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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:51 PM
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Holy fuck. Bush is live...saying he'll resist any attempt to supoena his staff...
Edited on Tue Mar-20-07 04:52 PM by Maddy McCall
and blaming everything on "playing politics."

He's got his gunslinging stance goin' on.

Anyone else watching this?

I'm just amazed at his resilient hubris.

(Edit. I didn't see one of the several ongoing threads on this. I'm working with the TV on in the background...apologize for starting a new thread. But did I say "Holy FUCK at his hubris!" )
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LiberalHeart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:52 PM
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1. will Democrats "waste time" and "provoke a confrontation"? That's our prez talking.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:52 PM
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2. He'd better REHIRE Harriet the Spy, then!!!! She may be the weakest link! NT
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John Q. Citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:52 PM
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3. IMPEACH!!!!!
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:53 PM
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4. He is a real Rhinestone Cowboy this afternoon
:eyes:
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:53 PM
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5. he will let them be interviewed, but not testify
Sic Em, Leahy
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:54 PM
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9. Is the difference the oath to tell the truth?
What's the difference in "being interviewed" and "testifying?"
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:56 PM
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11. The real problem is the transcript. Even just being interviewed it is illegal
to lie to Congress. But without a transcript you'd have a devil of a time proving lies were told.
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:13 PM
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21. they need a court reporter.
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Tempest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:53 PM
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6. Nixon said almost the same thing
Look where it got him.
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Tansy_Gold Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 06:39 PM
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49. Actually, Nixon said the opposite --
http://cstl-cla.semo.edu/Renka/Modern_Presidents/nixon_speeches.htm#Second_presidential_term


"And, with ground rules adopted that would preserve the basic constitutional separation of powers between the Congress and the Presidency, I directed that members of the White House Staff should appear and testify voluntarily under oath before the Senate committee which was investigating Watergate.

"I was determined that we should get to the bottom of the matter, and that the truth should be fully brought out—no matter who was involved.

"At the same time, I was determined not to take precipitate action and to avoid, if at all possible, any action that would appear to reflect on innocent people. I wanted to be fair. But I knew that in the final analysis, the integrity of this office—public faith in the integrity of this office—would have to take priority over all personal considerations."


Emphasis by
Tansy Gold, with thanks to CorpGovActivist for the link
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Tempest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:08 AM
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53. I was referring to the "fishing expedition" statement
Which Nixon and some of his co-conspirators also laid claim to.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:53 PM
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7. Is he gonna hole up in the WH
with all the ATF guns and ammo? :bounce:
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:54 PM
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8. STOP KING GEORGE n/t
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:56 PM
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The dictator is doing lots of blinking when coming up with lies
to reporter's questions.
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LiberalHeart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:56 PM
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10. "I support the attorney general" ... yikes.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:15 PM
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22. You know...it's a good thing that
bush wants to keep the lyin' ag on cause everytime there's an ag issue this will come up and it will just keep getting investigated. bush is once again stepping into his own SHIT.
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Nite Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:56 PM
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12. He sure seems scared
and very defensive.
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John Q. Citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:57 PM
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13. What's he hiding? n/t
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kimmerspixelated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:57 PM
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Captain Arrogance rides again!
What keeps the man going? I mean really. Everything is such an uphill battle for him, and now he's really having to work HARD! You'd think someone like him would want to resign himself..okay I was wishful thinking....but with Cheney and his heart thing...all of a sudden ZOWIE!- we got Prez. Pelosi!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah Baby!
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:57 PM
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14. Correct me if I'm wrong, but subpoenas can't be resisted can they?
That's what a subpoena is for.

If you ignore them you go to jail, no?
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:13 PM
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19. I'm curious what he means as well. refusing to honor a
Edited on Tue Mar-20-07 05:13 PM by fishwax
congressional subpoena means you can be charged with contempt of congress ... of course, this requires a committee vote and a full house vote, and then the matter must be sent to (irony alert) a U.S. Attorney who can then pursue an indictment.
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Blue Belle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:19 PM
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27. A US Attorney like... let's say... Patrick Fitzgerald?
Or is it a specific attorney?
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:31 PM
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37. Good question--I don't know if Congress gets to select the attorney, but
I would guess they probably do.

Also, I should note that I was mistaken before when I said U.S. Attorney--it can actually go to an assistant U.S. attorney or higher, according to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_of_Congress
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:58 PM
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Let George Do the Heavy Lifting
He'll impeach himself at this rate.
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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:58 PM
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15. He's running scared and trying to put up flak....
"wants people to hear the truth".....Jeez, when did this jerk EVER tell the truth???...:grr:
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mrreowwr_kittty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:58 PM
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16. He is babbling and incoherent, as usual
He looks visibly uncomfortable.
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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:59 PM
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17. He's running scared and trying to put up flak....
"wants people to hear the truth".....Jeez, when did this jerk EVER tell the truth???...:grr:
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:11 PM
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18. If Bush wants to fight...
he's gotta fight. C'mon dems!!!!!
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:13 PM
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20. Can't wait to see Jon Stewert and
crew on this..they'll show the little grossly meanspirited asshole in his true darkness.

