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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,031
    Jason P wrote:
    I think Fox gets its ratings from those that really love it and those that really hate it. ;)
    i only watched it because i wanted to see what zimmerman had to say for himself. i was not impressed with the interview at all.
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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,821
    Jason P wrote:
    I think Fox gets its ratings from those that really love it and those that really hate it. ;)
    i only watched it because i wanted to see what zimmerman had to say for himself. i was not impressed with the interview at all.

    Ok, seriously? Did you expect to get a hard hitting interview of a guy that hasn't gone to trial yet? Really? Think about it for 1 minute. What did you really think would happen? Even if you were on the guy's side...would you think this interview would have any real value to it prior to happening? :fp:

    Really, he should shut up and stay away from the media at all costs until trial is over. I caught a few questions on the local news this morning when they were recapping.

    No matter what you think of the situation or the details, I gotta think you felt a little sick when he said that he's sorry Trayvon's parents had to bury their child and that he prayed for them everyday...really? What a jerk. This is why he shouldn't have been talking in the the first place. Until the trial is over a comment like that sounds creepy at best.
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  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    he said he does not regret carrying a gun, does not regret getting out of the car that night, does not regret what happened, and said he was comfortable "because it was all god's plan." if you hava a trial coming up, and you are a pariah, wouldn't you at least say that you regret what happened?

    i hope this interview is taken into evidence in the trial because a good attorney would have probed a lot of his answers.

    His "no regrets" stance is absolutely pathetic. :fp:
    THIS is the kind of person that makes me worry that too many idiots are allowed to carry guns (legally too!)
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    I'm sure it was comforting for trayvon's parents to know that it was gods plan to have their child murdered

    :roll:
  • ComeToTX
    ComeToTX Austin Posts: 8,057
    norm wrote:
    I'm sure it was comforting for trayvon's parents to know that it was gods plan to have their child murdered

    :roll:

    no shit. good for them for rejecting his "apology."

    sorry i killed your kid but god made it happen.

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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,031
    Jason P wrote:
    I think Fox gets its ratings from those that really love it and those that really hate it. ;)
    i only watched it because i wanted to see what zimmerman had to say for himself. i was not impressed with the interview at all.

    Ok, seriously? Did you expect to get a hard hitting interview of a guy that hasn't gone to trial yet? Really? Think about it for 1 minute. What did you really think would happen? Even if you were on the guy's side...would you think this interview would have any real value to it prior to happening? :fp:

    Really, he should shut up and stay away from the media at all costs until trial is over. I caught a few questions on the local news this morning when they were recapping.

    No matter what you think of the situation or the details, I gotta think you felt a little sick when he said that he's sorry Trayvon's parents had to bury their child and that he prayed for them everyday...really? What a jerk. This is why he shouldn't have been talking in the the first place. Until the trial is over a comment like that sounds creepy at best.
    i expected follow up questioning, not hannity leading him along like he did. what hannity did would be objected and sustained in court because he was leading him and putting words in his mouth. hannity talks a lot of shit, and he had the chance to ask hard questions but he didn't. he tossed softballs and it was a waste of time watching it. i don't even know why his attorney allowed him to participate in the interview because his dumbass client might let something slip out, and i think he did. his story was inconsistent on at least 2 occasions that i caught and hannity led him right back to make it seem more consistent. i was actually taking to my tv asking follow up questions that were not asked....

    the kicker was when he denied knowing about any sort of stand your ground law. wouldn't that be something that is taught in gun class when getting a permit? he is a liar, or the state of florida does a terrible job educating gun owners on the legal aspects of owning and carrying a gun in that state...

    i agree, he should shut up and stay out of the media. i am thinking he did the interview to taint the potential jury pool.. that has to be the moivation, besides getting more donations, for doing the interview. if i were his attorney i would try to taint the jury pool and argue that it is impossible to get a fair trial and move it elsewhere.

    and yes, i was sickened by his "apology" to his parents, and even moreso by his "apology" to america for causing a division.... :roll: and why would god have a plan for trayvon that entailed him getting gunned down at 17? and why would he/she have a plan that included zimmerman killing someone.

    zimmerman says he is not a murderer...he shot someone, they died, isn't that the definition of murder? using a device to kill them?
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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,821
    zimmerman says he is not a murderer...he shot someone, they died, isn't that the definition of murder? using a device to kill them?


