ABC News: White House Reacts to Woodward Book

ABC News ^ | September 22, 2010 | Jake Tapper

[Oldeconomybuyer]

A senior administration official who read the book says "the President comes across in the review and throughout the decision-making process as a Commander in Chief who is analytical, strategic, and decisive, with a broad view of history, national security, and his role."

The official says of the descriptions of the infighting in the book that "the debates in the book are well known because the policy review process was covered so exhaustively."

White House officials are still matching New York Times excerpts with anecdotes in the book but one says not all the quoting is fair, especially Vice President Biden saying Holbrooke is “the most egotistical bastard I’ve ever met.”

[TSgt]

Cut and run, what else would one expect from a community organizer who has never served?

Just when I think I can’t possibly hate this POTUS more than I do, he says or does something to turn up my hate volume.

[Don Corleone]

"the President comes across in the review and throughout the decision-making process as a Commander in Chief who is analytical, strategic, and decisive, with a broad view of history, national security, and his role."

Like for example when Mexico became Mexico?

[popdonnelly]

Afghanistan is becoming Vietnam all over again. And we will live for the next couple of decades with the bad consequences.

If the Taliban and Al Qaeda aren’t the enemies of freedom and humanity, then who is?

[cricket]

They did. . .and supposedly the reason is; these people want to give their story 'first hand' and not have it written third hand and have it be fashioned even more to their disliking. Easier to protest as well; that they were taken 'out of context'. And of course, there are certainly those, who want Obama's inside MO known.

Knowing Woodward's Leftist favortism; would bet, that some of the worst, was not printed; and some of the bad; was made less so. What is left, is probably a 'stretch' of kindness, despite the unflattering revelations.

[VeniVidiVici]

Just in time for Christmas!!!

Although to the Democrat Party, everyday is Christmas.

[SE Mom]

I’m still trying to wrap my mind around the CIC making decisions about troop deplyment based on whether or not his party faithful will desert him in the next election cycle. Bastard.

from the review:

While Obama ultimately rejected the alternative plan, the book says, he set a withdrawal timetable because, “I can’t lose the whole Democratic Party.”

[onyx]

I know.

Every death is on his hands.

[SparkyBass]

"What did you tell Woodward about ME?!?! Here's another WAR for you to fight, numbnuts!"

[hoosiermama]

All of those promoting the book as positive will just encourage his base to read it....THEN they will be influenced by the negative things FOX is reporting.....Can't see that in the long run it will turn out POSitive for the POS.

[STARWISE]

Any face in this marxist regime can be substituted for Axelbrain, pot, devolve and all.