When did Bob Woodward become such a weenie?
Last night on CNN, Bob Woodward made national news when he complained that he had been threatened in an email exchange with an unnamed top White House official. According to the Watergate legend, the “very senior” official warned him that if he reported news about the sequestration in a way the White House did not like, “you will regret doing this.”
Put that way, it certainly sounds ominous. And just to drive the point home, Woodward repeated the claim in an interview with Politico:
“Woodward repeated the last sentence, making clear he saw it as a veiled threat. “ ‘You’ll regret.’ Come on,” he said. “I think if Obama himself saw the way they’re dealing with some of this, he would say, ‘Whoa, we don’t tell any reporter ‘you’re going to regret challenging us.’”
“They have to be willing to live in the world where they’re challenged,” Woodward continued in his calm, instantly recognizable voice. “I’ve tangled with lots of these people. But suppose there’s a young reporter who’s only had a couple of years — or 10 years’ — experience and the White House is sending him an email saying, ‘You’re going to regret this.’ You know, tremble, tremble. I don’t think it’s the way to operate.”
Again, that does sound potentially serious, particularly since this “threat” struck home with someone as experienced and presumably tough as Woodward.
As it turns out, however, the very senior official in question was Gene Sperling, who as head of the National Economic Council is not exactly in a position to order drones rained upon Woodward’s increasingly big head.
The e-mail exchange between Woodward and Sperling has also been released. Here is what Sperling wrote:
“I apologize for raising my voice in our conversation today. My bad. I do understand your problems with a couple of our statements in the fall — but feel on the other hand that you focus on a few specific trees that gives a very wrong perception of the forest. But perhaps we will just not see eye to eye here.
But I do truly believe you should rethink your comment about saying that Potus asking for revenues is moving the goal post. I know you may not believe this, but as a friend, I think you will regret staking out that claim. The idea that the sequester was to force both sides to go back to try at a big or grand bargain with a mix of entitlements and revenues (even if there were serious disagreements on composition) was part of the DNA of the thing from the start. It was an accepted part of the understanding — from the start. Really.”
And here’s how Woodward responded after this supposed “threat”:
“Gene: You do not ever have to apologize to me. You get wound up because you are making your points and you believe them. This is all part of a serious discussion. I for one welcome a little heat; there should more given the importance. I also welcome your personal advice. I am listening. I know you lived all this. My partial advantage is that I talked extensively with all involved. I am traveling and will try to reach you after 3 pm today. Best, Bob
I’ve been in more than my share of those conversations, with everybody from county commissioners to U.S. senators. It’s ridiculous for Woodward to claim that he felt threatened or intimidated by it. In the first place, the context makes it clear that Sperling was warning Woodward that if he reported things that way, he would regret it because it would be factually incorrect. There was no other implication, and Woodward’s response makes no mention that he felt threatened in any way.
Even if you try real real real hard to imagine Sperling’s email as some threat, it in no way justifies Woodward’s collapse upon his fainting couch.
When Woodward and Carl Bernstein were breaking the Watergate story 40 years ago, Nixon’s attorney general, John Mitchell, famously warned Bernstein that Washington Post owner “Katie Graham … is gonna get her tit caught in a big fat wringer if that’s published.”
THAT was a threat.
Indeed, Nixon plotted how to revoke federal licenses for TV stations owned by the Post as a way to get back at the newspaper.
“They should give some thought to taking on the guy that went into Cambodia and Laos, ran the Cambodian bombing campaign,” an angry Nixon was taped as telling an aide in the White House. “What do the hell they think they’re doing in there?” Later he abandoned that approach, telling the same aide that “We’re going to screw them another way.… They don’t really realize how rough I can play.… But when I start, I will kill them. There’s no question about it.”
Sad to say, Woodward’s grotesque exaggeration of his exchange with Sperling diminishes both his standing and credibility.
– Jay Bookman
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526 comments Add your comment
getalife
February 28th, 2013
3:36 pm
albany,
If you want to see a leader actually destroying his country, look at Syria.
Granny Godzilla
February 28th, 2013
3:36 pm
DIA
If you can find ‘em…..sure.
Fred ™
February 28th, 2013
3:37 pm
Redcoat
February 28th, 2013
3:33 pm
A reduction in an increase is called………………?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
……….a botched boob job.
Redcoat
February 28th, 2013
3:37 pm
“Threatened”…..can mean so many things to so many different people……. and then be changed at any time!….amazing and funny
Keep Up--Borderline Civility Fighter
February 28th, 2013
3:37 pm
verge of total collapse?
Can you send me your credit card info, I have a very oversize fainting couch available and it looks as it you really need it.
Redcoat
February 28th, 2013
3:38 pm
Fred……..now that was funny!