    Well, that would depend on the circumstances wouldn't it? That is why there are manslaughter and self-defense.

    So, I think he was using murderer in the court-definition sense.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    and then there's this
    Barbara Walters walked away from an interview with Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman after the former neighborhood watchman demanded at the last minute that, in return for the chat, ABC put him and his wife up in a hotel for a month, a source told Page Six. Walters flew down to Florida early yesterday and met with Zimmerman and his lawyer to discuss the possibility of a lengthy TV sitdown. Her interview would have taken place after he was done talking with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, a situation that already made the newswoman leery, we’re told, as she prefers to land exclusives. But we’re told that Walters was “appalled” by Zimmerman’s hotel demand, and told him the deal was off. An ABC News spokesman confirmed that Walters met with Zimmerman, but refused to confirm what he asked for. “She went down there with every intention of doing an interview, but Mr. Zimmerman made a demand at the last minute that we could not and would never agree to,” the rep said.

    Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/bawa_no ... z215waTrCK
  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    norm wrote:
    and then there's this
    Barbara Walters walked away from an interview with Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman after the former neighborhood watchman demanded at the last minute that, in return for the chat, ABC put him and his wife up in a hotel for a month, a source told Page Six. Walters flew down to Florida early yesterday and met with Zimmerman and his lawyer to discuss the possibility of a lengthy TV sitdown. Her interview would have taken place after he was done talking with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, a situation that already made the newswoman leery, we’re told, as she prefers to land exclusives. But we’re told that Walters was “appalled” by Zimmerman’s hotel demand, and told him the deal was off. An ABC News spokesman confirmed that Walters met with Zimmerman, but refused to confirm what he asked for. “She went down there with every intention of doing an interview, but Mr. Zimmerman made a demand at the last minute that we could not and would never agree to,” the rep said.

    Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/bawa_no ... z215waTrCK

    :fp:
    ...AND, apparently, he called again the next day and tried again to get her to interview him.

    http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/ ... int/nPyX6/

    I cant wait to see the next trainwreck interview this yahoo gives -- what's he going to say? God told me to bring my gun everywhere, i feel so naked in prison without it!
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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    wow ... this guy is a piece of work ... anyone still support him here?
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,661
    norm wrote:
    and then there's this
    Barbara Walters walked away from an interview with Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman after the former neighborhood watchman demanded at the last minute that, in return for the chat, ABC put him and his wife up in a hotel for a month, a source told Page Six. Walters flew down to Florida early yesterday and met with Zimmerman and his lawyer to discuss the possibility of a lengthy TV sitdown. Her interview would have taken place after he was done talking with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, a situation that already made the newswoman leery, we’re told, as she prefers to land exclusives. But we’re told that Walters was “appalled” by Zimmerman’s hotel demand, and told him the deal was off. An ABC News spokesman confirmed that Walters met with Zimmerman, but refused to confirm what he asked for. “She went down there with every intention of doing an interview, but Mr. Zimmerman made a demand at the last minute that we could not and would never agree to,” the rep said.

    Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/bawa_no ... z215waTrCK
    It's okay though. Pursuing and shooting an unarmed kid isn't murder, and asking for a month's free accommodation for an interview isn't seeking compensation for an interview. So it all works out. :fp:
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,031
    hmmmmmmmm.....

    what a stupid, stupid thing to have done.... :fp:

    George Zimmerman Prosecution May Use TV Interview as Evidence

    http://abcnews.go.com/US/george-zimmerm ... AinamH2Z8F

    George Zimmerman's television interview in which he said he had few regrets about the night he killed teenager Trayvon Martin has been entered as possible evidence in his upcoming murder trial.

    In a wide ranging interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity Zimmerman, appearing articulate and calm, said he neither regretted carrying a gun that night nor pursuing the 17-year-old Martin.

    "I feel that it was all God's plan," he told Hannity. When asked if there was "anything you might do differently," Zimmerman responded, "No Sir."

    This morning the prosecution entered the tape of the interview into discovery as and could attempt to admit it as evidence in Zimmerman's trial on charges of second degree murder.

