Only idiots believe he was threatened. The proof is in black and white text, there was no threat. He even responded to the "threatening" email stating that the WH aide didn't need to apologize for his earlier remarks and then Woodward advised that he would try to call the WH aide when he was free later that day. He made no mention of the "threat" in his email response, but then he runs to the media to complain the WH is trying to intimidate him? Its nonsense.
White House Threatens Woodward: 'You're Going To Regret Doing This'
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Re: White House Threatens Woodward: 'You're Going To Regret Doing This'
posted at 2/28/2013 2:19 PM EST
- DamainAllen
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Re: White House Threatens Woodward: 'You're Going To Regret Doing This'
posted at 2/28/2013 2:29 PM EST
- DamainAllen
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On one hand, only Woodward can say if he felt threatened by WH email. On the other, hard to imagine feeling threatened by Gene Sperling.
Brit Hume on Twitter
Ok wow. Finally read the email to Woodward. I must now move to the "not a threat" camp.
Erick Erickson on Twitter
After reading Sperling-Woodward email, it's nowhere close to a threat. Agree with @mattklewis: People who made big deal of this got played.
Byron York on Twitter
Vintage Woodward: Cherry-pick a friendly exchange, make it sinister & vault himself into the media. Did it with Rummy in State of Denial.
Keith Urbahn on Twitter
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Re: White House Threatens Woodward: 'You're Going To Regret Doing This'
posted at 2/28/2013 2:43 PM EST
- skeeter20
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In response to DamainAllen's comment:
On one hand, only Woodward can say if he felt threatened by WH email. On the other, hard to imagine feeling threatened by Gene Sperling.
Brit Hume on Twitter
Ok wow. Finally read the email to Woodward. I must now move to the "not a threat" camp.
Erick Erickson on Twitter
After reading Sperling-Woodward email, it's nowhere close to a threat. Agree with @mattklewis: People who made big deal of this got played.
Byron York on Twitter
Vintage Woodward: Cherry-pick a friendly exchange, make it sinister & vault himself into the media. Did it with Rummy in State of Denial.
Keith Urbahn on Twitter
Who am I to beleive? You or my lying eyes?Woodward said he was threatened.
The threat was verbal, the email was the follow-up.
The person apologized for yelling at him: "I apologize for raising my voice in our conversation today. ... "That wasn't all caps in the email.
Woodward said an apology wasn't necessary.
I think you are mistaking Woodwards being magnanimous with the facts.
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Re: White House Threatens Woodward: 'You're Going To Regret Doing This'
posted at 2/28/2013 2:46 PM EST
- DamainAllen
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In response to skeeter20's comment:
In response to DamainAllen's comment:
On one hand, only Woodward can say if he felt threatened by WH email. On the other, hard to imagine feeling threatened by Gene Sperling.
Brit Hume on Twitter
Ok wow. Finally read the email to Woodward. I must now move to the "not a threat" camp.
Erick Erickson on Twitter
After reading Sperling-Woodward email, it's nowhere close to a threat. Agree with @mattklewis: People who made big deal of this got played.
Byron York on Twitter
Vintage Woodward: Cherry-pick a friendly exchange, make it sinister & vault himself into the media. Did it with Rummy in State of Denial.
Keith Urbahn on Twitter
Who am I to beleive? You or my lying eyes?Woodward said he was threatened.
The threat was verbal, the email was the follow-up.
The person apologized for yelling at him. That wasn't all caps in the email.
Woodward said an apology wasn't necessary.
I think you are mistaking Woodwards being magnanimous with the facts.
The threat was not verbal. Woodward explicitly stated that the "threat" was in the email, not the previous phone conversation. Check your facts. -
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Re: White House Threatens Woodward: 'You're Going To Regret Doing This'
posted at 2/28/2013 3:43 PM EST
- DirtyWaterLover
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Funny watching Cracked grasp for straws on this. Makes him look nuttier than Woodward.
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Re: White House Threatens Woodward: 'You're Going To Regret Doing This'
posted at 2/28/2013 4:21 PM EST
- Sistersledge
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In response to DirtyWaterLover's comment:
Funny watching Cracked grasp for straws on this. Makes him look nuttier than Woodward.
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Re: White House Threatens Woodward: 'You're Going To Regret Doing This'
posted at 2/28/2013 4:36 PM EST
- MattyScornD
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In response to NO MO O's comment:
SOME people are incapable of speaking to the T O P I C .... and revert to attacking other Americans for voicing their opinions.
And SOME of those people REALLY didn't like it a few years ago when Woodward published three (!) books entirely about Bush's bloody miscarriage of an Iraq War.My, how times change when the "tyrannical, muslim, stalinist, socialist" guy is in charge.
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Re: White House Threatens Woodward: 'You're Going To Regret Doing This'
posted at 2/28/2013 6:00 PM EST
- miscricket
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Wow..I can't believe my above comment was removed! I am getting a little tired of comments being removed that are basically benign.
To paraphrase what I originally said...anyone who takes this comment as it was written in the e-mail as a threat is rather thin skinned and likely doesn't have a lot of business experience. The talk gets a lot tougher than that in the management meetings I attend.