The corporatemediawhores will blame it on the hardworking Dems.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:16 PM
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24. I wish we had TDS
during Watergate. :rofl:

I usually record TDS, but I might stay up tonight for this! :D
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deepthought42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:20 PM
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28. You and me both...I'll also have to make sure to watch Countdown! n/t
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:16 PM
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23. Resist how can the President resist a supoena without
throwing whole Justice system out the door
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pkz Donating Member (595 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:18 PM
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26. when you are the Almighty *
obviously you can do whatever the hell ya want
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edhopper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:17 PM
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25. So...
what's with all the blinking. I swear it looked like he was sending Morse Code everytime he tried to answer a question.
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Blue Belle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:21 PM
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29. That's what he does when he's nervous...
remember all the blinking in the debates with Kerry?
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DearAbby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:28 PM
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36. blinking in body language
to me, meant the person is lying. Not scientific, but experience of 50+ yrs.
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Blue Belle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:38 PM
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39. Well of course he's lying... he's talking isn't he??
I just seem to forget that we need to make that distinction anymore! :+
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DearAbby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:47 PM
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43. I forgot
in His Highness' case, the other tried and true way....when his mouth is moving, you can tell he is lying. ;)
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:25 PM
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34. People blink...
rapidly when lying. They also look down and to the left a lot. Two little things to remember, the next time you get stopped by a cop. They look for these visual cues.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:44 PM
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42. Da*n! He's not even good at being a psychopath! LOL!
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:21 PM
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30. he's the brown stripe
Edited on Tue Mar-20-07 05:22 PM by leftofthedial
on the dirty boxers of repuke-ism.
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:23 PM
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31. They got him a whole new set of books to stand by.
:puke:
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melody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:24 PM
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32. He has no choice but to keep dancing
If he lets them talk, they're all going down.

It's the same reason they went with the firings -- it was either that or go down.

They'll do anything to hide the fact they're all as crooked as a dog's hind leg (to
quote my grandfather, with apologies to dogs everywhere for the comparison).
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:24 PM
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33. He just shot himself in the foot.
If he thinks he can play the same game he played for six years, he's sadly mistaken. His speech was a direct challenge to the Democratic congress; they're not going to like it one bit.
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:35 PM
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38. That's exactly right.
:thumbsup:
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Rockholm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:26 PM
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35. "Playing Politics?" One word....BLOWJOB.
Tit for tat, scum.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:39 PM
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40. Jack Daniels gives you the courage you need to make
a bullying ass out of yourself.
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:40 PM
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41. Not that he's hiding anything
It's not about them wanting impunity from perjury charges that's just all Democratic spin. People need to just ignore the spreading damp urine stain on the front of shrub's trousers also. He's really not scared one bit, he just drank too much water.
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Octafish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 06:18 PM
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44. Bush fears prison.
That should be the least of a traitor's worries.
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sicksicksick_N_tired Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 06:24 PM
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45. Oops! His dictatorial ways are showing through!!!!
C'mon Dems! Give that little dictator what he and his want---> a constitutional confrontation!!!

Enough, already!!! Those corrupt thugs have gone way WAY to far, already!!
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paparush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 06:27 PM
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46. Brrrinng...Yes? This is fartblossom. Yes? Take her out. Done.
Edited on Tue Mar-20-07 06:27 PM by paparush
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 06:30 PM
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47. Jawohl, Herr Bush, sorry for the impertinence!
We will leave and have ourselves shot, immediately!
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Patsy Stone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 06:31 PM
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48. So it's only a "witch hunt" if they appear under subpoena?
They were fine with Harriet and Karl dropping by for an informal chat, but once you put a sworn statement in the mix, it's politcal? How does that work?
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maggiegault Donating Member (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 06:45 PM
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50. Gunslinging, Nothing...The Little Bastard Was Terrified.


Freep it, Folks:

http://www.azcentral.com/

Go down the page to the poll on the lower right side of the page. The question:

Do you agree with anti-war demonstrators urging Arizona senators to bring troops home from Iraq?

(For what it is worth, we had a RECORD turnout at our protests on Monday.)
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Marie26 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 06:48 PM
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51. He was
When a reporter mentioned the investigation in "San Diego", he went into a tic convulsion. He stepped back, blinked rapidly, rolled his eyes away & grimaced. Total tell. The Carol Lam investigation is the key here - it's what he's most afraid of.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 06:53 PM
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52. Done-freepers are puking on it again
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