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Republicans are not my political opponents. I lean Republican on most issues, including social issues like gun control, abortion, and marriage. I understand th

Republicans are not my political opponents. I lean Republican on most issues, including social issues like gun control, abortion, and marriage. I understand that Bergdahl went AWOL, but I don't think that informed the initial skepticism. Was it even known that he was a suspected desereter until a few days after the fact? Conservative outlets were still talking about how bad the trade was because it represented "negotiating with terrorists" (even though the Taliban is not a terrorist organization) and was 5:1, until one of the members of Bergdahl's old unit went to the media with the desertion story, iirc. IMO the reaction was driven exclusively by the political expedience of stoking hostility for Obama. That's how politics works -- you never let your enemy score a point if you can help it. It's sad because there was every reason that Bergdahl's release should've been a major celebratory point for the Republicans, even if he was a deserter.

ojgawogaew 11y ago
You're absolutely correct that they original complaint was just "we won't negotiate." The real problem here is that the Republican Party is now infested with people like you, people who casually frame non-Republicans as "the enemy" and think that it's perfectly reasonable to "never let your enemy score a point". That's disgusting and immoral. Exactly what I'd expect from the sort of person who says the federal government should be small... but that the government should also enforce the laws of your religion and should make life miserable for homosexuals. You're a lousy human being, and you belong to a lousy party. A party that has done everything it can to make the US a lousy country. Congratulations on supporting the downfall of America.
- cookiecaper 11y ago
  I'm not sure if you read very carefully. I'm criticizing the attitude of never letting an opponent score a point, not supporting it. And I don't belong to the Republican party, I just agree with Republicans more often than I agree with others. Finally, I don't see what religion has to do with most contemporary social issues, other than perhaps undergirding a general respect for human life that informs positions like pro-life.

ojgawogaew 11y ago

You're absolutely correct that they original complaint was just "we won't negotiate." The real problem here is that the Republican Party is now infested with people like you, people who casually frame non-Republicans as "the enemy" and think that it's perfectly reasonable to "never let your enemy score a point". That's disgusting and immoral. Exactly what I'd expect from the sort of person who says the federal government should be small... but that the government should also enforce the laws of your religion and should make life miserable for homosexuals. You're a lousy human being, and you belong to a lousy party. A party that has done everything it can to make the US a lousy country. Congratulations on supporting the downfall of America.

cookiecaper 11y ago
I'm not sure if you read very carefully. I'm criticizing the attitude of never letting an opponent score a point, not supporting it. And I don't belong to the Republican party, I just agree with Republicans more often than I agree with others. Finally, I don't see what religion has to do with most contemporary social issues, other than perhaps undergirding a general respect for human life that informs positions like pro-life.