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Vindman Caught in Bot Scheme, Elon Musk Gets Involved and Hair Combusts
Quote:Some people possess followings on social media that just make no sense. Alexander Vindman, who made his name testifying during Donald Trump’s first impeachment, is of those people. If you’ve ever been self-loathing enough to dip into his Twitter replies, what you’ll find is a swamp of online simps singing his praises in ways that often don’t compute.

Maybe we’ve got an explanation for that now? On Sunday, Vindman took to Twitter to attack Elon Musk because Vindman is a leftwing hack who hates freedom. In doing so, he dropped this rather generic bit of drivel.



I’m not sure what Vindman is even suggesting. Is he softly calling for some kind of conflict that would see Musk’s ownership of Twitter seized, either via the government or some other means? That seems rather extreme. Besides, it doesn’t really make what people “think” when a private company decides to do something. That’s what we’ve been told for years, right? The tables turning doesn’t suddenly change that dynamic.

But I digress, I’m not writing this to debate the finer points of Vindman’s rantings. Rather, this is the part where things get weird.



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What a coincidence, right? Vindman says something that is not at all noteworthy, and a legion of bot-looking accounts rush to repeat it. It’s almost like many of the people that are constantly fluffing the fluffy man might not be real people. Has Vindman been paying for bot followers or does he just attract them for free?

Elon Musk seems to be wondering the same thing.



Naturally, because Vindman’s honor was questioned, the outrage machine kicked into full gear.



Yeah, that’s a bad bet. It’s also a sure sign that he doesn’t have an actual argument. Every time Vindman is challenged, he falls back on his military service and high-minded proclamations about history, as if he and his leftwing viewpoints have a monopoly on the high ground. Still, I’m pretty sure Vindman won’t have a page in the history books in any case because no one cares about partisan impeachment witnesses decades after the fact. By contrast, Musk will have a whole chapter.

Regardless, I could offer many more examples of high-follower accounts rending their garments over Musk’s questioning of Vindman, but I’ll end with this one from Tom Nichols. Why? Because I think it perfectly illustrates the weakness of the left.



These people are perpetual crybabies. You saw Vindman’s original tweet at the beginning of this article. Does it look like Musk just attacked him out of the blue? No, Vindman chose to engage in yet another bit of fascistic ranting, something he’s made quite the habit of over the last few years. It was picked up (or pushed out to) an army of probable bots. Musk questioned that because it is questionable. He didn’t “smear” Vindman. On the contrary, Vindman was smearing Musk.

This entire episode leaves me wondering how many of these major accounts that have all the insight of a turnip, specifically on the left, are actually propped up by bots. I’d venture a guess that it’s more than you might think.

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I guess my question is...Why is Vindman even posting this stuff? What is his endgame here?
I found his testimony to be underwhelming at best..borderline traitorous at worst. Im thinking he may be picking fights here to pump up a book or something? What gives?
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If I had been on the committee, my line of questioning for Vindman (with my expected answers) would have been something like:

Q: That's a very nice looking uniform you are wearing.
A: Thank you.
Q: Tell me, how often do you wear that uniform in your daily work?
A: I don't, we wear business suits.
Q: So you chose to wear the uniform today, although it is not your normal work attire, apparently to make an impression that you are some kind of war hero. Tell me, of those ribbons on your chest, which is the highest ranking one?
A: The Purple Heart.
Q: Did you receive that for action in combat?
A: No.
Q: How did you receive the injury for which your Purple Heart was awarded?
A: I was being transported from one location to another when our vehicle set off an IED.
Q: Were you ever actually in combat in Iraq or Afghanistan?
A: No. (I believe this would be the correct answer. If he answered yes, I would ask for details.
Q: After you came back to the states, what kinds of duties have you performed?
A: Staffs, embassies, Pentagon.
Q: So you've never actually been a combat officer?
A: No.
Q: And you've never actually served in combat?
A: That's correct.
Q: So despite efforts to portray you as such, you are not a combat hero?
A: That's correct.
Q: Let's address another question. You have indicated that you were uncomfortable with certain things that Donald Trump said during a phone call to the leader of Ukraine. Are the comments that you were uncomfortable with contained in the transcript which we have been provided?
A: Yes or no (not sure which).
Q: (if yes) Would you please point out the specific comments in the transcript copy?
A: Points them out, and then question him on them.
Q: (if no) So is it your testimony that the transcript is incorrect or incomplete?
A: Yes (presumably).
Q: So what comments need to be added to the transcript, and where, to make it complete in your estimation?
A: He should state whatever.
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(11-28-2022 04:54 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  I guess my question is...Why is Vindman even posting this stuff? What is his endgame here?
I found his testimony to be underwhelming at best..borderline traitorous at worst. Im thinking he may be picking fights here to pump up a book or something? What gives?

He thought by lying about the phone call and getting Trump impeached, the left would owe him. Instead, Trump fires him for lying, he's out of a job, the left ignore him, and the other country that wanted him as defense minister is in a war with Russia and he would be a top target of Putin.

so he's left with tweeting stupid sh*t and having his paid bots auto-tweet verbatim what he says.

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(11-28-2022 06:00 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  If I had been on the committee, my line of questioning for Vindman (with my expected answers) would have been something like:

Q: That's a very nice looking uniform you are wearing.
A: Thank you.
Q: Tell me, how often do you wear that uniform in your daily work?
A: I don't, we wear business suits.
Q: So you chose to wear the uniform today, although it is not your normal work attire, apparently to make an impression that you are some kind of war hero. Tell me, of those ribbons on your chest, which is the highest ranking one?
A: The Purple Heart.
Q: Did you receive that for action in combat?
A: No.
Q: How did you receive the injury for which your Purple Heart was awarded?
A: I was being transported from one location to another when our vehicle set off an IED.
Q: Were you ever actually in combat in Iraq or Afghanistan?
A: No. (I believe this would be the correct answer. If he answered yes, I would ask for details.
Q: After you came back to the states, what kinds of duties have you performed?
A: Staffs, embassies, Pentagon.
Q: So you've never actually been a combat officer?
A: No.
Q: And you've never actually served in combat?
A: That's correct.
Q: So despite efforts to portray you as such, you are not a combat hero?
A: That's correct.
Q: Let's address another question. You have indicated that you were uncomfortable with certain things that Donald Trump said during a phone call to the leader of Ukraine. Are the comments that you were uncomfortable with contained in the transcript which we have been provided?
A: Yes or no (not sure which).
Q: (if yes) Would you please point out the specific comments in the transcript copy?
A: Points them out, and then question him on them.
Q: (if no) So is it your testimony that the transcript is incorrect or incomplete?
A: Yes (presumably).
Q: So what comments need to be added to the transcript, and where, to make it complete in your estimation?
A: He should state whatever.
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