    Zimmerman, 28, has maintained that he shot Martin in self-defense after Martin attacked him in Sanford, Fla., on the night of Feb. 26.

    Towards the end of the interview, following commercial break, Zimmerman pivoted towards the camera and addressed it directly, saying he misunderstood Hannity's earlier question about whether he had any regrets that night.

    "I do wish that there was something, anything I could have done that would have put me in the position that I wouldn't have to take his life," he said.

    Granting the interview will likely haunt Zimmerman, veteran legal analyst and defense attorney Mark Eiglarsh told ABC News. "He has impeached himself publicly, this is going to be a huge problem for him… and the prosecutors must be extremely pleased... He was making inconsistent statements that they can use in a trial against him."

    And some are now questioning whether Zimmerman has begun disregarding his attorney's advice.

    After his interview with Hannity Thursday, Zimmerman abruptly cancelled an interview with ABC News' Barbara Walters, which his attorney Mark O'Mara had set up.

    Walters said on "The View" today that she arrived to do the interview Wednesday and found a "stubborn" Zimmerman dressed in a T-shirt and demanding certain conditions from her that she was unwilling to agree to. Walters would not specify what Zimmerman asked for in exchange for the interview, but said that she would never agree to it.

    She noted that Zimmerman's attorney had promised her an interview earlier in the week and said today that O'Mara "wanted him to do the interview."

    Walters said that it was Zimmerman who renegged on the promise after she flew down to Orlando for the appointment. She said that Zimmerman told her during their conversations that he was in "desperate" need of money, as he had apparently already spent the bulk of the more than $200,000 raised through donations since April.

    Minutes after Walters' discussion of Zimmerman on The View, Zimmerman made a surprise phone call to the studio and asked to be put on the air via phone. Walters declined Zimmerman's request and said on air, "Mr. Zimmerman, if you could not do the interview yesterday, I don't think we should do a quick one today. In the future if you feel differently, we will consider it."

    Zimmerman also decided to reactivate his fundraising website, TheRealGeorgeZimmerman.com in order to raise more money. He created the website in April without telling his attorneys at the time, but later took it down after hiring O'Mara as his lawyer.

    A representative for O'Mara said that the attorney had acquiesced to Zimmerman's request to re-launch the website over which Zimmerman would be granted editorial control. It would be primarily used to solicit donations.

    Zimmerman has been described as "erratic" and difficult by his former attorneys, who quit after saying that Zimmerman would not listen to their advice.

    Attorneys Craig Sonner and Hal Uhrig said in April that they were withdrawing from the case because they had lost contact with Zimmerman, who refused to answer their calls, texts and emails. Sonner said that Zimmerman had independently been talking to Hannity and calling the Florida State Attorney Angela Corey against his advice.

    Zimmerman turned himself into authorities shortly after his attorneys quit, and was subsequently charged. He is now represented by O'Mara.

    O'Mara did not return calls for comment.
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  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    polaris_x wrote:
    wow ... this guy is a piece of work ... anyone still support him here?

    I don't support fucking Barney Fife's.
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    polaris_x wrote:
    wow ... this guy is a piece of work ... anyone still support him here?

    I don't support fucking Barney Fife's.

    hey don't insult barney fife...barney was a duly appointed law enforcement officer


    zimmerman is a piece of shit wanna-be
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    norm wrote:
    polaris_x wrote:
    wow ... this guy is a piece of work ... anyone still support him here?

    I don't support fucking Barney Fife's.

    hey don't insult barney fife...barney was a duly appointed law enforcement officer


    zimmerman is a piece of shit wanna-be

    :roll:
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    norm wrote:

    I don't support fucking Barney Fife's.

    hey don't insult barney fife...barney was a duly appointed law enforcement officer


    zimmerman is a piece of shit wanna-be

    :roll:

    Though I agree with you on Zimmerman. Absolutely.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    hmmmmmmmm.....

    what a stupid, stupid thing to have done.... :fp:

    George Zimmerman Prosecution May Use TV Interview as Evidence

    http://abcnews.go.com/US/george-zimmerm ... AinamH2Z8F

    George Zimmerman's television interview in which he said he had few regrets about the night he killed teenager Trayvon Martin has been entered as possible evidence in his upcoming murder trial.

