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'Wall of Silence': Watergate Sleuth Woodward Unable to 'Crack the Code' Protecting Michelle Obama
Monday, September 27, 2010 | Kristinn

Posted on 09/27/2010 7:38:28 PM PDT by kristinn

In an interview broadcast on Monday's ABC News' World News Tonight With Diane Sawyer, Bob Woodward, author of the new book, Obama's War, told Sawyer he was unable to 'crack the code' of silence surrounding First Lady Michelle Obama.

It was a startling admission from the man who made himself famous with Watergate and later claimed to have sneaked past CIA guards to obtain a deathbed confession from Reagan CIA Director William Casey.

It is also a testament to the fear of Michelle Obama that while classified documents are routinely passed to Woodward, no one dared say a word, kind or unkind, about the First Lady.

Sawyer introduced the subject of Michelle Obama, saying, "It turns out even Woodward, the king of getting people to talk, can't crack the wall of silence aoout the president's formidable wife."

Sawyer asked Woodward, "You've written before about Laura Bush's role. Where is Michelle Obama in all this?

An uncomfortable Woodward replied, "I don't know. And I confess to not cracking that code, and I wish I had."

Sawyer followed-up, "Glean anything about her role?"

Woodward meekly responded, "She wants him home for dinner on time with her and the girls."


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bobwoodward; dianesawyer; mantoinette; michelleobama; obamaswar
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1 posted on 09/27/2010 7:38:33 PM PDT by kristinn
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To: kristinn

Maybe he’s not the Muslim..maybe she is?


2 posted on 09/27/2010 7:40:04 PM PDT by Freddd (CNN is down to Three Hundred Thousand viewers. But they worked for it.)
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To: Freddd

She’s the alpha.


3 posted on 09/27/2010 7:44:29 PM PDT by muawiyah ("GIT OUT THE WAY" The Republicans are coming)
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To: Freddd

I think Woodward wasn’t trying too hard. Michelle is an easy read,she is an extremely angry woman who feels inferior and has a huge chip on her shoulder.
Read her senior thesis, listen to her speeches on the campaign trail and watch her face especially in unguarded moments. Look at the way she dresses. Michelle hates America but mostly she hates herself.

Lastly just ask Carla Bruni. Michelle also hates being FLotUS.
She is one angry unhappy woman and it perpetually shows.


5 posted on 09/27/2010 7:49:12 PM PDT by kalee (The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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To: kristinn

She’s bigger than he is and knows where the bodies (and documents) are buried.


6 posted on 09/27/2010 7:49:12 PM PDT by Aria ( "Remember, attitudes are contagious, so make sure yours are worth catching." Sarah Palin 9-18-2010)
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To: kristinn
Most likely a deal he made to leave the first lady alone in order to gain access to the President's staff...


7 posted on 09/27/2010 7:50:00 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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To: kristinn

Look for documents under the name Refrigerator Perry.


8 posted on 09/27/2010 7:50:00 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: alice_in_bubbaland
I think I “Cracked the Code.”

obama is on crack, and moochelle is code for biatch.

(Thanks, alice-in-bubbaland.)

9 posted on 09/27/2010 7:54:40 PM PDT by itssme
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To: kalee

Spot on.


10 posted on 09/27/2010 7:55:32 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (A fearless person cannot be controlled.)
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To: maggief

Hmmm...


11 posted on 09/27/2010 7:58:03 PM PDT by kristinn (Lowering the IQ on FR since Jul 31, 1998)
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To: Freddd

She may or may not be Muslim, but she is the angry one.

My understanding is that Michelle is the one who persuaded O to attend Rev. Wright’s church.

She is not afraid of angry speechifying, unlike O who prefers to remain cool and aloof. If C-Span still has them, look at a few of the speeches she gave in 2008. Yikes!

Her senior thesis at Princeton was “Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community”. She’s the one with the grudge.

You can bet that if Woodward wanted to, he would have investigated Michelle further. But maybe he’ll wait for another “Deep Throat.”


12 posted on 09/27/2010 7:58:56 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
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To: kristinn
"It turns out even Woodward, the king of getting people to talk, can't crack the wall of silence aoout the president's formidable wife."

The Wall of Silence is maintained by the Evil Eye...


13 posted on 09/27/2010 7:59:35 PM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: kalee
Michelle is an easy read,she is an extremely angry woman who feels inferior

I agree. No mystery there. Her life has been handed to her. She couldn't manage to practice law for 5 years. She knows the $300,000 hospital job had nothing to do with her abilities.

No number of shopping trips, no lavish vacations, nothing will ever be good enough to convince Michelle that she herself deserved any of it.

It doesn't help that she has issues with white people.
14 posted on 09/27/2010 7:59:48 PM PDT by Nepeta
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To: darkwing104

I thought about that. This White House is well known for trading media access for favors.


15 posted on 09/27/2010 7:59:48 PM PDT by kristinn (Lowering the IQ on FR since Jul 31, 1998)
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To: kristinn

So what’s the problem here! Just use “anonymous sources” like any other hack would.


16 posted on 09/27/2010 8:00:14 PM PDT by Enterprise (As a disaster unfolds, a putz putts.)
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To: kalee

Good analysis. I wonder if anyone at the CIA ever did a personality profile of her and found that it paralled the profile of John Allen Muhammed? And I wonder if anyone responsible for compiling the profile ever got fired from the CIA for doing so? I wonder.


17 posted on 09/27/2010 8:04:36 PM PDT by Ahithophel (Absolam, where art thou?)
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To: Ahithophel
Uh, make that paralleled....
19 posted on 09/27/2010 8:07:39 PM PDT by Ahithophel (Absolam, where art thou?)
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