Comments on: FDL Book Salon Welcomes Bob Woodward, Author of The War Within

By: DrZen

DrZen — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:58:41 +0000

This says all you need to know about Bob Woodward:

“It’s up to the American political system to decide what or what not to do.”

Yeah. Let the system bury its own skeletons and fuck the people.

By: timbo

timbo — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:59:45 +0000

Gee. Guess he had an appointment at 1PM.

By: Quebecois

Quebecois — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:13:54 +0000

Great thread from Bev and Marcy, thanks.

After reading this, I feel that Bob knows that access is everything.

I hope President Obama tells him to go to the back of the line.

By: Ollie

Ollie — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:53:50 +0000

Mr. Woodward

You usually are the first to come up with all the big scoops on mis-steps by the Bush Administration. I’m curious how you missed the one reported in another book about the White House knowing there was no WMD before the war and later ordering the CIA to fabricate a letter that was planed in the media which tied Iraq to Al Qaeda.

By: mui1

mui1 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:29:44 +0000

@109 I am sorry but the combination of cowboy swaggering and bragging of technology seems like a put on to hypnotise the rubes. And if the technology is supposed to be killer or yet another violation of the basic rights of humanity, I hope that technology comes off like a limp d*ck. It’s not like the Bush administration and previous adminisitrations haven’t spent enough tax payer’s money on what amounts to “toys for boys” that get shoved aside when the batteries wear out so to speak.

By: Elliott

Elliott — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:27:28 +0000

YES! nice work Bev. and thanks Marcy.

By: hackworth

hackworth — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:26:23 +0000

An excellent summation, Hugh. I was going to add that Mr. Woodward’s self-important demeanor is hard to ignore, but you covered that with media star. To paraphrase his words - he gives you the facts and you sort it out.

You hit him hard with your first question. That was awesome.

By: mui1

mui1 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:24:14 +0000

Did the book really disregard Cheney as a crucial player in all this? I thought the War was his “baby.”
And WTF?

As part of one of your book publicity interviews, you recently described what you called a major “breakthrough” in military technology that — as you put it — “If you were an al-Qaida leader . . . and you knew about what they were able to do, you’d get your ass outta town

By: TwinpeaksnikkiSF

TwinpeaksnikkiSF — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:23:44 +0000

I missed it in real time but I want to thank Mr. Woodward for participating. It at least gives me a glimmer of hope that we the people can hold our government responsible.

By: looseheadprop

looseheadprop — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:23:21 +0000

Thank you for coming to the Lake Mr. Woodward and congratulations to Bev!