Faun
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- Nov 14, 2011
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We could just get Ouija® board and ask her what the fuck she was thinking.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Why don't we just ask"... Ashli?
Well, now that opens up some possibilities.
And, because the poster of the rhetorical question knew before he asked that Benedict Babbitt was shot dead in the act.....well, because he knew that he is, in a sense, giving us free rein to explore all kinds of fictionalized could-a-beens.
Lemme go first:
The Scene: So, here we are in the Federal Courthouse with Ms Ashli on the stand being queried by the DOJ attorney prosecuting the goveernment's case against her---- and he says:
'OK, Ms. Babbitt, here you were, a medium framed woman, an Air Force vet who had taken an oath to protect America, and yet, there you are with a violent mob battering down the doors, windows, furniture, and barricades of the Capitol of the United States of America....and doing so without orders, or authorization from any legal entity or commanding officer, so---------so why were you doing that?
Ms. Babbit responds:
'Well, sir, I was duped and snookered by Don Trump, and Rudy TuckPants Giuliani, Krakenpot Powell, and assorted RightWing media personalities. They convinced me I had to go by myself, as a lone, petite, single woman, without weapons.....they convinced me to go to Washington DC and stop the steal.
And from that point of accepting their persuasion I made a series of poor decisions that I alone am responsible for. I acknowledge and accept that, like in all things in life, one must accept responsibility ---and consequences --- for one's poor decisions.
And yes, it was a poor decision to enter the Capitol without authorization. A poor decision to join a violent mob. A poor decision to not leave that mob when they began destroying barricades erected by the uniformed police to bar our entry. A poor decision to stand in that doorway and hurl loud epithets at those officers. And when the mob violently breached the barricade I made the poor decision to lead my mob through so we could violently attack the police on the other side and then get to Mike Pence and convince him not to certify.
And if he wouldn't listen to us.....well, I made a poor decision that we should then hang him.
So, to the Court, the Jury, and to the Prosecutors at the table over there, and the American people........I am sorry.
I made a whole series of cascading bad decisions. And I am guilty of all transgressions against the laws of the American people. I accept responsibility. I accept whatever fate becomes me.
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A loud BANG!!!
A gunshot.
And the screen fades to black.
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Anyway, that might make a decent courtroom drama TV show. In the hands of someone better with English than me.
IMHO