In other words, those who oppose the 5 Taliban terrorist leader’s being traded for 1 deserter, and those who do not agree with allowing President Obama to violate the notification law, are “RACIST”.
When the White House spokespeople say “proxy for hatred toward the president”, they are implying “racism”. That’s the coordinated bat signal (it’s not a dog whistle because we can all see/hear it) to the progressive media to begin using the race-card.
Watch, over the next 24 to 36 hours the MSNBC / CNN / Democrat Party messaging will subtly, and not so subtly, turn toward ‘if you oppose this deal you are racist’.
They are nothing if not predictable….
ps. remember the White House guy who was cussing out Sharyl Attkisson on the phone for her reporting on Fast n Furious. Yep same guy, Eric Schultz. They keep him in the basement for the seriously dirty work because he’s a horrid little weasel (with apologies to weasels). The fact that HE is the source for this politico article shows you how risky this approach is viewed by the others above him in the communication pipeline and hierarchy.
WASHINGTON DC – (Via Politico) […] White House aides were aware Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl had been tagged a deserter, and that they would be grilled over not keeping Congress in the loop. But they figured people would be most outraged over the national security implications.
The White House has been surprised by how much attention has remained on the questions about Bergdahl, from the circumstances of his disappearance to the wild beard his father grew while he was being held that’s even led to Bergdahl’s hometown canceling a celebration. All this, Obama aides say, is in their minds a proxy for the hatred toward the president.
The new approach: Frame the criticism as another example of Republicans complaining about something just because Obama was the one to do it.
White House aides and other liberal outlets are highlighting what they see as Republican hypocrisy, citing past quotes from GOP lawmakers calling for Bergdahl’s freedom.
Republicans had been saying for years that the United States should do “everything possible” to get Bergdahl back—and now many are leading the outrage over the deal Obama made. Reps. Lee Terry (R-Neb.) and Mark Amodei (R-Nev.) and new Iowa GOP Senate nominee Joni Ernst are among those who started out tweeting out praise about Bergdahl’s release—then, after the political tide turned, deleted those tweets. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in February even endorsed the idea of a five-prisoner swap “depending on the details”—now he says what he knows of the terms of the deal present a “grave risk.” (read more)
