He claims he did not know ANYTHING about her vetting?
He chose her as his VP without having any idea of who she actually was?
I smell bullshit! McCain had to have known at the very least HOW she was selected, what kind of a presidential candidate does not at least know that? I also call bullshit on Steve Schmidt's selective memory of how Palin was discovered and researched.
The TRUE story written for The New Yorker by Jane Meyer, a writer by the way with NO reason to revise history, tells the true tale of Palin's vetting process.
In July, 2007, Barnes wrote the first major national article spotlighting Palin, titled “The Most Popular Governor,” for The Weekly Standard. Simpson said, “That first article was the result of having lunch.” Bitney agreed: “I don’t think she realized the significance until after it was all over. It got the ball rolling.”
Max Blumenthall also pokes holes in Schmidt's version of events on the Huffington Post.Now is it possible that though there was clearly more than just a simple Google search used to pick Palin that "Grampa" McCain was left completely out of the loop, and that she was forced on him without giving him the opportunity to refuse? Yes, that part is sadly very believable.
John McCain sold ALL of his integrity and ideals for a shot at the big time and now he is nothing but a sad old pathetic excuse for a man. Just another life that Sarah Palin helped to destroy.
And while Lauer tried, he didn't go for the jugular: asking why McCain would refuse to answer a question which would bear directly on his competence to hold elected office, much less as a U.S. Senator.
ReplyDeleteCheck out McCain's blinking. Unbelievable rapid blinking. Well, that's a "tell" isn't it?
ReplyDeleteMe thinks he doth protest a little too much about how proud he is about everything.
ReplyDeleteI call bullshit as well. McShame is annoyed at being called out on what a major fuck up he is. He SHOULD be ashamed of himself for putting our country in jeopardy by picking that maniac for his running mate because he was so desperate to win. He should be made to pay for unleashing that loon on the world.
I hope his loses the elections this fall and is locked up in a "rest home" for the rest of his life after he has his meltdown.
If I believed in the devil, I'd say he sold his soul to him. Time to pay now.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't you ,love to know what she has on him to keep him so loyal. It must be big.
ReplyDeleteGiven Palin's vindictiveness and that she also leaves no stones unturned in getting revenge for those who cross her, guess McCain being non-committal and letting others talk is his safest bet. Isn't this why so many up in Alaska tiptoe around her? She's like a caged animal when provoked, and dangerous. (Why does Levi need a bodyguard?) At least it appears to me that she leaves a path of destruction where ever she goes.
ReplyDeleteI hope McCain doesn't get reelected.
ReplyDeleteThe fool should be charged with treason for selecting Palin as his VP.
Interesting quote from Game Change about Hillary Clinton:
ReplyDelete"Weeks after Election Day, Simon and Schuster agreed to pay $8 million for her memoirs, at the time the second-biggest advance ever for a nonfiction tome (just slightly less than the sum handed to Pope John Paul II). But when the book, Living History, was published in June 2003, it earned back every penny, selling out its first printing of 1.5 million copies and then some. And the tour to promote it was a sensation, with her fans camping out overnight to get her autograph and the media comparing her to Madonna and Britney Spears."
I remember her writing the book and doing well with it, but I don't recall hearing about overnight campers and comparisons to celebrities. So Palin can't even claim to be more popular in this area either.
The MSM should have called McCain out about this long ago, and for the most part, I'm sure he will continue to get a pass.
ReplyDeleteOh, but isn't it fun on those rare occasions when someone not only dares to ask pertinent questions, but persists until the question asked is actually answered?! I just love to watch McCain get all blustery and puffed up!
http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2010/01/cougargate-iris-did-kirks-dad-too.html
ReplyDeleteKarma comes back and hits hard. It'll hit McCain and $P. See the above story about Ireland. Let's just hope Karma comes and hits both of them soon.
Fox News says there's a 'new face' at their network.
ReplyDeleteConsidering the work she's had done, is this inadvertant truth in advertising?
F old washed up Johnny Mac. His legacy, whatever that was will be forever tied to the wicked witch of Wasilla and her family of money grubbing fame whores.
ReplyDeleteThanks for unleashing this monster of the rest of US you old fart...may your Senate challenger be proud to run this clip of you over and over again in their campaign ads.
