Michael Avenatti blatantly rips off a Trump nickname created by DU's own Malaise

[Miles Archer]

Avenatti had a tweet last week in which he asked which nickname he should use for Trump.

One of them was "Don the Con," I forget the other. He went with "Don the Con" and has been using it consistently.

As we all know, Malaise has been using "Don the Con" ( or "Groper Don the Con" ) since when, the PRIMARIES?

Won't you join me in demanding restitution for Malaise?

Michael Avenatti
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@MichaelAvenatti
Michael Avenatti Retweeted Washington Post
#DonTheCon strikes again. Instead of actually accomplishing something back in June, he was more interested in the "show" and photo-ops. He should have rolled-up his sleeves, done some real work, and stayed until a real agreement was hammered out. #FightClub #Basta #DonTheCon

Link to tweet

[eShirl]

1. Sure has a ring to it, doesn't it?

[dlk]

26. Many Have Used "Don the Con;" It's Not Proprietary

[bucolic_frolic]

36. +1,000

It takes a lot to conceive a trademark, service mark, or copyright.

Such as intent to do such, notify the public at all times, from the beginning, not have others using it or conceiving it.

Does Michael Avenatti really need to steal a widely used term?

Would anyone like to go to court against him to defend their claim?

[Pluvious]

37. Remember that the discovery of DNA's double helix was...

... Concurrently found by two separate research teams !

True genius CAN strike twice.

Just wish there was a good nick using "Donald," as the anusface hates being called by his first name.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

39. pssst...

“Demand restitution!!” —-Overdramatized teasing is funny.

[FarPoint]

2. Lots of non DU'er use this term...

I like it ..Don the Con.

[Blue_true]

16. Yes, I saw that term in public forums two years ago.

And I like Malaise, but that being said, he won't get money that he has not earned

[malaise]

18. Miles was joking

and I am female.

[Blue_true]

20. Oops!

[nolabear]

24. Are you willing to take a DNA test to prove that?

[malaise]

48. ROFL

and I have indigenous blood to blow wow! Don't know WTF happened to the cheek bones.

[ailsagirl]

47. LOL!!

[Hokie]

3. There are lots of things I could knock Avenatti for but I will give him a pass

I am no longer a fan of Avenatti but I will give him a pass on this one. Don the Con is sort of a natural nickname for the Groper in Chief.

[Rebl2]

11. Agree with you

It seems Avenatti likes the attention he has gotten a bit too much. Don the con just seems like a natural fit for the idiot in chief.

[GeorgeGist]

4. Don the Con has graduated to ...

Traitor Don

[mucifer]

5. It bothers me when people assume jokes were ripped off

Lots of the humor just writes itself and many many people can come up with this independently.

Stephanie Miller always accuses late night comedians of stealing her ideas. I am not sure they even know she has a radio show.

[Miles Archer]

9. Yeah, but the humor here was saying that Avenatti blatantly ripped him off

It was intended as a joke and a high-five to Malaise. Clearly that's not how you took it.

[malaise]

12. LOL

Love it

[mucifer]

14. Sorry! That's the problem with emailing and posting I can't always get the intent.

[dalton99a]

6. Say it with me now: "Trump who? You mean Don the Con?"

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/5/12/1525659/-Say-it-with-me-now-Trump-who-You-mean-Don-the-Con
Say it with me now: "Trump who? You mean Don the Con?"
topdog08
Thursday May 12, 2016 · 6:00 AM CST

[malaise]

13. I'm just pissed that Hillary didn't use from the day he first used 'crooked Hillary'

She should have used it.

[dalton99a]

15. Yes. She really should have!

[TheBlackAdder]

30. Sorry Malaise, "Don the Con" has been used in metro NY-NJ for at least several decades now.

[malaise]

42. And rightly so

Still it should have been a central logo for the Hillary campaign

[american_ideals]

7. We're all in this together :)

[Maraya1969]

8. Let's hear it for Malaise!

[malaise]

10. Bwaaaaaaaah

Restitution will kick in when he adds Groper.
Bloomberg called Him a Con from the primaries as well.
Avenatti can use it for free.

[american_ideals]

17. +1

[UCmeNdc]

19. #TraitorTrump has a nice ring to it also.

Plus it is as true as Don the Con nickname.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

23. How about 3 t's?...

I’ve been calling him a terrorist for a while so...

Traitor Trump the Terrorist

[eppur_se_muova]

21. Maxine Waters has been using "Don the Con" in her speeches. nt

[alphafemale]

22. That's a pretty obvious moniker

I think it had been used for dtrump for years, actually.

Some of my favorites -

Manic Mango
Tangerine Terror
Marmalade Shit Gibbon
Geriatric Toddler
Baggy Pants Baboon

[Pepsidog]

25. Don the Con hasn't stuck. Need better nickname

[lanlady]

27. My family has used the term for years

Ever since Don the Con was nothing but bankrupted tabloid trash. I’m glad Avenatti is spreading the word!

[TheBlackAdder]

28. I live in NJ, "Don the Con" has been used since at least the 1980s. He's a world-class bullshitter.

.

To make a claim that someone recently invented that term is almost akin to Trump's claim that he invented "fake news" and "priming the pump."

.

[GemDigger]

29. Con Man Trump

was the other option.

[badhair77]

31. I like Treasonous Trump myself.

[Blecht]

32. This is almost as stupid as Trump claiming he coined "Prime the pump"

Almost.

[malthaussen]

33. Justice for Malaise!

With you all the way!

-- Mal

[stonecutter357]

34. K&R !

[spooky3]

35. I'll be happier when we can call him Inmate 45286591. Nt

[Tatiana]

38. That's what I thought too.

He was calling him "Don the Con" before he stole the Presidency.

[Bob Loblaw]

40. Herr Mousse-a-lini

nt

[SCVDem]

41. I also like Bill Maher's

Whiny Little Bitch !!!

[keithbvadu2]

43. Reparations? Right wingers really love that one.

[SergeStorms]

44. New Yorkers have been calling him that for decades.

Remember, we knew this asshole WAY BEFORE the rest of the country. We tried to warn everyone, but only people with advanced brain function listened. Neanderthals, like Trump's supporters, didn't listen to us. They thought they knew better!

Now we're all paying for their mistakes.

[davekriss]

51. I was just about to say the same

We've been calling him that for decades.

[panader0]

45. About a year ago I thought about making a collection of

derogatory nicknames for Don the Con seen here on DU. There have been at least a thousand.
The one used by malaise was one of the very first. One of our greatest DUers, and she's
Jamaican. Here's to you malaise......

[malaise]

49. The New Yorkers know best

They say he's been called that for decades and it sure makes sense.
I still don't know why Hillary didn't use it.
Love you back bro.

[Kahuna7]

46. Nobody made it up. It was organic. Everybody on twitter was calling him Don the Con.

I was calling him Don the Con, and I wasn't on DU at all during the primaries and general. So, I didn't get it from anyone.

[malaise]

50. It makes itself

It's perfectly logical

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

52. I sort of like the Brit term "hoofwanking thundercunt" to describe our president.

biting, yet somehow polite, like getting dope-slapped by David Niven.