JKL2
February 28th, 2013
3:40 pm
DannyX- “Well, trying to make the Republican party look stupid is like shooting doves over a baited field.”
Republicans are used to it, and can recognize it as rhetoric. It takes a true Democrat to elevate rhetoric to the equivalent of committing an actual crime. (IE: Americans calling people names and taking embarrassing photographs is the same Iraqi’s breaking bones and chopping off body parts)
If your name has a (R) behind it, it’s the seriousness of the crime and not the evidence that matters.
Brosephus™ - She say you soul brother too beaucoup
February 28th, 2013
3:42 pm
Fred
Redcoat
February 28th, 2013
3:42 pm
Keep Up–Borderline Civility Fighter …………Is that the standard Democrat fund raising pitch after scaring everybody?
They call me MISTER JamVet.
February 28th, 2013
3:44 pm
Get Real, I doubt you were even a fetus when Tricky Dick had his “enemies list” submitted in evidence during the US Senate’s Watergate Committee trials.
Your melodrama needs work…
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think.
February 28th, 2013
3:46 pm
Off topic, but a good read…
When the Republican Party was founded 159 years ago today by civil rights activists, it stood for the abolition of slavery and the liberation of millions of African-Americans. Today however, the party of Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation is now the party of SB 1070 and “self-deportation.”
There is a radical, anti-immigrant faction within the Republican Party that does not want immigration reform to happen. This small but vocal group would rather see 11 million undocumented Americans arrested and deported than given a fair chance at earning full citizenship. Let’s make sure that our voices are louder than theirs. Send your message to Republican leaders in Congress and tell them to support immigration reform now.
The Republican Party was courageous in championing the last successful immigration reform in 1986 — they have the opportunity this year to show their commitment to solving this issue in a lasting way for millions of American families. Send a message to tell your Senators that their work will not be finished until they pass comprehensive immigration reform this year.
On this 159th anniversary of the Republican Party’s founding, let’s tell its leaders in Congress that if they are serious about turning over a new leaf and regaining Lincoln’s legacy, then they must do everything in their power to make comprehensive immigration reform a reality. Tell Republican leaders in Congress now to support an attainable pathway to full citizenship as part of immigration reform.
With hope,
Donna De La Cruz
Reform Immigration FOR America
Peadawg
February 28th, 2013
3:46 pm
“A reduction in an increase is called………………?”
still and increase
Peadawg
February 28th, 2013
3:47 pm
still AN**
Union
February 28th, 2013
3:48 pm
just for giggles.. has anyone here been keeping up with the california high speed rail goings on?
That Black Guy
February 28th, 2013
3:48 pm
Brosephus™ – She say you soul brother too beaucoup
Damn you Bro. I just noticed the handle change, now I have to go into a meeting with soda down the front of my shirt.
Keep Up--Borderline Civility Fighter
February 28th, 2013
3:49 pm
No Redcoat, see Dems are not afraid of their own shadows like the conned. But I thought if Beck keeps selling gold, Newt sells those books and more, the semi-term gov sells herself, Rove sells his pac, the Tea Party sells stupidity, Perry forgets what he is selling, Santorum – well I don’t want to touch that, I might as well get in on the fleecing of the GOP sucker list.
Brosephus™ - She say you soul brother too beaucoup
February 28th, 2013
3:50 pm
Well, I think I see where the next poutrage will come from….
http://www.redstate.com/2013/02/28/gop-house-passes-unconstitutional-democrat-vawa-bill/
Earlier today, the Republican-controlled House passed the Senate version of the unconstitutional Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The Senate bill expands “coverage” to illegal aliens, men, homosexuals, transgendered individuals and prisoners. It also expands the law’s reach to give tribal Indian authorities jurisdiction over non-Indians accused of abusing Indian women.
The final bill passed with the support of 87 Republicans. Before voting on this bill, the House considered a substitute amendment that removed some of the new anomalies. It was defeated by a coalition of Democrats and 60 Republicans. It is important to note that about half of the GOP noes were opposing the bill precisely because it did not contain the new social engineering provisions. So even if all the conservatives had supported the House version, there were enough liberal Republicans to block it. Moreover, even had the GOP version passed the House, the conferees would have inserted the extra provisions in conference anyway.
It’s Club for Growth time, Georgia Conservatives…
http://www.primarymycongressman.com/
According to Red State…
We’d like to thank the following members who understood that the entire premise of the bill is flawed, superfluous, and an unconstitutional federal power grab. The only thing the federal government can do to protect women is to pass a universal right to carry bill. Everything else is just big government demagoguery. There is no reason a GOP-controlled House should have brought this bill before the body, much less the Senate passed version. If they are concerned about the political optics, they should have just ignored it and changed the subject to…let’s say gas and food prices. Now that is a novel idea. Giving the Democrats two full days to bludgeon you with gender warfare during debate time is evidently more politically prudent than repealing the ethanol mandate or some other useful legislation.
