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Bob Woodward: ‘Very Senior’ White House Official Warned Me
The Blaze ^ | February 27, 2013 | Jason Howerton

Posted on 02/27/2013 5:26:38 PM PST by Art in Idaho

Appearing on CNN Wednesday, the Washington Post’s Bob Woodward said a “very senior person” at the White House warned him that he would “regret doing this,” referring to his outspoken criticism of President Barack Obama’s handling of the impending forced cuts known as the sequester.

“I think they’re confused,” Woodward told CNN host Wolf Blitzer. Woodward apparently went on to criticize Obama further over the sequester the same day he received the warning from the White House.

“It makes me very uncomfortable for the White House to be telling reporters, you are going to ‘regret’ doing something that you believe in,” he added. “It’s Mickey Mouse.”

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The headline now on Drudge: WHITE HOUSE THREATENS WOODWARD: 'YOU WILL REGRET DOING THIS'

Go Bob! I hope this is the beginning of the end. Maybe other reporters will now have the guts to start reporting on the real Obama.

1 posted on 02/27/2013 5:26:49 PM PST by Art in Idaho
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To: Art in Idaho

Valarie Jarrett. You know, the one WHI and Ulsterman have been right about for years and is not allowed to be posted here.


2 posted on 02/27/2013 5:29:50 PM PST by TheRhinelander
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To: Art in Idaho
Maybe other reporters will now have the guts to start reporting on the real Obama.

Bless your heart.

3 posted on 02/27/2013 5:30:01 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?)
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To: Art in Idaho

Yes Go Bob! I’ve never been a fan of his, but this is an outrage.


4 posted on 02/27/2013 5:30:44 PM PST by rdl6989
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To: Art in Idaho
“It’s Mickey Mouse.”

...what makes ya think that Bob?

5 posted on 02/27/2013 5:31:10 PM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Art in Idaho
Remember what happened to Dustin Hoffman's character in "Wag the Dog?"
6 posted on 02/27/2013 5:31:16 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Somebody has to be courageous enough to stand up to the bullies." --Dr. Ben Carson)
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To: Jeff Chandler

I guess he is now learning the hard way that Nixon was small potatos compared to Obama.


7 posted on 02/27/2013 5:31:51 PM PST by Jean2
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To: Art in Idaho
Maybe other reporters will now have the guts to start reporting on the real Obama.

LOL!
They love and support the ruthless African communist Ubama. They will continue to do what they are told.

8 posted on 02/27/2013 5:32:24 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Art in Idaho

9 posted on 02/27/2013 5:33:57 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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10 posted on 02/27/2013 5:34:13 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Art in Idaho

And if the same rank of person in the Nixon whitehouse had issued the same threat, what would the news story look like? You can bet it would name the threatening funtionary of this budding dictatorship.


11 posted on 02/27/2013 5:34:26 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: TheRhinelander
Valarie Jarrett.

Yup, probably her. . or Bob disquised it as maybe it was from Axelrod. . he still is a 'very senior' white house official. . the Chicago way. .

12 posted on 02/27/2013 5:35:08 PM PST by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: Art in Idaho

Darth Traitor finds Woodward’s lack of faith disturbing.


13 posted on 02/27/2013 5:36:27 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Art in Idaho

I hope Woodward has top notch security, he may need it. Amazing.


14 posted on 02/27/2013 5:36:43 PM PST by Tammy8 (~Secure the border and deport all illegals- do it now! ~ Support our Troops!~)
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To: Art in Idaho

He will have to back down. Nobody else in the press corp is willing to stand up to Hussein.


15 posted on 02/27/2013 5:37:10 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Art in Idaho

Name names or shut up BOb. I guess the threat worked on you!


16 posted on 02/27/2013 5:38:08 PM PST by subterfuge (CBS NBC ABC FOX AP-- all no different than Pravda.)
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To: Art in Idaho

I think this is perhaps a sign that the wheels are about to come off the OZero wagon. No one I know actually cares about the looming sequestration. In fact most are quite ok with it. Other than loony lefties no one thinks the world will come to an end on Friday. And little by little reporters are waking up to the fact that their love, Obama, is simply using them.


17 posted on 02/27/2013 5:38:14 PM PST by Fzob (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. Jefferson)
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To: Art in Idaho

What is that accent he has - Ohio? Michigan?


18 posted on 02/27/2013 5:38:44 PM PST by Past Your Eyes (I've all but given up my crusade to rid the world of fools; there are, I found, just too many.)
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Other than loony lefties no one thinks the world will come to an end on Friday.

Let's just hope the GOP eunuchs don't cave at the last minute so everyone can see that, indeed, a piddly 2% reduction in the rate of Fedzilla's budget increase will not usher in the apocalypse.

19 posted on 02/27/2013 5:48:28 PM PST by kevao (.)
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To: Tammy8
I hope Woodward has top notch security, he may need it. Amazing.

Me too. Glad he 'went public' with it. I really do hope many members of the media will see this as an attack on 'one of their own' and circle the wagons. We'll see.

Threats = Tyranny.


20 posted on 02/27/2013 5:50:43 PM PST by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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