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Originally Posted by I B Hankering
You're lying again, simpering rodent. You and Mother Jones are 180°s away from the truth, simpering rodent.
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You may need to take a college-level English or rhetoric class. (Note how generously qualified that suggestion is!)
(1) When crafting insults I'd suggest not repeating the same insult twice, but rather following up the first with either a variation or a wholly new insult.
(2) There is a difference between a lie, a mistake, and mere speculation. The text you reference clearly states that it is "somewhat speculative." That alone significantly weakens the accusation of lying.
Further, telling an untruth can be a lie or a mistake. A mistake just turns on the truth or falsity of the proposition offered. To rise to the level of a lie, the accused has to not only offer an untruth, he has to *know* that it is an untruth. This requires knowledge of the state of mind of the accused on the part of the accuser. Your knowing that state of mind is not established in your response, nor is there credible reason to credit you with related a priori knowledge.
Of course when a country has a pathological liar as president it's not surprising that norms about, and even understanding of, lying becomes lost.
Meanwhile Trump fixer Cohen seems poised to flip. Mueller already has almost all of Cohen's evidence in the form of computer files and other media. But having Cohen's confirmatory direct testimony will make the case against Trump all the more compelling.
Again, two words: exit strategy