John McCain did not need SP to help destroy his life; he has done it all on his own from the get go. This one cannot be blamed on SP.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe Matt basically apologized for asking those questions at the end of the interview. From what I've heard, McCain is a nasty little tyrant - why does he command such ass-kissing from the MSM? It astounds me that a year after he LOST the election he is still on every political talk show criticizing President Obama. Remember how Al Gore did that too? Oh yeah, never happened.
ReplyDeleteHe should have to answer for his dangerous, cynical decision to put Palin on the ticket. It is beyond belief that he acts so dismissive when he's politely called upon to explain himself.
Matt Lauer should be ashamed for allowing the interview to end up with him apologizing to McCain!
Poor, old senile guy. No matter what avenue he takes on the Sarah Palin vetting/no vetting/his choice/not his choice matter he still has no integrity. He certainly did not head up a campaign he or anyone else could be "proud" of.
ReplyDeleteIf she's now part of Fox News, isn't she, like, now..."the Press"? Now how does she keep "the "Press" out of all her speaking gigs? It's starting to get funny, she just keeps digging deeper holes for herself. Keeping herself in the public eye, she just lighlights herself as a target, and such a juicy one at that. Train wreck watchers we all are, fascinated while rather horrified. Also. Too.
ReplyDeleteJudging from this interview, it doesn't appear that McShame had anything to do with Schmidt going on record to take Palin down. I believe it is an orchestrated effort by the powers that be in the Republican party, who are worried that their party will be further damaged by the Teabagging, Palin.
ReplyDeleteOf course, McShame is going to defend the worst VP pick by any politician in the history of this country. He's desperately trying to hold on to his senate seat.
Sahrah Palin doesn't have to "have something" on McCain. He will never admit to being the completely cynical, opportunistic fool he was in allowing her on his ticket. His only defense of himself is to try to defend his selection of her, and he will keep doing this. I'm sure this is the reason his daughter refuses to say anything, anything at all, about the Palins. Anything she could possibly say would show her father up for what he is.
ReplyDeleteHe wants and needs her support for reelection. I am hoping, her support will be the "kiss of death" for the old f**t. McCain is the perfect example of why America needs new politicians to lead this nation.
ReplyDeleteI find it odd that all the Palinistas loathe McCain too. They want scarah to stop being loyal to him - they do NOT want her to endorse him for re-election (they want the teabagger challenger).
ReplyDeleteAs much as I have NO respect for McCain, I have to say that without him, most of America would never have heard of Palin. And he remains a defender of her.
But all the fans of Palin beg for her to throw him under the bus.
Interesting.
Beck just announced he'll have a full hour interview with Palin tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteAnyone know if AKM ever revealed the intriguing mail she said she received before the holidays...and that she said she would write about AFTER the holidays?
ReplyDeleteI posed that question on mudflats and it was removed. (???)
I don't believe that SP helped destroy John McCain - he did that all by himself! He has been a selfish, spoiled brat his whole life and has not had to take responsibility for his actions ever.
ReplyDeleteI sincerely hope that he is defeated this year and that the young Democrat takes his seat, not the teabagger running against him for the Repub ticket.
Time to go old man!
Hey if it wasn't for the social and bigot issues I would be backing everything the teabaggers support. Palin is going to have a tough time at the teabaggers social as a speaker
ReplyDeleteMcCain's an old stupid fool and I highly doubt he'll get Sarah's help. Most of her fans can't stand him either. It's time for him to go.
ReplyDeleteMcCain has to be loyal to Palin....since she has the base and he wants to have voters vote for him..
ReplyDeleteGryphen:
ReplyDeleteJane Meyer?
Is she not the woman who wrote the Dark Side, the story that took Cheney apart for his torture policies?
I have family in AZ and spend a considerable amount of time in the Phoenix area. His body language, especially that tight jaw, tells me he's furious at Lauer's impertanance. His language difficulty is because he's holding in all the swear words he can't use on national television.
ReplyDeleteJohnny Mac will be re-elected for the same reasons they keep Arpaio going. McCain IS a nasty, vindictive little troll who could give SP some lessons. And that's saying something. The difference is that he (Cindy actually) has enough money to keep people quiet.
