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Well I think I made it clear

Richard Day — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:11:52 +0000

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Well I think I made it clear that I lost faith in Bob back in 2002?

He shows up on these Sunday comics to express his true feelings; READ MY LATEST BOOK!

An 'insider' who will get to the truth no matter what.

Hell, it was only as a WASP outsider that he and his Jewish friend found out anything.

I am mad.

I am brought back to neocons and hidden plans to wage war in five or six countries instead of the two we got stuck in.

I do know this.

Feith and many neocons are really working with Romney to keep the dream alive:

WE WILL ATTACK EVERYONE, EVERY COUNTRY, EVERY FAITH (that is not Judeo Christian) AND WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP.

Bolton is one of Mitt's best advisors for chrissakes!

I am just advising people to at least scan the trilogy on the neocons and watch as he hedges his bets.

DAMN!

Give Bernstein some space for chrissakes.

I still love that guy!

Thanks for talking about

anna am — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:51:00 +0000

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Thanks for talking about this. I think Woodward bringing out this book at this time is such a nakedly political move, it's astonishing. Then again, it may just be for the money. No way will bringing this thing out in an election year, virtually minutes before the election is going to hurt the book sales.

For years, I wanted to think of Woodward as some kind of hero. Of course, I wanted him to be Redford. But he's not and he does talk too freaking slow.

And his books are snoozefests. Even his CIA book (to me at least) was no page turner. And his more recent personality as politics things... Outside the occasional outrageous relevations, it's ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

I read both his books on

Richard Day — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:40:30 +0000

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I read both his books on w--he co authored one with that ex Treasury Sec.

Remember:

We're goin into Iraq; find a way!

Suskind is a good journalist.

Of course his renderings changed nothing as far as the 2004 elections were concerned; so I suppose Woodward could not have changed anything anyway.

Ron Suskind is the reporter

AmericanDreamer — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:22:39 +0000

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Ron Suskind is the reporter and author who seems to have the most success getting WH and other high sources from both parties to talk to him, on and off the record.

Well I certainly hope Barry

Richard Day — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:56:29 +0000

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Well I certainly hope Barry does not give Bob any more access.

It was Redford who said he

Richard Day — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:55:35 +0000

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It was Redford who said he was a repub (playing Woodward who was and is a repub) and Hoffman played Bernstein.

I probably screwed up the line in my post.

Anyway, Woodward gave Bush and Cheney every frickin break he could until the last of his trilogy that was not published until a year or more following the 2004 elections.

But as far as President Obama; there were no breaks given whatsoever!

It's long past the time for

Aunt Sam — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:58:09 +0000

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It's long past the time for people to continue giving Woodward credibility because of any perceived cachet he achieved from yesteryear's deeds. I agree that it's puzzling any politicos continue to give him access, seemingly without pause. I haven't read the last few of his tomes because like him, his prose is dated and bloated.

I recall that line from the

MrSmith1 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:54:28 +0000

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I recall that line from the movie, but from the looks exchanged between Redford and Hoffman when Hoffman says he's a Republican, you get the distinct impression that it's an obvious lie and that they both know it's a lie and that it just shows how far they both would go to try to establish empathy in order to pull some bits of information out of someone he was interviewing. It's an old Reporter's trick: Tell the subject that you're on their side and they'll open up for you more because they think you're with them and will understand. Woodward is good at convincing those in power that he's really on their side and so he gets them to drop their guard and say revealing things which he then writes down and publishes in books. You'd think the Washington establishment would have caught onto his trick by now, but Woodward's perceived reputation, makes the Washington elites swoon and they all think they can out-smart him and control what they tell him and win him over to their side. Woodward lets them think that, while at the same time, gathering the damning evidence which will hurt them the most. And because he's "fair", he'll do it to both sides, just to show he's a 'great reporter'. That said, you're right, he's "a lying bastard who cares more about Woodward than he ever could for his country."

P.S. Isn't Hoffman playing Carl Bernstein in the movie?