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pnwmom

(108,978 posts)
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 07:30 PM Feb 2022

Maybe THIS is why Mike Pence made that speech today:

he's trying to get ahead of this story.





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11:09 AM · Feb 2, 2022·
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Maybe THIS is why Mike Pence made that speech today: (Original Post) pnwmom Feb 2022 OP
What are you hearing, Donnie? MyOwnPeace Feb 2022 #1
And it's been said Traildogbob Feb 2022 #4
Gonna' need a bigger boat. Totally Tunsie Feb 2022 #7
Is there room on Jeff Bezos' yacht? gratuitous Feb 2022 #11
Money moves mountains, and portions of bridges too! Totally Tunsie Feb 2022 #14
HAHA... I see what you did there! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Feb 2022 #43
No boat will be big enough for Donald Trump..... Stuart G Feb 2022 #34
Mmmm...don't think he'll end up in Russia. Totally Tunsie Feb 2022 #48
I agree. ShazzieB Feb 2022 #53
Before the election, I agreed with you InstantGratification Feb 2022 #68
Which countries? cannabis_flower Feb 2022 #61
I googled your exact question, and here's what came up: Totally Tunsie Feb 2022 #65
. Maine Abu El Banat Feb 2022 #64
Poor Donnie Baby...They are coming to take him away...eh huh! Stuart G Feb 2022 #37
I think the press needs to be focusing all the negative attention they want to put on Biden, on ColinC Feb 2022 #2
Absolutely.. the press is Too Obvious Cha Feb 2022 #6
The daily national news broadcasts are full of fluff lately...carefully avoiding the daily Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2022 #58
Well said.. I don't even have Cha Feb 2022 #70
It's disgusting how The Majors are treating the coup...almost unbearable,to,watch the daily Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2022 #71
Too much for the sensitivities of Cha Feb 2022 #72
On everything we agree...I also can not answer the question...why r the majors NOT pounding? Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2022 #73
Who is "the press" anyway? Maybe forget the broadbrush and be specific. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #15
oops llashram Feb 2022 #21
Unfortunately I'm referring to the vast majority ColinC Feb 2022 #24
Awesome. Thanks for posting this. nt Tommymac Feb 2022 #27
Welcome! ColinC Feb 2022 #35
ABC CBS NBC The Majors....they are avoiding this like the plaque. Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2022 #59
I don't like Occupy Democrats on Twitter... Grasswire2 Feb 2022 #3
Well... Ohio Joe Feb 2022 #9
Thank you, Ohio Joe! pnwmom Feb 2022 #16
exactly llashram Feb 2022 #22
Imminent or not, Pence wants to get out in front. It must be damning. n/t pnwmom Feb 2022 #17
What should we think he's trying to get out in front of, again? Something from ancianita Feb 2022 #39
How about email replies from Pence luvtheGWN Feb 2022 #47
Okay, thanks! Probable evidence that links him to aiding and abetting sedition. ancianita Feb 2022 #60
But they do beg for money. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #23
So do most political organizations. Your point? Tommymac Feb 2022 #29
I made my point. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #31
Begging for Democracy.. I'm Good Cha Feb 2022 #44
I'm fucking GLAD they are on OUR side. Tommymac Feb 2022 #28
TY! Cha Feb 2022 #45
TY Occupy Dems! Rt Cha Feb 2022 #5
Oh My! malaise Feb 2022 #8
Between that and his chief of staff testifying recently, I think he sees the walls closing in. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2022 #10
Yes, COS Marc Short, VP Counsel Greg Jacob and Keith Kellogg, Pence's NatSec advisor, have Leghorn21 Feb 2022 #18
So, Pence is not pretending anymore that Jan. 6 was no big deal because he knows Baitball Blogger Feb 2022 #12
Looks like it! nt pnwmom Feb 2022 #20
And actually asked The Former Spelling Bee Champ for advice about what to do. Tommymac Feb 2022 #30
The fact that he had to ask Dan Quayle still blows my damn mind. AngryOldDem Feb 2022 #38
Amazing, isn't it? Almost like MyOwnPeace Feb 2022 #41
"Would Have Been"? I Thought The Three Stooges WERE Cheato's Cabinet! nt smb Feb 2022 #46
Correct Oldtimeralso Feb 2022 #52
LOL Totally Tunsie Feb 2022 #49
It's not that weird when you realize that Quayle and Pence are from the same state. ShazzieB Feb 2022 #54
Right? I thought this was an onion joke or the like.. jeeze. n/t msfiddlestix Feb 2022 #63
Pence should be impeached for not alerting anyone, this shit was huge. At least Barr did the smart uponit7771 Feb 2022 #50
Pence did the smart thing by staying on. Otherwise, whoever replaced him pnwmom Feb 2022 #51
Incentive. BeckyDem Feb 2022 #13
Damn. I actually praised pence today ecstatic Feb 2022 #19
Pence is trying to save his political reputation. Aussie105 Feb 2022 #25
He's done. AngryOldDem Feb 2022 #36
He was done the moment he signed on to be Donnie's VP in 2016 campaign. NCjack Feb 2022 #56
He is covering his ass. Emile Feb 2022 #62
They will all be delivered on March 3, 2022 Ohio Joe Feb 2022 #26
and the beat goes on, as do the revelations about J6 vlyons Feb 2022 #32
You're probably right Catherine Vincent Feb 2022 #33
I love the smell of TOAST in the morning... Ford_Prefect Feb 2022 #40
Glad he actually had the guts to say Enoki33 Feb 2022 #42
TY. Great OP empedocles Feb 2022 #55
Yep. It was CYA. GoCubsGo Feb 2022 #57
I just wish at the end of his speech Pence had said, "And oh, by the way, Rex Tillerson was right... LaMouffette Feb 2022 #66
Two Peas pnloyd Feb 2022 #69
All of this will make for a nice committee report drray23 Feb 2022 #67