Nevermind that most people are now saying this was overblown.
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Re: White House Threatens Woodward: 'You're Going To Regret Doing This'
posted at 2/28/2013 6:25 PM EST
- DirtyWaterLover
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In response to miscricket's comment:
Wow..I can't believe my above comment was removed! I am getting a little tired of comments being removed that are basically benign.
To paraphrase what I originally said...anyone who takes this comment as it was written in the e-mail as a threat is rather thin skinned and likely doesn't have a lot of business experience. The talk gets a lot tougher than that in the management meetings I attend.
Nevermind that most people are now saying this was overblown.
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Re: White House Threatens Woodward: 'You're Going To Regret Doing This'
posted at 2/28/2013 7:11 PM EST
- skeeter20
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In response to DamainAllen's comment:
In response to skeeter20's comment:
In response to DamainAllen's comment:
On one hand, only Woodward can say if he felt threatened by WH email. On the other, hard to imagine feeling threatened by Gene Sperling.
Brit Hume on Twitter
Ok wow. Finally read the email to Woodward. I must now move to the "not a threat" camp.
Erick Erickson on Twitter
After reading Sperling-Woodward email, it's nowhere close to a threat. Agree with @mattklewis: People who made big deal of this got played.
Byron York on Twitter
Vintage Woodward: Cherry-pick a friendly exchange, make it sinister & vault himself into the media. Did it with Rummy in State of Denial.
Keith Urbahn on Twitter
Who am I to beleive? You or my lying eyes?Woodward said he was threatened.
The threat was verbal, the email was the follow-up.
The person apologized for yelling at him. That wasn't all caps in the email.
Woodward said an apology wasn't necessary.
I think you are mistaking Woodwards being magnanimous with the facts.
The threat was not verbal. Woodward explicitly stated that the "threat" was in the email, not the previous phone conversation. Check your facts.
What part of the person apologized for yelling at him don't you understand?Do you think he was yellingat him because of background noise? Get real.
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Re: White House Threatens Woodward: 'You're Going To Regret Doing This'
posted at 2/28/2013 8:37 PM EST
- DirtyWaterLover
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In response to skeeter20's comment:
In response to DamainAllen's comment:
In response to skeeter20's comment:
In response to DamainAllen's comment:
On one hand, only Woodward can say if he felt threatened by WH email. On the other, hard to imagine feeling threatened by Gene Sperling.
Brit Hume on Twitter
Ok wow. Finally read the email to Woodward. I must now move to the "not a threat" camp.
Erick Erickson on Twitter
After reading Sperling-Woodward email, it's nowhere close to a threat. Agree with @mattklewis: People who made big deal of this got played.
Byron York on Twitter
Vintage Woodward: Cherry-pick a friendly exchange, make it sinister & vault himself into the media. Did it with Rummy in State of Denial.
Keith Urbahn on Twitter
Who am I to beleive? You or my lying eyes?Woodward said he was threatened.
The threat was verbal, the email was the follow-up.
The person apologized for yelling at him. That wasn't all caps in the email.
Woodward said an apology wasn't necessary.
I think you are mistaking Woodwards being magnanimous with the facts.
The threat was not verbal. Woodward explicitly stated that the "threat" was in the email, not the previous phone conversation. Check your facts.
What part of the person apologized for yelling at him don't you understand?Do you think he was yellingat him because of background noise? Get real.
What part of Woodward saying, "you don't ever have to apologize" that you don't understand?you're like an eleven year old that insists Santa Claus is real.
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Re: White House Threatens Woodward: 'You're Going To Regret Doing This'
posted at 3/1/2013 5:08 AM EST
- Firewind
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In response to Newtster's comment:
Yes Bob, we remember you. Sorry that you are feeling somewhat irrelevant.
I.can't.believe.I'm.doing.this:
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Re: White House Threatens Woodward: 'You're Going To Regret Doing This'
posted at 3/1/2013 7:35 AM EST
- miscricket
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In response to skeeter20's comment:
In response to DamainAllen's comment:
In response to skeeter20's comment:
In response to DamainAllen's comment:
On one hand, only Woodward can say if he felt threatened by WH email. On the other, hard to imagine feeling threatened by Gene Sperling.
Brit Hume on Twitter
Ok wow. Finally read the email to Woodward. I must now move to the "not a threat" camp.
Erick Erickson on Twitter
After reading Sperling-Woodward email, it's nowhere close to a threat. Agree with @mattklewis: People who made big deal of this got played.
Byron York on Twitter
Vintage Woodward: Cherry-pick a friendly exchange, make it sinister & vault himself into the media. Did it with Rummy in State of Denial.
Keith Urbahn on Twitter
Who am I to beleive? You or my lying eyes?Woodward said he was threatened.
The threat was verbal, the email was the follow-up.
The person apologized for yelling at him. That wasn't all caps in the email.
Woodward said an apology wasn't necessary.
I think you are mistaking Woodwards being magnanimous with the facts.
The threat was not verbal. Woodward explicitly stated that the "threat" was in the email, not the previous phone conversation. Check your facts.
