Washington Post Blog on Times OP-ED

Listen to certain cable news precincts, and the shock value of running an anonymous op-ed becomes clear. “An extraordinary thing just happened,” MSNBC’s Chuck Todd said at the top of his daily show. He called the piece “unprecedented.”

So what? Like most anonymous quotes and tracts, this one is a PR stunt. Mr. Senior Administration Official gets to use the distributive power of the New York Times to recast an entire class of federal appointees. No longer are they enablers of a foolish and capricious president. They are now the country’s most precious and valued patriots. In an appearance on Wednesday afternoon, the president pronounced it all a “gutless” exercise. No argument here.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2018/09/05/the-new-york-times-packages-old-news-in-an-anonymous-op-ed/?utm_term=.c08d57ceb5df

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katielass · F

@wollenmittens: Wrong. They don't exist. Trump has fulfilled every promise he made and I don't believe anyone is dumb enough to believe he had other plans that he has kept under his vest. He can't help but talk about what he's doing. There is no one preventing him from doing anything. There is no one hiding anything so he can't sign it.

This is obviously a very elementary attempt to erode Trump's support. Realizing they aren't going to get him on the Russia thing or obstruction they have no other recourse. They want to get rid of him but with almost 100% support of his voters that would be impossible. Now the goal is to erode that support so they can do whatever they want and no one will care. It will fail, just as everything they've tried has failed.

woolenmittens · 31-35, F

@katielass Who's @wollenmittens ? LOL

How anyone takes you seriously -- when you cannot even get a username correct -- is beyond me.

Peddle your biased investigative skills elsewhere. No one is interested.