BOB WOODWARD: A 'Very Senior' White House Person Warned Me I'd 'Regret' What I'm Doing (on CNN)

Business Insider ^ | 2/2713 | Brett LoGiurato

[Clint N. Suhks]

Bob Woodward said this evening on CNN that a "very senior person" at the White House warned him that he would "regret doing this," the same day he has continued to slam President Barack Obama over the looming forced cuts known as the sequester.

CNN host Wolf Blitzer said that the network invited a White House official to debate Woodward on-air, but the White House declined. "I think they're confused," Woodward said of the White House's pushback on his reporting.

Earlier today on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Woodward ripped into Obama in what has become an ongoing feud between the veteran Washington Post journalist and the White House. Woodward said Obama was showing a "kind of madness I haven't seen in a long time" for a decision not to deploy an aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf because of budget concerns.

The Defense Department said in early February that it would not deploy the U.S.S. Harry Truman to the Persian Gulf, citing budget concerns relating to the looming cuts known as the sequester.

"Can you imagine Ronald Reagan sitting there and saying, 'Oh, by the way, I can't do this because of some budget document?'" Woodward said on MSNBC.

[PA-RIVER]

Franks kid has a thin skin.

[ansel12]

Mark this post, I predict that Woodward will be found dead within the next 30 years.

[varon]

bttt

[Truth29]

As Obama spins more and more into megalomania, how soon will people start getting the mafia treatment?

[Snickering Hound]

[hope]

Valerie Jarret?

[musicman]

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[BreezyDog]

Did you catch that nice Yellow Perch today here in Maryland?

[cashless]

How sad a prominent member of what use to be a reliable media has to carry the Republican’s water for them. And by the way, he hates Republicans because he found out about a dishonest one who thought he was above the law. Wonder if he has drawn the parallel of what he saw then and what he sees now?

[Third Person]

Woodward has seen this movie before, and Levin was right... Barry Soetoro, also known as Baraq Milhouse Obama.

[Clint N. Suhks]

Woodward sleeps with the fishes?

LMAO!

[The Cajun]

Axelrod or Jarrett?

[ozzymandus]

Nobody remembers Nixon’s “Enemies List”??

[Jim Robinson]

No longer content with passing himself off as Lincoln or Roosevelt, Comrade Uncle Barry now fancies himself as Comrade Uncle Joe Stalin.

Hmmmmm, after Woodward is disappeared I wonder if they’ll write out Watergate from the history books.

[Clint N. Suhks]

That’s the going consensus.

[circlecity]

"Mark this post, I predict that Woodward will be found dead within the next 30 years."

Really going out on a limb there aren't you?

[onyx]

[Secret Agent Man]

you don’t criticize Antichrist.

[hosepipe]

Woodward is looney the President does not care any more for the budget than he does any random Aircraft Carrier..

WHY?... Cause there IS NO BUDGET... and hasn’t been a budget since he took office..
The Senate refuses to even debate or entertain an ACTUAL budget..

The House passes one every year.. but it gets trash canned in the Senate..
There NO BUDGET.. zero.. nada.. zilch.. nothing..

SO then where is the MONEY coming from?..
Well thats a good question.. should be NO MONEY..
MAGIC money... thats where it comes from.. i.e. OBAMA money..

[Third Person]

I think Woodward sees Nixon in Obama. From the Morning Joe interview, check out the last bit:

Woodward: Can you imagine Ronald Reagan sitting there and saying ‘Oh, by the way, I can’t do this because of some budget document?’ Or George W. Bush saying, ‘You know, I’m not going to invade Iraq because I can’t get the aircraft carriers I need’ or even Bill Clinton saying, ‘You know, I’m not going to attack Saddam Hussein’s intelligence headquarters,’ as he did when Clinton was president because of some budget document? Under the Constitution, the president is commander-in-chief and employs the force. And so we now have the president going out because of this piece of paper and this agreement, I can’t do what I need to do to protect the country. That’s a kind of madness that I haven’t seen in a long time.