One thing we know about McCain is that he has quite a temper.i wonder he keeps getting questioned about Sarah, if he might lose his temper. He might say something like " She wasn't my pick. I wanted Joe. I was tolb by ________ that I had to pick Palin." We all have our guesses about what name or names will fill in that blank. But wouldn't it be fascinating ?
ReplyDeleteJohn McCain is like almost every other politician- none of them are ever responsible for anything. McCain crashed how many airplanes when he was in the service. He was involved in the Keating Scandal yet I don't remember McCain being punished. When McCain first began to campaign for president, he rode on the Straight Talk Express and enjoyed gabbing with reporters. The wheels came off of the Straight Talk Express during October 2008 when the economy tanked. McCain lied to Letterman when he said he needed to rush back to Washington, only to be found out getting made up to go on the evening news with Katy Couric. Yet, McCain has never answered to any of his problems. He was in charge of his campaign, yet a VP candidate was forced on him? I don't feel sorry for him. He should have been held to account long ago.
ReplyDeleteI will never forgive McCain for unleashing that beast. To think that dimwit came this close to being the President is beyond belief. With McCain's age it could hav happened.
ReplyDeleteBy the way dimwit will be on tonight 8 pm EST with Billo. I won't watch it I will read about it on Newshound tomorrow. I can't stand listening to her whiny voice. I heard it enough in 2008 to last a lifetime.
Barb
Tip for ya, Matt: when you're talkin' to Gramps McCain, whatever you do, don't mention old Granny Pee. He'll get all testy on ya and his diverticulitis'll act up.
ReplyDeleteJust who vetted Palin?
ReplyDeleteSee article:
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/state_of_change/352178/secretive_right_wing_group_vetted_palin
It all makes sense....
Has a week gone by since McCains nomnation that has not shown, in a blinding light, why McCain did not, does not deserve any leadership position of any sort.
ReplyDeleteHis best political friends are Lieberman and Palin.
It can't get more pathetic that that.
Old man McSenile is in solid first place for Liar of the year award for 2010.
ReplyDeleteThis Old Man needs to be put out to pasture.
Country First my Ass!
More like Treason.
Songbird
Do you still have the timeline which connects Prevo to Falwell to Moon ?
ReplyDeleteFind the article in there regarding Culvahouse being in Alaska as early as June 2008.
I don't believe a word Schmidt is saying, she was the Ace in the Hole all along, the rest of the chaffe was just to throw everyone off of the scent.
Culvahouse is an old Tennessee hand, a Bapist, who just by chance was at the University of Tennessee in 1971 at the same time Jerry Prevo was there.
Throw in Franklin Graham's name too, he's another Tennessee boy who was likely in on the deal too.
Well...I guess precious little Trigg...nor...Piper matter anymore.
ReplyDeleteIf only somone had brought Palin down before all this happened..Oh, well...
We kept waiting and waiting for the shoe to drop, but it seems that we waited for nothing. Such empty promises. Nothing Nothing and no one in the "know" came forward. I'm so disappointed.
Crooks and Liars has a good article on Palin and Cheney. Apparently she is going on Beck to talk about "faith-hope and charity". WHAAAAT!
ReplyDeleteTea Party nation
ReplyDeleteFirst major victory
Defeating the corrupt Clintonite in Massachussetts.
Scott Brown winning the The Senate Seat
Will end HCR
A great victory for the American people.
Cant wait to watch Sarah tonight.
This will really launch her WH bid
She will destroy the Kenyan Muslim Socialist in 2012.
didnt she rant about having to pay $50K for VETTING????
ReplyDeleteHasn't McCrook always thought with his little head when it comes to women? Loves those models and "beauty queens" and don't you know that rich but insecure Cindy was totally furious! Most pictures I remember seeing of her were forced smiles alternating with gloomy looks.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, over at Veracity, they've posted a picture of the Palin family during the campaign. Track Menard towers over everyone.
Grandma68
Beck and Palin together?
ReplyDeleteMakes me believe in The Apocalypse.
Prediction...now that $'arah is part of MSM, she will not enjoy the spotlight as much as she thought. It is OPEN SEASON on her. She is a celebu-cold sore teee veee personaliteeee. Olbermann just ate her alive. Expect the rest of the MSM and tabloids to do the same.
ReplyDelete$'arah sells.