What is the purpose of a GOP-controlled House anyway?
The following 27 members voted no on both bills:
The only name from Georgia… Paul Broun
Redcoat
February 28th, 2013
3:51 pm
Peadawg………That’s what I thought too……just checking…….if that changes, Jay and friends will let us know.
Brosephus™ - She say you soul brother too beaucoup
February 28th, 2013
3:51 pm
TBG
My Bad bro…. That might be two rounds on me now.
MANGLER
February 28th, 2013
3:51 pm
I’m tired of all this “unnamed source” or “they’re requested not to be named because they do not have the authority to discuss this” crap. Either quote someone directly, or it’s hearsay.
Checking in after the dictator gets another 4 years
February 28th, 2013
3:51 pm
The regulars on here need to take a flight to North Korea and hang out at the Hilton pool and enjoy some lively debate with like human beings.
nobodyouknow
February 28th, 2013
3:52 pm
Wennie? Jay you’re just like many of your posters. If someone does’t agree with your line of thought they’re wennies, or as some say republican “retards”. And any other name you guys came come up with. I’m gonna use that same line of thought and call you a O’bama ” zombie”. Whatever the master says and does is good and the truth.”I’m in love with the MASTER and he walks on water, so he must the see all, know all, one..” He is the GREAT LEADER. BLA, BLA, SLAVES TO THE GREAT ONE!
JKL2
February 28th, 2013
3:52 pm
getalife- There are no scandals with this President yet. They usually screw up in their second term so you cons can hope for that.
Is that like when Blagojevich got re-elected and Judy Barr-Topeka said in her concession speech “not to worry” because he would be in jail before his next term ended? Guess she got the last laugh.
If there really was justice, obama would be sharing a bunkbend with him at Englewood. No worries as the teflon don has too many people around him eager to jump on a sword for him.
Joe Hussein Mama
February 28th, 2013
3:55 pm
Checking in — “The regulars on here need to take a flight to North Korea”
Been there. How about you?
getalife
February 28th, 2013
3:55 pm
jk,
blago?
Weak.
Look before I leap...
February 28th, 2013
3:55 pm
“Wennie? Jay you’re just like many of your posters. If someone does’t agree with your line of thought they’re wennies, or as some say republican “retards”
Lord. We REALLY have to do something about the school system here.
Jerry
February 28th, 2013
3:58 pm
Guys,
My second time on a blog, and I have to admit I got my head handed to me on a platter by several replies which were much more cogent than my posts. One of the hazards of being a rookie, I guess. Me thinking I could get the best of some of you vets would be like some one being a Senator for a couple of years and thinking that qualified them to run our country. Thank goodness THAT could never happen.
Look before I leap...
February 28th, 2013
4:01 pm
@ Jerry 3:58
Age and Citizenship requirements – US Constitution, Article II, Section 1
No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Glad to help you out there.
Granny Godzilla
February 28th, 2013
4:01 pm
Bro
Wasn’t there one whackadoodle who thought native americans couldn’t be fair jurors for
“euro-american”…….?
What was his name…..?
“Grassley in his own words (ThinkProgess)
One provision that non-Native Americans can be tried in tribal court. And why is that a big thing? Because of the constitutionality of it, for two reasons. One, you know how the law is, that if you have a jury, the jury is supposed to be a reflection of society. [...] So you get non-Indians, let me say to make it easy, you get non-Indians going into a reservation and violating a woman. They need to be prosecuted. They aren’t prosecuted. So the idea behind [VAWA] is we’ll try them in tribal court. But under the laws of our land, you got to have a jury that is a reflection of society as a whole, and on an Indian reservation, it’s going to be made up of Indians, right? So the non-Indian doesn’t get a fair trial.
.
.
.
.
When I become a famous glamorous international cat burglar I’m going to demand a jury of
all famous glamorous international cat burglars…….
That’s if they catch me….
Community Organizer (with-no-desire-to-govern, little-care-for-high-unemployment, no-talent-for-leadership,-zero-desire-to-compromise-and-a-lust-for-making-my-enemies-pay) Obama
February 28th, 2013
4:02 pm
Bottom Line:
The President negotiated in bad faith. This is what Woodward said that has the White House and liberals in full damage control mode, including, but not limited to any conservative taking interest in the truths that Woodward is reporting.
I found there were two big things that jumped out of the book. One was the description of the White House and President Obama. Bob Woodward’s own words said “It seems no one is in charge”. Any reader will pick that up when you read it. It seems that policy was all over the map. Points were changing all the time. For example in the book after the President gets a deal with the Speaker he calls back and ups the stakes. That killed a deal.
This is a summary of The Price of Politics by Bob Woodward, written by Thomas M. Magee on the Amazon blog of the book on amazon.com. You can look it up.