[dennisw]

0-Bot scum. Good for Bob Woodword!!!! Other libs should start figuring out that JugEars is out of control and in full lie mode ...all the time

[The Cajun]

Mark this post, I predict that Woodward will be found dead within the next 30 years.

At the very, very least, old Bob had best be sure his income taxes are 110% correct and he hasn't been *riding dirty* anywhere................Just saying.

[ansel12]

Well... I like to win my predictions, so I leave myself just a tiny bit of margin.

[APatientMan]

Woodward was smart to make this claim to the public. It makes his demise less convenient for the King.

[Intolerant in NJ]

..."kind of madness I haven't seen in a long time"...finally starting to say the unspeakable....

[llevrok]

Axelrod or Jarrett?

Makes no difference. In this white house, things happen (gremlins?) and no one is responsible. Sort of like Donna (aka "Rio") Brazille today saying she has no clue why here health care premium went up

[goodnesswins]

The White Hut Mafia threatens? Is anyone surprised? It’s SOP.

[llevrok]

[Sacajaweau]

Entitle this: Woodward takes out an Insurance Policy.

You bet this is a big deal. It's called a threat. I'm sure Woodward has taken additional action to protect himself.

[Viennacon]

Careful, or you might end up like Bill Gwatney

[TBP]

I think he really is in danger. In the People’s Republic of Obamastan, it is dangerous to write against the government.

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

SOUNDS LIKE A TYPICAL VALERIE JARRETT THREAT

[denydenydeny]

Time to name names, Bob.

[Hot Tabasco]

Where’d you catch that perch and what were you using for bait?

[Bryan]

It's too bad that Bob Woodward and the other talking heads of the left-wing media establishment are finally "discovering" that Barack Obama is a lying sack of sh!t ... three and a half months after the election.

I wonder when they'll realize that Obama's boys were running a secret war out of the White House basement, with weapons routed from Benghazi to rebels in Syria, a la Oliver North and Iran-Contra. And I wonder what they'll say when they realize it.

[444Flyer]

The Madness of kingObama.

[DesertRhino]

Can anyone imagine if a senior Nixon white house staffer threatened Bob Woodward? Why the hiding of the name? Tell us the name and what he said Bob.

[Third Person]

Woodward sounded shaken/ nervous during the Blitzer interview.

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

I’m wondering if Hannity will get Woodward on to talk about it and name the name. Hannity has Woodward as a guest a few times lately, trying to show Woodward the light.

[goodnesswins]

Haven’t sent anything out in email for awhile...THIS is going out....maybe, MAYBE, some of the idjits will wake up....I know...I’m dreaming....

[MotorCityBuck]

At least Uncle Joe kept it to every 5 years,as opposed to this frauds every 1 month plan. Lol.

[Biggirl]

You mean Obama is SCARE of Bob Woodward?

AMAZING!

[TaMoDee]

Obviously the clowns in the White House never read Mark Twain to wit: “Never pick a fight with someone who buys print paper by the ton and ink by the barrel”.

[MotorCityBuck]

At least Uncle Joe kept it to every 5 years,as opposed to this frauds every 1 month plan. Lol.

[Biggirl]

I often think more of one Capt. Queeq of the “Cain Mutany” when it comes to Obama.

[Fledermaus]

I had classes with him at Fayetteville. I knew he was dead but was it ‘Arkansas Suicide’?

[Biggirl]

Obama is becoming more like Captian Queeg of “Cain Mutany”.

[boop]

Bob Woodward will "sometimes" be a journalist. But honestly he's often caught making things up, like when he records people's private conversations, or even thoughts.

I'm glad he sees SOMETHING about obama to report on.

But too little, too late.

Where has he been for the last 4 years?

And where is Carl Bernstein?

How come Bob is always working on some scoop, but Carl hasn't made any kind of news "splash" in years?

[John W]

More like Kenya/Hawaii/Illinois suicide in his case.