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ABC News: White House Reacts to Woodward Book
ABC News ^ | September 22, 2010 | Jake Tapper

Posted on 09/22/2010 6:26:36 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

A senior administration official who read the book says "the President comes across in the review and throughout the decision-making process as a Commander in Chief who is analytical, strategic, and decisive, with a broad view of history, national security, and his role."

The official says of the descriptions of the infighting in the book that "the debates in the book are well known because the policy review process was covered so exhaustively."

White House officials are still matching New York Times excerpts with anecdotes in the book but one says not all the quoting is fair, especially Vice President Biden saying Holbrooke is “the most egotistical bastard I’ve ever met.”

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.abcnews.com ...


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1 posted on 09/22/2010 6:26:39 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Spin begins....


2 posted on 09/22/2010 6:28:48 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: AppyPappy

Yep. Axelrod in overdrive.


3 posted on 09/22/2010 6:29:40 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Not under the influence of Hope-nosis.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
A senior administration official who read the book says "the President comes across in the review and throughout the decision-making process as a Commander in Chief who is analytical, strategic, and decisive, with a broad view of history, national security, and his role."


4 posted on 09/22/2010 6:29:51 AM PDT by TSgt (And the war came.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The leaked details are both juicy and devastating. I would hold my fire for a bit though, given the current state of this author’s credibility. At least until we find out who he interviewed, and whether they were in a coma at the time.


5 posted on 09/22/2010 6:29:55 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: AppyPappy

Spin is what this administration does “best”...in their own eyes.


6 posted on 09/22/2010 6:30:10 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I’m suprised the Obama people let this guy anywhere near the West Wing.


7 posted on 09/22/2010 6:30:35 AM PDT by AU72
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To: AppyPappy

They spin faster than the norns themselves.


8 posted on 09/22/2010 6:30:49 AM PDT by Celtic Cross (Pablo is very whiney)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If the White House feels a need to react this quickly to a book that isn’t even out yet (even the first reviews are just being published today), it’s safe to say they’re worried.

Which means I’m suddenly very interested in Woodward’s book ....


9 posted on 09/22/2010 6:31:41 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I don’t care if Woodward is writing about Obama... Woodward writes crap.


10 posted on 09/22/2010 6:33:47 AM PDT by carton253 (Ask me about The Stainless Banner - a free e-zine dedicated to the armies of the Confederacy.)
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To: AU72
I’m suprised the Obama people let this guy anywhere near the West Wing.

Who says they did?

11 posted on 09/22/2010 6:34:24 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (lame and ill-informed post)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

VP Bite Me is right on Holbrooke!! What a POMPOUS ASS!!


12 posted on 09/22/2010 6:34:37 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: canuck_conservative

Good point. ;-)


13 posted on 09/22/2010 6:36:08 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Not under the influence of Hope-nosis.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; Liz; hoosiermama; onyx; penelopesire; STARWISE; SE Mom

“the President comes across in the review and throughout the decision-making process as a Commander in Chief who is analytical, strategic, and decisive, with a broad view of history, national security, and his role.”

Ax, the spinmeister, has outdone himself.


14 posted on 09/22/2010 6:36:37 AM PDT by maggief
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To: canuck_conservative

From what I’m hearing in the news this morning, the book is not favorable to the white house. Sounds like it paints a picture of obama obsessed with the next election and completely unconcerned with the troops.


15 posted on 09/22/2010 6:36:48 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: TSgt
A senior administration official who read the book says "the President comes across in the review and throughout the decision-making process as a Commander in Chief who is analytical, strategic, and decisive, with a broad view of history, national security, and his role."

Axelrod, no doubt; confirming Woodward's assessment. . .

16 posted on 09/22/2010 6:37:50 AM PDT by cricket (Osama - NOT made in the USA. . .and Obama, not made in the USA either. . .)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
...analytical, strategic, and decisive, with a broad view of history, national security, and his role."

In other words, the classic know-it-all dick.
17 posted on 09/22/2010 6:38:43 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Bets this book is a big kiss up by Woodward.

Pray for America


18 posted on 09/22/2010 6:38:51 AM PDT by bray (The Tea Party Manual: http://www.brayincandy.com/id239.html)
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To: AppyPappy

The media are like circus dogs doing backflips and jumping through burning hoops... their skills are rote and predictable with not a modicum of intellectual curiosity or critical thinking skills. They struggle to construct a world designed after their own imagination of how it should be, never taking into account the nature of man and man’s creator... they live in fairy-land. If insanity did not infect 1/3rd of American society, they would themselves be straightjacketed.


19 posted on 09/22/2010 6:39:25 AM PDT by dps.inspect (uttox)
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To: cripplecreek

“Sounds like it paints a picture of obama obsessed with the next election and completely unconcerned with the troops.”

Not surprising is it...given Obama’s perennial campaign mode (and his lack of expertise in everything else)?


20 posted on 09/22/2010 6:40:01 AM PDT by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
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