Bush's Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides (Doug Thompson and unsourced quotes)

Capitol Hill Blue ^ | Jun 4, 2004, 06:15 | DOUG THOMPSON

[MonroeDNA]

What a pantload.

Sounds like toonmeister holdovers in the State Department, whining.

[Steve_Seattle]

And it's the exact opposite of his management style. He's a classic executive in that he knows how to delegate and DOESN'T fret the details, that was Slick's MO.

This doesn't pass the smell test at all.

Exactly. Everything ever written about Bush says he's not a detail man - that he goes for the big picture and has aides flesh out the details. This is total BS.

[Steve_Seattle]

"enemies of the state"

I cannot imagine Bush using that phrase; that is not how he thinks of this country, as a "state." This article is ludicrous.

[F.J. Mitchell]

Me too. Certifiable is much more acceptable, than a freelance loonie like the un-diagnosed and un-medicated Senator Heinzgigolo.

[muleskinner]

This has to be a plant to flush out the real ignoramii of the democrat party. Let's see who runs with this on the left.

Hope Capt. Ted of the SS Oldsmobile starts quoting this. HA!

I'm sure its gospel in San Francisco already.

[onyx]

I know, and left to me,
I'd ban Doug Thompson articles here
and I'd advertize the fact that his CHB
is unfit for publication on FR.

[Not A Snowbird]

“The mood here is that we’re under siege, there’s no doubt about it,” says one troubled aide who admits he is looking for work elsewhere. “In this administration, you don’t have to wear a turban or speak Farsi to be an enemy of the United States. All you have to do is disagree with the President.”

Holdover from the Clinton era, perhaps?

[alnick]

HOGWASH!!!

I wonder who Dougie's source is, Terence Wilkerson perhaps?

[alnick]

Forgive me for doubting that anyone in the White Hose would pick up the phone for Doug Thompson. Of course, it's possible that someone was in a pixieish mood and decided to feed him a line of BS, knowing he'd run with it.

Thompson doesn't need actual sources when he has fictional ones like Terence Wilkerson.

[alnick]

This is a made-up piece of fodder for the truly ignorant. This is the second item from this publication that has a lot of unattributable quotes and an axe to grind. Let's do some quick research on the writer and the "newspaper".

You'll find some very interesting tidbits on the author of this piece right here on FR. Try doing a search on the author's name. He has a history of writing nasty hit pieces on the president and then later apologizing for them or admitting that his source was phony, etc.

[alnick]

LOL, his last posts were him apologizing for pushing faulty 'news'.

And as I recall, Aaron Brown on CNN was pushing Thompson's faulty 'news' article several hours after Thompson published his retraction.

[cyncooper]

Whoa

I hear the Twilight Zone music. I think someone's gone 'round the bend and it ain't Dubya.

[cyncooper]

Did Capitol Hill Blue Post An Article With Fabrications?

The answer is "Yes", Capitol Hill Blue published an article that was a complete lie.

Not only that, but it was timed to coincide with Joe Wilson's NY Times op-ed. Wilson's piece was Sunday July 6 and Thompson's lie posted July 8.

He's outdone himself now, not even trying to make it seem like his "sources" are real.

[cyncooper]

This is the second item from this publication that has a lot of unattributable quotes and an axe to grind

It's a lot more than the second. Though I believe it is the second in the last two days.

See my post #213 for one expose done on him already.

[AMERIKA]

I kept checking to see if this came from the Onion.........

[mystery-ak]

This is the biggest piece of sh$t I have ever read!

[cyncooper]

The rest of the story is Doug Thompson was exposed and confronted right here on FR by a freeper who started doing research and called Doug on it. As I note at #213 (where I've linked to the discovery and ultimate outing----make no mistake, Doug Thompson did not step forward on his own), the Wilkinson smear/lie was set to coordinate with Joe Wilson's Niger saga.

Thompson was easier to expose because he was already regarded by the mainstreams as a crackpot. They'll use his stuff when it is to their benefit, but he is easier to get the truth out over the noise of his propaganda. Wilson is nuts and a liar, too, but has better credentials, hence his story has stuck around despite having holes a mile wide in it.

[jincarolina]

seems like he wants GB to look like a tyrant like sadam husien

[cyncooper]

Does anybody have a link to the thread where Doug got busted?

I see several people posted the link to the thread where Doug admitted as much as he was going to, but at post #213 on this thread I posted the link to the original thread where the sleuthing began.

[cyncooper]

Once a 'regular' news organization gets the news item - viola - now there is a reported news story (sounds a lot like the Kerry lover story).

Since you bring this up, I can't let this pass by unremarked.

The "lover" is Alex Polier and she just wrote the piece that was supposed to explain the misunderstanding all away.

One problem (of several) with her saga is she even notes herself that when the Drudge item appeared and *did not name* anyone, it was the AP itself that called her up over there in Kenya and said that "everybody knew" it was her.

Now, just simmer in that for a minute and think about the implications and then tell me how that was a rumor put to the winds that had little merit.