So, what conclusions can we draw from the truths that Woodward gives?
That Obama is disconnected, unaffected, aloof and unconcerned about spending in the country, that he is inept, out of his element, incompetent or all three. There really can’t be any other conclusions if you consider Woodward’s truths.
Oh, I forgot. Woodward could be a “weenie.”
Yes, that would kill the whole story, wouldn’t it, Jay?
Erwin's cat
February 28th, 2013
4:03 pm
Jerry…welcome aboard
sometimes you get the bear and sometimes the bear gets you…If you remain honest, sincere, and, polite you’ll enjoy the same in dialog from most of the vets
Brosephus™ - She say you soul brother too beaucoup
February 28th, 2013
4:05 pm
GG
I forgot about that… Talk about ignorance on display.
stands for decibels - tagline available for rent
February 28th, 2013
4:05 pm
,a href=”http://www.theonion.com/articles/anonymous-source-informs-bob-woodward-he-hasnt-bee,31481/”>Anonymous Source Informs Bob Woodward He Hasn’t Been Relevant In 40 Years
“My source assured me that once I read my careless reporting on the Iraq war, my exaggerated interviews, and my exploitative and inaccurate account of the recent sequestration situation, it would be abundantly clear that my influence in the field has substantially waned since Watergate. And he’s right. It’s all true.”
dbm
February 28th, 2013
4:06 pm
Erwin’s cat
February 28th, 2013
1:18 pm
If a bank robber told a clerk “As a friend, I think you will regret it”, that would be strange.
If a bank robber is pointing a weapon, that is already a threat, even if he says Sir or Ma’am and please and doesn’t mention anything like regret.
Regnad Kcin
February 28th, 2013
4:06 pm
“My second time on a blog, and I have to admit I got my head handed to me on a platter by several replies which were much more cogent than my posts.”
Jerry – That’s how you learn. Welcome! Happens to all of us (or at least to me).
DownInAlbany
February 28th, 2013
4:08 pm
Jerry
February 28th, 2013
3:58 pm
Yes, thank goodness. Oh, wait…
Brosephus™ - She say you soul brother too beaucoup
February 28th, 2013
4:08 pm
Jerry…welcome aboard
sometimes you get the bear and sometimes the bear gets you…If you remain honest, sincere, and, polite you’ll enjoy the same in dialog from most of the vets
I’ll second the motion!!
indigo
February 28th, 2013
4:09 pm
Brosephus – 4:05 “she say you soul brother too beaucoup”
Can you translate that into standard English?
Granny Godzilla
February 28th, 2013
4:09 pm
Jerry
Glad to have you join us!
JKL2
February 28th, 2013
4:10 pm
getalife- blago? Weak.
I didn’t elect him president.
Take responsibility for your mistakes.
Regnad Kcin
February 28th, 2013
4:12 pm
Ok, then, here it is…
ARVN Pimp: She say “no boom boom with soul brother.”
Eightball: Say what the motherf*ck?
ARVN Pimp: She say “soul brother too beaucoup.”
Cowboy: I think what he’s trying to say is you black boys pack too much meat!
ARVN Pimp: Too beaucoup, too beaucoup.
Eightball: What we have here, little yellow sister, is a magnificent specimen of pure Alabama black snake. But it ain’t to goddamn beaucoup.
Joe Hussein Mama
February 28th, 2013
4:12 pm
Jerry — “My second time on a blog, and I have to admit I got my head handed to me on a platter by several replies which were much more cogent than my posts. One of the hazards of being a rookie, I guess.”
Well done, n00bcake! With that kind of spirit, you’ll do well here.
Look before I leap...
February 28th, 2013
4:13 pm
“Me thinking I could get the best of some of you vets would be like some one being a Senator for a couple of years and thinking that qualified them to run our country. Thank goodness THAT could never happen. – ”
See Jerry, even with your sarcastic little barb, the long time posters who are left of center have offered a sincere welcome.
Not a peep from the righties.
It’s not too late to come over from the Dark Side.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 28th, 2013
4:13 pm
Can you translate that into standard English?
Google much?
DownInAlbany
February 28th, 2013
4:13 pm
We are on the eve of sequester and John Kerry is promising the Syrian rebels $60 mil. Damn. Just damn.
Brosephus™ - She say you soul brother too beaucoup
February 28th, 2013
4:13 pm
Can you translate that into standard English?
Keep Up--Borderline Civility Fighter
February 28th, 2013
4:14 pm
Me thinking I could get the best of some of you vets would be like some one being a Senator for a couple of years and thinking that qualified them to run our country. Thank goodness THAT could never happen.
Don’t get too confused now. I mean there have been those who ran a state for less than 2 years and thought they could be next in line to the President and other guy who ran a pizza chain and though that qualified him. I could go on and on….
