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A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

I was promised a recession.

We are aware of all internet traditions.

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

Everybody saw this coming.

“Squeaker” McCarthy

The GOP couldn’t organize an orgy in a whorehouse with a fist full of 50s.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

Consistently wrong since 2002

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

Let there be snark.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

The willow is too close to the house.

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  2. 2.

    Ruckus

    If rudy is your only choice I can see why you’d be in deep shit. But what the hell stupid fucking thing could you possibly be doing to attract rudy as a lawyer?

  3. 3.

    NotMax

    Any legal trouble before will pale in comparison to the legal trouble after Giuliani is on board.

    It’s the old “Pay the two dollars, Joe” sketch writ large.

  5. 5.

    SFAW

    @pat:

    Frankly I’d rather shoot Rudy.

    Glad I’m not the only one who thought that.

    Seriously, John, you need to think outside the box a little.

  6. 6.

    Kathleen

    TaMara was big pawed by Blog Boss! (Was going to do ALL CAPS but thought better of it).

    I for one am somewhat grateful to Rudy for helping to hasten Trump’s demise.

  8. 8.

    Yarrow

    This seems really dumb:
    Biden Campaign Demands TV News Execs Stop Booking Giuliani

    In a Sunday letter, the former vice president’s aides say that it is editorially irresponsible to book the president’s personal lawyer.

    “We are writing today with grave concern that you continue to book Rudy Giuliani on your air to spread false, debunked conspiracy theories on behalf of Donald Trump. While you often fact check his statements in real time during your discussions, that is no longer enough. By giving him your air time, you are allowing him to introduce increasingly unhinged, unfounded and desperate lies into the national conversation,” the letter from top aides Anita Dunn and Kate Bedingfield reads.
    …
    “We write to demand that in service to the facts, you no longer book Rudy Giuliani, a surrogate for Donald Trump who has demonstrated that he will knowingly and willingly lie in order to advance his own narrative,” the letter continues.

    By all means point out why Rudy shouldn’t be booked anywhere except by police, but “demand” networks not book him? I can see the Republican campaign ads now. “Democrats bully the press.” Seems really dumb.

  9. 9.

    lgerard

    Someone should put together a sizzle reel of Stephan Miller getting pantsed on national TV, as he was again by Chris Wallace today.

    I would watch that

    Often

  10. 10.

    FlyingToaster

    @Ruckus: I’m pretty sure it is like “light treason” [YouTube] from Arrested Development. Precisely the kind of stupid shit that would attract Mr. “Noun, Verb, 9/11”.

  11. 11.

    hells littlest angel

    At one point, Giuliani waved what he said were several affidavits, including one by Shokin defending himself, which he said verified his claims that Shokin was dismissed as a result of his investigation of Burisma and Hunter Biden.

    And he waved them very strongly, no doubt.

  12. 12.

    Ruckus

    OK, let’s review.
    1. rudy is trump’s unpaid lawyer – still way too high a price
    2. trump probably has to pay anyone of any worth whatsoever full pop + 50% but gets this chump for free. And he takes the offer. That’s one cheap ass idiot.
    3. How deep do we think rudy will bury trump? I’m thinking mariana trench deep but that’s only an estimate.

  15. 15.

    Kay

    Andrew Harold “Andy” Giuliani is the Public Liaison Assistant to President Donald Trump. He is the son of Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City.
    Giuliani was born to Rudy Giuliani and Donna Hanover in 1986. He has one sister, Caroline. His father was elected mayor of New York City in 1993, and he attracted attention due to his behavior during the oath of office; Andrew would repeat parts of the oath along with Rudy.
    Giuliani attended Saint Joseph Regional High School in Montvale, New Jersey, and attended Duke University, where he played golf and aspired to become a professional golfer.However, in 2008, Giuliani was cut from the team and sued the university, claiming, “his golf coach manufactured accusations against him to justify kicking him off the team to whittle the squad.”[3] The lawsuit was dismissed.[2] He later worked as a sales intern at CapRok Capital.[4]
    Giuliani also appeared on the Golf Channel show The Big Break twice.
    On March 6, 2017, it was announced Giuliani would serve in the Trump Administration as Public Liaison Assistant. His father had played a prominent role in Trump’s 2016 campaign. He initially served as a cybersecurity advisor to the president and joined the President’s legal team in April 2018.

  17. 17.

    Ruckus

    @Yarrow:
    Maybe reason enough to cause a shift in Biden’s support?
    It should, it’s a third grade tactic with no forethought about consequences.

