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underpants

(182,829 posts)
1. See PBS's "The Decision"
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 01:46 PM
Jan 2017

Great 2 hour documentary paralleling Trump and Hillary's lives. Trump used to keep a picture of Cohn in his desk and would pull it out when threatening people with lawsuits "THIS is my lawyer. Do you want HIM coming after you?!?!"

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
4. Do you mean "The Choice?"
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 01:57 PM
Jan 2017

I looked for it with "The Decision" as the title and didn't find it..."The Choice" seems to fit your description.

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
6. I'm playing it on youtube in the background as I work online...
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 02:01 PM
Jan 2017

It's going to make me really mad isn't it?

underpants

(182,829 posts)
7. I think it's fascinating
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 02:03 PM
Jan 2017

You will understand what makes Trump Trump (his father). The story about how Hillary's mother was raised WILL make you sad.

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
9. I know quite a bit about Trump's backstory, and especially how all the current public ridicule
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 02:10 PM
Jan 2017

is only going to make him worse. I'm sure there will be a lot of new info in here for me about him though...

And of course I already know tons about Hillary, especially how hard her mother had it. It's hard for me to watch anything about Hillary, without feeling physically sick about the future we lost.

still_one

(92,219 posts)
2. Roy Cohn, a real asshole. A lot of people's lives were ruined because of him, and I suspect the
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 01:47 PM
Jan 2017

same will hold with his protege

anarch

(6,535 posts)
3. indeed - that's also how von Clownstick got introduced to various organized crime figures
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 01:50 PM
Jan 2017

This whole situation is an absolute affront to common decency.

UTUSN

(70,708 posts)
8. Well, not "introduced" since Daddy Drumph had mob ties. But wish there had been videos when Cohn &
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 02:06 PM
Jan 2017

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