Yep......

WebsterMark wrote on 09/05/18 at 08:11:47:



I'm not sure how much to believe about the book.

That notwithstanding, the sheer fact that it even enters the realm of possibility boggles the mind.  Some of these descriptions are almost too crazy to believe... but when you know the reputation of the man that they're put up against.. well, they could actually be true.  That speaks volumes about the man.

This is the problem with trump.  Yeah, he says he doesn't care and that it's all a "witch hunt" - but he's never given any signs to back that up.  His actions, his tweets, his demeanor, his (near total) lack of press conferences, his incoherent rambling off prompter and his asinine rallys all show who he is.

That's why the public could believe these quotes from Woodward are (mostly) believable.

As a comparison - look at the wild claims against Obama.  Well, there pretty much weren't any.  Besides the occasional "he's a Muslim", the man was presidential, ran his office accordingly and never had to try and defend himself.  

The fact that trump is in constant defense mode says a lot.

So when a four star (5 star?) General says the quote below...

“The contemptuous words about the President attributed to me in Woodward's book were never uttered by me or in my presence,”

...you would prefer to believe a reporter who didn't hear the quote, but relied on what a source whom he won't reveal told him he hear?

WebsterMark wrote on 09/05/18 at 09:23:53:



I'd say of the two, I'd believe Mad Dog...  But, given his background compared to trumps (Marine vs deferment boy), I can imagine there's not a lot of respect shown to trump the man, but more to the office of president.

“It’s not that you’re lying or you’re bad or anything like that,” Mr. Dowd told him. “Given your daily intake — just look what we’ve done this afternoon.”
Mr. Dowd handed him a letter addressed to Mr. Mueller asserting the president’s right to terminate the investigation. Mr. Trump loved it.

The day after, a gleeful Mr. Trump called Mr. Dowd. “I slept like a rock,” the president said. “I love that letter.”

The above line says it all. Down treats trump like a little child and gives him a letter that he knows is all it takes to pacify him and he says next day, I loved it, sleep like a rock. He's like a heroin addict where they only care about the next hit. Trump is addicted to his narcissism, Dowd gives him a hit in the form of a letter and Trump can get to sleep.

By March, little progress had been made with Mr. Mueller. On
March 5, Mr. Dowd met with the special counsel and one of his deputies and explained why he was trying to keep Mr. Trump away from them.
“I’m not going to sit there and let him look like an idiot,” he said.

Later that month, Mr. Dowd told Mr. Trump why he should avoid an interview: “It’s either that or an orange jumpsuit.”
“I’m not going to sit there and let him look like an idiot,” he said.

Later that month, Mr. Dowd told Mr. Trump why he should avoid an interview: “It’s either that or an orange jumpsuit.”

Good to see some droll humour from Reince... the witching hour, roffle.

He called the president’s bedroom—where he watches cable news—“the devil’s workshop,” and referred to the hours when Trump tweets as “the witching hour.”

Earlier, Dowd told Mueller why he didn’t want Trump to testify. “I’m not going to sit there and let him look like an idiot. And you publish that transcript, because everything leaks in Washington, and the guys overseas are going to say, ‘I told you he was an idiot. I told you he was a goddarn dumbbell. What are we dealing with this idiot for?’”

This is just an appetiser for what they'll say when Trump is gone and no one cares any longer. No one doubts the veracity of Woodward.

Oh look at this article, priceless.

Look, we’re not enabling an American Putin here. We’re just babysitting the most impotent chief executive we’ll ever see, and locking in some good judges before the Democrats sweep us out.

Read the rest here https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/trump-bob-woodard-new-book.html