http://donsurber.blogspot.com/2019/02/bob-woodward-grovels.html
By Don Surber
February 11, 2019
Four decades ago, Bob Woodward was the King of Journalism in Washington. He was the brave soul who spoke truth to power. He had brought down a president. Robert Redford had played him in a movie.
This weekend Woodward shucked and jived for the richest man on Earth to keep his job.
Pathetic.
Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world, owns the Washington Post, which employs Woodward.
The National Enquirer exposed Bezos's extramarital affair, which is leading to a divorce. As this will cost him $70 billion, you can see why he is upset.
Bezos blames President Donald John Trump because Bezos is crazy. The media is lousy with crazies who blame everything on President Trump (the Rams losing the Super Bowl) while giving him no credit for the things he actually does (lowest unemployment in nearly a half-century).
As he is about to lose $70 billion over a woman, Bezos is angry. He has convinced himself that somehow President Trump used the government to expose the affair because the guy in charge of National Enquirer is friends with The Donald.
Surely, Woodward knows this is loony. Woodward has been the PR firm for the Deep State since he joined the Post in 1971. When Nixon passed Mark Felt over for FBI director, Felt gave Woodward Watergate.
The Deep State hates President Trump more than it hated Nixon. I cannot imagine them lifting a finger to help President Trump.
Nevertheless, Woodward sent Bezos a groveling email on Friday: "Jeff: Proud of you for stepping forward in such a difficult situation. Very gutsy and definitely right. This period reminds me of 1972-1974, perhaps Watergate Redux. So many assaults on constitutional government, common sense and privacy. Let's hope we all get it right - aggressive but careful and fair. Cheers and best, Bob Woodward."
Note to Janet Cooke: That's how you keep a job at a newspaper.
Careful and fair. When the heck has the Washington Post been fair? Has to be sometime before 1971 when it hired him.
And when did Bezos care about privacy? He gave the world Alexa, which spies on anyone dumb enough to buy one.
No doubt, Bungling Bob Mueller will get right on it. His investigation will last until he finds some way to ruin The Donald and nullify the 2016 election.
But the real story was posted by the Daily Beast, which reported, "The brother of Jeff Bezos' mistress, Lauren Sanchez, supplied the couple's racy texts to the National Enquirer, multiple sources inside AMI, the tabloid's parent company, told The Daily Beast.
"Another source who has been in extensive communication with senior leaders at AMI confirmed that Michael Sanchez first supplied Bezos' texts to the Enquirer."
The mistress wanted to be the wife. Step one: divorce.
We shall see how this plays out.
Watching Woodward grovel, though, is sad but also amusing. I doubt in 1979 he would ever imagine having to do this to keep his job.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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