2016 Postmortem
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Woodward: Clinton supporters to blame for Trump's remarks
Famed reporter Bob Woodward suggested Thursday morning that excessive rhetoric from Donald Trumps opponents was feeding the bombastic billionaires increasingly controversial remarks.
Calling Trumps campaign one thats off the rails, the Washington Post editor also condemned hyperbolic, ungenerous rhetoric from Hillary Clintons allies.
I think it's got to be said this is not just about Trump, Woodward said in an appearance on MSNBCs Morning Joe. A lot of the people who really are opposed to Trump, I think, are engaged in some excessive rhetoric also.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bob-woodward-excessive-rhetoric-feeding-trump
madamesilverspurs
(15,805 posts)many bongs has he been drinking from???
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yardwork
(61,622 posts)I have this image of Bob Woodward reeling around a college dorm room.....
Renew Deal
(81,859 posts)Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)Piffle on you, sir. Piffle on you.
Mister Ed
(5,934 posts)Now that you've antagonized poor Mr. Woodward with your hyperbolic, ungenerous rhetoric, it's going to be all your fault if he goes completely off the rails and starts hinting to his readers that they should maybe consider assassinating political leaders, and starts ranting about how President Obama is the Kenyan-born founder of ISIS, and starts doing things like publicly musing about how he'd like to date his daughter and calling a combat veteran like John McCain a big loser for having endured years of torture in a POW camp, and gosh knows what all.
I just hope you're happy.
TeamPooka
(24,228 posts)Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)apcalc
(4,465 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Is that not reserved for the exclusive use of the GOP?
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)Because he's from that generation, and it shows. While a great portion of people "of a certain age" have grown out of such misogyny, Woodward, it would appear, remains.
http://crooksandliars.com/cltv/2016/02/woodward-complains-about-clintons
Wanna really have your head spin? Check out MediaMatters collection of sexist attacks on her from 2008
http://mediamatters.org/research/2016/02/05/a-comprehensive-guide-to-sexist-attacks-on-hill/199700
catbyte
(34,393 posts)What an utterly ridiculous thing to say. He's been resting on his Watergate laurels for 40 years and it's time to hang it up. He's like a singer who was a one-hit wonder back in the day, but can't come up with anything else.
Pathetic.
Blue Idaho
(5,049 posts)dhol82
(9,353 posts)Oh, give me a break!
BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)TeamPooka
(24,228 posts)gordianot
(15,238 posts)The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)Idiotic argument. Sorry, Woodward. Better think of another excuse.
Brother Buzz
(36,439 posts)don't you understand, you syphilitic has been.
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)Trump is so over the top batshit crazy, Hillary's allies are actually toning it down.
No, really. Trump just called for the assignation of Hillary and Woodward is talking about the over the top rhetoric of Hillary's allies??!?!?!! WTF is wrong with you Bob Woodward?!?!!
Arkana
(24,347 posts)You were the undisputed king of investigative journalists--one of the people responsible for taking down the Nixon administration.
What, is this a ham-handed attempt to return to your glory days?
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,854 posts)I almost hope that some young actor/actress in Hollywood makes an accurately disparaging remark against him just to PROVE it!
"Your acting was boring and you'll never amount to anything."
farmbo
(3,122 posts)... poor Donald had no choice but to call Obama "literally the founder of Isis".
WTF Woodword...you are sadly and totally losing it.
cornball 24
(1,477 posts)be a whining bore.
wisteria
(19,581 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)He's a straight up lunatic.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)His commentary has seemed off for at least the last 8-16 years.
Compare these two things:
1. His book https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_of_Attack and its contention, "that President Bush planned from early in his presidency to remove Saddam Hussein from power by force, rather than making any serious effort to use diplomacy or other means." with...
2. This article: http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/peter-roff/2015/05/26/bob-woodward-bush-didnt-lie-to-start-iraq-war "An argument could certainly and persuasively be made, he told moderator Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday," that the Iraq War was a mistake, but "there was no lying in this that I could find."
According to Woodward, Bush himself was skeptical about the presence of weapons of mass destruction and urged caution on then-CIA Director George Tenet lest he stretch the case that there were."
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Something is wrong with someone who posits both of those things. #1 shows that Bush wanted to go to war and was pretending to try to use diplomacy. #2 Gives the opposite impression.
Then of course if you factor in the Weapons Inspectors reports 11 days before we went to war that showed there were no WMD in Iraq, Woodwards #2 really looks silly.
hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)Quit trying to relive your glory days. Watergate's over and no one takes you seriously any more.
Like Eastwood, stop talking. Try to salvage your legacy instead of destroying it by continuing to talk.
book_worm
(15,951 posts)glennward
(989 posts)Rhetoric is responsible for demagoguery.. that's a winner.
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)Woodward should work for the National Enqirer.
TomCADem
(17,387 posts)... In recent years after writing some early puff piece books about Dubya. He is way past his prime.