Has anyone else seen the Politico clip of Roger Stone?

[Generic Other]

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Is he on drugs or is this what an impending prison sentence looks like? WOW!

[SiliconValley_Dem]

1. Saw it but still don't know much. He got off with light sentence

And I hope they find more to charge and convict him in to keep him locked up after Trump pardons him.

[dewsgirl]

4. He is high as AF on possibly methamphetamine. I am

100 percent serious, what he is doing with his mouth is a classic sign of amphetamine abuse.

[Captain Zero]

5. oh wow. did not know that. but also similar to tardive dyskinesia side effect of psychoactive drugs

Maybe he is on a psychoactive and they have not given him cogentin or some other yet for the tardive dyskinesia ??

[dewsgirl]

9. I hadn't thought of TD could be, the aggression he is

exhibiting took me off guard, it takes a lot to do that.

[littlemissmartypants]

15. TD is the first thing that came to my mind. nt

[mr_lebowski]

8. Possibly ... any amphetamine is possible ... but it may be a neurological disorder of some kind ...

Starting to show signs of Parkinson's or something similar maybe.

Long period of cocaine abuse can do some weird stuff to people's facial muscles too.

Whatever it is if Trump sees this he's not going to want to pardon Stone I don't think. I could see this making him real uncomfortable, seeing him like this.

[dewsgirl]

10. The aggression threw me.

[mr_lebowski]

11. No question whatever else is going on in this vid ... he's out of his mind pissed off ...

Of course, drugs can do that to many people (amphetamines in particular), so it's logical to suspect them given the totality of the display here.

I just wouldn't rule out something neurological (non-drug abuse related) + extreme anger.

[applegrove]

2. His mask was falling off. That is what he is like inside. He is trying to suppress

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his desire to kill/destroy the person holding him to account. If he weren't being filmed or it could have become a narcissistic explotion.

[Tucker08087]

12. Very disturbing.

Yes, you can see that he’s trying to hold back his rage, but he is spectacularly unsuccessful. It must be quite a shock to actually be held accountable.

[applegrove]

25. Happened to me in a bar when i was 23. I refused to give my phone number

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to some very strange person. He said ""What you're not giving me your phone number!!". I say "no". He bit down, sneered and flalled and pumped his arms in rage in a quick second. Then he caught himself. I was with other people and in a public place so felt safe enough to laugh nervously. We all did. I didn't think of him at the time beyond the drive home (i did not drink much as i was driving). 7 years later he had set me up inside and outside of the workplace. I did not recognize him at the time. I don't have a memory for faces. But it was him alright when i finally figured it out 5 years later. And boy does he wear a mask.

[2naSalit]

3. Both maybe?

What an evil POS he is. I would imagine that ogre45 is very much like that. They have been pampered all their lives and now they are finally being called out for their assholery and crimes.

[B Stieg]

6. Smole 'em while ya got 'em

No pardon from Donnie so he's taking all the drugs?
Naw. He'll get out. The scum always floats to the top...

[yonder]

7. I watched about 45 minutes of the deposition clips.

He is off his rocker.

And another clip — don't know for sure but the raving looking dude looks like Rick Scott tweaking his ass off:

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[riversedge]

13. It is a video of Stone realizing he is in deep poo poo

[LudwigPastorius]

14. Cocaine

He’s got all the tells.

[Jamastiene]

19. Yup.

You nailed it.

[safeinOhio]

16. What a bully fears the most

is exposure and that is what they use to threaten others. He is and has been a bully, like trump, his whole life. You can sense this when you see him about to be exposed in this video. Panic and fear in the extreme.

[luvallpeeps]

17. So unsettling!

Cocaine maybe? Meth? Nevertheless, he is one creepy dude. Drugs or no.

[Grokenstein]

18. Sometimes you can see a person who's clearly seriously ill

...and not give a single damn.

Rejoice, in fact. Civility mavens be damned, this makes me happy.

Just think--this is what Don-Don's like when he hasn't had his Adderall and hamberder breakfast.

[Baitball Blogger]

21. At some point we may discover the man is a huffer, or some other similar human frailty.

I didn't just pluck that out of the air. In the nineties Central Florida was led by a crazy, anti-government, anti-regulation creep, who turned out to be a huffer.

[Baitball Blogger]

20. It's like the lizard hiding under the human skin is fighting to get out!

[maxrandb]

22. It's Lindsey Graham during the Kavanaugh hearing.

You could actually see and hear the snake trying to get out of his skin.

[Raven]

23. Here's the problem for trump...

If he doesn't pardon this guy, he'll talk. If he does pardon this guy he'll talk if someone offers him enough money. If Trump tries to get Stone to sign an NDA, the pardon will be challenged. Bad options and Stone knows it.

[calimary]

24. Dear God!

Looks like someone coming unspooled.

I can see how this crazed and TOTALLY creepy demeanor might freak out a target or an opponent and intimidate that opponent into whatever Mr. Freakazoid threatens to do if he doesn’t get his way.

[dem4decades]

26. Creeppy son of a bitch that's for sure