Discussion: How Did Roger Stone Know About The Access Hollywood Tape?

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yes, I’ve never understood the penchant for the Godfather references from others on this site
The Corleone family was
A) Competent
B) Loyal

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Thanks for that. I like hearing what Wolffe has to say, used to find him on MSNBC panels but not for a long time.

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And Mama’s lasagna was to die for. And the singing? Don’t ask.

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And what does Stone know about the pee tapes?

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Also, fictional

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L’affaire Lewinsky might not have happened if not for Newt shutting down the government. But from all the evidence there is no hanky panky in this Oval Office, just hollering, profanity and treachery.

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That headline at the Guardian is priceless.

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There was a third major news-piece out on October 7, 2016 (probably earlier that day): NYT: U.S. Says Russia Directed Hacks to Influence Elections (see link, below). I read that the Access Hollywood Tape drop & Podesta email drop may have been staged by Trumpians, later that day, to hide this devastating news.

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Another question that will hopefully be answered: How did Roger Stone know what was about to happen to Al Franken?

Man, I’d love nothing more that to see evidence come up that the Franken crucifixion was a coordinated smear campaign.

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It was, but yes proof of that would be great.

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See that look on Arianne Zucker’s face? That is a woman who feels the heightened sexual tension between the two men and realizes she is the object of attention, registers it as inappropriate yet she still needs to do her job in front of the camera . It reminded me of Tiffany Maples-Trump’s practised dodge at the RNC clambake in 2016.

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Buddha Shark!

Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-

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That could actually explain a lot about the big fat turn muffin in the Oval Office. From all the evidence broadcast daily, he can’t get no satisfaction.

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your wiles are useless against me - I haven’t actually heard the song. but my husband did and it’s taken him weeks to recover

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It’s not clear how Stone knew that “the Billy Bush tape” was about to be published.

The fact that the Washington Post reporter had sent out requests to NBC and the Trump campaign could narrow down the potential list of sources.

It would therefore appear that:

  1. The Trump campaign, and therefore Trump, knew in advance about the Access Hollywood video;
  2. Trump authorized his campaign to share this knowledge with Stone, their Wikileaks contact;
  3. Stone scrambled and advised Wikileaks to release the stolen emails;
  4. Wikileaks released the stolen emails;
  5. Trump therefore secretly coordinated with Wikileaks to dump the emails.
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Does Roger Stone know Mark Barnett? That sleazeball does get around. Or someone from the National Inquirer. If I had one guess, Stone got it from Barnett who is well acquainted with Trump’s propensities.

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Here you go.

Make sure you watch all 1:26 of it. All in Korean.

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Oh boy here we go again ey rm? “I don’t give a damn about those emails. But she gave speecheeeeesss!” There is no reason that a Senator from NY would not give speeches to the major industry in the state. They were her constituents just as much as the people in the Bronx were. Anything and everything she released would have been used by the media, left, right and center, as proof she was not trustworthy and further “clouds of suspicion” surrounded her campaign. Meanwhile trumps rallies were entertainment for the masses and Stein was convincing the nation that there was no difference in the two candidates. “But she gave speecccheeees!” indeed.

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Regardless of who knew what when, the idea that Republican women still voted for this vulgarian who admitted to attacking women is what I will never get past.

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Well, of course, there was Fredo.