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Michael Cohen: You asked for it and I am complying...just agreed to appear on @maddow (Original Post) demmiblue Aug 2020 OP
Pass the popcorn! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #1
Make that 2! onetexan Aug 2020 #12
Make it a 3 popcorn night. KS Toronado Aug 2020 #21
Popcorn. Mmmmmmm: tblue37 Aug 2020 #31
I like to add a little heat to my popcorn Fritz Walter Aug 2020 #32
will need a lot of beer, too. bluescribbler Aug 2020 #36
Lordy... Rachel won't get any sleep between now & then. She'll have his book memorized word for word hlthe2b Aug 2020 #2
I remember Rachel saying she wanted him to come on her show... Spazito Aug 2020 #3
it's all too late cyclonefence Aug 2020 #4
Um...he testified before the House of Representatives. Under oath. BComplex Aug 2020 #9
I'm talking about when the crimes were being committed cyclonefence Aug 2020 #11
Better late than never. Michael Cohen's House testimony has caused several investigations to BComplex Aug 2020 #13
Yep, reminds me of the ones that find god and then absolve themselves in their church. RKP5637 Aug 2020 #14
He's already on trump's shit list. He has nothing to lose. alfredo Aug 2020 #27
It's not to late to help beat trump. panader0 Aug 2020 #28
And he's going to have to live with that... SergeStorms Aug 2020 #41
I'm with you, Serge. kag Aug 2020 #49
he committed crimes and got caught. if he hadn't gotten caught he'd still be doing that crap certainot Aug 2020 #37
Starting in 2015 I followed David Corn and Michael Isicoff as they were putting together "Russian fwvinson Aug 2020 #39
Let's go back.. agingdem Aug 2020 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author agingdem Aug 2020 #26
He's definitely no hero but direct kacekwl Aug 2020 #42
I don't think I was clear in my OP cyclonefence Aug 2020 #45
On I agree, I have no love for these supposed tell all books but kacekwl Aug 2020 #47
Yeah baby, YEAH!! Leghorn21 Aug 2020 #5
Michael Cohen's ad Exposing the Ugly Truth was riveting. Cha Aug 2020 #6
Wow!!! Great!!! RKP5637 Aug 2020 #7
Trump will be tuned in. Count on it. nt oasis Aug 2020 #8
When???? redstatebluegirl Aug 2020 #10
ToBeDetermined! nt blaze Aug 2020 #16
I'm betting Friday fwvinson Aug 2020 #40
Oh my Blue Owl Aug 2020 #15
Anyone know when that might be? George II Aug 2020 #17
Rachel works hard to get great interviewees and then pulls no punches rurallib Aug 2020 #18
being interviewed by Rachel cannot be easy IcyPeas Aug 2020 #29
WOW orangecrush Aug 2020 #19
For all those saying he should have done something sooner ... rustysgurl Aug 2020 #20
Agree. Glad he's repentant & is now speaking out to let the country & world know the crimes 45 has onetexan Aug 2020 #23
Even at this point - we'll take what we can get ArizonaLib Aug 2020 #24
Oh boy! SunSeeker Aug 2020 #22
Ratings VA_Jill Aug 2020 #30
Shouldn't we take the truth where we find it? lunatica Aug 2020 #33
SING, my angel of music! calimary Aug 2020 #34
Oh, I like that. tavernier Aug 2020 #50
Rachel will be overworked. BadgerMom Aug 2020 #35
she needs to ask him about when sam nunberg says he "listened to 1000s of hrs of talk radio" certainot Aug 2020 #38
Just now see your post. triron Aug 2020 #43
He actually needs to get himself (back) onto Faux news Farmgirl1961 Aug 2020 #44
Good idea but the problem I think is... jcgoldie Aug 2020 #46
I hope the interview triggers the f*ck out of dump, but ecstatic Aug 2020 #48

Fritz Walter

(4,292 posts)
32. I like to add a little heat to my popcorn
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 04:35 PM
Aug 2020

But in this case, I think the interviewee might just add enough heat on his own.
Still, adding a bit of hot sauce to the corn-popper this evening, just in case.

hlthe2b

(102,421 posts)
2. Lordy... Rachel won't get any sleep between now & then. She'll have his book memorized word for word
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 03:23 PM
Aug 2020

by then.

