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New Obama book by Newsweek senior editor Jonathan Alter airs private flares of temper
New York Daily News ^ | May 5, 2010 | David Saltonstall

Posted on 05/08/2010 5:51:21 AM PDT by Zakeet

President Obama may cultivate an image as the unflappable Mr. Cool, but he can get hot under the collar too, according to a new book.

In "The Promise: President Obama, Year One," by Newsweek senior editor Jonathan Alter, the author recounts a series of private blow-ups - including a particularly fiery one involving the nation's top military brass.

"A presidential dressing down unlike any in the United States in more than half a century," is how Alter describes the October 2009 eruption.

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But it's often the flashes of anger, not amour, that shine through Alter's tome, including:

"No! No! You're making that up!" he shouted at aide David Axelrod, grabbing him by the shirt. "That can't be right."

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alter; anger; angrydems; bho44; bhoanniversary; bookreview; jonathanalter; narcissism; narcissist; newsweek; obama; rage; temper; thepromise; yearone
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The idiot at Newsweak is making this up ... an unflappable narcissist Wee Wee like me doesn't have a temper ... that can't be right!

1 posted on 05/08/2010 5:51:21 AM PDT by Zakeet
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Anyone remotely paying attention to this man can see he has a temper and becomes unglued easily.

Alter is just trying to be credited with ‘revealing’ this trait.


2 posted on 05/08/2010 5:54:08 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
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To: Zakeet

the author recounts a series of private blow-ups - including a particularly fiery one involving the nation’s top military brass. “A presidential dressing down unlike any in the United States in more than half a century,” is how Alter describes the October 2009 eruption.

Can’t ya see?

Zero is a low life from Kenya, indonesia, and at the end Frank Davis and his bisexual marijuana and cocaine fueled Communist recruitment parties for 8 long years which he joined and liked.

Mr. President “are you high?”

Seemed giggly high to me

That’s just before he screams at OUR generals.


3 posted on 05/08/2010 5:55:18 AM PDT by DontTreadOnMe2009 (So stop treading on me already!)
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To: Zakeet
Alter must have good hearing. He's so very deep up Obammy’s butt.
4 posted on 05/08/2010 5:55:34 AM PDT by Shqipo (Hey Libs-- Now that Gov't will pay for your diapers how long until you demand help putting them on?)
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To: Zakeet

Alter is an Obama butt-boy. You can bet this book will be flattering and adoring.


5 posted on 05/08/2010 5:55:40 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Zakeet

Even the mention of “tea party” sends him into a tizzy. Unflappable my eye.


6 posted on 05/08/2010 5:56:24 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: DontTreadOnMe2009

Democrats will defend him by citing the loss of temper by Jesus at the temple.

He’s a god to his people.


7 posted on 05/08/2010 5:57:13 AM PDT by Loud Mime (The Constitutional Initial Point - - Initialpoints.net)
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To: Erik Latranyi

This is a very bitter and dangerous man. He is driven by inner demons that he has no desire to exorcise. And he will not be satisfied until he has brutally punished those he thinks are responsible for his own deep-seated self-loathing: white people. You can’t grow hating your white blood — in his case, half of his very being — without becoming seriously demented.


8 posted on 05/08/2010 5:57:55 AM PDT by hampdenkid
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To: Zakeet
President Obama may cultivate an image as the unflappable Mr. Cool, but he can get hot under the collar too

More commonly refered to as a hissy fit.

9 posted on 05/08/2010 5:59:15 AM PDT by fso301
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10 posted on 05/08/2010 5:59:18 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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So who is doing the Hitler rant parody using zer0’s public words?


11 posted on 05/08/2010 6:00:22 AM PDT by Paladin2 (to satisfy the social justice requirement)
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I'm halfway through the Manchurian President. I've been paying attention so knew a lot of this (Patriot's Flag - Moretti Post). But as I read, the REAL culprit of what happened to us is not Obama ... he is what he is and is a product of what he was. Anyone who was paying attention could see this was all a set up. But the culprit was the NEWS MEDIA that amazingly did not do their jobs. That is what comes out SO STRONGLY in this new book. I like the way it is written. The book discussed on this thread is my next one.
12 posted on 05/08/2010 6:01:09 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (http://www.thepatriotsflag.com - The Patriot's Flag)
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“becomes unglued easily.

This is something I too have inferred from his demeanor and often very cutting language: there is an ANGRY man beneath the surface. What astonishes me is that it’s take this long for the MSM to acknowledge and report on this.

Alter’s book may unleash a flood of leaks by aggrieved individuals who recognize the bloom is off the rose: “many of the White House reporters who cover Obama greatly resent the way they are treated by the Obama administration.” http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyharnden/100034349/white-house-press-corps-turns-on-barack-obama/

Hell hath no fury like a media scorned...(and just in time for the upcoming elections: yee haaaaaaah!).


13 posted on 05/08/2010 6:01:14 AM PDT by DrC
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“This is a very bitter and dangerous man. He is driven by inner demons that he has no desire to exorcise. And he will not be satisfied until he has brutally punished those he thinks are responsible for his own deep-seated self-loathing: white people. You can’t grow hating your white blood — in his case, half of his very being — without becoming seriously demented.”

I agree.


14 posted on 05/08/2010 6:06:50 AM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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To: Zakeet

Obama = snippy. An insecure guy his entire life, battling the world around him.


15 posted on 05/08/2010 6:06:54 AM PDT by qwertypie
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To: Zakeet

The left will be orgasmic at the thought of O dressing down one of our military heroes.


16 posted on 05/08/2010 6:07:18 AM PDT by Carley (WE CAN SEE NOVEMBER FROM OUR HOUSE)
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To: Zakeet

Color me surprised....


17 posted on 05/08/2010 6:08:34 AM PDT by gibsosa
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To: Loud Mime

Precisely.


18 posted on 05/08/2010 6:08:49 AM PDT by sauropod (Ill behaved women rarely make dinner.)
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19 posted on 05/08/2010 6:09:44 AM PDT by gunnyg (We Are Surrounded By The Enemy Within--If Ya Can Grok That! ~ Our "Novembers" Are Behind Us...)
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To: DrC

Some of us have been point to this as his acheles heal...you just got to keep getting to him and eventually he will unravel in one not to be missed super nova. Of course, just like with any other nuke, the fallout will be dangerous but in his case it will be for the better good. Anything that gets this asshat out of the Oval office will be for the best regardless of the short term harm he will cause as he becomes the incredible shrinking man. Rush is in his head but he is not a sufficent force to unglue him. The Tea Party more so especially if they are able to remove his strangle hold on the political process of this country.
Of course, the absent media could really do it...they managed to devolve the Nixon Presidency in about two years of constant lying an probing. It has to be played on TV or the iron heads in this country will be in the dark just like today.


20 posted on 05/08/2010 6:10:45 AM PDT by Mouton
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