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2018-09-11 Home Front: Politix

Bob Woodward Snaps Back: John Kelly and Jim Mattis ‘Not Telling the Truth'

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-09-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ] Top

#1 ...Would this be the same Bob Woodward who - nearly forty years ago - claimed to have snuck past several layers of security and medical personnel to get Bob Casey (Reagan's CIA director)to snap out of a coma just long enough to implicate Reagan in Iran Contra? That Bob Woodward?

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-09-11 04:57|| 2018-09-11 04:57|| Front Page Top

Enough of Woodward's treasonous accusations and treachery. He wouldn't make a pimple on the arse of either of these two men.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-09-11 05:01|| 2018-09-11 05:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Bob Woodward Snaps ~~Back~~.

Posted by Woodrow 2018-09-11 06:55|| 2018-09-11 06:55|| Front Page Top

#4 I know who I trust here

Posted by Frank G 2018-09-11 07:34|| 2018-09-11 07:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Considering Woodward's history of embellishing quotes and outright lies, compared with Mattis and his service...

I'll believe Mattis and Kelly long before I believe Woodward.

Plus, Woodward himself has admitted in the past he goes for shock to sell books.

Posted by DarthVader 2018-09-11 09:05|| 2018-09-11 09:05|| Front Page Top

#6 "These are political statements to protect ~~their~~ my jobs, totally understandable."

A Freudian-slip confession?

Posted by Bobby 2018-09-11 09:35|| 2018-09-11 09:35|| Front Page Top

#7 Leaving aside the issue of whether Woodward could recognize the truth were it to land on him Warner Bros cartoon style, this is a man who quotes Gen Kelly as utilizing the term 'crazy-town'.

A man would have better results facing due west and waiting upon the sunrise than waiting for a Marine 4 star to go all fluttering Mugatu and say that. In the event Gen Kelly was moved to so publicly lose his verbal composure the result would have been masculine, memorable, and definitive.

Posted by Cesare 2018-09-11 10:34|| 2018-09-11 10:34|| Front Page Top

#8 Back to the kids room with ya Bobby.

Posted by swksvolFF 2018-09-11 10:58|| 2018-09-11 10:58|| Front Page Top

#9 I'll take my chances with those sworn to protect The Constitution, thank you.

Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2018-09-11 11:03|| 2018-09-11 11:03|| Front Page Top

#10 "Fake, but Accurate?" Bob Woodward learned his lesson after his first book on Bush's War Administration: Slime any Republican President or you will be a Pariah to the Coastal Elite. Since then he spares no effort...

Posted by magpie 2018-09-11 12:09|| 2018-09-11 12:09|| Front Page Top

#11 Bob Woodward Has A Trail Of Accuracy Issues That Nobody Is Talking About

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-09-11 12:46|| 2018-09-11 12:46|| Front Page Top

#12 The only way to settle this honorably is by duel.

Posted by Sliling Dribble4529 2018-09-11 16:24|| 2018-09-11 16:24|| Front Page Top

#13 I'm sure as a good solid honorable journalist Woodward recorded the entire interview... I bet Mattis and John Kelly did.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-09-11 16:40|| 2018-09-11 16:40|| Front Page Top

#14 I'd bet my money on Mattis and Kelly telling the truth over Woodward. Woodward's book suffers from the same sourcing problem that the NYTs anonymous op ed hit piece suffers from.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-09-11 16:47|| 2018-09-11 16:47|| Front Page Top

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