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rainin

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7. I remember thinking Nunes looked out of his mind. He was rambling and saying stupid things.

Reply to PatSeg (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 6, 2018, 12:54 PM

Mar 2018

And he was keeping the camera on himself even when he had nothing of value to say. In Nunes' case, we later decided it was a distraction tactic. Now we know this strategy is in their toolbox.

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Did Nunberg pull a Devin Nunes? [View all] rainin Mar 2018 OP

I believe it is what you say! imanamerican63 Mar 2018 #1

I don't know PatSeg Mar 2018 #2

So someone staged it greymattermom Mar 2018 #3

I guess today PatSeg Mar 2018 #20

I remember thinking Nunes looked out of his mind. He was rambling and saying stupid things. rainin Mar 2018 #7

Nunes always looks guilty as hell, PatSeg Mar 2018 #22

I don't think you can fake that kind of weirdness. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #4

Possibly his little melt down was used to dilute the story of "Steeles new memo" solara Mar 2018 #10

I don't think Nunberg's behavior was staged or that there was an ulterior motive for it. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #11

I think you're right. Please notice I said his behavior "was used" solara Mar 2018 #25

Either way, can you I M A G I N E What would happen if Hillary had conspired with Fidel Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #27

The tsunami of outrage would be epic in scale. VOX Mar 2018 #31

You got that completely right.. solara Mar 2018 #34

Good point. The story gets through, but is diluted. If I were teaching media literacy, rainin Mar 2018 #24

Hear!Hear! n/t solara Mar 2018 #26

Did you hear that he had already reversed himself by this morning? rainin Mar 2018 #12

It might also tell us that somebody got him to take his meds. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #15

When asked, he told the CNN reporter he was taking his meds. n/t rainin Mar 2018 #18

Doesn't mean he really was taking them. Or enough of them, or the right ones. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #19

He kept the meeting between Netanyahu and Trump out of the media FarCenter Mar 2018 #5

And the fact that Putin chose our Secretary of State. Squinch Mar 2018 #30

Not likely. onenote Mar 2018 #6

I don't have to know what they are hiding to ask the question whether they are hiding something. rainin Mar 2018 #9

His handler is Roger Stone. Wellstone ruled Mar 2018 #16

I hope that means they bring in Hannity and Pirro, too. rainin Mar 2018 #21

Two things, Wellstone ruled Mar 2018 #23

Well, its not as if his perforance has deflected attention away from Stone onenote Mar 2018 #32

I still don't know what to think, but the media turned it into a circus & let him be the ring leader CrispyQ Mar 2018 #8

Don't attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity... brooklynite Mar 2018 #13

Stories get buried all the time. We know these people know how to capture a news cycle. rainin Mar 2018 #17

What prior story didnt come out because they controlled the news cycle brooklynite Mar 2018 #29

Distract from what? PatentlyDemocratic Mar 2018 #14

Hmm there were a couple of stories that might be considered worthy solara Mar 2018 #35

Nunberg was warning his good buddy Rog that he is screwed and that he is going to have to Kirk Lover Mar 2018 #28

There are two kinds of people who appeal to ... Whiskeytide Mar 2018 #33