Thursday, September 6, 2018

About that anti-Trump NYT editorial,,,


Sources: American ThinkerTownhallArutz ShevaWashington Examiner.

Rick Moran: Bookies placing odds on the identity of NY Times op-ed  . . . "How crazy has it gotten? Bookies around the world are giving odds on who the traitor might be. 
Vice President Mike Pence – and “the field” – lead offshore bookmaking picks as the White House mole behind the anonymous bombshell New York Times op-ed blasting President Trump.
 . . . "Why Pence? Desperate gamblers have latched on to the thinnest of reeds;. the use of a single word in the op-ed that has also been used on occasion by the vice president." . . .
Not "rosebud", but "Lodestar" TD

In that same vein: A guess at identifying the NYT's infamous anonymous Trump insider

 Cortney O'Brien: Former Trump Aide Says He Knows Who Wrote Op-ed, Drops Hints About 'Her' Identity  . . . “ 'I know it’s a woman,” he said during an interview on Buffalo’s WBEN 930 am. “I’m being cautious. My attorney is keeping me from saying her name but yes I believe it’s a woman. I believe I know who it is.” 
"What he can reveal, is that she is a “coward” who “should have stood up and resigned.”  . . . 

John Dietrich: Anti-Trump resistance at the senior level  . . . "The Times published this essay because “We believe publishing this essay anonymously is the only way to deliver an important perspective to our readers.”  However, this “important perspective” is the same old anti-Trump perspective that has been peddled by the Deep State Media since before Trump was elected. The only thing new about it is that it was supposedly written by a senior official in the Trump administration." . . .
The op-ed was almost finished and the author had not yet accused the president of racism.  He saved this for the last three paragraphs. 
 Tom Trinko: A Disloyal Coward Condemns Trump  . . . "A key complaint by the possibly fictional author is that Trump lacks a moral compass based on how Trump makes decisions.  But if we're going to talk about moral compasses, let's look at our past presidents:" . . .

Leah Barkoukis: Here's the White House's Official Response to Anonymous

Israel National News: I don’t believe NY Times about anonymous White House snitch  . . . "Strangely, no byline. I cannot say that this is a first. But I cannot remember any story, anywhere, a story intended to be so damaging, running as Anonymous.
"I do not know what we call it today. They used to call it Yellow Journalism.
"That’s how smut tabloids still operate, but I doubt that even the National Enquirer would run such a hoax.

"I’m calling it a hoax because the tag-team effect is plain obvious, from last week’s anti-Trump “bombshells” being dropped through Bob Woodward’s book on Trump, which delighted CNN, NBC, ABC and CBS, until it got old. You can stretch a story only so far. Even for Liberals there’s a limit to Trump bashing. Got to be." . . .

Byron York: 7 points on the anonymous New York Times 'resistance' op-ed  "The New York Times' publication of an anonymously-authored article, "I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration," set the world of political commentary on fire Wednesday afternoon. The author, whom the Times identified only as "a senior official in the Trump administration," claimed that he used his government position to thwart President Trump's "more misguided impulses." Others, also unnamed, joined him in the effort, he said. The article, quickly denounced by the president, promised to dominate cable news for days. Here are seven thoughts on what it means:" . . .
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7) We'll know more soon enough. The Times wrote that it granted the author anonymity because his "job would be jeopardized" by disclosure of his name. It seems hard to believe the author truly thinks he can remain anonymous — and keep his job — in the white-hot public attention his article will attract. One way or the other, his identity will likely come out, probably sooner rather than later. And then the story could become even more interesting.

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