Harry Reid on when he got a heads up on the Bergdahl: "What difference does it make?"
Via Greg Hengler, I realize that modern politics is all about brand-building but "whatevs" is a weird brand to choose. Hillary uttered these same words during her Benghazi testimony, now here's Dingy recycling the sentiment for the Bergdahl swap. We're one apathetic Obama soundbite away from a campaign commercial. Given his waning interest in his job these days, I'm thinking we'll eventually get it.
Reid's being asked here if it's true that the White House notified him on Friday that the Bergdahl swap was impending, which would be curious since apparently no one else -- no one -- in Congress received that courtesy. Boehner wasn't told, in case you're wondering whether Reid's tip-off was something they did as a matter of course for the majority leader in each chamber. Could be there's a simple explanation, though: Maybe Reid was told on Saturday, after the deal had gone down, like everyone else and was simply mistaken about when he was notified. Right? Wrong!
Sounds like what happened is that Reid did get a heads up from someone on Friday and either assumed that all the other key players in Congress had received one too or couldn't keep his big mouth shut when someone asked him about his unique privilege. Being a sleazebag hatchet man for the White House's enemy du jour has earned him some special treatment, no? Exit question: If it's true that the Taliban threatened to kill Bergdahl if the prisoner swap leaked before it happened, why on earth would anyone have risked telling Reid or anyone else beforehand?Also read:
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