (Goebbels) Rove and nailed his hide to the barn door with the question, "Is this the math that Republicans use to make themselves better?"

Gretchen served up a magnificent shit sandwich to the chief slanderer of the Republican machine. Truly a stunning 'hell hath no fury' moment.