“I don’t talk the way I am QUOTED” has a precedent, too! I believe it was either Dick Cheney or Newt Gingrich who once declared “Anyone who repeats what I said in that video is lying!”
I had to read Andrew Jackson’s dialog in the opening panel a few times to get it. I assume he was quoted accurately, and he was voted for president, only the House rejected him in 1824 for John Quincy Adams, who didn’t even have the plurality of the electoral college.
But I should probably point out that more than a few people seem to have conflated the op-ed piece (in my opinion, either written by committee or at least with input from several people) with Woodward’s book. The op-ed did NOT say that papers were taken off Trump’s desk (or taken out of his mouth……..) It did say that people (hopefully, most people in the administration!) are trying to slow down the train wreck, by letting Trump vent (as preschoolers are wont to do) and get things out of his system. And THEN the actual policies are enacted. (Does this remind anybody else of when Ronald Reagan’s handlers were the president?) Let me siddown and shaddup now, but a quote from the op-ed first:
From the White House to executive branch departments and agencies, senior officials will privately admit their daily disbelief at the commander in chief’s comments and actions. Most are working to insulate their operations from his whims.
Meetings with him veer off topic and off the rails, he engages in repetitive rants, and his impulsiveness results in half-baked, ill-informed and occasionally reckless decisions that have to be walked back.“There is literally no telling whether he might change his mind from one minute to the next,” a top official complained to me recently, exasperated by an Oval Office meeting at which the president flip-flopped on a major policy decision he’d made only a week earlier.The erratic behavior would be more concerning if it weren’t for unsung heroes in and around the White House. Some of his aides have been cast as villains by the media. But in private, they have gone to great lengths to keep bad decisions contained to the West Wing, though they are clearly not always successful.
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Masterskrain almost 6 years ago
“I don’t talk the way I am QUOTED” has a precedent, too! I believe it was either Dick Cheney or Newt Gingrich who once declared “Anyone who repeats what I said in that video is lying!”
VegaAlopex almost 6 years ago
I had to read Andrew Jackson’s dialog in the opening panel a few times to get it. I assume he was quoted accurately, and he was voted for president, only the House rejected him in 1824 for John Quincy Adams, who didn’t even have the plurality of the electoral college.
Smitty almost 6 years ago
I’m surprised Nixon doesn’t have a Woodward voodoo doll and a handful of long pins.
Godfreydaniel almost 6 years ago
Woodward without Bernstein is Teller without Penn……..
Godfreydaniel almost 6 years ago
But I should probably point out that more than a few people seem to have conflated the op-ed piece (in my opinion, either written by committee or at least with input from several people) with Woodward’s book. The op-ed did NOT say that papers were taken off Trump’s desk (or taken out of his mouth……..) It did say that people (hopefully, most people in the administration!) are trying to slow down the train wreck, by letting Trump vent (as preschoolers are wont to do) and get things out of his system. And THEN the actual policies are enacted. (Does this remind anybody else of when Ronald Reagan’s handlers were the president?) Let me siddown and shaddup now, but a quote from the op-ed first:
From the White House to executive branch departments and agencies, senior officials will privately admit their daily disbelief at the commander in chief’s comments and actions. Most are working to insulate their operations from his whims.Meetings with him veer off topic and off the rails, he engages in repetitive rants, and his impulsiveness results in half-baked, ill-informed and occasionally reckless decisions that have to be walked back.“There is literally no telling whether he might change his mind from one minute to the next,” a top official complained to me recently, exasperated by an Oval Office meeting at which the president flip-flopped on a major policy decision he’d made only a week earlier.The erratic behavior would be more concerning if it weren’t for unsung heroes in and around the White House. Some of his aides have been cast as villains by the media. But in private, they have gone to great lengths to keep bad decisions contained to the West Wing, though they are clearly not always successful.
Andylit Premium Member almost 6 years ago
I will remind folks that Woodward does not have a sterling reputation for accuracy or truth.
As much as I despise Wikipedia as a source I will use it here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Woodward#Criticisms_of_content
The above is a rather mild rendition of the many criticisms leveled all the way back to Watergate.
Teto85 Premium Member almost 6 years ago
William Henry Harrison did more as president than his grandson.
Brian Carroll creator almost 6 years ago
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