Until she is worn out, or burnt out or tweaked out, or handcuffed, or quits, which I expect will be in less than 6 months.
Holy Crap, literally, Tim Lahaye is also tight with Falwell and Moon too.
ReplyDeleteJerry Prevo is currently the Chairman of the Board of Falwell's Liberty University.
Gles--
ReplyDeleteding ding ding...there it is. yes indeed, it does make sense.
the question is, did the CNP know what they were getting into with Paylin?
He's invoking 'plausible deniability'. He's a coward.
ReplyDeleteIs Tom Minnery related to Jim Minnery ?
ReplyDeleteMcCain owes the country an apology for unleashing this person on the country that he says he loves so much!!
ReplyDeleteFor $P being on Beck - is he taping this in the kitchen????
LOL - Palin in 2012 is back. I immediately get visions of him working his whackadoodle while watching Palin on Fox. Sweet wet dreams to you!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all McCain NEVER had any integrity or ideals to lose. He was a viet cong collaborator and any other POW would have spent the rest of their lives in Leavenworth. He has ALAWYS been a self absorbed scumbag--GrandDaddy the Admiral got his military records sealed to protect little Johnny--the question is why are those military records STILL sealed after this many years.
ReplyDeleteFor me, the first distasteful sign McCain gave out was when he called Palin his "soul-mate" -- repeatedly. I'm sure Cindy was thrilled. Now we know how well he scoped Palin out before making this deep declaration.
ReplyDeleteActually, we all know his real soul mate is Lieberman.
Please, we all have to work on a way to achieve their senate retirements this election.
BTW - Rachel is doing a great number on Palin again tonight.
Just watched a snippet of the Bid Debut on Rachel--SP DID show some respect and say "President Obama" (hey, someone in the Paylin camp must read this blog, heh?) but it was still the same ranting/whining. Of course only a few seconds were shown (all I could stomach, BTW). Quick observation is that she looked harried and a bit out of her element.
ReplyDeleteIMO, God's Chosen One's puppetmasters are desperate--it's almost a year since the Inauguration, and some things are starting to slowly turn around. Rachel now warning about Rethug spin about Pres O's accomplishments during the upcoming week's news cycle. I'm sure SP will be one of the loudest--buckle your seatbelts!
Dear Gawd, NOW she's saying the "Game Change" information is a pack of LIES!! Just knew the timing was right for this new Fox slot!
ReplyDeleteI believe the first step in Sarah's vetting process was a lengthy questionnaire she completed. Somewhere I read that she blew through the 44 page document in about 20 minutes whereas other candidates took weeks to complete it.
ReplyDeleteI think in those first few days I even saw a copy of her answers to the questionnaire. Of course, that disappeared immediately. I wish I could remember better, but I recall that she answered all the "key" conservative questions correctly. What I don't remember is if the questionnaire came from the NRC or from the Heritage Foundation. Can anyone help or remember the same thing?
Here we go again, everyone lies except just read my book Granny O'Palin.
ReplyDeleteShe thinks she's invincible right now and it's past time to bring her down, maybe to late! How someone who professes to be a Christian could sit there and continue to tell boldface lies is beyond me.
Morning Gryph - could you (please and thank you) give a link to the hulu vid? It doesn't play outside the US and I'd love to see it :)
ReplyDeleteSorry ozmud.
ReplyDeleteThe title now takes you to the source of the video.
But according to the Republic of Georgia, he is a hero as they gave him a Hero Award yesterday according to his twitter page message. They can have him. http://tinyurl.com/yf8vpz4
ReplyDeleteHe's more of a threat to National Security when you account for Palin pick, Israel trip undermining Obama and this Georgia matter as that involved Russia/Georgia in 2008. That's just a short list!
"Why is everyone always saying I'm lying?".....
ReplyDeleteDUCK ALERT!!!!!! QUACK QUACK QUACK!!!
Chris............ I think the CNP is giving her orders to follow. Probably it is to our advantage that she doesn't follow anyone's orders but of course, her Lords' or Todd.
ReplyDeleteHeard her first assignment is to discuss the racial comments made by Reid. Haven't some of the folks in AK said Sarah is a racist?
ReplyDeleteThought she had made some racist remark when Obama beat Hillary, but couldn't remember the comment. Does being a racist make you an expert on racial comments?
