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marmar

(77,078 posts)
Sat Aug 15, 2020, 10:12 AM Aug 2020

Having to explain "golden shower" in relation to the presidency: I weep for civics teachers....


(Salon) In the 3,700-word foreword from his forthcoming memoir, "Disloyal," Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer and "fixer" of President Donald Trump, describes his life working for his former client in terms of organized crime, comes clean about "screaming threats" on his client's behalf and admits to being an "active and eager participant" in some of the most notorious and salacious episodes involving the future leader of the free world.

"From golden showers in a sex club in Vegas, to tax fraud, to deals with corrupt officials from the former Soviet Union, to catch and kill conspiracies to silence Trump's clandestine lovers, I wasn't just a witness to the president's rise — I was an active and eager participant," Cohen writes in the foreword, dated March 11, 2020, which he says he began penning on legal pads in the early morning hours at the white-collar Otisville Federal Prison located about an hour and a half drive from his former Manhattan high-rise apartment. .........(more)

https://www.salon.com/2020/08/14/michael-cohen-says-he-was-active-and-eager-participant-in-golden-showers-and-tax-fraud-in-book/






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Having to explain "golden shower" in relation to the presidency: I weep for civics teachers.... (Original Post) marmar Aug 2020 OP
Those that write history books are expert editors. 5X Aug 2020 #1
Agreed Sherman A1 Aug 2020 #2
Or SheltieLover Aug 2020 #3
Yup Sherman A1 Aug 2020 #4
Right! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #5
So Michael Cohen was a party to all this horrible stuff, and now he's gonna talk milestogo Aug 2020 #6
I believe he is truly repentant katmondoo Aug 2020 #11
That may be true, but its only because he got caught. milestogo Aug 2020 #13
Will they explain the smell of urine at his grave? RainCaster Aug 2020 #7
The urine will be overwhelmed by the smell of Ferrets are Cool Aug 2020 #9
I would gladly piss on his grave, even in public RainCaster Aug 2020 #14
When the president makes a speech outdoors and it starts raining Ferrets are Cool Aug 2020 #8
Certain evangelical teachers might compare to Manna from heaven delisen Aug 2020 #10
After this president, I never want to hear about another president's sex life ever again. Initech Aug 2020 #12

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
2. Agreed
Reply to 5X (Reply #1)
Sat Aug 15, 2020, 10:17 AM
Aug 2020

They will simply be listed as sexual activities or perhaps unusual sexual activities, if they are mentioned at all.

milestogo

(16,829 posts)
6. So Michael Cohen was a party to all this horrible stuff, and now he's gonna talk
Sat Aug 15, 2020, 10:28 AM
Aug 2020

because writing a book is the only way left for him to make money.

It doesn't redeem him.

RainCaster

(10,869 posts)
7. Will they explain the smell of urine at his grave?
Sat Aug 15, 2020, 10:55 AM
Aug 2020

It will be bigly smelly as we all feel a sudden need to release upon seeing his name in stone.

RainCaster

(10,869 posts)
14. I would gladly piss on his grave, even in public
Sat Aug 15, 2020, 03:29 PM
Aug 2020

Not sure about pooping though.
Peeing could be considered speech.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,106 posts)
8. When the president makes a speech outdoors and it starts raining
Sat Aug 15, 2020, 11:21 AM
Aug 2020

while the sun is still shining. Yeah, that's the ticket.

delisen

(6,043 posts)
10. Certain evangelical teachers might compare to Manna from heaven
Sat Aug 15, 2020, 11:51 AM
Aug 2020

But I suspect there will be few lesson plans formulated on this "issue."

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