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Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 03:11 PM Sep 2018

The most telling thing to me RE: Avenatti...

Is that, despite Der Pilzschwanz's ranting and raving and fussing and fuming and whining and insulting of everyone on Earth who he feels has wronged (or merely exposed) him, he has avoided Avenatti like the PLAGUE. He is dead silent on the subject. No cute nicknames or monikers, no "unfair" or "incredibly dishonest"... Just nothing.

It's as if, like Batman, Avenatti strikes true fear into the cockles of his LDL-congested heart, and I love that.

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The most telling thing to me RE: Avenatti... (Original Post) Dave Starsky Sep 2018 OP
Googled it: It says 'PilzSchwanz Fotos'. I'm afraid to look. Bfd Sep 2018 #1
Pilzschwanz is "mushroom dick" in German. Dave Starsky Sep 2018 #6
LOL! omg, am really glad I didn't look. Bfd Sep 2018 #13
I'm glad you didn't click on that link! Dave Starsky Sep 2018 #20
Lol. The whole world knows. No wonder the entire UN was laughing at Der Pilzschwanz Bfd Sep 2018 #28
"Pilzschwanz"!!!!! MontanaMama Sep 2018 #15
It's pronounced PILTS-shvawnts, if you're ever in Germany. Dave Starsky Sep 2018 #19
It is priceless. MontanaMama Sep 2018 #25
In case anyone's wondering... TwistOneUp Sep 2018 #17
Clever - I got it right away FakeNoose Sep 2018 #24
"President Pilzschwanz" ... it rolls off the tongue Auggie Sep 2018 #27
Urkomisch! Danke. (nt) klook Sep 2018 #29
Bitte! Dave Starsky Sep 2018 #31
Same here. I don't get the Avenatti mistrust on the parts of some. Sure, he is a showboat, but dameatball Sep 2018 #2
Same here. Steve Schmidt and Nicole Wallace get better reviews!! LakeArenal Sep 2018 #26
Yes, so true. poli-junkie Sep 2018 #3
Whatever he's afraid of, use it dalton99a Sep 2018 #4
I've noticed that, too. Maybe Avenatti's DVD shows the mushroom in all its glory. LOL. Vinca Sep 2018 #5
Avenatti is going to have to do something bad for me to decide he's bad. lunatica Sep 2018 #7
Armchair quarterbacks who are jealous of his public image should get out and join the fight dalton99a Sep 2018 #10
You have to have a huge ego to take on the entire leftyladyfrommo Sep 2018 #18
This is a great point (nt) Recursion Sep 2018 #8
I am impressed how he played the whole Cohen and Trump vs.Stormy saga wishstar Sep 2018 #9
Avenatti immediately placed himself in the middle of Trumps marriage. WeekiWater Sep 2018 #11
Now that you mention it .... ! marble falls Sep 2018 #12
Trump is a coward. The Conductor Sep 2018 #14
Could be. Other theory: Avenatti's still under Trump's radar. Hortensis Sep 2018 #16
He tweet-slaps the ones he fears... Orsino Sep 2018 #21
It is weird! peggysue2 Sep 2018 #22
Trump never goes after Rachel Maddow or Stormy Daniels, either eleny Sep 2018 #23
He never mentions Rachel Maddow either California_Republic Sep 2018 #30
I can't wait for the press conference malaise Sep 2018 #32
And then today happens! marble falls Sep 2018 #33
 

Bfd

(1,406 posts)
1. Googled it: It says 'PilzSchwanz Fotos'. I'm afraid to look.
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 03:43 PM
Sep 2018

Pilz Schwanz Fotos - Schwanzbilder
www.schwanzbilder-held.com › pilz-sch...
Pilz Schwanz Fotos. 27. Mai 2018 admin Leave a comment · Pilz Schwanz Fotos




Schwanz - Wiktionary
Wiktionary › wiki › Schwanz
Schwanz m (genitive Schwanzes, plural Schwänze, diminutive Schwänzchen n ). A tail . (informal, mildly vulgar)





Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
20. I'm glad you didn't click on that link!
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 05:25 PM
Sep 2018

But now I know that there are pictures out there of mushroom dicks that Germans have been searching for.