Brosephus™ - She say you soul brother too beaucoup
February 28th, 2013
4:15 pm
indigo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyGOJ1_kcI8
Courtesy of Full Metal Jacket. Enjoy.
Matti
February 28th, 2013
4:15 pm
Today the US House voted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. Of course MY Congressman voted NO. Not a good way to convince me he’s not a woman hating little pr!ck, now is it?
Joe Hussein Mama
February 28th, 2013
4:16 pm
R. Kcin — missed one line.
ARVN Pimp: She say “no boom boom with soul brother.”
Eightball: Say what the motherf*ck?
ARVN Pimp: She say “soul brother too beaucoup.”
Cowboy: I think what he’s trying to say is you black boys pack too much meat!
ARVN Pimp: Too beaucoup, too beaucoup.
Eightball: (to Marines) Sheeeeit, this baby-san looks like she could suck the chrome off a trailer hitch.
Eightball: What we have here, little yellow sister, is a magnificent specimen of pure Alabama black snake. But it ain’t to goddamn beaucoup.
DannyX
February 28th, 2013
4:16 pm
“My second time on a blog, and I have to admit I got my head handed to me on a platter by several replies which were much more cogent than my posts.”
Jerry, I did notice that you are way out of your league here. I think you are right, you aren’t quite ready for prime time. Don’t worry, after today’s embarrassment you can do what 20 of your con buddies did after the last election, give a new screen name a try.
They were thoroughly embarrassed too, they eventually came back with new screen names. It worked for your embarrassed buddies, give it a try.
JamVet
February 28th, 2013
4:17 pm
DIA, total collapse?
For the GOP, no doubt.
Which is awesome news. Maybe from the ashes of this garbage version of the once Grand Old Party something new and decent will emerge.
But I doubt it very much. At least not until they get crushed in a few more November elections…
Look before I leap...
February 28th, 2013
4:17 pm
Brosephus™ – She say you soul brother too beaucoup
February 28th, 2013
4:13 pm
Can you translate that into standard English?
He meant “white”.
Thanks for posting the dialog Regnad. Funny @ssed scene.
But I am sure Bro is referring to something much less risque.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 28th, 2013
4:17 pm
Not a good way to convince me he’s not a woman hating little pr!ck, now is it?
You have god given vagina chaff to defend against those kinda things, don’t you?
td
February 28th, 2013
4:18 pm
Finally a funny conservative.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz-aFWEkwuk&feature=endscreen&NR=1
Brosephus™ - She say you soul brother too beaucoup
February 28th, 2013
4:19 pm
Look
Nope. Referencing the same scene. Every now and then I pull that dvd out and enjoy some quiet time in the house.
Regnad Kcin
February 28th, 2013
4:20 pm
Joe – I missed the best line!
Community Organizer (with-no-desire-to-govern, little-care-for-high-unemployment, no-talent-for-leadership,-zero-desire-to-compromise-and-a-lust-for-making-my-enemies-pay) Obama
February 28th, 2013
4:20 pm
bro 309:
It’s a sad day when so much of our country is soooo friggin’ gullible that they will bite at any sh*t nugget tossed by the media because it “paints” Obama in a negative light. All the talk about the left and groupthink, but this media exercise shows how lockstep the right is in their thinking. If you can make a collective ass out of this many people at one time, it’s kinda scary how a truly charming person could “Pied Piper” the right into jumping off a cliff without a safety net or parachute.
We desperately need people who are capable of thinking for themselves instead of allowing others to think for them
This is the quintessential bit of modern nonsense–> “Our political opponents aren’t/can’t be thinking for themselves and are thus the intellectual equivalent of animals and therefore can not be trusted.” It’s the new non-falsifiable bit of modern liberal faith.
Forget that Obama lied about spending when he was running for office. Forget that Woodward points out the complete lack of leadership in Washington for budgetary issues. Forget that during Obama’s years of submitting budgets (but sometimes not even doing that!) that he has received a grand 2-term total of what–like 20–votes from either house of congress in favor of them.
Yeah, let’s forget all that and call our political opponents lemmings.
Hopefully, the igno-voters who get their news from John Stewart are finally going to see some criticism of the big “O” for the first time in his presidency (though certainly not from Stewart, no, no, heavens no) (nor from Jay Bookman) though other voices will rise to the truth–even though I’m sure the typical igno-voter/Democrat won’t like it all all.
Ben
February 28th, 2013
4:20 pm
Apparently the definition of weenie is “someone who used to be an approved lefty but now disagrees with Obama and is willing to say so.”
Look before I leap...
February 28th, 2013
4:23 pm
“Don’t get too confused now. I mean there have been those who ran a state for less than 2 years and thought they could be next in line to the President and other guy who ran a pizza chain and though that qualified him. I could go on and on….”
