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By: Bob Woodward, David Axelrod clash on TV | Grumpy Opinions

Bob Woodward, David Axelrod clash on TV | Grumpy Opinions — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:41:06 +0000

[...] And the WH hatchet man was … [...]

By: Schadenfreude

Schadenfreude — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:53:39 +0000

Summa Summarum

By: Hummer53

Hummer53 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:39:14 +0000

all these gutless white punks do his dirty work for him

By: katy the mean old lady

katy the mean old lady — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:05:26 +0000

Where did this asshat and his buddies come from? Why are they here?Quit Covering Your Elitiest Rear-End!!

williamg on February 28, 2013 at 8:44 AM

By: Karl Magnus

Karl Magnus — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:48:20 +0000

I’m not sure that King Barry regrets anything.
His (p)sychophants will and do anything to defend the Monarch’s edicts.
HOWEVER … methinks they singled out one of the wrong guys!
~(Ä)~

By: tomshup

tomshup — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:24:51 +0000

“I’m not sure I buy that conversation as a “threat,”

-Ed Morrissy

Can Hot Air just fire Ed Morrissey already and replace him with someone who actually has a damn clue? I’m so tired of this pantywaist.

sartana on February 28, 2013 at 9:22 AM

My point EXACTLY!!!

Ed – this goes beyond Elitist “opinion-making” which you USUALLY engage in, this is: Explicit Obama Wateer-Carrying and Lying Jackassery!!

You’re Pitiful – AND a liar!

williamg on February 28, 2013 at 11:45 AM

A hearty Amen!

By: tomshup

tomshup — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:20:01 +0000

I’m not sure I buy that conversation as a “threat,”

That’s becuase you’re an Elitist and Fracking IDIOT, Ed!!

“You will regret this” – IS a threat – and would be counted so by the Police in an “assault” filing.

Your Blog is STUPID for not Putting the CORRECT word: “Threat” in your Headline – while DRUDGE got it RIGHT!

Quit Covering Your Elitiest Rear-End!!

williamg on February 28, 2013 at 8:44 AM

Thank you and Amen!

By: williamg

williamg — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:45:47 +0000

“I’m not sure I buy that conversation as a “threat,” -Ed Morrissy
Can Hot Air just fire Ed Morrissey already and replace him with someone who actually has a damn clue? I’m so tired of this pantywaist. sartana on February 28, 2013 at 9:22 AM

My point EXACTLY!!! Ed - this goes beyond Elitist "opinion-making" which you USUALLY engage in, this is: Explicit Obama Wateer-Carrying and Lying Jackassery!! You're Pitiful - AND a liar!

By: RdLake

RdLake — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:28:58 +0000

Gene Sperling is going to make Bob Woodward regret his comments.
Sounds like he’s the author of the ‘Shared Sacrifice/ BALANCED APPROACH’ strategy.
2011 with Maria Bartiromo

http://youtu.be/kgCenv1ELuo

By: Del Dolemonte

Del Dolemonte — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:57:09 +0000

Mika getting emails from the WH trying to defend their actions… mika defending them natch

cmsinaz on February 28, 2013 at 8:26 AM

What’s so hilarious is that Mika was only a kid (7) when Woodward went after Nixon.

By: tinkerthinker

tinkerthinker — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:08:04 +0000

not exactly cut from the classic, no-drama Obama cloth.”

Hahaha! I had to laugh at that..

By: Solaratov

Solaratov — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:59:47 +0000

sartana on February 28, 2013 at 9:22 AM

Friend of yours Ed?

Bmore on February 28, 2013 at 9:31 AM

Ed’s got all sorts of friends in high places…

or high friends, in places.

By: farsighted

farsighted — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:34:34 +0000

Will Dear Leader try to sic his MSM propaganda machine on Woodward? Methinks that would not be a good idea. No one in either party wants Woodward as an enemy.

But keep in mind the hubris and the arrogance and the methods of the Chicago Way Gang.

By: dominigan

dominigan — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:32:29 +0000

The email may have been intended a threat, but I don’t see it that way. It’s very mild…if someone said that to me I’d laugh in their face.

Slade73 on February 28, 2013 at 8:31 AM

Would you do that if there was a gun to your head? This WH is now looking to ruin someone’s career… and appears to have enough zombie supporters to do that.

