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cbabe

(3,548 posts)
2. Academic/judicial cadence. Slow talking so others can take notes. Heard
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 01:43 PM
Jun 2022

it before and, yes, very annoying.

babydollhead

(2,231 posts)
5. this is how slowly i speak to my exchange students
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 01:45 PM
Jun 2022

including his pause before he answers. all thats missing is his head cocked sideways trying to prepare to answer the question

nocoincidences

(2,220 posts)
6. He is using a string of words that
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 01:48 PM
Jun 2022

essentially have little content. A simple 'no' would suffice.

The way he is breathing he sounds and looks like he is trying not to explode.

Liberal In Texas

(13,556 posts)
7. Yeah, you can just hear the sound of remote controls all over the country changing the channel.
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 01:51 PM
Jun 2022

They should have taped him and edited it down.

Sneederbunk

(14,291 posts)
8. So this is what blockbuster testimony sounds like.
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 01:53 PM
Jun 2022

Must have taken several minutes to ask a law clerk for a stapler.

Ptah

(33,032 posts)
11. wrapped around the axle!
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 02:03 PM
Jun 2022

Last edited Thu Jun 16, 2022, 04:04 PM - Edit history (1)




Luttig said "all the players" in the effort not to certify the 2020 election results "got wrapped around the axle by the historical evidence claim by Mr. Eastman," referring to John Eastman, the conservative lawyer who helped craft the scheme to overturn the election results on Jan. 6.

Earthrise

(15,524 posts)
12. Rachel Maddow pointed out last night that he's there for conservatives
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 02:03 PM
Jun 2022

who have been hoodwinked, but who do still have a moral compass. He is apparently a sort of demi-god among conservatives. True conservatives would have loved to see him appointed to the Supreme Court by Trump rather than Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, or Barrett.

Indykatie

(3,697 posts)
14. I'd Read Luttig Has a Slow and Deliberate Speaking Style
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 02:22 PM
Jun 2022

or as some might say "poor oral communication skills". I struggle speaking in public so I'm sympathetic.

Takket

(21,577 posts)
15. i'm watching it now...
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 10:14 PM
Jun 2022

i had to fast forward through his speaking. i just couldn't stand it. i wanted to reach into his mouth and pull the words out. that first statement he made he went on for like five minutes in a circle........ the rule of law is a founding principle and that founding principle is a bedrock basis for the rule of law which is a founding principle of Constitutional law which is the............ MY GOD MAN SPIT IT OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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