I smell a Wall Street Journal rat

[Bombero1956]

During tonights Nightly News broadcast I saw a story in which Boehner responded to a story in the Wall Street Journal that quoted an unnamed White House staffer as saying they don't care how long the shutdown lasts because they were "winning". To which Boehner said it wasn't a game about winning. I think this unknown White Staffer is a figment of the Wall Street Journal imagination. Why would someone in the White House want to give Boehner such a sound byte.

[ProSense]

1. Why

anyone would put stock in an anonymous quote that doesn't reflect anything remotely being said by Democrats is beyond me.

The whole thing seems like it was invented to take deflect from the dumbnuts duo epic FAIL.

Paul caught on hot mic: 'We're gonna win this, I think'
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023778116

[orpupilofnature57]

4. Like sunlight to vampires, those words should be Highlighted

and used as an example of the Historic 5yr Obstruction, the country has had to Pay for . .

[Wolf Frankula]

2. Unnamed White House Staffer is an Old Journalistic Phrase for

'I made this up.' My old editor would have asked, "What's the staffer's name?" If no name was given, the response would be, "Pull the story and print a retraction. Do that again and you're fired."

Wolf

[arthritisR_US]

3. Your old editor sounds like endangered species. n/t

[bhikkhu]

5. That's very possible, and crossed my mind as well

the day after Obama speaks, quoting a befuddled repug on the record complaining about how “We have to get something out of this. And I don’t know what that even is”, conveniently an embarrassing but anonymous quote comes up from "high in the administration", tailored to the occasion. It makes it look like both sides are to blame, which is a meme the media are unable to resist.

Personally, I doubt it, and the president did well to address it today.

[xfundy]

6. Actually, I think Rand Paul made that remark before a 'hot' microphone.

SKA-ROOOOO them.

[Kablooie]

7. Has anyone seen the article? I'm wondering who wrote it?

[Old Union Guy]

8. The notorious unnamed source strikes again!

I wouldn't worry about it.