It seems McCain dosen't know a lot of things. He was in cahoots with Rove to run his campaign, who raked his daughter Bridgett, over the coals. He doesn't know how many houses he owns, and now he doesn't know if/how Palin was vetted? He's an angry, bitter liar.
ReplyDeleteMatt Lauer should have pressed him further until he blew up.
LOL...Hey, Gryphen. The video of McCain on my screen says...
ReplyDelete"The following is intended only for mature audiences. To view this video, please provide your date of birth."
Oh, yes, it does!! LOL I have to enter my dob and submit before I can wait ol'McCain. Not worth the effort. It was okay a minute ago when I logged on. Don't know what caused it. Man, this computer has a mind of its' own!! By the way, great post!
Ozmud,
ReplyDeleteHere is the link from the msnbc site that plays outside US
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/34820034#34820034
It's the same site that you can see Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, etc. It's just under the 'Today' videos.
God this woman makes me sick!
ReplyDeleteShe's really stupid. Everyone but her bots knows all these people are telling the truth. She's a psychopath and I am mad she still gets this attention and money because she doesn't deserve it! Can you imagine her doing a show on people facing adversity?? The thought is sickening. Look how she treated the Alaskan natives. Is she going to show handicapped or disabled people who are so independent, they don't need the federal government? I hope Keith O roasts her every night. She is BAD for our country
Gryphen, you're wrong, wrong wrong. John McCain never had integrity!
ReplyDeleteHe's Example A in the case of branding v. reality in political marketing. He's a misogynistic -- and I don't throw that term around -- spoiled brat who has been riding the coattails of the McCain name his whole life. We not in the military don't know that because the name means nothing. Here's a clue though, there's a USS McCain and a McCain Field and neither have anything to do with Senator McNasty, except that he was stationed at McCain Field at the time of his first crash, one of the many, except this one wasn't worthy of making him a "hero."
Whine-whine-whine EVERYONE is lying about me, just read MY book, it's all in MY book. I think Bill O knows she's a ditz but had to go along with this BS. She sure wasn't that perky Sarah we saw on the campaign trail. Doesn't Mr. O'Palin trust her to go to work by herself or is he there to control her drugs? Well at least Bristol
ReplyDelete'minny me" gets to stay home with her 2 kids.
McNasty ought to be drawn and quartered!!!
ReplyDeleteHe unleashed that bitch on us and now says he doesn't care?
Oh its not a question of what she has on him, its the 5K she gives every quarter from SarahPac to have him STFU!! I hope more get in line and hammer him! Hell, if you were applying for a job at taco bell you would be vetted more!!!!
He was really binkin' and getting ready to blow too... Bring it on...
Grow some balls MSM and hold their feet to the fire! On BOR granny grifter claimed it was all a lie about the debate. I wish BOR would of played the part where Steve said she knew the debate prep wasn't going well. She looked pretty hot under the collar too.
And her face!!! OMG octomom!!!
I hope they are all sucked into a black hole soon....!
kdusmdd said...
ReplyDelete"Well...I guess precious little Trigg...nor...Piper matter anymore."
Oh, but they're finally back home...Trig is with his real mom! Now he probably is actually wearing something more than a diaper on his lower half. Not only that, I bet he has glasses and hearing aids so he can interact with the world for a change, instead of being a deliberately handicapped special needs PR prop.
Piper--who knows? Either she's back in school a couple grades behind, or she'll just stay out and end up half-educated like Sarah.
John Mccain is an old cranky coot who needs to be put out to pasture. I'm sick of seeing his rusty ass on t.v, and hearing his creepy sounding voice.
ReplyDeleteHis arrogance, bullying, and HUGE sense of entitlement is disgusting. He ought to be somewhere in hiding. After all, HE gave us HER..
When we're all dead and gone, $arah will be the legacy he leaves behind..
McCain and the Vetting to Nowhere
ReplyDeleteLack of vetting? It's what Alaskans- of all political stripes knew when McCain picked her.
In August 29, 2008 stories, the Anchorage Daily News reported that "McCain's choice seemed to stun the country and took Alaska completely by surprise."
