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(177,418 posts) Wed Sep 5, 2018, 06:17 PM Sep 2018

This word from the anonymous New York Times op-ed may prove Mike Pence wrote it [View all]

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This word from the anonymous New York Times op-ed may prove Mike Pence wrote it [View all] Gothmog Sep 2018 OP

That's the mother lode Blue Owl Sep 2018 #1

Fascinating. C_U_L8R Sep 2018 #2

Me either and I love words. Like Trump, I have lots of them. Funtatlaguy Sep 2018 #6

The best ones, I'm sure :-) C_U_L8R Sep 2018 #9

Highly rec reading entire rawstory article... compelling... hlthe2b Sep 2018 #3

It's not a Raw Story article - it's a series of tweets from Dan Bloom oberliner Sep 2018 #7

Did you REALLY just post that? (eyeroll big time). The link is at the bottom of the tweet hlthe2b Sep 2018 #16

The link is to a series of tweets oberliner Sep 2018 #24

I'm not awarding Rawstory a pulitzer. As I said it is an article based on those tweets hlthe2b Sep 2018 #25

I am completely unimpressed with the op-ed. yardwork Sep 2018 #14

Its value is that it makes it harder for admin to write off the claims in the Woodward book hlthe2b Sep 2018 #19

How does that help us? yardwork Sep 2018 #20

Do you honestly not think there might not be some fence-sitting indies who will be freaked out by hlthe2b Sep 2018 #22

I see it as normalizing the Republicans. yardwork Sep 2018 #27

that is an issue that concerns me too, but I disagree on it being the point here. hlthe2b Sep 2018 #28

I think it's the whole reason for the op-ed piece. yardwork Sep 2018 #31

well, it obviously wasn't written by anyone who leans dem/progressive as would be expected. hlthe2b Sep 2018 #21

Pence doesn't write his own speeches oberliner Sep 2018 #4

That's covered in the article. He's used it earlier unblock Sep 2018 #10

It's not an article oberliner Sep 2018 #26

Well, he notes that he's been using the word as far back as 2001, unblock Sep 2018 #41

Mathew's just mentioned the "lodestar" word in passing. Pence looks sleazy, wouldn't doubt he's ... uponit7771 Sep 2018 #5

Alternatively, it would be a great way to frame pence. unblock Sep 2018 #8

Interesting. Could be. C_U_L8R Sep 2018 #17

I've heard they actually do this KayF Sep 2018 #33

"Lodestar" was used by Kissinger in describing McCain at the funeral, so does not prove Pence wishstar Sep 2018 #11

Pence wouldn't go to the NYT and they wouldn't take him GusBob Sep 2018 #12

They would certainly "take" the Vice President of the United States. whathehell Sep 2018 #32

They wouldn't take an op Ed from him. No way GusBob Sep 2018 #36

Your reasoning? whathehell Sep 2018 #37

Conflict of interest GusBob Sep 2018 #38

"Pence didn't do it anyway" whathehell Sep 2018 #39

Well if the Vice President of the United States came to the NYT GusBob Sep 2018 #46

Here's Pence saying #Lodestar eight times, going back to 2001. I'm just saying! Gothmog Sep 2018 #50

just misdirection n/t torius Sep 2018 #13

It can't be him unless the Times is being dishonest about why anonymity was granted dsc Sep 2018 #15

There are computer programs marybourg Sep 2018 #18

FUCK PENCE. He is nearly as deep into this SHIT as tRump is. madinmaryland Sep 2018 #23

Hear here! TwistOneUp Sep 2018 #29

Yeah, that -- plus if Pence is so goddamned worried, why doesn't he start impeachment Nay Sep 2018 #42

Naw. He'd be below my top 20 picks as the person. nt oasis Sep 2018 #30

Red Herring? Me. Sep 2018 #34

A shiny object for us to chase NightWatcher Sep 2018 #43

You don't have to be too tricky to throw "lodestar" in to make people jump Jersey Devil Sep 2018 #54

Exactly Me. Sep 2018 #55

Somewhere in the back of my mind oldtime dfl_er Sep 2018 #35

It can't be Pence, he can't be fired Sedona Sep 2018 #40

Smart! n/t phylny Sep 2018 #44

The op-Ed claims to be written by a "political appointee" GusBob Sep 2018 #47

But does pence know that he cannot be fired? Gothmog Sep 2018 #49

I'm sure the NYT does... nt Sedona Sep 2018 #56

Tweety said that too n/t malaise Sep 2018 #45

From my twitter feed Gothmog Sep 2018 #48

If it's Pence, then I agree with Trump! dchill Sep 2018 #51

Pence in the VP slot easier to knock out with charges empedocles Sep 2018 #52

If I was trying to hide my identity in a written piece- cwydro Sep 2018 #53

Pray for Pence enid602 Sep 2018 #57

Omarosa says explosive NY Times op-ed came from Pence's Office in extremely combative radio intervie Gothmog Sep 2018 #58