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CIVILITY: Trump Manages to Drag Politics Down Further With Attack on Former Mistress

CIVILITY: Trump Manages to Drag Politics Down Further With Attack on Former Mistress

Last updated on: October 17, 2018 at 4:53 pm by Susan Wright

CIVILITY: Trump Manages to Drag Politics Down Further With Attack on Former Mistress 2018-10-17T16:53:07-04:00 Susan Wright

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No, I won’t be remotely shocked if some evangelical pastor works “horseface” into his Sunday sermon.

That’s right, the leader of the American evangelical movement, and a man with jowls that look like sacks of sand was at his gracious best today, attacking a woman he had sex with, behind his wife’s back.

On Monday, the Donald’s former mistress, porn star Stormy Daniels (real name: Stephanie Clifford) suffered a defeat in court.

A federal judge in California tossed out Daniels’ defamation lawsuit against the president, and in a move that has MAGAdooks celebrating today, she also must pay the president’s legal fees, in regards to this particular bit of ugliness.

Yeah. Not so fast. This isn’t the end.

Daniels has another lawsuit pending, in regards to the 2016 nondisclosure agreement. That one may be a bit trickier, for everyone involved.

In 2006, with Melania Trump at home with a newborn son, Donald Trump and Stephanie Clifford entered into an illicit affair.

Around that same time, he was also carrying on an affair with Playboy model, Karen McDougal.

Both women were paid off in the run up to the 2016 election.

In the case of McDougal, a $150,000 check and promises of a regular feature column with The National Enquirer was enough to buy her silence.

David Pecker, a longtime, close friend of Trump’s, as well as CEO of American Media, Inc., parent company of The National Enquirer, engaged in what is known in the tabloid business as “catch and kill.” This means exclusive rights to a story are purchased, then the story is buried. That assures that nobody hears it, and that’s exactly what happened to news of the affair between Trump and McDougal.

Caught. Killed.

With Daniels, former Trump attorney and “fixer,” Michael Cohen arranged a payoff through a hastily set up shell company.

One nondisclosure agreement and a $130,000 payoff later, we get the mess we’re now faced with in what will likely be the most sordid, messy presidency in our nation’s history.

And we’ve lived through a Bill Clinton presidency, so that’s saying something.

With that said, I have to point out that we’ve had a lot of perverse presidencies. It’s not that Donald Trump is the only vile, adulterous lecher to occupy 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

It’s that he is so indecent, and he is buoyed by equally indecent and perverse supporters, that he has no ability to feel remorse for what he’s done (cheat on his wife).

The man has no ability to weather these storms he causes with anything resembling tact or common sense.

On Tuesday, the petulant man-baby popped up on his favorite forum, Twitter, and took a swipe at Daniels for her legal loss.

“’Federal Judge throws out Stormy Danials lawsuit versus Trump. Trump is entitled to full legal fees.’ @FoxNews Great, now I can go after Horseface and her 3rd rate lawyer in the Great State of Texas. She will confirm the letter she signed! She knows nothing about me, a total con!’ he tweeted.

The president loves his childish names, mainly because his intellect is so horribly lacking.

“Federal Judge throws out Stormy Danials lawsuit versus Trump. Trump is entitled to full legal fees.” @FoxNews Great, now I can go after Horseface and her 3rd rate lawyer in the Great State of Texas. She will confirm the letter she signed! She knows nothing about me, a total con!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2018

We’ll put aside the fact that Trump has pretty much admitted he knew about the payoff to Daniels.

Michael Cohen has testified before a judge that Trump ordered the payoff.

So if she knows nothing about him, why pay her $130,000 a month before the election?

That question may be answered by the Southern District of New York, whose investigators are now looking into it as part of their campaign finance law violations case against Michael Cohen.

But in the meantime, we’re stuck in this circus, with Donald Trump acting like the uncouth, intellectually stunted embarrassment he is, and the other side flinging monkey offal right back.

The former adult film star later hit back at Trump, making a ribald reference to his genitals.

“Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present your president. In addition to his…umm…shortcomings, he has demonstrated his incompetence, hatred of women and lack of self control on Twitter AGAIN! And perhaps a penchant for bestiality. Game on, Tiny,” she tweeted.

Wonderful.

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present your president. In addition to his…umm…shortcomings, he has demonstrated his incompetence, hatred of women and lack of self control on Twitter AGAIN! And perhaps a penchant for bestiality. Game on, Tiny. https://t.co/6DpDD5ELtj

— Stormy Daniels (@StormyDaniels) October 16, 2018

Daniels’ attorney, Michael Avenatti has been making waves, himself, as he tries to position himself to be one of a few who are looking to challenge Trump in 2020.

“You are a disgusting misogynist and an embarrassment to the United States. Bring everything you have, because we are going to demonstrate to the world what a complete shyster and liar you are. How many other women did you cheat on your wife with while you had a baby at home?” he tweeted.

We know of at least one other.

So welcome to politics in the age of Trump. Just when you think it can’t get any lower, it always does.

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