Posted on 09/22/2010 7:33:44 AM PDT by milwguy
Early in Barack Obamas term, he and his aides faced a rite of passage familiar to every White House for the past 40 years: What to do about Woodward?
In Obamas case, the answer came quickly: The White House doors swung wide for the worlds most successful non-fiction writer. Once inside, the author was treated to a buffet of access to bold-faced namesBiden, Clinton, Gates, Panettatopped off with a sit-down with Obama himself.
Obamas Wars, Bob Woodwards 16th bookthe previous 15 have all been best-sellers and often dominated the news upon releasecomes out Monday. Administration officials believe, but so far dont know for sure, that their bet on lavishing the Watergate legend with cooperation paid off with a largely sympathetic portrait they expect looks something like this:
A young commander-in-chief, with no military experience, inherits festering, deteriorating conditions in Afghanistan. After some scraps with military brass who were testing their limits, Obama draws on his innate confidence and deftly brings together competing factions of his own war cabinet behind a hybrid plan that includes a troop surge not unlike the one in Iraq, which he had denounced as a candidate.
But there already are reasons to believe that the portrait will not be entirely what the White House team bargained for, and that Obamafar from mastering his competing groups of adviserswill be seen as tugged and pulled by them and by his own deep misgivings about the Afghan war and its chances of success.
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‘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?
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.
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.
This book is a broadside compliments of Hillary. Game on!
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 ..
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.
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.
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?
We absorbed it because of leadership from the top.
Do you think that would be the case now?
The White House doors swung wide for the worlds most successful non-fiction writer
You mean to tell me that it is Woodward and not Michael Moore? oh, non-fiction, I got it;)
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.
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