says obama conceded that i was operating on the basis of politics, said, he vaguely conceded that opposition to the surge was political. well, i have no idea what those weasel words mean, those are wiesel words. opposition, whose opposition. vaguely in what does that mean? vaguely conceded the opposition, never said anything about him, you re reading. well, if i ve been doing a lot of, sort of background reporting and back and forth, and there s a couple things that have that come to light to me, just talking to some folks today, some folks close to gates, for instance, who have described the initial reporting. the initial accounts, specifically, bob woodward s account as sensationalized, that people close to gates are saying, hey, you know what, this book is candid, yes, he stands by those quotes about whether it s a biden and hillary on president obama, the whole book is much more measured and much
he could do. i think he was definite. he was straight. he apologized. he said he cleaned up the mess in his office and there were no weasel words. it wasn t like a lawyer. you couldn t misinterpret. he was absolutely direct. i did not know anything about this. and if that holds, and i suspect it will, then i think chris christie is going to emerge from this all right. now, he made clear to say that he didn t think he had that tone in his office, that there wasn t a tone of retribution. but i think it s a fair question that his deputy chief of staff and at least three others, clearly were involved with this and they must have thought that this was okay. doesn t the governor, even if he doesn t know about this, bear some responsibility for the atmosphere? i can t imagine something like
pressure over reports the government spies on allies. the president s second term priorities, chief among them overhauling the nation s immigration system, appear in jeopardy. he s got himself in a pickle here. it does not mean he can t get out of it but there is, to be talking about anything else now like we ll do immigration reform and this and that, i think it s pie in the sky. reporter: so can he recover? there s a question of competence going on now. what barack obama sold to the public was like jimmy carter, i don t tell a lie, i m truthful. this obama care rollout, there seems to be a lot of question marks everywhere. there seems to be a lot of weasel words, mealy-mouthed activity going around this rollout now which belies a strong commander in chief. reporter: brinkley says fixing obama care, making sure the law works, has to be top priority and with today s announcement that some big tech companies are contributing experts to help fix healthcare.gov, it s pretty clear
bill but with a lot of the same lines. say it ain t so. it is full of weasel words and lies, and it lays out how the democratic partyes taking a worthy goal and enrolling uninsured and enrolling voters. this is an illegitimate attempt tone the two-party system. the obama health law says that in every state, community organizations have to be hired to enroll people in health exchangeses. why is this being outsourced from government employees to community activists? because community activists can say things government employee is cannot use. nancy pelosi tells her lawmakers to call mark weather condition horn, he was created a slam on
had anything to do with this will have nothing to do with the u.s. government. he can say if it s as bad as has been reported, i will take not swift steps, i will take swift action. make it harder for republicans to say he s not answering, he s dodg dodging, he s using weasel words. no weasel words today at the white house. i think it has legs but if the president does what david says, if he s quick and action oriented and not b.s.-strewn. he has to be open. weep saw in the clinton years how these things can spin out of control very quickly. he has to show he s in command. this is his administration so ultimately he has to hold people responsible himself.