Posted on 09/06/2018 10:03:04 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Whodunnit? That's the question roiling social media and news websites around the world as the hunt is on for the identity of the anonymous author of a New York Times op-ed that savaged Donald Trump and his administration.
How crazy has it gotten? Bookies around the world are giving odds on who the traitor might be.
Vice President Mike Pence – and "the field" – lead offshore bookmaking picks as the White House mole behind the anonymous bombshell New York Times op-ed blasting President Trump.
Pence was listed at 2-to-3 odds on the site MyBookie as the fifth column official who claims to be working behind the scenes to stop some of Trump's policies that they find wrongheaded.
The biggest favorite, at 1-3 odds, is "the field," someone not listed among the 18 administration officials listed by the Costa Rica-based operation.
At 2-to-3 odds, a winning bettor investing $1 would profit 66 cents. At 1-to-3, a gambler wagering $1 would net 33 cents with a win.
Why Pence? Desperate gamblers have latched on to the thinnest of reeds: the use of a single word in the op-ed that has also been used on occasion by the vice president.
The unidentified author singles out the late Arizona Sen. John McCain as "a lodestar for restoring honor to public life and our national dialogue."
The word – which Merriam-Webster defines as either "a star that leads or guides" or a person who "serves as an inspiration, model, or guide" – isn't that commonly used. But Pence apparently says it a lot, according to this mash-up posted on Twitter:
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Your last paragraph has nothing to do with the op ed. Foreign policy wasn’t the only example given.
Whoever this writer is they are arrogant beyond belief. Your last paragraph hints at the same attitude. Me Trump was elected. It is his foreign policy that should be the efforts of the foreign service. The idea that some how govt workers know better is ridiculous. Trump was elected for a reason
To all who want to plat the Resistance game get out now. Resign with honor. Do not play this duplicitous game
Breaks my heart.
Somebody is messing with FR.
Could be a coordinated DOS attack.
Many likely suspects.
F’em.
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