MyOwnPeace

(16,927 posts)
1. What are you hearing, Donnie?
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 07:39 PM
Feb 2022

BA-dum.........BA-dum........BA-dum..BA-dum..BA-dum..BA-dum..





They're getting CLOSER, Donnie!!!!!

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
11. Is there room on Jeff Bezos' yacht?
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 08:14 PM
Feb 2022

The one he built in The Netherlands, and now can't head out to the open sea because a bridge is in the way? The former guy isn't going anywhere, either.

Stuart G

(38,427 posts)
34. No boat will be big enough for Donald Trump.....
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 09:15 PM
Feb 2022

....If Trump escapes to Russia for good, then the plane might do it. (and don't think that Donnie boy has not thought of that one)
..........but could Donnie baby do that to the.... "Trump Name?"....I don't know...What do you think?

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
48. Mmmm...don't think he'll end up in Russia.
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 11:42 PM
Feb 2022

Pootie has no need nor use for him any longer, and he'll just be a nuisance. There would be no value to Pootie to have TFG there.

ShazzieB

(16,406 posts)
53. I agree.
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 08:05 AM
Feb 2022

I said before the election that Pootie would have no further use for TFG once he was out of office. I still think so.

68. Before the election, I agreed with you
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 01:29 PM
Feb 2022

Now I've changed my mind. He is STILL causing discord, division and chaos here, so he still has value to Pootie right where he is. As soon as his influence wains and the world moves on, THEN Pootie will cut him loose.

cannabis_flower

(3,764 posts)
61. Which countries?
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 10:22 AM
Feb 2022

Have no extradition treaties? We should follow the money and see if he starts to try moving money anywhere. If he starts offshoring money, then we know he’s thinking about running.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
65. I googled your exact question, and here's what came up:
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 11:53 AM
Feb 2022
https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/11-best-countries-without-extradition-to-us-uk-c
11 Best Countries Without Extradition To US, UK, Canada, and Australia
11. Burkina Faso
10. Ivory Coast
9. Senegal
8. Kazakhstan
7. Cape Verde
6. Bahrain
5. Oman
4. Saudi Arabia
3. Kuwait
2. Qatar
1. China


Of these, Saudi Arabia would probably be most to his liking...all that "majesty" and pomp/circumstances that TFG so sloppily admires. Possibly also, Kuwait and Qatar for similar reasons.

The real question is not where he would choose to go, but "Who would take him and his criminal family?"

ColinC

(8,299 posts)
2. I think the press needs to be focusing all the negative attention they want to put on Biden, on
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 07:39 PM
Feb 2022

Trump. After all, it is a far more sensational story than whether the VP bought an expensive pot...

