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Sogo

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28. I don't believe Woodward is at fault.

Reply to Ani Yun Wiya (Reply #27)

Thu Sep 10, 2020, 04:17 PM

Sep 2020

Trump took the information and the actions that the rest of the world took and flipped it all on its head. Why? Because HE was panicked that the stock market would tank and that, along with the COVID numbers, would sink his chances for re-election. In short, once again he thought he could con his way out of the situation, with the assistance of Fox News.

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So, let me see if I've got this right...if a journalist doesn't spill the beans [View all] Sogo Sep 2020 OP

Not at all BUT the journalist is now complicit with the outcome beachbumbob Sep 2020 #1

I see that as deflection from the real issue. Sogo Sep 2020 #7

Yes, the classic gaslight.... mitch96 Sep 2020 #15

Trump leads a cult. mzmolly Sep 2020 #18

Oh please!! You really think a tell all book would have made a difference when no one wanted to Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #20

If the journalist spilled the beans, he wouldn't have gotten 18 interviews, and other confessions. TheBlackAdder Sep 2020 #25

As I have pointed out in other threads . . . . markpkessinger Sep 2020 #26

Exactly! MaryMagdaline Sep 2020 #2

Evidently Bob Woodward Montelimar Sep 2020 #3

Bingo. Sogo Sep 2020 #4

Yes, he's been elevated to co president status by some deeply misguided folks. BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #17

What if the president isnt doing the job and the journalist knows it? GusBob Sep 2020 #5

The President STILL isn't doing his job. Sogo Sep 2020 #9

Its September Not March GusBob Sep 2020 #10

Hillary said time and again that dotard was not up to the task. Should we bash her again too?? Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #21

With the help of DU - yes lame54 Sep 2020 #6

No. It means the journalist lacks integrity by withholding such boston bean Sep 2020 #8

tRumpian "logic" No beans no spilling. IllinoisBirdWatcher Sep 2020 #11

That's the faux news spin backtoblue Sep 2020 #12

This!! These kinds of continued hits knock dotard off his narrative. Timing is everything Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #23

If he does "spill the beans"... orwell Sep 2020 #13

That's what I'm reading here. Can't say it seems sane to me, though. Or even slightly ethical. Squinch Sep 2020 #14

Apparently so BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #16

Is it really so hard to understand? aidbo Sep 2020 #19

Who is saying "excusing"? UTUSN Sep 2020 #22

Keep the pressure and the blame on trump, for now. Paladin Sep 2020 #24

What I don't get.. Ani Yun Wiya Sep 2020 #27

I don't believe Woodward is at fault. Sogo Sep 2020 #28