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Robert Farmer's avatar

Contrarian opinon here!!!! I didn't know until after Lee's outrage at a minor misquote that the ex-pres's tweet calling Pence a coward was minutes AFTER finding out Pence was on the run. I had assumed (like most others) that the ex-pres was just fuming away. Now I know the timing. the ex-pres is guilty of conspiracy to murder the VP.

Mike Lee was a prosecuting attorney. He clerked for the Supreme Court. He is quite familiar with proceedings and the old lawyer adage "don't ask a question you don't know the answer to". He is also intelligent (if a mendacious coward as well). Tommy Tuberville is none of those things (except for the mendacious coward part).

Long story short: I believe Mike Lee's outrage was fake. I believe he did this deliberately to make sure the timeline of the tweet about Pence would be brought up time and again ... by both the D's screaming about ex-pres's murder attempt and R's screaming about "hearsay". By now, even Fox News has diseminated the information required to determine that the ex-pres tried to get Pence killed.

Occam's razor.

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Joyful's avatar

LOL,I have never been violently murdered, but I'm pretty sure it would be hard for me to hold onto my phone while defending myself from being violently murdered.

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Joyful's avatar

LOL ,I have never been violently murdered but I think it would be hard for me to hold onto my phone while defending myself from being violently murdered.

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Non Doctior's avatar

Sucker

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Non Doctior's avatar

that....seems fair.

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RawrIhavePi's avatar

I'm terrible at defending myself. But holding on for dear life in a frozen state of fear I can do well.

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Joyful's avatar

Yes agree and I hate being put in the fight or flight position. It is just not a good feeling to me.

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RawrIhavePi's avatar

Yeah, thanks to an ex, I learned my response is freeze. He enjoyed scaring the shit out of me.

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H0mer0's avatar

sorry you went though that. I hope he is out of your life.

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RawrIhavePi's avatar

For over a decade now.

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Joyful's avatar

I too was in an an abusive relationship. I will spare you all the details but it took me 7 years to find a way out.I can totally relate

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The Librarian's avatar

I'm kinda enjoying the spectacle of some of the 'thugs distancing themselves from Trump while trying to look loyal to him at the same time.

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ThunderCat's avatar

There are other reactions to crisis situations as well; some people freeze, some puff up (bully the attackers), some flatter (the attackers). It’s not quite as binary as flight or fight. I do freeze and puffery exceptionally well. 😆

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GrannysKnitting's avatar

I've seen better interpretive dance from 3 year olds - but not as entertaining

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GrannysKnitting's avatar

that is an interesting take on it - food for thought

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glenglish's avatar

So let's acquit Trump because Hillary told antifa to break into the Capitol and it's a shame the Capitol Police fucked up after arresting the antifa, letting him go but it must have been a Democrat Capitol Police Officer. We hafta find out what that Clinton bitch ( you know what kinda woman) knew and when did she know ti.

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