If it was an individual, yeah… I’d laugh in their face too.

If it was a representative of the US Government, who has shown himself to be shockingly UNSTABLE, yet has the power and following to carry out their threat… yeah… a little different…

By: Bmore

Bmore — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:31:50 +0000

Can Hot Air just fire Ed Morrissey already and replace him with someone who actually has a damn clue? I’m so tired of this pantywaist.

sartana on February 28, 2013 at 9:22 AM

Friend of yours Ed?

By: Solaratov

Solaratov — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:26:37 +0000

David Plouffe is now calling Woodward a has-been. Basilsbest on February 28, 2013 at 8:30 AM

Interesting. Yesterday afternoon, our own HAL (hotairlib) called Woodward a has been. That must be the epithet de jour. I guess they blasted out an email to all of the leftoid drones to start calling him that. (Kind of gives a hint of who's on the payroll, doesn't it?)

By: CJ

CJ — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:26:31 +0000

I, for one, would not sit there and be yelled at for half an hour.

I would if I were a reporter hoping the guy would say something really bad/telling that I could quote in my next story.

By: farsighted

farsighted — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:26:14 +0000

The only way this “you are going to regret this” could not be taken as a threat would be if Woodward was publicly exposed to be completely wrong and in error — if he was so publicly embarrassed by this error that he would have to admit his mistake. That is the kind of caution a friend would give another friend.

There is no way that can or will happen because Woodward knows he speaks the truth. Sperling knows that. Woodward knows that. And Woodward knows Sperling knows that. Which leaves us with this. That Sperling and the admin would be the agents of something else that would cause Woodward “regret”, which makes it a threat.

By: sartana

sartana — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:22:55 +0000

“I’m not sure I buy that conversation as a “threat,”

-Ed Morrissy

Can Hot Air just fire Ed Morrissey already and replace him with someone who actually has a damn clue? I’m so tired of this pantywaist.

By: Axeman

Axeman — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:17:12 +0000

Words can mean many things. Nobody turns a meaning on its head much better than the comic Emo Phillips. But, nobody thinks that these words work like the “You’ll be sorry” by Emo in this bit:

I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, “I’m going to mop the floor with your face.”

I said, “You’ll be sorry.”

He said, “Oh, yeah? Why?” I said,

“Well, you won’t be able to get into the corners very well.”

– Emo Phillips

By: Happy Nomad

Happy Nomad — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:10:22 +0000

Context matters. After being “yelled at … for about a half hour” I would take it as a threat.

farsighted on February 28, 2013 at 9:03 AM

I, for one, would not sit there and be yelled at for half an hour. I don’t care if it is the White House. The guy who brought down Nixon should have said “I’ve done it before and I can do it again” and hung up.

Speaking of Woodward, the current dictatorship makes the Nixon White House seem transparent.

By: farsighted

farsighted — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:09:52 +0000

My hope is a bit more simple. That this overt in-your-face attack on Woodward will cause the press to re-think their special relationship with a rat-eared dictator. I find it hard to believe they want to abandon all pretense of objectivity and just repeat administration press releases.

Happy Nomad on February 28, 2013 at 8:18 AM

Don’t get your hopes up too high. They just went all out to get there Boy King re-elected.

Though still a liberal and a Democrat, Woodward is a bit of a maverick and atypical of the DC press corp.

This episode illustrates how intolerant of any dissent at all Dear Leader’s admin is.

By: AH_C

AH_C — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:09:51 +0000

Remember when Mika amended her “reporter” on the air based on a texting from the WH? Yeah it’s a threat, at the very least to restrict his access if he continues to expose the lies and corruption. Ed, you’re a blogger, not a journalist even if your reporting is better than the LSM. Enough of the “fair and balanced unbiased” mumble jumble. Call ‘em like you see it or don’t bother opining. Then again, if that’s how you really see it, then you’re losing your touch. Maybe it’s that “going native” thing ever since townhall took over hot gas.

By: cmsinaz

cmsinaz — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:09:22 +0000

Politico has a complacent email from bob

Cripe

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By: farsighted

farsighted — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:03:51 +0000

The phrase “you’re going to regret” is not necessarily a threat.

The Rogue Tomato on February 28, 2013 at 9:01 AM

Context matters. After being “yelled at … for about a half hour” I would take it as a threat.