Cha

(297,253 posts)
6. Absolutely.. the press is Too Obvious
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 07:50 PM
Feb 2022

in what they're Focusing on Instead of the Real Bad Story.. for their cash cow TFFCG.

 

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)
58. The daily national news broadcasts are full of fluff lately...carefully avoiding the daily
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 09:08 AM
Feb 2022

breaking news of the mountain of evidence of a coup attempt…apparently only mildly news worthy stuff for the Majors. But if it were a Democratic President trying a coup..and trying to cover it up…all in the open. The coverage is disgusting, or lacks thereof.

Getting so obvious…but why?? Why are the Majors so afraid to tell America the truth?

Cha

(297,253 posts)
70. Well said.. I don't even have
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 03:25 PM
Feb 2022

a TV anymore for a long time now.. and I figured as much.

That's what they do since I stopped watching in Nov 2002.

Whatever outlet that is hiding this story is like "fox".. they want the Bloated Traitor back in power.. why else would they be like fox?

Adn, you're right.. if it were a Dem it would be like what I heard "Whitewater" was like.. or Pres Obama's Tan Suit.. only worse of course.

 

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)
71. It's disgusting how The Majors are treating the coup...almost unbearable,to,watch the daily
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 09:54 AM
Feb 2022

national news leading with semi news and always ending with fluff…few minutes of news, many minutes of ads and more minutes of fluff.

It’s obviously not news, never was, it’s national mind control.

Cha

(297,253 posts)
72. Too much for the sensitivities of
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 04:15 PM
Feb 2022

the Magats who are blaming it on the Dems.

The "Majors" as you say should be POUNDING TFCG 24/7 with the Reality of what he did to Overthrow the American Government.

I long for the days of Edward R Murrow and Walter Cronkite.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
15. Who is "the press" anyway? Maybe forget the broadbrush and be specific.
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 08:25 PM
Feb 2022

Is MSNBC the press? Is every journalist the press? They are not all the same.

llashram

(6,265 posts)
21. oops
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 08:45 PM
Feb 2022

and 'the press' today is a lot more partisan. OBJECTIVITY has flown out the window. A real journalist doing the grunt work? No more.

ColinC

(8,299 posts)
24. Unfortunately I'm referring to the vast majority
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 08:54 PM
Feb 2022

Of the networks controlled by one of the following companies which often carry a general message and feed off of each other in promoting a similar narrative.

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA)
Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS)
AT&T (NYSE:T)
ViacomCBS (NASDAQ:VIAC)
Sony (NYSE:SNE)
Fox (NASDAQ:FOXA) (NASDAQ:FOX)

ColinC

(8,299 posts)
35. Welcome!
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 09:16 PM
Feb 2022




These companies need to be broken up so that they can't so easily be lumped in with each other as "the press." Until then, the press functions as a small handful of large entities with a single goal that works to benefit themselves as opposed to the general public.
 

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)
59. ABC CBS NBC The Majors....they are avoiding this like the plaque.
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 09:09 AM
Feb 2022

Online shit don’t count…TV is the great brainwasher and brain laundromat..

Grasswire2

(13,570 posts)
3. I don't like Occupy Democrats on Twitter...
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 07:40 PM
Feb 2022

..they don't source this story. No link. Nothing. It's from Feb. 2, and the release of that material is not imminent.

ancianita

(36,058 posts)
39. What should we think he's trying to get out in front of, again? Something from
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 09:28 PM
Feb 2022

the National Archives?

We don't know what all that is yet, right?

luvtheGWN

(1,336 posts)
47. How about email replies from Pence
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 11:18 PM
Feb 2022

saying "Yes, Mr. President, I'll see what I can do", or "let me check on that, Mr. President". In other words, Pence NOT telling his President that what he's suggesting is unconstitutional.

There are probably several incriminating emails between the 2 of them.

ancianita

(36,058 posts)
60. Okay, thanks! Probable evidence that links him to aiding and abetting sedition.
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 09:31 AM
Feb 2022

Even one incriminating email will do, right?

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)
29. So do most political organizations. Your point?
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 09:04 PM
Feb 2022

Hell, I get spammed by the DNC all the time - everyday at least one text and numerous emails.

That is how groups and PACS and Parties raise money.