Kudos to her for landing the interview, though.

Spazito

(50,514 posts)
3. I remember Rachel saying she wanted him to come on her show...
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 03:23 PM
Aug 2020

and her staff would be working on it. Congrats Rachel and her staff, a big catch imo.

cyclonefence

(4,483 posts)
4. it's all too late
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 03:27 PM
Aug 2020

Why didn't you speak up when it mattered? Why did you go along with his illegal schemes and say nothing *at the time* they were being carried out?

This guy is no hero, and he deserves nothing--no praise, no reduction in sentence (unless he testifies against Trump & Co in a trial where what he says will help convict the bastards)--because we already know, or have guessed, the evil deeds he witnessed and took part in.

At this point, it's just more preaching to the choir. Look at all these folks who knew what Trump was and what he had done, and let him serve for four years with their mouths firmly shut. Fuck them all.

cyclonefence

(4,483 posts)
11. I'm talking about when the crimes were being committed
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 03:38 PM
Aug 2020

All these guys didn't have their come to Jesus moments until *years* after they could have stopped these crimes. And now they're having the vapors about the horribleness of the crimes they willingly participated in. It's too late.

BComplex

(8,073 posts)
13. Better late than never. Michael Cohen's House testimony has caused several investigations to
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 03:41 PM
Aug 2020

yield a bounty of information which is currently being used in several different court cases. You can't undo your past anymore than Michael Cohen can. But you can do right going forward.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
14. Yep, reminds me of the ones that find god and then absolve themselves in their church.
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 03:42 PM
Aug 2020

At least he is trying to do something now, thinking of all the ones that have kept their mouths shut hoping they can skate by.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
28. It's not to late to help beat trump.
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 04:12 PM
Aug 2020

The James Comey BS came out less than two weeks before the election.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
41. And he's going to have to live with that...
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 06:04 PM
Aug 2020

for the rest of his life. Oh, he's SOOOOOOOOOOO sorry about it now! Hindsight is 20/20. He should have thought about what he was doing at the time, especially since he had no new evidence to present. He'll always be a king-sized jackass in my book.

kag

(4,079 posts)
49. I'm with you, Serge.
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 12:38 PM
Aug 2020

There was a time (after that Ashcroft hospital room event during W's admin) when I liked Comey, but after the '16 election I changed my mind about him. And he has spent three years trying to justify that shit. What he did violated the hell out of DOJ policy, which at that time still meant something. He needs to apologize.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
37. he committed crimes and got caught. if he hadn't gotten caught he'd still be doing that crap
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 05:04 PM
Aug 2020

probably.

this is way better than if he was never caught and would never talk about it. jeez...

 

fwvinson

(488 posts)
39. Starting in 2015 I followed David Corn and Michael Isicoff as they were putting together "Russian
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 05:53 PM
Aug 2020

Roulette" It covered Trump, Cohen and Company from 1987 forward and their Russian collusion.

agingdem

(7,866 posts)
25. Let's go back..
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 04:11 PM
Aug 2020

Last edited Tue Aug 25, 2020, 07:47 PM - Edit history (1)

Michael Cohen is no better or worse than the Lincoln Project...those guys hate Trump more than than hate Democrats..so now they're working with us...but these are the same guys who brought us to this place and time..Michael Cohen did not...they are GOP operatives..and then there's the pundit class, Mika, Joe, Willie, Andrea..they knew what Trump was..a depraved narcissistic sociopath...a sexual predator, a conman, but because they despised the Clintons with a burning hot passion, they cleaned up their party buddy and presented him as a viable candidate..they told their viewers that yes he may sound like a illiterate mafia thug but if he's elected he'll grow, he'll change..instead, he debased the office, turned it into his own personal ATM, an peed on the carpet...and when they chided him for it, he went after them like the malicious playground bully he is...and then out of the ashes of "oops our mistake" came Never Trumpers... as for Michael Cohen...he was a fixer, a houseboy...enamored with the life, enamored with the money...when he was subpoenaed he testified which was something Bolton did not do, something McGrath did not do...and yes Michael Cohen is slime but if he causes Trump pain then let's use him.... Yay Rachel!!!!!