What part of the person apologized for yelling at him don't you understand?Do you think he was yellingat him because of background noise? Get real.
Well...actually Woodward was on Morning Joe this morning insisting that he never stated that he was or felt threatened...he stated those word belonged to the Washington Post headline..but he denied every saying them.
So..Skeeter..now who are you going to believe? The Washington Post..or Bob Woodward?
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Re: White House Threatens Woodward: 'You're Going To Regret Doing This'
posted at 3/1/2013 8:06 AM EST
- Firewind
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In response to miscricket's comment:
In response to skeeter20's comment:
Who am I to beleive? You or my lying eyes?
So..Skeeter..now who are you going to believe? The Washington Post..or Bob Woodward?
Looks like someone's had her morning joe. Brilliant!
But my money's still on his lying eyes.
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Re: White House Threatens Woodward: 'You're Going To Regret Doing This'
posted at 3/1/2013 8:07 AM EST
- skeeter20
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In response to miscricket's comment:
In response to skeeter20's comment:
In response to DamainAllen's comment:
In response to skeeter20's comment:
In response to DamainAllen's comment:
On one hand, only Woodward can say if he felt threatened by WH email. On the other, hard to imagine feeling threatened by Gene Sperling.
Brit Hume on Twitter
Ok wow. Finally read the email to Woodward. I must now move to the "not a threat" camp.
Erick Erickson on Twitter
After reading Sperling-Woodward email, it's nowhere close to a threat. Agree with @mattklewis: People who made big deal of this got played.
Byron York on Twitter
Vintage Woodward: Cherry-pick a friendly exchange, make it sinister & vault himself into the media. Did it with Rummy in State of Denial.
Keith Urbahn on Twitter
Who am I to beleive? You or my lying eyes?Woodward said he was threatened.
The threat was verbal, the email was the follow-up.
The person apologized for yelling at him. That wasn't all caps in the email.
Woodward said an apology wasn't necessary.
I think you are mistaking Woodwards being magnanimous with the facts.
The threat was not verbal. Woodward explicitly stated that the "threat" was in the email, not the previous phone conversation. Check your facts.
What part of the person apologized for yelling at him don't you understand?Do you think he was yellingat him because of background noise? Get real.
Well...actually Woodward was on Morning Joe this morning insisting that he never stated that he was or felt threatened...he stated those word belonged to the Washington Post headline..but he denied every saying them.So..Skeeter..now who are you going to believe? The Washington Post..or Bob Woodward?
You got me. morning Joe is the foundational stone of legitimacy, so I must bow to the liberal altar of wordsmithing.
And, the list grows of people the White House..."mishandled"Woodward
Lanny Davis
Jonathan Alter
I mean, Jonathan Alter? If it was biologically possible, Alter would have Obama's baby.
Maybe threatened is a loaded word, I admit that, but, it appears Obama is, let's say, heavy handed with his own? Is that really "transparent"?
But, keep clinging to the "nothing to see here" worldview of the members of the church of Obama.
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Re: White House Threatens Woodward: 'You're Going To Regret Doing This'
posted at 3/1/2013 8:51 AM EST
- Firewind
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In response to skeeter20's comment:
... morning Joe is the foundational stone of legitimacy...
Until this morning, at least, he had all the bona fides of the loyal opposition.
And now even several Murdoch&Ailes marquees (Mr. Hume et al) are finding themselves on the wrong side vs. the real loyal opposition?
Message to the public who cares a little bit: With some marquees on one side and some on the other, regardless of their bona fides, this thing is dissolving. Too much effort to keep the scorecard current.
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Re: White House Threatens Woodward: 'You're Going To Regret Doing This'
posted at 3/1/2013 9:24 AM EST
- DamainAllen
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In response to NO MO O's comment:
Keep singing Dems....
Another member of the Washington political media stepped forward Thursday to claim he was threatened by the Obama White House, shortly after the White House denied reports that an adviser threatened famed Watergate journalist Bob Woodward.
The latest claim comes from Lanny Davis, who served as counsel to former President Bill Clinton and later went on to write a column for The Washington Times. In a radio interview on WMAL
, Davis said that a "senior Obama White House official" once called his editor at the Times and said that if the paper continued to run his columns, "his reporters would lose their credentials." Davis said he "couldn't imagine why this call was made" since he's an Obama supporter.
But he called the alleged threat "unfortunate."
Lanny Davis is your standard Washington parasite hack. I am sure inserting himself into this issue with no proof of anything has nothing to do with his book that is coming out next Tuesday.
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Re: White House Threatens Woodward: 'You're Going To Regret Doing This'
posted at 3/1/2013 11:03 AM EST
- Firewind
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In response to DamainAllen's comment:
...inserting himself into this issue with no proof of anything has nothing to do with his book that is coming out next Tuesday.Bingo. And totally in character, as with some other medium weight talking heads who are given heavyweight billing.
Puts one in mind of the old cartoon saw of the character reaching over and dragging the light of the spotlight over to himself.
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Re: White House Threatens Woodward: 'You're Going To Regret Doing This'
posted at 3/1/2013 9:48 PM EST
- portfilio
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Woodward - laughable!