  18. 18.

    Barry

    John, you could always just flip on Giuliani. He’s probably p*ssed off enough people that you’d get a good deal.

  23. 23.

    Another Scott

    @hells littlest angel: There’s some huge scam going on with Donnie and all the “unpaid” people. Manafort, Giuliani, who knows who else.

    [The Antideficiency Act] prohibits federal agencies from obligations or expending federal funds in advance or in excess of an appropriation, and from accepting voluntary services.

    There’s a good reason for it, and Donnie shouldn’t have anyone working for him for “free”. Because TANSTAAFL.

    Grrr…

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  24. 24.

    R. Johnston

    If Rudy’s the only lawyer who will take your case when you’re in legal trouble, that almost certainly means that you have the money to pay for a lawyer but when meeting with potential lawyers you’re leading with an admission that you’re planning to lie under oath. If you couldn’t pay, Rudy wouldn’t take the case, and if you could pay, were in legal trouble, and didn’t lead with a blatantly ethically disqualifying statement, someone else would be willing to take the case as well.

    So, if you’re planning to lie under oath, just don’t tell your lawyer about it and you won’t ever be in this situation.

  25. 25.

    zhena gogolia

    @lgerard:

    Seems as if Aaron Rupar has granted your wish on Twitter. I can’t watch yet because it will bother my husband, who’s still working. (We’re on the deck together and I don’t want to go inside.)

  27. 27.

    Kay

    A Giuliani is finally joining the Trump administration.
    President Donald Trump has brought on Andrew Giuliani, the son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, to work in the Office of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs, two sources familiar with the hire told POLITICO.
    In his new post, Andrew Giuliani, who once dreamed of becoming a professional golfer, helped organize the Patriots’ upcoming visit to the White House after their come-from-behind Super Bowl victory, and also assisted First Lady Melania Trump’s staff
    Rudy Giuliani, one of Trump’s earliest and most ardent supporters, was briefly in the running for secretary of state, before withdrawing his name from consideration for a cabinet-level post. The former mayor, who is the CEO of an international consulting firm Giuliani Partners, was announced during the presidential transition as an adviser to Trump on cybersecurity. He has also credited himself with being the architect of Trump’s “Muslim ban.”

    Seems like someone could look into “Giuliani Partners”. It’s a sure thing it’s incredibly sleazy and probably loaded with publicly-funded grift.

  29. 29.

    Ruckus

    @R. Johnston:
    One of the reasons that rudy is trump’s lawyer is that both of them are too stupid and senile to be able to tell the difference between a lie and the truth, as well as recognize that they can’t tell that difference. They both have been scamming for so long that they don’t even know that they are.

  30. 30.

    Kay

    @Humdog:

    This White House is completely populated by failsons.

    Low quality hires, starting with the boss and just continuing from there. I feel like it’s absolutely perfect that the son SUED because he got cut from a sports team in college. Sued them!

    The sense of entitlement these people have it just off the charts.

  32. 32.

    MattF

    @Yarrow: Um, yes.

    If you’re ever wondering how the ‘news media’ went from ‘talking heads’ to ‘shouting heads’, just look at Rudy. It’s how he does business.

  33. 33.

    Mai naem mobile

    Hey, Cole maybe you can get Jared Kushner to represent you? You know he’s a lawyer right? Well, for right now anyway. Trumpov has him doing an awesome job on midwest peace, gun reform, healthcare reform, tariffs and the Russians. I am sure he can handle something so small as defending you on the charge of taking poorly lit photographs.

  34. 34.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Mai naem mobile:

    Trumpov has him doing an awesome job on midwest peace, gun reform, healthcare reform, tariffs and the Russians.

    And doing all the winning at all of them.

  36. 36.

    dmsilev

    I have to say, I’m more impressed by Stephen Miller, who today repeatedly called Trump ‘the real whistleblower’. Do you think maybe the problem is that they just don’t know what the term actually means and are too embarrassed to ask?

  41. 41.

    Aleta

    @Mike in NC: He saw himself as a senator, then as president. Then as T’s attorney general, then as his homeland security chief. (Gave his name out to the media in both cases but T saw him only as chief of obedient corruption.)

    Now we have to get him disbarred, so that day may never come when John calls upon us to do a service for him.

  45. 45.

    Frankensteinbeck

    @dmsilev:

    who today repeatedly called Trump ‘the real whistleblower’.

    Considering the whistleblower’s complaint could be dismissed as unproven but Trump confessed, via ‘transcript’, to pressuring a foreign leader to provide evidence against his political enemies, yeah, that seems accurate!

