Michael Cohen wanted two things during his time working for Donald Trump: “credit” and “control.”
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1489168
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1489168
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“Michael Cohen Casts Himself As An Appendage Of Trump…”
My mind’s eye cannot unsee that.
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I’m trying to pretend it’s something innocuous. Like that thing in the back of your throat.
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Ewwww!!!
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I say there are too many “Peckers” in this testimony!
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It is very difficult to imagine how Trump could have had such a level of influence over people in his sphere. He may be a supreme con man, but isn’t exactly a “magnetic” personality.
Still, if one thing is clear, his one true talent appears to consist of recognizing and exploiting the weakest elements in some kinds of personalities.
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Today’s cohen:
What is the sound of one appendage clapping?
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That’s easy. Fat Boy is a predator. Like all predators he’s always on the hunt, always searching for fresh prey, the weak, venal, greedy men and women he can exploit by testing their limits, their desires, their willingness to do whatever it takes to get it. We saw that with Stormy Daniels last week dangling a spot on The Apprentice for her. And for Cohen, dangling money and access to power (more money). Nothing is difficult when you’re a raging sociopath who actually would shoot someone on Fifth Avenue if that person couldn’t be corrupted.
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This is the heart of it for Cohen I imagine, whatever other factors may have been at play.
And he still reminds me of Fredo Corleone in this context.
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So Cohen’s a skin tag or a vestigial tail? Do those count as “appendages?” 
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Don’t bother they’re here.
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So ultimately Cohen was one more small contractor tsf stiffed. He thought he was a big deal, but he wasn’t.
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More fun David Pecker headlines:
“Prosecutor Uses Pecker to Poke Holes in Defense”
“Pecker Provides Probing Testimony to Jury”
“Defense Ties Pecker to Hope Hicks”
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Leaving court at the end for today trump said…
“There’s no fraud here, there’s no crime here," Trump said.
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Hmmm … 34 individual felonies in this case all on donnie and most all for fraud. Seems trump is confused.
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I would imagine that the appendage of Trump that we are speaking about is “cojones.” I think Cohen is showing his merit, as his “boss,” is sitting in a courtroom, freezing and shitting in his pants. Not sure that the Defendant, who has gone through Roy Cohn, and maybe a few other “loyal” lawyers/fixers before Cohen, could have done anything if he had not hired them. And, hokey smokes, the Defendant would have gone bankrupt many, many years ago, if his daddy (Fred) had not hired Allen Weisselberg in 1973.
The Defendant called his company’s chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg his “Jewish CPA” and pressured him to “make me happy, or else,” according to an interview Weisselberg’s former daughter-in-law gave to the Manhattan district attorney’s office.
The entire Trump family seems to be hopelessly stupid, incompetent, useless goyim. Just my perspective.
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Jonathan Turley wrote an article for the NY Post:
‘Mr. Fix-It’ Michael Cohen bombs on the stand, offers no new evidence to convict Trump (nypost.com)
I know, the NYP. But I read some stories there every day. And Turdley does have some credence as far as legal opinions. Day one was a wash, lets see what day two brings. I’ve never been convinced Cohen really hates Trump because he never implicated him in a manner that would hurt Trump when he was testifying before Congress. Or on his felony charges and conviction years ago. I mean, Cohen has to know a lot more than what he’s revealed in the past.
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Abused children suck up to & crave affection from the abuser. I think something like that goes on w/ Cheeto. Trying to win his intermittent & unpredictable praise draws people in further.
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I have never gotten it. He is boorish to women, bullying to men, cheap to everyone, perhaps clever but not intelligent. Not witty, not engaging, uninterested in people on a personal level.
Just awful.
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Donald Trump hunts prey all the time.
Everyone is prey.
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