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malaise

(268,667 posts) Fri Oct 28, 2016, 08:48 PM Oct 2016

Threatened or blackmailed?

Your thoughts!

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Threatened or blackmailed? (Original Post) malaise Oct 2016 OP

Threatened! Cattledog Oct 2016 #1

Sending out his resume. old guy Oct 2016 #2

He had his reward paid before today Jim Beard Oct 2016 #4

I choose Barter. A position with Trump TV. sarcasmo Oct 2016 #5

It seems like it would be nigh impossible to effectively threaten the leader of Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2016 #8

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Cattledog

(5,910 posts)

1. Threatened!

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri Oct 28, 2016, 08:54 PM

Oct 2016

old guy

(3,283 posts)

2. Sending out his resume.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri Oct 28, 2016, 08:59 PM

Oct 2016

Jim Beard

(2,535 posts)

4. He had his reward paid before today

Reply to old guy (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 28, 2016, 09:13 PM

Oct 2016

sarcasmo

(23,968 posts)

5. I choose Barter. A position with Trump TV.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri Oct 28, 2016, 10:04 PM

Oct 2016

Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)

8. It seems like it would be nigh impossible to effectively threaten the leader of

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 07:00 AM

Oct 2016

the world's most powerful law enforcement agency. That theory should pretty much be dismissed on its face.

Claiming it's blackmail implies he's done something criminal the GOP can leverage against him meaning it would either be personal or connected to Democratic party. Seeing as he was President Obama's choice claiming he has a personal failing is the best of the worst possibilities but if it's not a personal failing then it becomes the worst of the worst for the Democratic party because his vulnerability becomes the party's vulnerability.

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