Or..
A. Lincoln – 1 term as a representative in the US Congress – did ok as Pres
Ben
February 28th, 2013
4:23 pm
Matti: Try reading some bills. I don’t know if you were aware, but violence against women is already illegal, just as illegal as violence against men. There were some things in that bill that should not be made into laws.
But hey, judge a book by it’s cover. I’ve got a law that is called “Everything left wingers ever wanted”. I hope you’ll support it. I won’t tell you what’s actually in it, though.
DownInAlbany
February 28th, 2013
4:24 pm
In a campaign that appears to come from former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s playbook of “never allowing a crisis to go to waste,” President Obama’s “Organizing for America” is using the president’s dire warnings of the consequences of the sequester to raise money.
A new fundraising email asks for donations in the face of massive layoffs, a greater risk of terrorism and the loss of police, firefighters and food for seniors, women and families.
“On the chopping block are 10,000 teaching jobs, more than 70,000 kids’ spots in Head Start, $35 million for local fire departments, $43 million to make sure seniors don’t go hungry, and access to nutrition assistance for 600,000 women and their families. That’s just a few of the things we’ll lose,” the email says.
It ends with a pitch for money.
“Let’s finish what we started. Chip in $25 or more to Organizing for Action, the grassroots movement that will get the job done.”
How many of you got the email? Can you say, shameless?
GT
February 28th, 2013
4:25 pm
QE 4 EVAH? and in plain English why would Jay need to offer resistance?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 28th, 2013
4:25 pm
This is the quintessential bit of modern nonsense…
Self-described dittoheads say, “What?”
AmericaShrugged
February 28th, 2013
4:25 pm
Too much press, not enough news. I’m constantly amazed Bookman has a job!
JamVet
February 28th, 2013
4:26 pm
Jerr, wanna see intellectual dishonesty/childish nonsense at it’s “finest”?
Read Ben’s 4:20…
Keep Up--Borderline Civility Fighter
February 28th, 2013
4:26 pm
Hopefully, the igno-voters who get their news from John Stewart are finally going to see some criticism of the big “O” for the first time in his presidency –
Is that anything like actual Senators sending demands to the White House for things reported in the Onion or similar sources or “Friends of Hamas” questioning. My bet is that watchers of Jon Stewart are better informed and can tell that its comedy not news reporting but apparently actually idiot GOP staffers and senators can’t.
Look before I leap...
February 28th, 2013
4:27 pm
@Bro
I forgot the rolleyes @@
Made me sound way to sincere.
Brosephus™ - She say you soul brother too beaucoup
February 28th, 2013
4:27 pm
This is the quintessential bit of modern nonsense–> “Our political opponents aren’t/can’t be thinking for themselves and are thus the intellectual equivalent of animals and therefore can not be trusted.” It’s the new non-falsifiable bit of modern liberal faith.
Nope, your false assumptions are the quintessential bit of modern nonsense. I have no political opponents. I don’t side with either party. I have no use for the Democratic Party, and I have no use for the current incarnation of the GOP.
My point in that post is that some conservatives come here and try to label liberals as sheep who all participate in “group think”. This particular story shows that the Conservative side of the spectrum does it just as bad, if not worse, than the Liberals. If that were not the case, you would not have tried and true Conservatives such as Erick Erickson walking back their support of this so called threat.
While thinking Conservatives are realizing they’ve been hoodwinked, others are still here attempting to justify and rationalize something that is not true.
You articulate the same diversionary tactic as most pissant ideologues do in that you deflect to rambling about Obama lying instead of actually confronting the lies being pushed by Conservatives. A real man will admit when they’re wrong instead of trying to continue to push the round peg into the square hole.
Skip
February 28th, 2013
4:27 pm
Jerry, run now, run fast and keep running. Your sanity depends on it.
DannyX
February 28th, 2013
4:28 pm
“Finally a funny conservative.”
Don’t be so modest td, you provide us with plenty laughs.
getalife
February 28th, 2013
4:28 pm
I did not see this coming:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/26/world/asia/north-korea-globetrotters/index.html
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
February 28th, 2013
4:29 pm
Not a good way to convince me he’s not a woman hating little pr!ck, now is it?
Well, I wish you would stop beating about the bush and say what you really think, Matti.
Simple Truths
February 28th, 2013
4:29 pm
Bookman got his marching orders late today. His first blog post was about sequestration.
Community Organizer (with-no-desire-to-govern, little-care-for-high-unemployment, no-talent-for-leadership,-zero-desire-to-compromise-and-a-lust-for-making-my-enemies-pay) Obama
February 28th, 2013
4:29 pm
Self-described victims of corporate greed (occupiers) say, “sssssssssssssssssssssss. Wow! That was like a totally awesomely HUGE toke. You’re my hero, dude.”