    In a wide ranging interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity Zimmerman, appearing articulate and calm, said he neither regretted carrying a gun that night nor pursuing the 17-year-old Martin.

    "I feel that it was all God's plan," he told Hannity. When asked if there was "anything you might do differently," Zimmerman responded, "No Sir."

    This morning the prosecution entered the tape of the interview into discovery as and could attempt to admit it as evidence in Zimmerman's trial on charges of second degree murder.

    Zimmerman, 28, has maintained that he shot Martin in self-defense after Martin attacked him in Sanford, Fla., on the night of Feb. 26.

    Towards the end of the interview, following commercial break, Zimmerman pivoted towards the camera and addressed it directly, saying he misunderstood Hannity's earlier question about whether he had any regrets that night.

    "I do wish that there was something, anything I could have done that would have put me in the position that I wouldn't have to take his life," he said.

    Granting the interview will likely haunt Zimmerman, veteran legal analyst and defense attorney Mark Eiglarsh told ABC News. "He has impeached himself publicly, this is going to be a huge problem for him… and the prosecutors must be extremely pleased... He was making inconsistent statements that they can use in a trial against him."

    And some are now questioning whether Zimmerman has begun disregarding his attorney's advice.

    After his interview with Hannity Thursday, Zimmerman abruptly cancelled an interview with ABC News' Barbara Walters, which his attorney Mark O'Mara had set up.

    Walters said on "The View" today that she arrived to do the interview Wednesday and found a "stubborn" Zimmerman dressed in a T-shirt and demanding certain conditions from her that she was unwilling to agree to. Walters would not specify what Zimmerman asked for in exchange for the interview, but said that she would never agree to it.

    She noted that Zimmerman's attorney had promised her an interview earlier in the week and said today that O'Mara "wanted him to do the interview."

    Walters said that it was Zimmerman who renegged on the promise after she flew down to Orlando for the appointment. She said that Zimmerman told her during their conversations that he was in "desperate" need of money, as he had apparently already spent the bulk of the more than $200,000 raised through donations since April.

    Minutes after Walters' discussion of Zimmerman on The View, Zimmerman made a surprise phone call to the studio and asked to be put on the air via phone. Walters declined Zimmerman's request and said on air, "Mr. Zimmerman, if you could not do the interview yesterday, I don't think we should do a quick one today. In the future if you feel differently, we will consider it."

    Zimmerman also decided to reactivate his fundraising website, TheRealGeorgeZimmerman.com in order to raise more money. He created the website in April without telling his attorneys at the time, but later took it down after hiring O'Mara as his lawyer.

    A representative for O'Mara said that the attorney had acquiesced to Zimmerman's request to re-launch the website over which Zimmerman would be granted editorial control. It would be primarily used to solicit donations.

    Zimmerman has been described as "erratic" and difficult by his former attorneys, who quit after saying that Zimmerman would not listen to their advice.

    Attorneys Craig Sonner and Hal Uhrig said in April that they were withdrawing from the case because they had lost contact with Zimmerman, who refused to answer their calls, texts and emails. Sonner said that Zimmerman had independently been talking to Hannity and calling the Florida State Attorney Angela Corey against his advice.

    Zimmerman turned himself into authorities shortly after his attorneys quit, and was subsequently charged. He is now represented by O'Mara.

    O'Mara did not return calls for comment.

    give the fool all the rope he wants to hang himself with(metaphorically speaking of course). :roll: :lol:
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  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293

    give the fool all the rope he wants to hang himself with(metaphorically speaking of course). :roll: :lol:

    Uh huh. ;)

    I'm still not big on gun control, but, (as I have said earlier) I'm with you guys on this one.
  • ComeToTX
    ComeToTX Austin Posts: 8,057
    The killer of a 17-year-old Florida man in February made fun of him during a recent jailhouse call. George Zimmerman, who has been released on $1 million bond, made fun of Trayvon Martin, a young man who was wearing a hoodie when he was killed on Feb. 26. “You know that when I get out of here, I’ll come out with my hoodie,” Zimmerman said in Spanish during a telephone call. The phone call was released against Zimmerman’s attorney’s wishes by the judge in the case.
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