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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
Thu Jun 7, 2018, 06:03 PM Jun 2018

Rudy Giuliani Attacks Stormy Daniels But Disgraces Himself





“Excuse me, when you look at Stormy Daniels,” Rudolph Giuliani, who is somehow a key member of the legal team of the President of the United States, said on Wednesday, in an onstage interview at the Globes Capital Market Conference, in Tel Aviv, before interrupting himself to make a face. And what a face: Giuliani’s expression was, perhaps, meant to be one of knowing revulsion at Daniels, but the lopsided chaos of his features conveyed a moral contortion all his own. He had been explaining that Melania Trump believed in her husband implicitly, and so should everyone else, because he was Trump, and because Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, acted in adult films.

Ignoring the interviewer’s plea of “Let’s respect her,” Giuliani added, “I know Donald Trump. Look at his three wives, right?” It wasn’t clear if, with that questioning note, he was looking for a confirmation of the exact number of Trump’s wives. “Beautiful women, classy women, women of great substance. Stormy Daniels?” He paused to make another face, putting the left side of his mouth on a Cubist collision with his glasses. Then Giuliani, a former U.S. Attorney and mayor of New York City, began talking about his standards for respectability.

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Against this backdrop, Giuliani’s remarks about Clifford are more than repugnant; they are revealing. They convey a political philosophy that he and the President share, which can be summed up as: those who are vulnerable are meant to be wounded, and have no right to ask for respect, let alone protection. It is a bully’s declaration of open season on the weak. But Stephanie Clifford is not as defenseless as Giuliani or Trump might think. She has presented a credible and strikingly strong legal case. Maybe Giuliani should be listening to her.


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https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/rudy-giuliani-attacks-stormy-daniels-but-disgraces-himself
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Rudy Giuliani Attacks Stormy Daniels But Disgraces Himself (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2018 OP
Get thee to the greatest page malaise Jun 2018 #1
And she has a damn good lawyer. Nt spooky3 Jun 2018 #2
And Rudy knows he is being outclassed and out lawyered so he responds with Eliot Rosewater Jun 2018 #4
Exactly nt spooky3 Jun 2018 #11
No, he disgraced himself when he took sides with the shitstain. nt Ferrets are Cool Jun 2018 #3
Lest we forget......nt 2naSalit Jun 2018 #5
I don't understand what kind of argument he's making Hav Jun 2018 #6
Okay, Rudy, you don't care for Stormy gratuitous Jun 2018 #7
Well, for now, Rudy is claiming that Cheeto did no spooky3 Jun 2018 #12
Wait, didn't Melania............... Siwsan Jun 2018 #8
So Giuliani is in Israel spouting on about Korea and the Trump Marriage.... C_U_L8R Jun 2018 #9
Sounds like had had a few underpants Jun 2018 #10

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
4. And Rudy knows he is being outclassed and out lawyered so he responds with
Thu Jun 7, 2018, 06:13 PM
Jun 2018

what he knows will appeal to the vile deplorable base of Nazis.

Hav

(5,969 posts)
6. I don't understand what kind of argument he's making
Thu Jun 7, 2018, 06:16 PM
Jun 2018

If she's so low and beneath their standards, what does that say about Trump who betrayed his wife with her just after the birth of their son? You cannot have it both ways. Again and again, with his incompetence, he just keeps digging a bigger hole. You'd think he wouldn't want to draw any attention to that topic.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
7. Okay, Rudy, you don't care for Stormy
Thu Jun 7, 2018, 06:16 PM
Jun 2018

So, why do you think your client, the fellow with not one, not two, but three beautiful, classy wives (as you characterize them), had to go looking for a little strange with Stormy? And why did your client have to divorce not one, but two of those beautiful, classy wives, and can the third beautiful, classy wife expect any different treatment when she reaches her "pull by" date? Would you like to consult with any of your wives before you answer?

spooky3

(34,458 posts)
12. Well, for now, Rudy is claiming that Cheeto did no
Thu Jun 7, 2018, 09:44 PM
Jun 2018

Such thing, because Stormy was too ugly and/or not Klassy enough. But that’s a weird argument, since a fine upstanding Christian gentleman wouldn’t respond even if the most beautiful, fabulous woman approached him, because that would break his wedding vows.

Siwsan

(26,268 posts)
8. Wait, didn't Melania...............
Thu Jun 7, 2018, 06:21 PM
Jun 2018

Or is there a statute of limitations as to when your class and credibility are restored.

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)
9. So Giuliani is in Israel spouting on about Korea and the Trump Marriage....
Thu Jun 7, 2018, 07:49 PM
Jun 2018

my question is WHO is paying for his swanky boondoggle.
It better not be us.

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