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In reply to the discussion: Lawrence O'Donnell is currently drilling Joe Oliver! [View all]yardwork
(61,588 posts)54. Just not a topic that I would have brought up if I were the defense team.
Definitely not likely to reassure people.
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He was saying George may have been drinking all those years ago when those incidences happened.
dkf
Mar 2012
#20
Inserting the suggestion that George was/is a drunk isn't really all that helpful for George.
yardwork
Mar 2012
#45
They were talking about the old charges and Oliver said Z might have drank at a younger age.
dkf
Mar 2012
#52
no...because Oliver is an obvious LIAR who who does not even know zimmerman
noiretextatique
Mar 2012
#76
The Oliver is probably going to be huckstering a "tell all" book in about a month.
xtraxritical
Mar 2012
#87
NOBODY suggested that Zimmerman was drunk during the shooting until Oliver brought it up!
yardwork
Mar 2012
#93
I think without a doubt he is being paid. Or perhaps he sees this is an opportunity audition
snagglepuss
Mar 2012
#34
Oliver has put himself in the crosshair or the State prosecutor that is now on the case.
bluestate10
Mar 2012
#35
This is why it is stupid to say that anyone is not a close friend because they havent talked to
dkf
Mar 2012
#56
Zimmerman says Martin initiated the physical contact. That is what the law focuses on.
dkf
Mar 2012
#73
George Zimmerman is the son of a retired judge, which might explain the elder reporter stepping in.
LaydeeBug
Mar 2012
#25
I'd bet big bucks on that. If I had big bucks, that is. No way he quits his job otherwise.
lib_wit_it
Mar 2012
#62
he has to be getting paid, but whoever is paying him is not getting much value
noiretextatique
Mar 2012
#82
Anybody know what this employer mystery is? Oliver and Zimmerman worked together?
yardwork
Mar 2012
#65