Do You Care About Stormy Daniels?

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Given what we know so far about the Trump campaign's conduct, the possibility his campaign violated election law to the tune of over a hundred thousand dollars is certainly relevant. So is the possibility that he personally order ordered  a death threat. That he was pushing unconscionable (and likely illegal) NDAs on multiple women is also a matter of public relevance (as it speak to his very low character, and thus is another part of his unfitness to act as President).

That the entire affair is politically and personally damaging to him is merely a side-benefit for those of us opposed to Trump. The Orange Crook should have been impeached long since for his open violation of the emoluments clause, but his hateful cult obviously isn't going to do that. (If they had, this would be of little relevance to the public, although still a matter for the justice system.)  As to whether or not it should be getting the attention it is... we live in an imperfect world, and must play with the cards we are dealt.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Of course not. We should be focusing on Trump’s terrible policy and the fact that he’s ruining our country, not tabloid gossip.

Yep. Between the Austin Bombings, the death of Stephon Clark, the March for our Lives, etc. the Daniels story seems another example of the media making a problem bigger than it seems. Not that it isn't a problem, but there are bigger problems out there, like Trump's policies.

I go back and forth on this one.

On the one hand, I sort of despair at how the media works against rational thought and in favor of eyeballs. Trump's petty sins acting as a sort of smokescreen for his grand stupidity and evil is a very large problem. I think it's how we ended up with President Trump (R-Moscow) in the first place.


On the other hand, it seems like it may actually be an effective weapon against him. (The lack of direct tweeting on the issue from the Chief Twit speaks volumes.) And there may be a very real issue of campaign finance violation or other illegalities involved.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Don Trump (R-Moscow) seems to care.
https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/986547093610299392?p=v

I can't see why he's so concerned. It's the sort of thing people would associate with an amoral scumbag known for consorting with criminals, not the President of the United States.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Apparently Trumpy cared a lot more than he admitted.

Giuliani: Trump repaid lawyer Cohen for Stormy Daniels settlement

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Not a darn bit.  Even if the allegations are true, Bill Clinton did the same thing.  Where was the outrage from the liberals then? :: shrugs ::

Bill Clinton violated financial disclosure laws to make a payoff?

You should totally go public with your evidence!

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

It's really only relevant if Stormy's claim that she was physically threatened is true and/or if campaign finance laws were broken in paying her the hush money. But I guess Mueller is already looking into that.

Not just campaign finance. Giuliani explicitly stated that $130,000 total in payments from Trump to Cohen were  spread out over more than a year. It's  possible that's just typical Trump being delinquent on his debts as usual. It is also how long it would take if the payments were deliberately structured to hide them from federal reporting requirements. Which is illegal.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

So did Fuzzy Bear somehow not hear that the video of Brown robbing a store was deceptively edited and that Brown did not in fact rob the store, or does he just not care because of course that menacing black man would be a criminal?

Judging by the fact that he gender-swapped Brown's "victim," I'd say probably the latter...

Fuzzy is interested in deflecting the thread from how the leader of the Republican cult cheated on his third wife with a porn star, paid (and possibly intimidated) her into silence, lied about every detail for years and, as we now know thanks to stupid statements said by the cult leader and his lawyer, that his conduct may be even more criminal than it is deplorable .