A conversation with Bob Woodward about his book "State of Denial"

with Bob Woodward
in Current Affairs, Books
on Tuesday, October 3, 2006 * * * * *

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An hour conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bob Woodward about his book "State of Denial", the third installment in his series on the Bush administration's handling of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Woodward offers an insider's perspective on the decisions that lead to war. He also describes a White House rife with disagreement on matters of war policy.

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Afghanistan
George Bush
Iraq
George Tenet
terrorism
Dick Cheney
Condoleeza Rice
State of Denial
Don Rumsfeld
Bob Woodward

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    1. Steven M.  09/18/2008 04:00 AM Report

      The Government has lots of ties in shows being monitored as our phone calls and emails and web searches.Bush has people looking at us from space to.Think when you get naked to take a shower big brothers watching or when you make love to your husband or wife.Google earth almost lets us spy on people but it gets blurry when you get on top of someones house.Also Bushs Skull and Bones secret society is another name for devil worship and the people killed while he was govenor in Texas along with his 8 years in office as President he no doubt considers to be sacrifices for his lord and master satan.A one world government is coming and religion and yes there is a great conspiracy that has been happening for years through secret societies.Read the book of Revelation and St Matthew chapter 24 KJV Bible and it spells out whats happening and whats coming.

      God bless you Charlie Rose for having your guest on to tell us the truth while we still have this soon to end right of freedom of press and speech.

      Get the book [THE PROSECUTION OF GEORGE W. BUSH FOR MURDER By Vincent Bugliosi\-[Also the book WORSE THAN WATERGATE The Secret Presidency of President George W. Bush by John w. Dean.

      He is guilty without a shadow of a doubt.

    2. George Fortes  09/17/2008 04:06 AM Report

      The broadcast on KCET was cut in mid sentence of Bob Woodward as he was describing president Bush's inability to meet with military and other advisors in the latter part of the Iraq war, at 12:25am. The next 5 minutes of the broadcast were spent airing the usual credits of the program and ~4 minutes of ads of the next or other programs.

      Was this a technician looking at the clock, didn't they know the length of the taped program? or worse, Censorship? It's unacceptable to do this, especially in a PBS station.

      Did Charlie Rose know his interview would be cut at a critical time? Does he approve?

      Until then, I was very interested in both halves of the program.

      KCET, shame on you! I doubt this broadcast was cut in other stations and if it was it shouldn't have been.

    3. sock puppet  09/17/2008 03:13 AM Report

      These comments apply to the Sept 2008 not this 10/3/2006 conversation. Sorry. No entry point for 2008 one yet? Strange!

    4. sock puppet  09/17/2008 02:39 AM Report

      Woodward said Bush claimed his commanders were'nt fighting and that he had to request body counts. He has body counts from Texas as well as Iraq.

      _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

      Published on Saturday, June 17, 2000 in the New York Times

      Texas Executions:

      GW Bush Has Defined Himself, Unforgettably, As Shallow And Callous

      by Anthony Lewis

      BOSTON-There have been questions all along about the depth and seriousness of George W. Bush. They have been brought into sharp focus now by a surprising issue: the way the death penalty is administered in Texas. In his comments on that subject Governor Bush has defined himself, unforgettably, as shallow and callous.

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      In his five years as governor of Texas, the state has executed 131 prisoners -- far more than any other state. Mr. Bush has lately granted a stay of execution for the first time, for a DNA test. ----------------------

      In answer to questions about that record, Governor Bush has repeatedly said that he has no qualms. "I'm confident," he said last February, "that every person that has been put to death in Texas under my watch has been guilty of the crime charged, and has had full access to the courts." ------------------------

      That defense of the record ignores many notorious examples of unfairness in Texas death penalty cases. Lawyers have been under the influence of cocaine during the trial, or been drunk or asleep. One court dismissed a complaint about a lawyer who slept through a trial with the comment that courts are not "obligated to either constantly monitor trial counsel's wakefulness or endeavor to wake counsel should he fall asleep." ------------------------------------

      This past week The Chicago Tribune published a compelling report on an investigation of all 131 death cases in Governor Bush's time. It made chilling reading.

      _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________

      Now a sicko, whining, thumb-sucking Democrat might make some unfounded outrageous conclusion that W 'GOT-OFF' on body counts. Further accuse that wet dreams occurred when visiting certain VA venues. And that PC keeps him from visiting GITMO.--------------------- My response: he's a good God-fearing Christian and merely doing the Lord's work as He has been directed - first hand.

    5. Damion  09/16/2008 01:27 AM Report

      Wow I thought the troop deaths and civilian deaths were going down consistently with only rare upticks...Apparently everyone else that Charlie has interviewed was lying...