Joe Conason: In Bergdahl Case, ‘Conservatives’ Ignore Basic American Principles - Truthdig

"What the Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl saga demonstrates beyond question—to anyone who still nurtured any doubt—is that the Republican right will junk just about any basic American value to satisfy its hatred of President Barack Obama. Fair play, due process, respect for families and the military: To most, if not all, so-called conservatives, none of these fundamentals matters nearly so much as the urge to undermine the nation’s first black president. Which is another reason, among many, why they no longer deserve the honorific “conservative.”

Joe Conason: In Bergdahl Case, ‘Conservatives’ Ignore Basic American Principles - Truthdig