Patty
February 28th, 2013
4:29 pm
Regnad Kcin–
From the WSJ:
When Woodward called a White House aide — whom he only identifies as a “senior person,” but that BuzzFeed and others say is Gene Sperling, director of the White House Economic Council — to say he had written a piece for the weekend paper that would question President Obama’s version of how sequestration came about, the veteran journalist got an earful.
The aide “yelled at me for about a half-hour,” Woodward says.
This was before the ‘apology/admonishment’ email–sounds like this ‘aide’ just couldn’t let it go.
Joe Hussein Mama
February 28th, 2013
4:30 pm
Brosephus — “Nope. Referencing the same scene. Every now and then I pull that dvd out and enjoy some quiet time in the house.”
I can’t help but laugh at Gunny Hartman’s absolute *firehose* delivery of recruit-withering insults every time I see the first scenes from the movie. My wife looks at me like I’m a three-headed space alien, but I think anyone who’s been through boot camp will recognize the humor in the situation.
Look before I leap...
February 28th, 2013
4:31 pm
@Bro
I forgot the :rolleyes:
Made me sound way too sincere.
DownInAlbany
February 28th, 2013
4:31 pm
Keep Up–Borderline Civility Fighter
February 28th, 2013
4:26 pm
In a Thursday press conference, California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters warned of job losses totaling 170 million if the sequester goes through. Waters’ warning comes at a time when there are estimated to be between 135 and 143 million jobs in the United States.
Probably a John Stewart fan. And, is this the “matherbation” that is spoken of on here from time to time?
Brosephus™ - She say you soul brother too beaucoup
February 28th, 2013
4:33 pm
Is that anything like actual Senators sending demands to the White House for things reported in the Onion or similar sources or “Friends of Hamas” questioning. My bet is that watchers of Jon Stewart are better informed and can tell that its comedy not news reporting but apparently actually idiot GOP staffers and senators can’t.
That’s gonna leave a mark!!! Ouch!!
dixie normous
February 28th, 2013
4:33 pm
The Obama administration will throw its support behind a broad claim for marriage equality, urging the Supreme Court to rule that voters in California were not entitled to ban same-sex marriage there
And while they are at it they should decide CA voters were not entitled to vote for Obama either.
GT
February 28th, 2013
4:35 pm
Cons have the sense of humor of a Hitler youth!
Granny Godzilla
February 28th, 2013
4:35 pm
DownInAlbany
February 28th, 2013
4:24 pm
In a campaign that appears to come from former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s playbook of “never allowing a crisis to go to waste,” President Obama’s “Organizing for America” is using the president’s dire warnings of the consequences of the sequester to raise money.
A new fundraising email asks for donations in the face of massive layoffs, a greater risk of terrorism and the loss of police, firefighters and food for seniors, women and families.
“On the chopping block are 10,000 teaching jobs, more than 70,000 kids’ spots in Head Start, $35 million for local fire departments, $43 million to make sure seniors don’t go hungry, and access to nutrition assistance for 600,000 women and their families. That’s just a few of the things we’ll lose,” the email says.
It ends with a pitch for money.
“Let’s finish what we started. Chip in $25 or more to Organizing for Action, the grassroots movement that will get the job done.”
How many of you got the email? Can you say, shameless?
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All of us can say, but why would we?
Can’t see anything particularly shameless is raising funds for a good cause.
Paul
February 28th, 2013
4:35 pm
Looks like Woodward was correct. He WAS threatened that if he published he would regret it.
Woodward published his fantasy and now that the truth is out, he regrets it.
Sad thing is, this is a case of one ‘aw sh!t” completely a whole lot of ‘attaboys’/
Brosephus™ - She say you soul brother too beaucoup
February 28th, 2013
4:35 pm
Look
It’s just “roll” between the colons.
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Probably a John Stewart fan. And, is this the “matherbation” that is spoken of on here from time to time?
Nope, that sounds like good old, down home, country ignorance to me.
Paul
February 28th, 2013
4:35 pm
Looks like Woodward was correct. He WAS threatened that if he published he would regret it.
Woodward published his fantasy and now that the truth is out, he regrets it.
Sad thing is, this is a case of one ‘aw (nuts)” completely a whole lot of ‘attaboys’/
JamVet
February 28th, 2013
4:35 pm
Jerry, stick around.
You’ll see just how easy it is to expose neocon misinformation and their always hilarious fabricated factoids!
Get Real
February 28th, 2013
4:37 pm
They call me MISTER JamVet. I would like to call you something else but won’t; I was in high school during Tricky Dick’s administration; that was back when the media was not in the tank..
No melodrama…just the facts, ma’am
GT
February 28th, 2013
4:39 pm
dixie normous think about it, gays want to be married, straight hate it, it is like one of those old mid town neighborhoods, give it up so some one can enjoy it.
