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https://www.today.com/news/michael-wolff-says-he-absolutely-spoke-president-donald-trump-fire-t120837malaise
(269,303 posts)As I wrote, it was better than any interview with Matt Lauer
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)Calling Barnes and Noble in 40 minutes to reserve gift copy for my brother
SUE , Donald, SUE!
malaise
(269,303 posts)They're not getting my money
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)Over thirty callers before me, and they ALL wanted Wolff!
She was bemused, to say the least
TexasBushwhacker
(20,255 posts)thesquanderer
(12,001 posts)Then Amazon killed more, and Borders.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)Is any of this going to have an effect on the KGOP?
Theyre getting about all they can ask for
Judges
Oil wells everywhere
Dismantling of the governments executive functions
Nancy MacLeans book should be getting at least as much notice in the MSM as it got by its radical wingnut attackers
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)One would think......
A trail right to the Offal Orifice
Kingofalldems
(38,511 posts)Biggest liar in the history of mankind.
UTUSN
(70,790 posts)I should say, "needless to say," that I am ecstatic over the book for validating all the truths we already knew about TWITLER - and about actually all of his crew and congresscritters for being unscrupulous sycophants for the sake of greed and power in supporting in the first place and now continuing to support this unspeakably repugnant TWITLER.
That said, I saw the GUTHRIE-WOLFF interview and saw him be a little bit evasive. We all know TWITLER is a constant liar, and we received TWITLER's tweet about never having been interviewed by WOLFF as a lie just on the face of its being TWITLER saying it. But GUTHRIE had to ask WOLFF *twice* whether he had interviewed or not TWITLER. When pinned down, he said he had had frequent contact with TWITLER "during the campaign" and (once?) after the inauguration, sort of veiling that "for three hours" meant a TOTAL of three hours adding up scattered contacts. Also, he said that maybe TWITLER didn't realize the interactions were an "interview" but that it was certainly "on the record."
My immediate question when the book news broke was how could a writer/reporter be sitting on sofas in the West Wing for a year without raising suspicions among TWITLER's protectors (if there *are* any protectors). GUTHRIE asked him whether he curried favor to get the access and he said he did whatever he had to do, which is FINE with me.
Repeating, it is all FINE with me, just that my impression of WOLFF was that he was evasive and cagey. Truman CAPOTE lost all his friends when he published what they had confided to him. But us consumers love us them sneaky artists!1
brush
(53,978 posts)access to the West Wing, daily access to top administration figures, shows the incompetence of the administration
in allowing Wolff to roam about and talk to staffers for months, thinking he was going to write a complimentary book that would make trump look good.
What Wolff found was not complimentary and I for one take my hat off to him for using his wiles and reportorial skills to expose the dystopian debacle that is the trump administration.
And he has tapes.
UTUSN
(70,790 posts)My post was supportive, just commenting that those who gullibly trust artists/writers are of the what-fools-these-mortals-be variety!1 So we agree.
And this morning Joe SCABS made this point, that both the CLINTONS and Shrub made the same mistake in trusting Bob WOODWARD, giving him access because they thought he was going to puff them up.
pandr32
(11,642 posts)How in the world were they thinking that open access for months and months would result in a "complimentary book that would make trump look good"? They all volunteered unflattering information and did nothing to disguise the truth.
onecent
(6,096 posts)FSogol
(45,586 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)anyone who has ever walked on earth."
nolabear
(42,004 posts)EVERYONE will know who it means.
thesquanderer
(12,001 posts)if you leave out the "perhaps."
Marcuse
(7,561 posts)A legitimate news organization would be touting an "Exclusive".