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)
28. I'm fucking GLAD they are on OUR side.
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 09:02 PM
Feb 2022

I support them 100%. Great following them and they DO post legit stuff.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
18. Yes, COS Marc Short, VP Counsel Greg Jacob and Keith Kellogg, Pence's NatSec advisor, have
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 08:39 PM
Feb 2022

all spent some *quality time* with the J6 Committee!! Greg Jacob was testifying yesterday for about *8* hours, according to what I read —

I cain’t stop SMILING!!!



Baitball Blogger

(46,715 posts)
12. So, Pence is not pretending anymore that Jan. 6 was no big deal because he knows
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 08:16 PM
Feb 2022

the record will show he was scared out of his wits, and knew what Trump was asking him to do was seditious?

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)
30. And actually asked The Former Spelling Bee Champ for advice about what to do.
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 09:07 PM
Feb 2022

FVP Quayle may have saved Pence's ass from a really BIG jail sentence.



MyOwnPeace

(16,927 posts)
41. Amazing, isn't it? Almost like
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 10:27 PM
Feb 2022

Moe asking Curly or Larry for advice!

(you kids can 'look that up!)

((Actually, Curly, Larry, and Moe would have been perfect in TFG's Cabinet!)

ShazzieB

(16,406 posts)
54. It's not that weird when you realize that Quayle and Pence are from the same state.
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 08:18 AM
Feb 2022

They probably met and became friendly somewhere along the line through both being involved in the Indiana GOP political scene . If you're not sure of your powers as VP, who better to call than your back home buddy who once held the same office and also had to certify an election he and his potus had just lost.

It's really not all that far-fetched.

uponit7771

(90,344 posts)
50. Pence should be impeached for not alerting anyone, this shit was huge. At least Barr did the smart
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 01:22 AM
Feb 2022

... thing and got out before anyone told him anymore information.

Pence's dumb ass stayed to the end and when it didn't look like things would go Putin's Whore's way he bailed

pnwmom

(108,978 posts)
51. Pence did the smart thing by staying on. Otherwise, whoever replaced him
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 01:57 AM
Feb 2022

might have carried out Trump's plan.

He also did the smart thing by refusing to get into the car with the Secret Service, to be driven no-one-knows-where.

Aussie105

(5,397 posts)
25. Pence is trying to save his political reputation.
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 08:55 PM
Feb 2022

He sees the iceberg looming and doesn't want to go down with the good ship TFG.

Thinking of his political future, Mike is!

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
36. He's done.
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 09:18 PM
Feb 2022

Trump and the RNC will see to that. As glad as I am to hear him say this today, he’s not exactly a hero here.

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
56. He was done the moment he signed on to be Donnie's VP in 2016 campaign.
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 09:00 AM
Feb 2022

He should have refused, taken a few years off, and run for a mayor.

Ohio Joe

(21,756 posts)
26. They will all be delivered on March 3, 2022
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 08:56 PM
Feb 2022

I will deliver these pages to the Select Committee 30 days after this notification (which is March 3, 2022), unless prohibited by court order.

https://www.archives.gov/files/foia/ferriero-response-to-january-18-2022-trump-privilege-letter.02.01.2022.pdf

That is a ton of stuff to gather and deliver in 30 days... Good job Archives!

Catherine Vincent

(34,490 posts)
33. You're probably right
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 09:14 PM
Feb 2022

I wondered why he all of a sudden started talking about January 6th again after reassuring Repukes he still support that TI buffoon.

Enoki33

(1,587 posts)
42. Glad he actually had the guts to say
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 10:33 PM
Feb 2022

so. Doesn't make him less of a weasel. Apologies to the furry fellas.

GoCubsGo

(32,084 posts)
57. Yep. It was CYA.
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 09:01 AM
Feb 2022

He's trying to cover his own ass, and trying to distance himself from the Trump mob as the walls close in on them. Just like he did when he consulted with Mr. Potatoe Head before the coup attempt. He was trying to cover his own bases in case it all failed.

LaMouffette

(2,035 posts)
66. I just wish at the end of his speech Pence had said, "And oh, by the way, Rex Tillerson was right...
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 12:39 PM
Feb 2022

Trump IS a fucking moron!"

drray23

(7,633 posts)
67. All of this will make for a nice committee report
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 01:19 PM
Feb 2022

like the Mueller report and thats where it will end up. As long as the DOJ does not pick it up, its a useless exercise.

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