Originally published at: Avenatti guilty of defrauding Stormy Daniels | Boing Boing
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And this is why I’m glad I never boarded the “Avenatti is going after Trump therefore he must be a good guy” train.
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Totally. He never really struck me as “going after Trump,” but more as, “going after fame.”
He hitched his wagon to Stormy, then abused that relationship. Fuck him.
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to quote seventy maxims of maximally effective mercenaries– the enemy of my enemy is my enemy’s enemy, nothing more nothing less.
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I tried to tell you, mutants.
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I mean, he was always a lawyer, so…
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it makes me wonder, the people who couldn’t see through Avenatti…whether they’d have fallen for Trump too under slightly different circumstances in their lives
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Actual CNN headline from 2018:
Guys I’m starting to think some of the infotainers on cable news might not be the astute and well-informed political experts they are sometimes made out to be.
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I laughed a bit at right-wing attempts to portray him as a “hero of the left” (and media attempts to do likewise). It was so obviously absurd. I never hung any hopes on him, but at the time I figured he was a sleazy dude who coincidentally was targeting Trump because it was advantageous for him, which would hurt Trump to some degree. What I didn’t realize was how completely corrupt and incompetent Avenatti is, and how thoroughly inconsequential he’d turn out to be as a result.
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Yup. I remember all the gushing and breathless calls for him to run for President in 2020. His fall from grace was pretty damn immediate and spectacular - and wholly unsurprising.
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Though notably not from anyone who I’d normally take advice from on who to vote for.
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it should be clear that i never expected much other than getting a hefty settlement for ms. daniels.
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many of them keep hitting the glass floor and persistently fall up.
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Oh, confirmation that Avenaughty is a douche bag. Thanks.
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Its a certain type of character in our culture… im also thinking of dog the bounty Hunter looking for Brian laundrie. Like, theoretically they want what we want - to see justice, but you get the very distinct impression this is more about themselves than the thing they are professing to be doing…
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I remember him pushing himself for President… I don’t think I ever met a person who wanted that. Ha.
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