Did Rachel Maddow deliver the sucker punch in an Obama rope-a-dope strategy? You decide.

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I'm thinking the President took a page from Mohammed Ali's playbook and is using the Bergdahl matter to play Rope-a-Dope with Fox, McCain and the rest of the conservative attack machine. The all crawled way on on a limb to accuse the administration of acting without consulting Congress and making a dumb trade - it's all on tape.

But on June 5th, Rachel Maddow delivered the sucker punch. Seems that they all knew about the deal and reported it in 2011, effectively stalling the negotiations. But McCain is on video saying he thinks it's a good idea, thus exposing the hypocrisy and political exploitation. In true Fox News fashion, they are now pivoting to accusing the President of doing the release just to distract from the VA scandal. Sounds like psychological projection to me.

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Authors Website: http://rbshreve.com

Authors Bio:

Richmond Shreve is a retired business executive whose careers began in electronics (USN) and broadcasting in the 1960s. Over the years he has maintained a hobby interest in amateur radio, and the audio-visual arts while working in sales and marketing. For the last thirty years he was co-owner and CEO of the Middlebrook Crossroads business park (Edmar Corporation) in Bridgewater, NJ. He holds a lifetime FCC Second Class Commercial license, and an amateur radio General Class license (W2EMU). In 2012 Richmond retired from instructing sports car owners in high performance driving techniques at major tracks including NJ Motorsports Park, Watkins Glen, and Summit Point. He is the author and publisher of the Instructor Candidate Manual used by BMWCCA and other car clubs to train their on-track instructors.

Prior to moving to Newtown,PA, he volunteered as chief engineer of WCFA the Cape May, NJ community radio station as well as working as a gaffer on the Cape May Film Festival technical crew, a driver/engineer in the Cape May Point Volunteer Fire Company, served as its Treasurer and as Treasurer of its Firemen's Relief Association. He edited and printed the Cape May Point Taxpayer's Association Newsletter.

As a computer power user, graphic artist, photographer, and website designer he helps nonprofits build and maintain web sites. He is a fromer Vestry member of the Episcopal Church of the Advent.
Richmond is a citizen journalist and former Senior Editor at OpEdNews.com, a progressive news and opinion site on the internet.

Richmond lives with his wife Marguerite Chandler in Newtown, PA wher he continues to write essays ad short fiction. They travel extensively with their fifth wheel RV.

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Lost River Anthology (Amazon.com)
Instructor Candidate Manual (LuLu.com)