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Woodward's book

Sep 5, 2018 7:12AM PDT

What's the value?

The left will say it proves them right.

The right will shrug and ignore it.

Discussion is locked

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What didn't surprise me was
Sep 5, 2018 8:03AM PDT

The expression of shock from POTUS when Woodward advised him that he had tried to arrange and interview with him.

I though I was listening to the Omarosa tape, when TheRUMP expressed shock, when she told him that she had been let go.

He didn't know someone wanted to interview him, he didn't know Omarosa was being let go?

The guy that loves to talk wasn't notified someone wanted to talk to him?

BW: Well, I talked to Raj [Shah] about it. I talked to . . . I talked to Kellyanne.

Trump: Well, a lot of them are afraid to come and talk

Trump: I would’ve been very happy to speak to him. All right, so what are you going to do?

BW: Well ...

Trump: So I have another bad book coming out. Big deal.


Heads should be rolling on the White House lawn....

TheRUMP has "feigned indignation" ALMOST perfect.

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I could ask the same question
Sep 5, 2018 8:59AM PDT

I suppose it's because this is how the man has earned his living...by attempting to destroy other people in order to live the lifestyle of his choice. Call him a "paid informant" that no one will hire but himself. He's got name recognition and wants to cash in on it. As for myself, I find Popular Mechanics to be better reading than books of that kind.

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RE:Call him a "paid informant" that no one will hire but him
Sep 5, 2018 10:36AM PDT

Call him a "paid informant" that no one will hire but himself.

It seems Trump would have hired him...IF Kellyeanne was doing her job.

IF Trump had given him an interview...he would have been considered a "shill".

shill
an accomplice of a hawker, gambler, or swindler who acts as an enthusiastic customer to entice or encourage others.

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It has uncovered one WH staffer with good sense.
Sep 5, 2018 1:12PM PDT

<quote> Sanders also tried brushing off the book as a rehash of old -- incorrect -- stories.
"Certainly just because they keep getting told doesn't make them more true," Sanders said.<end quote>

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Woodward is an old hack....
Sep 5, 2018 11:16PM PDT

....whose fame is 40 years behind him and this is his lame attempt at a last hurrah. He's yesterday's news, and today's comedy. His time has passed him by. All that's left to him now is to totally embarass himself in his final days.

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RE:Woodward is an old hack...
Sep 6, 2018 2:46AM PDT

An "old hack" that POTUS claims HE would have loved to be interviewed by?

KELLYANNE!, why didn't you tell me he wanted to interview me?

What's up with that?

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Perhaps
Sep 6, 2018 3:19AM PDT

But he is going to sell a bunch of these books and other than provide the media with many talking points will accomplish nothing.

The right will dismiss it or him.

The left will love it.