week ago talking about bergdahl serving with honor and distinction. got a lot of attention. and then on friday cnn reporter jim acosta was able to get a brief interview with her, asked about that. she had a chance to back off. here s what happened. he is, as all americans, innocent until proven guilty. he s now being tried in the court of public opinion after having gone through an enormously traumatic five years of captivity. why such a focus on this phrase honor and distinction ? because she seems to like it. and look, i think it seems to the tin ear of the contemporary democratic party for patriotic issues. they just don t have a sense for the military culture. this is not the fdr democratic party that won us wars and executed deserters. you don t think the media are making too much of it? i don t. i think lauren s right. the soldiers, his colleagues, every one of them, i mean, it s not even close. now, the new york times is
week ago talking about bergdahl serving with honor and distinction. got a lot of attention. and then on friday cnn reporter jim acosta was able to get a brief interview with her, asked about that. she had a chance to back off. here s what happened. he is, as all americans, innocent until proven guilty. he s now being tried in the court of public opinion after having gone through an enormously traumatic five years of captivity. why such a focus on this phrase honor and distinction ? because she seems to like it. and look, i think it seems to the tin ear of the contemporary democratic party for patriotic issues. they just don t have a sense for the military culture. this is not the fdr democratic party that won us wars and executed deserters. you don t think the media are making too much of it? i don t. i think lauren s right. the soldiers, his colleagues, every one of them, i mean, it s not even close. now, the new york times is doing its best to smear the unit