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Miles Archer

(24,311 posts) Thu Jun 8, 2017, 10:55 AM Jun 2017

Risch: Because Trump said "I HOPE" re: Flynn, do you know of anyone charged for saying I HOPE?

He didn't ORDER you to let it go, did he?

NO.

He said I HOPE, correct?

YES

Do you know of anyone who has ever Been charged for saying I HOPE?

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Risch: Because Trump said "I HOPE" re: Flynn, do you know of anyone charged for saying I HOPE? (Original Post) Miles Archer Jun 2017 OP

Risch needs to study linguistic pragmatics. flor-de-jasmim Jun 2017 #1

THIS! TheBlackAdder Jun 2017 #5

'Nice job you got there. C_U_L8R Jun 2017 #2

Yep NewJeffCT Jun 2017 #4

Much less than "I hope" , Nixon went down for "uh huh" Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #3

exactly! samnsara Jun 2017 #7

Reminds me of the Gotti trials DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #6

Has he ever heard of someone being fired because they did not do what someone hoped they would do? MedusaX Jun 2017 #8

flor-de-jasmim

(2,289 posts)

1. Risch needs to study linguistic pragmatics.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Jun 8, 2017, 10:55 AM

Jun 2017

TheBlackAdder

(29,981 posts)

5. THIS!

Reply to flor-de-jasmim (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 8, 2017, 11:03 AM

Jun 2017

C_U_L8R

(49,526 posts)

2. 'Nice job you got there.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Jun 8, 2017, 10:57 AM

Jun 2017

I hope nothing bad should befall it.'

NewJeffCT

(56,848 posts)

4. Yep

Reply to C_U_L8R (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 8, 2017, 11:01 AM

Jun 2017

very much like a mob boss.

Eliot Rosewater

(34,296 posts)

3. Much less than "I hope" , Nixon went down for "uh huh"

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Jun 8, 2017, 11:00 AM

Jun 2017

samnsara

(18,781 posts)

7. exactly!

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 8, 2017, 11:07 AM

Jun 2017

DemocratSinceBirth

(101,999 posts)

6. Reminds me of the Gotti trials

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Jun 8, 2017, 11:05 AM

Jun 2017

Reminds me of the Gotti trial where his lawyers argued that when he was telling his soldiers he wanted someone "wacked" or taken "care of" it didn't mean he wanted them killed.

And that clown Risch is a prosecutor.

MedusaX

(1,129 posts)

8. Has he ever heard of someone being fired because they did not do what someone hoped they would do?

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Jun 8, 2017, 11:27 AM

Jun 2017

Perhaps someone should introduce him to former FBI Director Comey...

Hoping is one thing

Verbally expressing that hope
directly to the only person who you
expect to act in accordance with
your clearly expressed hope...
Is quite another..
This
Is where plain old 'hope'
Officially becomes
an expressed effort to influence

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