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I agree, but I think it would have brought action A LOT FUCKING SOONER than it did.

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Well, 70k * 5 is 350k which is the projection for 12/10 (9 months in), 80k * 5 is 400k which is the projection for 12/28 (10 months in), and 90k * 5 is 450k, which is the the projections for about 1/30 (11 months in) and that is all less than one year of "flu." This will be 500,000 "flu" death, 10x the normal rate in one year.

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That would also be an acceptable choice.

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I'm sure Woodward's conscience isn't troubling him a bit. He is part of the fucking problem.

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Is that with the cool kids are calling murder now, β€œplaying it down.”

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So, who is supposed to be enRAGEd here? I know I am.

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"Trump was either lying or stupid"EITHER?!?How about "both"?

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There’s a whole bunch of jewels in Bob’s box of goodies, that would have been pretty good to know at that time, rather than in a book now. But that would really only have benefited us if the information was something that would result in the proportionate response. I think it’s a safe assumption to say that this year has not brought on a great enlightenment. People who believe or support Trump do so as a protocol, not as a good faith belief. And, Dems aren’t in control, so every bit of criminal activity that’s come to light has been enabled, endlessly. In some ways, it might actually be more impactful that all this dirt comes out now, and is used as political weaponry in the election. Did Bob understand this potentiality all along? Not likely. Will it make any difference now? Possibly? Would the moral and ethical thing to have done be to share this info as it was acquired? Definitely.

But, there’s probably more to this story. Who’s stupid enough to allow Trump to have lengthy recorded interviews where he predictably runs his mouth and shares too much? And they knew it was taped??? Was this some sort of insurance policy for someone?

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So the US of America suicide rate had gone way up since the covid pandemic got rolling. I wonder if it has anything to do with people losing their jobs, not being able to pay rent, not being able to buy food and what not. Or maybe it's the trauma of being asked to wear a mask. Who can say?

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Woodward is no Bernstein.

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Or Robert Redford.

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Paused throat.

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Dotard's vanity comes into play.He likes to hear himself talk and knows that he can say just about anything with no repercussions.

Even the rotten press is still all about him.

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I'm not sure if it would have changed anything myself. Everybody who's not a Kool-aid drinker knew he was lying from the very beginning.

The only thing this could have been used for, might have been to try and force him to do something.. and my guess is, he would have just lied more.

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Also, these tapes are spread out over months - so only the first one would have come out, and no others.. which would have made it that much easier to lie some more, and then not change anything.

Releasing it shortly before the election like this might be the most effective way to save lives.

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