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One Word Has People Convinced Mike Pence Wrote Anonymous New York Times Op-Ed
huffingtonpost.com ^ | 09/05/2018

Posted on 09/05/2018 6:07:11 PM PDT by Helicondelta

The New York Times’ scathing anti-Donald Trump op-ed, which the paper attributed to “a senior official in the Trump administration,” has inspired a parlor game among people trying to figure out the author’s name.

Some online commentators are leaning toward Vice President Mike Pence based on just one word in the piece.

The unidentified author singles out the late Arizona Sen. John McCain as “a lodestar for restoring honor to public life and our national dialogue.”

The word ― which Merriam-Webster defines as either “a star that leads or guides” or a person who “serves as an inspiration, model, or guide” ― isn’t that commonly used. But Pence apparently says it a lot, according to this mash-up posted on Twitter

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1 posted on 09/05/2018 6:07:11 PM PDT by Helicondelta
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Not buying...more false news.


2 posted on 09/05/2018 6:08:56 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: Helicondelta

Not buying it.


3 posted on 09/05/2018 6:10:48 PM PDT by DarthVader ("The biggest misconception on Free Republic is that the Deep State is invulnerable")
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To: Helicondelta

good LORD, FR spreads more BS and Fake news than any other place on the internet.

you know it’s not a requirement to post every anti Trump, batshit crazy article , that you come across. Y’all know this, right?


4 posted on 09/05/2018 6:12:20 PM PDT by snarkytart
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Pence ... special to the NY Times ... right.

I wonder who the editor was who worked with the source. Sarah Jeong, anyone?


5 posted on 09/05/2018 6:12:27 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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But Pence apparently says it a lot, according to this mash-up posted on Twitter...

Thus a good way to deflect suspicion on someone else (VP Pence) rather than the culprit.

The only way to get to bottom of this is to waterboard the NYT Editorial Staff.
Waterboard! Waterboard!

6 posted on 09/05/2018 6:14:05 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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But Pence apparently says it a lot, according to this mash-up posted on Twitter...

Thus a good way to deflect suspicion on someone else (VP Pence) rather than the culprit.

The only way to get to bottom of this is to waterboard the NYT Editorial Staff.
Waterboard! Waterboard!

7 posted on 09/05/2018 6:14:05 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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Not buying it, either.

Fake News.


8 posted on 09/05/2018 6:14:10 PM PDT by CodeToad ( Hating on Trump is hating on me and America!)
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To: Helicondelta

Anonymous source = fake lying news.


9 posted on 09/05/2018 6:14:19 PM PDT by Boomer
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the coup coverup attacks are so transparent : Ambush from as many multiple fronts as possible , all at once. Overwhelm and destroy .

How do you break an ambush? You attack into the heart of it .

Remove Sessions , Rosenstein , Mueller , et all .
Indict and prosecute Clinton , Obama , et all .

No quarter


10 posted on 09/05/2018 6:14:27 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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MSN and it’s assorted allies pushing hard with fake news to sow discord and divisions before the election. Predictable. Pass.


11 posted on 09/05/2018 6:14:38 PM PDT by Lent
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You mean someone from the Trump administration wrote an op-ed piece for the NYT and the key word they used wasn't "n!&&er?" Color me shocked!

/sarcasm off/

12 posted on 09/05/2018 6:15:14 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
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I suspect most people known the "go-to" words in their lexicon. As such, if writing anonymously, they'd shy away from such words.

Now, if I was trying to set someone up, I'd slip their "go-to" words into my anonymous screed.

13 posted on 09/05/2018 6:15:25 PM PDT by DoodleBob
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A man who does not ever allow himself to be alone with a woman other than his wife does not have the type of character that would write an anonymous op-ed dissing his chief.

I have no doubt that the journalist or deepstater who created this fictional op-ed studied VP Pence’s speech and writing in order to create this speculation and no doubt had a hand in putting the story out there.

This is just another hit job, trying to undermine both the president and the vp.


14 posted on 09/05/2018 6:15:33 PM PDT by Valpal1
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If a real person, then its use was to distract from the real idiot who wrote it


15 posted on 09/05/2018 6:15:39 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("Moderates/Independents/Non-voters" Are DIMS REALLY who you'd want BACK in POWER?)
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They are now beyond desperation


16 posted on 09/05/2018 6:16:05 PM PDT by Don Corleone (Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Just have General Kelly bring in some of his old school jarheads and start busting stuff up...then start the interrogations.


17 posted on 09/05/2018 6:17:13 PM PDT by ALX
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Someone used the word to try to cause a rift between Trump and Pence. Pence has far too much character to do something like this.


18 posted on 09/05/2018 6:18:45 PM PDT by doug from upland (Why the hell isn't Hillary Rodham Clinton in prison yet?)
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It’s common in DC to use distinct verbiages when acting as a source in the hope that people think it was someone else who leaked. Trump is wrong, DC is a septic tank, not a swamp.


19 posted on 09/05/2018 6:19:28 PM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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or maybe the word was purposely planted to specifically frame Pence...


20 posted on 09/05/2018 6:19:46 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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