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To: tejek who wrote (701463)	2/28/2013 12:49:48 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1572758

Has Obama produced the Fast and Furious materials yet?

To: tejek who wrote (701463)	2/28/2013 12:50:14 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1572758

Has Obama produced the Benghazi materials yet?

To: tejek who wrote (701463)	2/28/2013 12:50:48 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1572758

Has Obama produced his genuine birth certificate yet?

To: tejek who wrote (701463)	2/28/2013 12:51:11 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1572758

Has Obama produced his school records yet?

To: tejek who wrote (701463)	2/28/2013 1:05:33 AM
From: i-node	5 Recommendations Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 1572758

>> Has he produced the email yet? If Woodward says it you can take it to the bank. There is no more ethical, honest, or fair reporter in the country. He isn't always right, but if he says he got the email he not only got it, but he has it.

To: tejek who wrote (701463)	2/28/2013 2:28:38 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1572758

Watergate reporter blasts Obama 'madness'.-'It makes me very uncomfortable'.. Watergate reporter blasts Obama 'madness'... 'It makes me very uncomfortable'...

To: tejek who wrote (701463)	2/28/2013 2:32:25 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1572758

WHITE HOUSE THREATENS WOODWARD: 'YOU WILL REGRET DOING THIS' WHITE HOUSE THREATENS WOODWARD: 'YOU WILL REGRET DOING THIS'

To: tejek who wrote (701463)	2/28/2013 7:24:11 AM
From: jlallen	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572758

Diplomad: It seems, however, that Obama has managed to offend Woodward. The man who brought Nixon down--well, helped Nixon bring Nixon down--has rightly labelled Obama's behavior on the international scene as a "madness." Woodward, despite being a liberal, seems to be a patriot and understands the parlous state of the international scene and the need for resolute US behavior. He underlines something which many of us on the right have long said, to wit, the President's main responsibility under the Constitution is to defend the United States from its enemies. It is not to propose or defend massive welfare and other entitlement programs; not to give vacuous speeches at college commencements; not even to play golf. No. His clearest responsibility is to be Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces and to deal with our enemies from a position of strength. He cannot say that we will not deploy a carrier to the Gulf because the GOP won't give him more money for Obamacare. Obama is playing a stupid and dangerous poker with our nation's security, one that could cost American lives. He is playing typical urban Mayor vs. City Council politics: "Councilman, if you don't give me what I want, then I am shutting down the police and fire stations in your district." Obama, once again, has revealed himself as a mean little man with no appreciation for the role of his country in the world. He would rather put our national interests at stake than save money by not flying off on the taxpayers' money to play golf. It is somewhat refreshing to see a "liberal icon" take note of the "madness" of King Barack I. How long before Woodward gets trashed by the liberal Mau-Mau machine and has to eat his words? We'll see.

To: tejek who wrote (701463)

2/28/2013 9:29:41 AM

From: jlallen

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Apparenrtly, Woodward has produced the emails....and they do not reflect well on the Admin. Sperling should be immediately shown the door.....but he won't be.

Goal posts moved, threat or not
from Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion by William A. Jacobson
There’s major push back from the White House and supportive media this morning over whether Bob Woodward was “threatened,” with the emails indicating that the “you will regret” language came in a broader email. The defense of the White House is pretty typical, try to isolate not only the dissenter but also the language.

Woodward took the “you will regret” language as crossing the line after a heated conversation with White House official Gene Sperling, and after a week of the administration orchestrating attacks on Woodward. The “you will regret” language can’t be viewed in isolation — indeed Woodward in his explanations as to how he took the language didn’t view it in isolation, but as part of the overall campaign to isolate him.

Woodward was pretty clear about the context of the “you will regret” language prior to the emails being released, and the emails do little to change the context described by Woodward:

You can dispute whether this was a threat, but the release of the emails, which is being greeted by Obama defenders with great fanfare, really doesn’t change the story.

Another thing that has not changed is that Woodward was right about the subject of the yelling and “you will regret” verbiage, that the White House has moved the goal posts. Woodward was being attacked in the mainstream media and left-blogosphere long before the “you will regret” language was used.

And it all was in the context of politically defending the White House against any facts that would tend to negate the hyperbole and fear-mongering over the sequester. The goal posts were moved by the White House, and attacking the messenger Woodward has been part of the strategy from the get-go.