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ttd_76 t1_j49izdb wrote

Yeah, nothing will happen to him.

Like she says herself, she lied to everyone to protect Joe, and I believe her mother and grandmother did as well. They didn't just defend him, they accused prosecuters of politically persecuting them and wrote in support of his pardon.

I am not blaming the victim. But the reality is, the reason he didn't end up in prison or out of office is because of her. There's a reason Morrissey makes sure to send out all those happy family cards and photos and making sure they were in the papers. For the last 10 years she has been presented as a perfectly happy wife and mother wants everyone to butt out of her affairs. If she changes her story now, they will tear her apart in court. She may have some potential perjury charges even. Not to mention fairly grim job prospects and likely very little income to support her large family. She's pretty much screwed. Morrissey knows exactly what he's doing.

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Grizlatron t1_j4b33fi wrote

No one who looked at her face during Media events would have believed that she was a perfectly happy wife and mother. He knocked up a teenager and then ruined her life by marrying her - that has always been the story.

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NuttingOnNutzy t1_j4btd89 wrote

He is why he didn’t end up in prison or out of office. The reality is he didn’t end up in prison because he groomed an impressionable child so he could have a partner who was easy to control, whose own family would be complicit in it. He didn’t end up in prison because he’s a literal psychopath who psychologically manipulated a vulnerable person. She was a teenager in a relationship with a man forty years older. None of this is her fault, she is not the reason he has never been held accountable for his atrocious behavior, much of it occurring in extremely public ways prior to ever meeting her

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GrayRVA t1_j4cqcxu wrote

>There’s a reason Morrissey makes sure to send out all those happy family cards and photos

One of my friends got 2 calendars on his front porch during the recent primary. It worked on a bunch of people, not to make them vote for him, but to disbelieve the rumors about his marriage being on the rocks. Because who would have the audacity to promote a family man image with this shit going on?

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WPMO t1_j5jgmer wrote

Oh yeah, and look at all of the people who wanted to excuse Joe saying stuff like "well they got married! Love works in mysterious ways!".

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