By the way since California went blue with Brown, that state has balanced it budget, something it could do under the red. O doesn’t need entitlement he makes it work straight up.
DownInAlbany
February 28th, 2013
4:40 pm
Granny Godzilla
February 28th, 2013
4:35 pm
I knew you couldn’t. Say, shameless, that is. The man can do no wrong can he? He sends out a pathetic request for money against the backdrop of firefighters and teachers losing their jobs and poor kids losing their food and you can defend that? Truly heartbreaking.
Get Real
February 28th, 2013
4:40 pm
indigo…you need to watch full metal jacket
Paul
February 28th, 2013
4:41 pm
Wow, shortest time ever for one of my posts in moderation. Didn’t really think Bloggod would release it.
Hey Jerry!
Welcome to Jay’s Funhouse!
“Me thinking I could get the best of some of you vets would be like some one being a Senator for a couple of years and thinking that qualified them to run our country. Thank goodness THAT could never happen.”
Ya’ did it again, Jerry. Whole lot of Republican Rubio-lovers just waiting to take you down….
Granny Godzilla
February 28th, 2013
4:41 pm
Get Real
Yep all that main stream media coverage of WOODGHAZI gate was SOOOOO pro Obama…
snicker
JamVet
February 28th, 2013
4:41 pm
Perhaps the craziest thing about this absurd non-threat is, when did Woodward become so thin skinned?
He does not read like someone who has “tangled with lots of these people”. He reads like a over-matched 16 year old.
And how embarrassing for a once highly respected journalist…
Brosephus™ - She say you soul brother too beaucoup
February 28th, 2013
4:41 pm
SHEETZ!!!!!
DownInAlbany
February 28th, 2013
4:41 pm
Brosephus™ – She say you soul brother too beaucoup
February 28th, 2013
4:35 pm
Look
It’s just “roll” between the colons.
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Probably a John Stewart fan. And, is this the “matherbation” that is spoken of on here from time to time?
Nope, that sounds like good old, down home, country ignorance to me.
Why is that, Bro. This is a dem leader and she doesn’t even have a clue how many people actually have jobs!
Granny Godzilla
February 28th, 2013
4:43 pm
DownInAlbany
February 28th, 2013
4:40 pm
Granny Godzilla
February 28th, 2013
4:35 pm
I knew you couldn’t. Say, shameless, that is. The man can do no wrong can he? He sends out a pathetic request for money against the backdrop of firefighters and teachers losing their jobs and poor kids losing their food and you can defend that? Truly heartbreaking.
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.Again with the telepathy? Snicker.
What’s in the Green Egg today mighty Carnak? snicker
Again, nothing shameless about raising money for a good cause.
Community Organizer (with-no-desire-to-govern, little-care-for-high-unemployment, no-talent-for-leadership,-zero-desire-to-compromise-and-a-lust-for-making-my-enemies-pay) Obama
February 28th, 2013
4:44 pm
You articulate the same diversionary tactic as most pissant ideologues do in that you deflect to rambling about Obama lying instead of actually confronting the lies being pushed by Conservatives. A real man will admit when they’re wrong instead of trying to continue to push the round peg into the square hole.
Confronting the lies pushed by conservatives? Like what?–which conservatives? Woodward???
Hah! What lies? That Obama signed the sequester into law? Just rambling huh??? I suppose that’s what you hear when you listen to something you can’t face.
Talk about real men admitting the truth! Yes, you show us how rare they are.
Just to recap, Bro. Woodward is being attacked on this here blog. The diversionary tactic is calling him, a, hmmm. let me see here….it’s around here somewhere… Oh, I’ve got it…. Wait…..uh, got to take a …..OK, honey…hmmm … where is it….. ah yes! …. here it is…… a WEENIE.
This blog was begun by a real man then? Just asking.
Obama’s the PREZ, bro. The big cahuna; top dog! Big cheese! “head Honcho.” “leader of the.”…., all that stuff.
If we’re supposed to talk about conservative lies to not be pissant ideologues, then let me know what your definition of fair-minded talk is please. Since “conservatives” are pushing lies via 1/3 of the legislative power in Washington right now, kindly let me know how Obama, who leads the other 2/3 and his lies are far less relevant.
Sounds like you’re a hell of a lot more ideologuishly priggish than I am.
And until you admit that, I’d like you to remit your man card to a good friend for safekeeping.
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julia
February 28th, 2013
4:44 pm
Weenie isn’t exactly the word i’ve have chose, but then the word i’d have chosen wouldn’t be allowed to be repeated here…
Get Real
February 28th, 2013
4:46 pm
Granny Godzilla ….only saw that on one network there Granny….feel free to try again
snicker….snicker…