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Woodward-Sperling Flap May Turn Tide
Townhall.com ^ | March 3, 2013 | Debra J. Saunders

Posted on 03/03/2013 5:12:49 AM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 03/03/2013 5:12:59 AM PST by Kaslin
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2 posted on 03/03/2013 5:16:11 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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Most reporters do not even know who Woodward is. They may remember the name from some class in journalism school, but nothing more.

Who cares if the White House devours him? It is right because nobody should criticize Obama.

This is what happens when socialists take control. Some of their own revolt at the horror and are the first sent to die.


3 posted on 03/03/2013 5:16:50 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (When religions have to beg the gov't for a waiver, we are already under socialism.)
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To: Kaslin

“If it bleeds, it leads!”

Time for the White House press to report and get their collective noses off this president’s coccyx. It is beginning to affect his golf swing.


4 posted on 03/03/2013 5:21:51 AM PST by urbanpovertylawcenter (where the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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To: Kaslin

Look how far we’ve come from having a press corps that exercises some degree of objectivity. It’s like the excitement a thirsting man gets when crossing a desert and he sees a mirage on the horizon.


5 posted on 03/03/2013 5:24:49 AM PST by CheneyClone
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Don't mean to be contrary but I'm sure MOST reporters know exactly who Woodward is....

What they don't know is who Obama is....It's called bootlicking....or die....

6 posted on 03/03/2013 5:25:01 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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This abuse crosses party lines:

“Former Clinton aide, columnist joins Woodward in claiming White House threat”

(Lanny Davis has been a high ranking Dem for many many years and he received same treatment)

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/28/white-house-denies-staffer-threatened-watergate-journalist-woodward/

Obozo’s minions are evil. He and they serve the father-of-lies.


7 posted on 03/03/2013 5:26:45 AM PST by Texas Fossil
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Agreed. Think of the Purges of the 1930's...it was mostly the True Believer Bolsheviks who fought and bled for the Revolution for over 20 years, and were now a perceived threat to the Paranoid Stalin.

Bob Woodward is a modern-day Leon Trotsky.

8 posted on 03/03/2013 5:28:22 AM PST by MuttTheHoople (Pray for Joe Biden- Proverbs 29:9)
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As Fournier wrote, the Woodward flap is indicative of the "increasingly toxic relationship between media and government." Things have gotten so ugly...

Really? And what does that mean? No more after date "I love you" texts? No more reach arounds? Does the one stream media actually want an apology this time before they forgive him? Maybe if you gave him another Nobel he'd be nicer to you?

I've never seen such a love fest between the press and politicians as now with obama, and that's after eight unwanted years of blue dress, voter voyeurism watching Clinton getting getting done by the press corpse and debating the meaning of "is".

9 posted on 03/03/2013 5:31:46 AM PST by GBA (Here in the Matrix, life is but a dream.)
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To: urbanpovertylawcenter

Perhaps it is finally time for some serious presidential bleeding

Papers might spark a comeback if there is a presidential bleeding lead

Perhaps Obama has jumped the shark.


10 posted on 03/03/2013 5:37:25 AM PST by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 .....The fairest Deduction to be reduced is the Standard Deduction)
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Things have gotten so ugly that in the midst of the Woodward flap, Fournier put an anonymous White House source on notice that if he continued to send him emails filled with "vulgarity, abusive language" and you'll-regret-it talk, Fournier would feel free to print said missives with attribution.

He should do it anyway!

Why would he feel the need to protect the dirtbag from the taxpayers?

11 posted on 03/03/2013 5:42:27 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Hey RATS! Control your murdering freaks.)
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LOL. Now that’s funny right there.


12 posted on 03/03/2013 5:43:15 AM PST by Vinnie
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To: bert

No, Obama has not jumped the shark.

No matter how he treats the WH press, when (if) his neck is actually on the line, the WH will make a few overtures and the press will be right back in his camp.

If a crunch time occurs, they will not abandon him. It’s all fantasy to hope that would occur. I believe that we could have a few reporters grabbed by DHS for some BS subversion charges and it wouldn’t matter.


13 posted on 03/03/2013 5:46:54 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: Erik Latranyi

They most CERTAINLY know who he is.

These reporters may be jealous, but ALL of them would like to BE Woodword or Bernstein.

Cut off that chance, by denying access, and you destroy the hopes of the “little” journalists.

They will FINALLLY turn—and it’s about time!


14 posted on 03/03/2013 5:52:29 AM PST by Flintlock (Paul Revere: "The British are coming--TO TAKE OUR GUNS!")
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To: Erik Latranyi

They most CERTAINLY know who he is.

These reporters may be jealous, but ALL of them would like to BE Woodword or Bernstein.

Cut off that chance, by denying access, and you destroy the hopes of the “little” journalists.

They will FINALLLY turn—and it’s about time!


15 posted on 03/03/2013 5:52:42 AM PST by Flintlock (Paul Revere: "The British are coming--TO TAKE OUR GUNS!")
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Lover scorned.


16 posted on 03/03/2013 5:54:35 AM PST by Raycpa
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If a crunch time occurs, they will not abandon him. It’s all fantasy to hope that would occur. I believe that we could have a few reporters grabbed by DHS for some BS subversion charges and it wouldn’t matter.

With Democrats, the press bears all the traits of battered person syndrome.

17 posted on 03/03/2013 6:00:17 AM PST by randita
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this could be a turning point -- the moment when the White House press corps starts pushing back.

I'd like to believe this, except for the matters of "the moment when the White House press corps starts" and "pushing back".

No less than Helen Thomas harrumphed vigorously back in 2009 about how the "journalists" in an upcoming press event were going to be called in a predetermined order.

And recall a few weekends ago when they were moaning and wailing about having no access during his golf weekend with Tiger Woods. Ready for the pushback? The first and only question after all that: "Who won?"

18 posted on 03/03/2013 6:09:09 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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I may be wrong, but I think the “little” journalists are more than content to scrounge for the scraps underneath the table of a Democrat President.

They only covet the best 5 star feast on the planet when it’s a Republican President. Look how voraciously they worked to bring down Bush and Cheney.


19 posted on 03/03/2013 6:11:30 AM PST by randita
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Ah here we go, Chip Reid of CBS and Helen Thomas vs Robert Gibbs in July, 2009. If you’ve forgotten what a douchebag Gibbs is, this should refresh your memory.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/07/01/cbs_helen_thomas_challenge_gibbs_on_controlled_town_hall_meeting.html


20 posted on 03/03/2013 6:18:16 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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