Barack Obama's Bob Woodward gamble (Barry's dumb bet, lol)

politico ^ | 9/22/2010 | Mike Allen

[Freddd]

‘Woodward writing something bad about him’

I think you just found the target. And mislabeled it.

Writing facts and truth is not ‘writing something bad’ about him.

But that’s what it will be labeled, eh?

[milwguy]

I prefer Victor Davis Hanson to Evens-Pritchard, but I like both. VDH has been on fire lately, excoriating Barry and using his vast knowledge of history to debunk all the claptrap coming out of Obama’s mouth when he reads off the teleprompter.

[ClearCase_guy]

John Keegan wrote a book years ago called "The Mask of Command". He chose four commanders and showed how, over time, commanders had become more removed from the battlefield, and that this trend carried a certain risk with it.

Alexander the Great -- fought in his own battles and was wounded many times. He understood war.
Duke of Wellington -- observed battle from just behind the line, and was frequently shot at. He understood war.
Ulysses Grant -- led from the rear, mostly. He did it well, but relied on telegrams from subordinates for much information. Grant did well, because he understood war.
Adolph Hitler -- led from the capital. He ignored his generals and based much of his WWII strategy on his own experience as a soldier in WWI. This did not serve him well. He understood one war, but not the war he was fighting.

Barack Obama leads the war from vacation spots, he ignores his generals, has no knowledge of war at all, and only seeks to curry favor with political extremists at home.

FAIL.

[gov_bean_ counter]

This book is a broadside compliments of Hillary. Game on!

[Freddd]

It’s being pushed really hard by the left....

It’s for Obama’s advantage. He can’t talk about what he and the Democrats have actually done.

Another diversion.

To stir up the base ..

[Kenny Bunk]

THis, like every other "leak," or "wink-wink," from the WH could be Team Obama /MSM strategery. I reckon one of us (no more than that ... I'd hate to reward Woodward) is going to have to read this.

My bet? Woodward will damn Obama with very faint praise .... "A" for Effort sort of thing, stressing how "well-meaning," and laden with love for his subjects, Obama really is. It will be a case of the treacherous peasants betraying Obama!

Another cobblestone laid in the road to Hillary's rightful Assumption of The Throne in 2012.

[RoseofTexas]

I agree with Fredd, they are already spinning it to Zero’s advantage! Funny how they timed the release of the book perfectly, before the elections and in the morning. Hope y’all have enough Xanax to get through the coming days.

[Stentor]

I’ve always taken Woodward with a BIG grain of salt.

Did anyone ever figure out how he avoided William Casey's 24/7 guard and overcome Casey's inability to communicate because of a brain tumor?

[az_gila]

“...but even a 9/11, even the biggest attack ever . . . we absorbed it and we are stronger.” - Barrack Hussein Obama 2010

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We absorbed it because of leadership from the top.
Do you think that would be the case now?

[Bitsy]

The White House doors swung wide for the world’s most successful non-fiction writer

You mean to tell me that it is Woodward and not Michael Moore? oh, non-fiction, I got it;)

[abbyg55]

Barry is so used to getting positive press that he could probably not imagine Woodward writing something bad about him.

Obama gives new meaning to the phrase "living in a bubble." He and his staff don't have a clue (and don't care) about the real world ramifications of Obama's misguided policies. If Conservatives stay united and turn out in large numbers on 11/2, this is one bubble it will be a pleasure to see burst.

Besides injecting DC with new blood, it will send Dems (and RINOs) to the unemployment line where they actually have to live under the edicts they've been legislating for everyone else.