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gibraltar72

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7. Manafort is old.

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Fri Sep 14, 2018, 06:09 PM

Sep 2018

What do you have when you're old? You have family not too much else. It had to hurt when a child disowns you. I've thought for a while Manafort would try to mitigate the damage to his family by doing something very close to the right thing.

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Cohen and Manafort have flipped for a very, very, very simple reason: [View all] DetlefK Sep 2018 OP

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100% correct brettdale Sep 2018 #4

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Good point. dewsgirl Sep 2018 #6

Manafort is old. gibraltar72 Sep 2018 #7

Best reasoning I have heard yet. GulfCoast66 Sep 2018 #11

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Your third point is the most relevant NastyRiffraff Sep 2018 #9

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Since they've flipped duforsure Sep 2018 #14

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