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redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)demmiblue
(36,853 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)Sure to go over well with those who fail an IQ test.
eleny
(46,166 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)nolabear
(41,963 posts)Ive always been curious about how well Avenatti could play him. Hes taken the bait, now lets see those skills. 🐟
More_Cowbell
(2,191 posts)I know that, for some reason, Avenatti and Stormy have been relatively unscathed by Trump's Twitter messages. No stupid nicknames, for example.
JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)At the height of the Stormy dust-up, TV talkers were all amazed at how Trump said nothing about her or her lawyer.
Maybe Trump figures it's only Avenatti's work directly against Trump he has to keep quiet about.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,446 posts)Abraham Lincoln? Mark Twain? Biblical Proverb? Maurice Switzer? Arthur Burns? John Maynard Keynes? Confucius? Anonymous?
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The earliest known appearance of the adage discovered by QI occurred in a book titled Mrs. Goose, Her Book by Maurice Switzer. The publication date was 1907 and the copyright notice was 1906. The book was primarily filled with clever nonsense verse, and the phrasing in this early version was slightly different: 5
It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.
(5) 1907, Mrs. Goose, Her Book by Maurice Switzer, Page 29, Moffat, Yard & Company, New York. (Google Books full view) link ↩
spanone
(135,832 posts)Link to tweet
Kablooie
(18,634 posts)This is a first.
Avenatti's been goading him for months but Trump refused to give him any attention.
Trump knows that Avenatti can leverage the media effectively, like Trump, so mentioning him would just increase his strength and make him a more dangerous opponent.
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)SunSeeker
(51,557 posts)Link to tweet
Of course Trump can't respond to that.