Bribing Lake?

[Doctor Phibes]

@George-K said in Bribing Lake?:

Staged or not, how do you explain the "People back East who want you to sit this out and are willing to put their money where their mouth is?"

The Russians! I knew it.

I wonder where their mouth is. He didn't clarify.

[jon-nyc]

@George-K said in Bribing Lake?:.

Staged or not, how do you explain the "People back East who want you to sit this out and are willing to put their money where their mouth is?"

Parties do this all the time, encourage some and discourage others from running.

Offering support, including financial support, in a future gubernatorial election if they sit out a senatorial election is not uncommon, I would think.

[Mik]

Yep. The smoke filled room is alive and well, just missing the smoke.

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in Bribing Lake?:

@George-K said in Bribing Lake?:.

Staged or not, how do you explain the "People back East who want you to sit this out and are willing to put their money where their mouth is?"

Parties do this all the time, encourage some and discourage others from running.

Offering support, including financial support, in a future gubernatorial election if they sit out a senatorial election is not uncommon, I would think.

I'm not tracking your opinion. It's a staged conversation which represents something that happens commonly?

[jon-nyc]

It’s selectively edited to look like a bribe.

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in Bribing Lake?:

It’s selectively edited to look like a bribe.

I'm not clear what difference the real, unedited conversation would have had, with this allegedly edited one. Your description of what happens commonly, would have landed with the same point, and given lake the same credibility as an anti-establishment figure.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Bribing Lake?:

It’s selectively edited to look like a bribe.

Is that your opinion, or has someone documented that?

[LuFins Dad]

@Horace said in Bribing Lake?:

@jon-nyc said in Bribing Lake?:

@George-K said in Bribing Lake?:.

Staged or not, how do you explain the "People back East who want you to sit this out and are willing to put their money where their mouth is?"

Parties do this all the time, encourage some and discourage others from running.

Offering support, including financial support, in a future gubernatorial election if they sit out a senatorial election is not uncommon, I would think.

I'm not tracking your opinion. It's a staged conversation which represents something that happens commonly?

Remember that this is a selectively edited audio.

1. Let’s say they are having a conversation about campaign contributions. He’s circumspectly commenting that some of the major PACs or donors would really like her to pull back from this run and shoot for Governor again next time and are willing to put their campaign contributions where their mouth is. She can easily manipulate the conversation to make it sound like bribery. I can easily see him looking at her with a dumbfounded look on his face as she spouts “$1 BILLION DOLLARS!“

2. Similar thing with talking about getting powerful people. He could easily be talking again about leaders of PACS, rightwing media, etc… that can help make or break campaign. She spouts “CARTELS?!” and suddenly everything takes on a more serious and dangerous outlook.

I really think that’s basically how this went down. He probably thought she was nuts during the conversation.

[Horace]

He could have included those clarifying details in his resignation letter.

[Doctor Phibes]

@LuFins-Dad said in Bribing Lake?:

He probably thought she was nuts during the conversation.

I suspect he probably thought she was nuts on a number of other occasions, too.