  47. 47.

    Jay

    @Kelly:

    Because he’s spreading Russian Manufactured Conspiracy Theories in Prime Time,

    By hosting him, they are giving the CT , to the low informed, an aura of plausibility, just like the FTFNYT did with Clinton Cash.

  48. 48.

    Ruckus

    @dmsilev:
    They know what the term means. They just live in an alternative world. Todays republican party is living in faux mobius world. They have their own news service and totally alternative realities. It’s like they are all on a brown acid trip. A massive, organized brown acid trip. Opioids have nothing on this trip.

  49. 49.

    Jay

    “At the same time Volker was pushing to convince Trump to arm Ukraine, he also held positions with lobbying firm BGR Group and the McCain Institute, that both had financial ties to Raytheon Company—which manufactures the Javelin system and earned millions from Trump's decision.” https://t.co/DXB1trDb5e— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) September 29, 2019

  53. 53.

    RepubAnon

    @Barry: Alternatively, pay Rudy to work for the other side. They’ll lose so bigly, they’d be paying off your mortgage!
    ;-)

    Seriously, though, Rudy’s trying the dreaded “Chewbacca Defense” on the US electorate. If he can confuse the voters, they won’t put pressure on their Senators to convict.

  55. 55.

    Frankensteinbeck

    @RepubAnon:

    Seriously, though, Rudy’s trying the dreaded “Chewbacca Defense” on the US electorate.

    No. He’s just a deranged old racist. He and the majority of Republicans believe this stuff, because the alternative is that they aren’t automatically better than minorities.

  57. 57.

    HalfAssedHomesteader

    Fuckin’ Stephanopolis! He always let’s his guests hijack the interview so they can spew their talking points. The guy is worthless.

  58. 58.

    Another Scott

    @Starfish: The Bloomberg story cited above says Rudy is still taking in millions:

    Long lauded as the prosecutor who skewered the New York Mafia and once known as “America’s mayor” for leading New York after Sept. 11, Giuliani is still courting clients for security contracts such as the one in Kharkiv. He’s made millions of dollars while acting as Trump’s unpaid consigliere—$9.5 million in 2017 and $5 million in 2018, according to disclosures from his ongoing divorce proceedings with his third wife, Judith Nathan. At the age of 74, Giuliani has eschewed a quiet retirement in favor of life in the limelight. “If I retired, I would shrivel up,” he said. “What I do is enormously exciting.” In addition to Ukraine, in the past two years he’s given speeches and done consulting and legal work in Armenia, Bahrain, Brazil, Colombia, Turkey, and Uruguay, among other countries.

    […]

    Giuliani’s foreign clients may be more necessary than ever. When he started working as Trump’s lawyer in April 2018, he agreed to do so for free. Within weeks he’d resigned from the law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP, which he joined in 2016 as global chair of its cybersecurity and crisis-management practice—a position that provided him from $4 million to $6 million in annual income, according to his divorce proceedings. And Giuliani lives well. At a court hearing in November, a divorce lawyer for Nathan said the former mayor spent $12,000 on cigars and $7,000 on fountain pens over five months. Giuliani and his future ex-wife calculated their personal monthly expenses at about $230,000 each. Their bitterness erupted into the open during a March hearing at which they squabbled over how to share a house they own in the Hamptons, and the judge told them to stay away from each other at a Florida golf club where both are members.

    There’s little doubt that Rudy’s trying to hide money in the divorce, but Donnie wants him to work for free so that he’s dependent on Donnie’s favor. It’s mob boss behavior.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  59. 59.

    Chris Johnson

    @hilts:

    Saul Goodman has more gravitas and higher ethical standards than media whore Rudy Giuliani.

    Saul Goodman out of Nero Wolfe stories? Dear God, yes.

    This administration? PFAUGH!

  60. 60.

    jl

    I dunno, If Soros and Joe Biden come after one John G. Cole because he won’t be bribed with that miserable lefty Soros money, and the corrupt Deep State FBI won’t take his calls, and Cole knows a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who knows Giuliani, maybe that will be all he has. His last hope.

    And let me tell you, Giuliani is a brave secret agent man, with nerves of steel. He won’t be afraid to come and dig into the mean streets of W by God VA.

  61. 61.

    jl

    @Another Scott: “What I do is enormously exciting.”
    I’d find raking in millions and millions of dollars for peddling BS enormously exciting too. Except the breaking the law part, I guess Giuliani and I differ there.

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