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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is what bothers me the most.....

Let's assume he is being truthful when he says he never saw the picture in the yearbook before.

So, yesterday, when it was shown to him, his decision was to go out and apologize for a picture that HE says was him.  If that had been me, or almost any other adult on earth not named Northam, the first reaction would be, "WTH!  That is not me!  I have never been dressed like that!  Where the hell did this picture come from?"

Then, he would go to the press, say there is no way that is his picture and explain that he has asked for an investigation.

But, he didn't do that.  He apologized for taking the picture and expressed his understanding at how hurt people are.

So, here we are.  Whether today's press conference was an effort to cover his a$$ or the truth - he has screwed up royally.

I always learned - if you don't want someone to find about something you do, then don't do it.  Whether he was in this picture or not is immaterial at this point.  He has shown poor judgment in how he handled this whole scandal.

Had he said yesterday, that the picture could no way be him, I would be much more forgiving and I would believe him.  Or, if he had admitted it was him, and sought forgiveness, I would be the first to offer it.  
But, the changing stories is just too much for me at this point.  [/quote]

I don't really believe you.  I think you would neither believe him nor forgive him whatever he said, yesterday or today.[/quote]

I absolutely would believe him.  I can see where somebody on the yearbook staff either swapped a photo accidentally OR thought it would be a practical joke to pull (not funny to most people).  I can also believe that he may have never seen that page in the yearbook.  College yearbooks are not like HS yearbooks. But, for him to offer an apology for a photo that he claims, today, could not possibly be him, leads most of us to believe that he is covering his butt, whether he is or not.  [/quote]

So “Coonman” had a “joke” played on him.

Coonman.[/quote]

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