 

Bfd

(1,406 posts)
28. Lol. The whole world knows. No wonder the entire UN was laughing at Der Pilzschwanz
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 07:14 PM
Sep 2018

I can no longer find a word to decribe the level of loathing he represents.
Yuk

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
19. It's pronounced PILTS-shvawnts, if you're ever in Germany.
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 05:20 PM
Sep 2018

Even if you only speak English, just inject that word into your conversation, and everyone will immediately know whom you're talking about and laugh.

TwistOneUp

(1,020 posts)
17. In case anyone's wondering...
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 04:45 PM
Sep 2018

It's "champignon beet" ("beet" is the pronunciation, it's spelled, "bite" ) in French.

Et voila!

dameatball

(7,380 posts)
2. Same here. I don't get the Avenatti mistrust on the parts of some. Sure, he is a showboat, but
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 03:46 PM
Sep 2018

as long as he remains a thorn in the sides of Trump, Giuliani, and Repubs in general, I'm all for it.


Whatever aspiring political ambitions he may have will be sorted out in time. Right now I enjoy his bulldog attitude.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
7. Avenatti is going to have to do something bad for me to decide he's bad.
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 03:56 PM
Sep 2018

He has an ego. So what? He also happens to produce on his promises.

wishstar

(5,267 posts)
9. I am impressed how he played the whole Cohen and Trump vs.Stormy saga
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 04:04 PM
Sep 2018

so that she got an Anderson Cooper interview, a book deal while Cohen and Trump folded after Cohen's shady dealings got exposed and Trump's lies and complicity was captured on tape.

Seems good that Avenatti has let Ms. Ramirez and the New Yorker and other witnesses' stories get coverage yesterday and the Cosby sentencing today before his client drops bomb to provide maximum support before Dr. Ford's Senate testimony.

 

WeekiWater

(3,259 posts)
11. Avenatti immediately placed himself in the middle of Trumps marriage.
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 04:07 PM
Sep 2018

No matter what Avenatti does when it comes to Trump he will be referenced as Stormy's lawyer. Trump really seems to struggle with that.

The Conductor

(180 posts)
14. Trump is a coward.
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 04:32 PM
Sep 2018

Like all bullies, he goes after the easy targets he thinks he can sway. But El Trumpo knows Avenotti has the goods, and can (and is) dropping a house on his head every time Don the Con tweets stupid. Even an ignoramus like Trump knows not to stick his pilzschwantz into a bear trap.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
16. Could be. Other theory: Avenatti's still under Trump's radar.
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 04:35 PM
Sep 2018

Fact is, Republicans feel pretty secure about keeping control of the senate right now, despite Kavanaugh. They just have to keep their base happy enough to turn out to vote by pushing Kavanaugh through. And Trump is undoubtedly being told they will.

Of course, it's hugely probable that these stories would continue to come out after Kavanaugh was confirmed, but the most immediate huge danger to Republicans is that the base could become angry and stay home. Senate Repubs are choosing GOTV to save their own asses.

And that means their strategy at this point is to steamroll and vote their probable majority right over anything Avenatti might produce. And they are telling Trump they will succeed.

peggysue2

(10,811 posts)
22. It is weird!
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 05:34 PM
Sep 2018

Trump goes after everyone, even when the slight is minor. But after all the interviews and tweets where Avenatti has called the Trumpster and his mob-tied friends out?

Crickets.

Maybe it's because the Trumpster recognizes that Avenatti knows how to manipulate the press, command the spotlight and basically beat Trump at his own wicked game.

The silence is very odd.

Unless, of course, we're being played. I don't really believe that but I'm at the point where everything is highly questionable and needs to be proven without a doubt.

Because we're living in Crazyland.

eleny

(46,166 posts)
23. Trump never goes after Rachel Maddow or Stormy Daniels, either
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 05:35 PM
Sep 2018

Someone told him it's way out of his self interest to take them on and Trump actually listened. It's so crystal clear that even he gets it.

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