Quoting the REPUBLICAN leadership of the Alaska Legislature (who like other members of Alaska's political and business leadership were never contacted by the McCain campaign prior to Palin's selection), the story said:
"Republican House Speaker John Harris didn't much want to discuss Palin's qualifications for the nation's second-highest office.
'She's old enough," Harris said. "She's a U.S. citizen.'"
In a related story, the ADN reported: "State Senate President Lyda Green said she thought it was a joke when someone called her at 6 a.m. to give her the news.
"She's not prepared to be governor. How can she be prepared to be vice president or president?" said Green, a Republican from Palin's hometown of Wasilla. "Look at what she's done to this state. What would she do to the nation?"
Green, who has feuded with Palin repeatedly over the past two years, brought up the big oil tax increase Palin pushed through last year. She also pointed to the award of a $500 million state subsidy to a Canadian firm to pursue a natural gas pipeline that is far from guaranteed.
Democrats helped give Palin her victories on oil taxes and the natural gas pipeline deal, over the opposition of many of Palin's fellow Republicans in the Legislature.
But Anchorage Democratic state Sen. Hollis French said it's a huge mistake by McCain and "reflects very, very badly on his judgment." French said Palin's experience running the state for less than two years hasn't prepared her for this."
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Former House Speaker Gail Phillips, a Republican political leader who has clashed with Palin in the past, was shocked when she heard the news Friday morning with her husband, Walt.
"I said to Walt, 'This can't be happening, because his advance team didn't come to Alaska to check her out," Phillips said.
Phillips has been active in the Ted Stevens re-election steering committee and remains in close touch with Sen. Lisa Murkowski and other party leaders, and she said nobody had heard anything about McCain's people doing research on his prospective running mate.
"We're not a very big state. People I talk to would have heard something."
Few wanted to talk about anything else on talk radio Friday. Conservative host Rick Rydell said there are some benefits to the state, but it's a gamble for McCain to pick an unknown with what he considered "questionable vetting."
"It seems almost like a Hail Mary pass at the end of a football game," Rydell said in an interview after his show Friday.
Rydell said McCain has destroyed his argument about Barack Obama's lack of experience."
And then to make matters worse, and to keep the lid on the lack of vetting and Palin's lies about "open and transparent" government, McCain and Palin brought out of state goons- like Ed O'Callaghan from New York City- to run state government and thwart ethics investigations like Troopergate- to hide Palin scandals from the American public, and to cover up McCain's lack of proper vetting.
McCain wouldn't know? That's because there is nothing to know about the vetting to nowhere. And he knows it.
Whatever. I'm just very grateful that the Prick and the Stick are not in the White House, and the Crude, the Dude, and the Brood are not occupying the Vice President's home.
ReplyDeleteThere needs to be accountability of those running for public office...McCain doesn't like to be accountable to anyone...but Americans need to have this in their elected officials....there needs to be a prescribed method of vetting which MUST be done for all running for public office...this will ensure that Americans have a QUALIFIED list of those running for a public office. . . barracuda78ny
ReplyDeleteWhen John McCain's name pops up on the various blogs I read, and old Paul Simon song courses it's way thru my brain... "John McCain... really crazy, after all his years... YES! still fecking crazy, after all his years."
ReplyDeleteI'd be curious to know if she inked this FOX gig before knowing of the 60 min Schmidt interview and the release of "Game Change".
ReplyDeleteDid the Murdoch empire plan this new career path for Palin to counter the backlash from the Schmidt interview and the book release?
Or did the Murdoch clan ink this way back when we heard the TV rumor circulating, and are now stuck with her and this multi-year contract hoping she won't make an a$$ out of them all.
One who has so vehemently critized the MSM on a constant basis, I can't see how anyone believing that she is a credible member of the Fox MSM pack. Hypocritical to say the least.
There needs to be a formal vetting process that all candidagtes must go through before being presented to the american people as a viable candidate for president or vp.......mccain has disrespected the american people and not followed through with his responsibilities as an elected official to represent the people of this country...A FALSE CANDIDATGE WAS PRESENTED TO AMERICANS AS A WORTHY CANDIDATE FOR VP OF THE USA......THIS PERSON WAS NOT EVEN VETTED...I believe he needs to be held responsible for his lack of integrity and honesty to the american people . . . what kind of action can we take??????
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