BOB WOODWARD:A 'Very Senior' White House Person Warned Me I'd 'Regret' What I'm Doing

[TheResearcher]

"Bob Woodward said this evening on CNN that a "very senior person" at the White House warned him that he would "regret doing this," the same day he has continued to slam President Barack Obama over the looming forced cuts known as the sequester.

CNN host Wolf Blitzer said that the network invited a White House official to debate Woodward on-air, but the White House declined."

http://www.businessinsider.com/bob-w...#ixzz2M9Gi1xIV

Who will Hussein send?

[Terry K]

As the Beatles song goes "All you need is love"........maybe Reggie Love?

[demopublican]

As the Beatles song goes "All you need is love"........maybe Reggie Love?

Even when you have a legitimate criticism of the President you guys mess it up with your strange sexual fantasy.

[soulflower]

Woodward's ego is getting in the way of his journalism...

[HAIL2BNG]

Woodward's ego is getting in the way of his journalism...

That's what you take from this? HA HA HA HA.

[Brohan]

Woodward's ego is getting in the way of his journalism...

No, looks like Reality is catching up with Obama.

But we know he had you at hello....

[HAIL2BNG]

No, looks like Reality is catching up with Obama.

But we know he had you at hello....

Wouldn't he probably try a "wassup" to seem cool, followed by his famous fist bump?

[Brohan]

Wouldn't he probably try a "wassup" to seem cool, followed by his famous fist bump?

I don't know this is getting serious..I think Obama calls Steve Croft or Jimmy Fallon and goes defcon 3 and breaks out the NCAA brackets...or he can just get some BS to Chuck Todd and Rolling Stone and hits the links.

Transparency indeed.

[cprenegade]

Woodward's ego is getting in the way of his journalism...

A reporter is told by the White House that he will regret following through with a story and his ego is getting in the way?

[SalisburySage]

Duh! Chicago thug Obama through his surrogate makes a threat. No surprise here. Thuggery thy name is Obama.

[zenwalk]

All of this (like all the faults of this administration) leads back to Obama's inability to engage the republicans. He's a bit like OMalley in that (in my opinion) both are thin-skinned and revert to a natural snarkiness inherent in today's politics as well as their nature. Gotcha politics. Woodward's depiction of the White House is probably spot on.

[Calamari]

Why wouldn't Woodward regret making the claim that it is madness for the president to follow the law? Poor guy is getting senile. He should regret tossing his credibility in the crapper like that.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archive....php?ref=fpblg

The aide "yelled at me for about a half hour," Woodward said, and then sent a follow-up email that read, in part: "You're focusing on a few specific trees that give a very wrong impression of the forest. But perhaps we will just not see eye to eye here. … I think you will regret staking out that claim."

Officials often threaten reporters that they will "regret" printing something that is untrue, but Woodward took the remark as a threat.

[Hexexis]

..."You're focusing on a few specific trees that give a very wrong impression of the forest." ...

I can usually conclude that anyone using stereotype, mundane, & errant metaphors to make a point has absolutely no clue what he's talking about.

& If one is judged by the company he keeps, then we may judge presidents of the past 50 yr irrevocably insane, cuz they all've kept pretty s^!tty-@$$ company.

[pickles]

Even when you have a legitimate criticism of the President you guys mess it up with your strange sexual fantasy.

Exactly.

And don't forget the racism.

It showed up about 2 posts later.

[pickles]

Why wouldn't Woodward regret making the claim that it is madness for the president to follow the law? Poor guy is getting senile. He should regret tossing his credibility in the crapper like that.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archive....php?ref=fpblg

Honestly, that seems pretty innocuous.

I mean, I certainly wouldn't classify at as a threat.

They didn't say he's regret printing something, but "staking out that position." As in: "I think history will prove you're wrong and you will look foolish."

JMO.

[Terry K]

Even when you have a legitimate criticism of the President you guys mess it up with your strange sexual fantasy.

You Obots need to chill.......I just mentioned Reggie and you take umbrage.

Dream on! It's not my fantasy.....I take my wife on vacations and leave male friends at home.....but different strokes for different folks.

[Jeebus]

That's what you take from this? HA HA HA HA.

No surprise, souly and his ilk can never bring themselves to believe anything bad about Glorious Leader or His People.

That boot leather taste so good to them....

[johnpolitics]

I doubt Woodward is scared.

[soulflower]

A reporter is told by the White House that he will regret following through with a story and his ego is getting in the way?

Woodward is probably exaggerating. What's the worst thing the WH could do to him other than denying him the level of access to the administration as he has had in the past?

He's showing himself to have a huge ego and acting as if HE is the story, not the folks he's reporting on...

[banner1124]

Woodward is probably exaggerating. What's the worst thing the WH could do to him other than denying him the level of access to the administration as he has had in the past?

He's showing himself to have a huge ego and acting as if HE is the story, not the folks he's reporting on...

Based on the actual quote as posted earlier in this thread it seems that Woodward is indeed exaggerating, or at the very least he misread what was said to him.