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Bullying can be defined in many different ways. The UK currently has no legal definition of bullying,[4] while some U.S. states have laws against it.[5] Bullying consists of three basic types of abuse – emotional, verbal, and physical. It typically involves subtle methods of coercion such as intimidation.
This, even though everyone knows it was Obama who suggested sequester, saw it passed, and then signed it into law.
Woodward's reporting threatens to monkey wrench all of this. His reporting not only confirmed that sequester was Obama's idea but that Obama moved the goal posts with his demand for tax increases. The original sequester deal did not include tax increases.
Yesterday, Woodward really threw the White House and its media a curve by being the only high-profile reporter willing to say out loud that Obama has the power to choose where the cuts hit. In other words, all this White House fear-mongering is an audacious lie.
Though no one's disputed Woodward's reporting, the media's Cult of Obama began pushing back against the Watergate legend even before he dropped the bomb last night that he had been threatened by a top White House official.
But when that news hit, many in media immediately chose to protect Obama by ridiculing Woodward, questioning his motives, and/or dismissing his reporting.
Meet the members of the Cult of Obama…
A reporter for CBS claimed that White House and Department of Justice officials screamed and cursed at her due to a story she was pursuing about a controversial DOJ program.
Sharyl Attkisson, the investigative reporter for CBS, made the allegations on conservative host Laura Ingraham's radio show Tuesday. She had been looking into the so-called "Fast and Furious" operation that the Justice Department was running.
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Attkisson told Ingraham that, when she broke a damning story about the operation, she got extremely aggressive pushback from the Obama administration. She said that a DOJ spokeswoman named Tracy Schmaler had yelled at her on Monday about the story, but that it was nothing compared to the way a White House spokesman named Eric Schultz had acted.
Attkisson said he had "literally screamed at me and cussed at me" about the story, and that the White House also told her that she was the only reporter not being "reasonable" about the issue
Originally posted by jibeho
Screaming and ranting seems to be a common denominator with the WH bullies....
Originally posted by Helious
That's what dictators and their administrations do. They threaten, harass and sometimes even round up and kill "dissidents" and those with opposing political views or those in opposition.
Originally posted by burntheships
reply to post by IAMTAT
I guess Woodward is starting to understand just how much he will regret
his actions...here is hoping they will make him mad enough that he starts digging.
Originally posted by Bixxi3
wow now this is something truly interesting and potentially something that could really shake people awake to how commonplace it is for the government to pressure those who the public listen to.
Now i have a question though, why can't he say who practically threatened him?
I understand that it could be potentially life threatening. But surely someone like bob woodward would want the name out there so everyone can know. A death would be highly suspicious now, would it not?
Originally posted by butcherguy
reply to post by Indigo5
We really can't be sure that this email covers what had the Obama camp was PO'ed about.
I kind of think it was the part about saying that the POTUS is mad.
Originally posted by starfoxxx
Originally posted by KyrieEleison
reply to post by Bixxi3
Nah, see, he's pretty old so it would just be "natural causes" or "suicide" or whatever is in vogue du jour.
Oh come on, they only meant he would not be invited to press conferences, or white house dinners, cut off from the inner circle, no access.. Like castration for a reporter.. I'm sure they wouldn't just find him dead... A sudden car accident these guys are smarter..edit on 27-2-2013 by starfoxxx because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Indigo5
Originally posted by butcherguy
reply to post by Indigo5
We really can't be sure that this email covers what had the Obama camp was PO'ed about.
I kind of think it was the part about saying that the POTUS is mad.
Hey Butch...If you have the bandwidth, clarify for me. everything I have read has cited this email as the basis for Woodward's comment. What have I missed?