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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNo White House Senior Staffers Had Copy Of Woodward's Book When Excerpts Published
By Kate Riga
September 5, 2018 9:13 am
The incredibly slow White House reaction to the salacious excerpts from Bob Woodwards White House memoir, Fear, has a simple explanationthey didnt have the book.
According to a Wednesday Axios report, no senior staffers had read the book when the Washington Post first published excerpts on Tuesday. They reportedly have copies now and are reading through them to strategize a response.
The problem is his credibility, a source told Axios. They know they cant give him the Michael Wolff treatment, referring to Michael Wolffs White House bombshell Fire and Fury.
Per Axios, this is not the first time White House staffers have failed to procure a likely-damaging book before its contents leaked. No one had Omarosa Manigault-Newmans UNHINGED before it dropped either.
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No White House Senior Staffers Had Copy Of Woodward's Book When Excerpts Published (Original Post)
DonViejo
Sep 2018
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Historic NY
(37,452 posts)1. LOL.
dalton99a
(81,559 posts)2. Running like a fine-tuned machine
berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)3. When you are in constant fire-fighting mode...
You know you've lost.
I guarantee there are people in the WH begging Trump to resign at this point.
riversedge
(70,267 posts)5. umm. I wonder if anyone actually asked him to resign.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)4. The question is.....Does anyone in the White House actually READ books?
I have read several of Woodward books. He backs everything up, which is why taped recordings of interviews are so important as evidence. Hard to sue for Libel or Defamation that way.
ProfessorGAC
(65,121 posts)6. Reminds Me Of The Old Judy Tenuda Joke
She was arrested for smuggling books in Tennessee, but the charges were dropped because they couldn't prove it.
(Sorry DUers from TN. I'm just repeating the joke, didn't make it up.)