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kpete

(71,901 posts)
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 09:05 AM Jun 2014

Republicans Delete Digital Praise of Soldier Release

Republicans Delete Digital Praise of Soldier Release

"Since last weekend's prisoner exchange in which Afghan insurgents turned over Sergeant Bergdahl after five years of captivity, a number of the men who served with him have called him a deserter. Some have gone further, blaming him for the deaths of six to eight soldiers," the New York Times reports.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/world/middleeast/can-gi-be-tied-to-6-lost-lives-facts-are-murky.html?hp&_r=0

Mashable: "At least three prominent Republicans appeared to offer praise on Twitter for the rescue of American POW Bowe Bergdahl -- only to later backtrack, scrubbing their tweets or websites of any mention of the soldier after questions arose over the prisoner swap that freed him."
http://mashable.com/2014/06/03/republicans-delete-bowe-bergdahl-praise/

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2014/06/04/republicans_delete_digital_praise_of_soldier_release.html

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Republicans Delete Digital Praise of Soldier Release (Original Post) kpete Jun 2014 OP
kick napkinz Jun 2014 #1
kickin' it CJCRANE Jun 2014 #2
They liked it until they were told by party apparatus not too NightWatcher Jun 2014 #3
It appears some Democrats are taking the same route seveneyes Jun 2014 #4

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
3. They liked it until they were told by party apparatus not too
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 12:45 PM
Jun 2014

Cue Lee Greenwood in the background. And I'm proud to hate my country, cause our presidents black....

 

seveneyes

(4,631 posts)
4. It appears some Democrats are taking the same route
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 12:50 PM
Jun 2014
http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/democratic-congressman-removes-statements-on-bergdahl

Democratic Rep. Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts appears to have deleted several statements on Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from his various social media accounts.
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