Response to cyclonefence (Reply #4)

kacekwl

(7,024 posts)
42. He's definitely no hero but direct
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 06:11 PM
Aug 2020

your anger at those who had the chance to rid this cancer from the world. Republicans had the opportunity to impeach and remove this criminal once and for all. They still do by not voting for him and find a different path to fascism.

cyclonefence

(4,483 posts)
45. I don't think I was clear in my OP
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 08:57 AM
Aug 2020

I'm sick of these guys who knowingly participated in criminal acts and then want to be praised for telling about it years later, when they shouldn't have done it in the first place, and they should have reported it to authorities at the time it was being done.

kacekwl

(7,024 posts)
47. On I agree, I have no love for these supposed tell all books but
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 09:38 AM
Aug 2020

all we know about trump and for many reasons nothing stopped him. Impeachment was the only way he could have been stopped.

rurallib

(62,465 posts)
18. Rachel works hard to get great interviewees and then pulls no punches
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 03:50 PM
Aug 2020

Just saying to Mrs. Lib that Maddow is the best in the business.

Will be ringside for this one. Maddow will no doubt ask some question that will make headlines.

Maddow should be the Meet the Press host. She deserves it.

IcyPeas

(21,916 posts)
29. being interviewed by Rachel cannot be easy
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 04:24 PM
Aug 2020

I give him some credit for doing this. She asks deep complicated questions. Smarter questions than I could even fathom.

looking forward to it.

rustysgurl

(1,040 posts)
20. For all those saying he should have done something sooner ...
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 03:52 PM
Aug 2020

... I understand.

However, I am choosing to look at this as if Mr. Cohen was an informant planted within an organization, and because of what he did and what he saw, he can take the whole damn thing down. If hadn't done what he did, he wouldn't be able to say what he's saying now.

I know, he knowingly participated in all the sh*t that went down. But now he is able to talk about it, and that makes it a "little" worth it in my estimation.

onetexan

(13,071 posts)
23. Agree. Glad he's repentant & is now speaking out to let the country & world know the crimes 45 has
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 04:00 PM
Aug 2020

committed.

ArizonaLib

(1,242 posts)
24. Even at this point - we'll take what we can get
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 04:04 PM
Aug 2020

Let the other side deal with hypertension.

Good on you!

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
33. Shouldn't we take the truth where we find it?
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 04:37 PM
Aug 2020

For me the most important thing to know is the truth, no matter how ugly it is. I have no use for living my life based on believing lies. It’s a wasted life, amounting to nothing in the end.

BadgerMom

(2,771 posts)
35. Rachel will be overworked.
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 04:47 PM
Aug 2020

Two conventions (the RNC being hard labor) and then prep for this interview. Sheesh!

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
38. she needs to ask him about when sam nunberg says he "listened to 1000s of hrs of talk radio"
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 05:09 PM
Aug 2020

in 2014 and trump was getting reports from him. does cohen know what stone was looking for from nunberg and if those reports were going to russia too?

the russian ops in included hacking LOCAL and state dem offices and talk radio stations allow the cons to localize their use of that information. for instance, if they get secret dem personal info on candidates A through Z and they want to use it they just give it to the different relevant state /local radio stations of have callers say "well i heard that candidate A was so and so "... etc.

talk radio needs to be exposed as a putin tool and discredited before the election.

Farmgirl1961

(1,494 posts)
44. He actually needs to get himself (back) onto Faux news
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 06:23 PM
Aug 2020

It's awesome that Cohen will be spilling the beans to Rachel, but that's more or less preaching to the choir. Don't get me wrong, I think he's going to have some very juicy and scary things to share. But those that tune into Faux news need to hear what he has to say, as they probably aren't Rachel viewers. Just my 2 cents worth.

jcgoldie

(11,656 posts)
46. Good idea but the problem I think is...
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 09:04 AM
Aug 2020

From what I've seen Cohen is not very smart at all. Might be hard for him to push back against the wingnuts in a fox interview...

ecstatic

(32,750 posts)
48. I hope the interview triggers the f*ck out of dump, but
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 09:56 AM
Aug 2020

what's with the cocky attitude?

You asked for it and now I'm complying...

Please don't get it twisted, Mr. Cohen. You're just one of hundreds of corrupt criminals who helped trump break the law, only to be burned by him later on.
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