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In reply to the discussion: These Avenatti post have got to be trolling! [View all]GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)24. I agree with lots of what you say about the media
And we cannot stop them from having a porn star lawyer on. Especially an abrasive one. Like bees to honey.
But we can stop making him some kind of virtuous representative of our cause on DU. Which some kind have done. Hell, there are even post here pushing him for president.
I do not expect all to agree with me. Would be disappointed if they did.
But I dont like him going on the air as a representative of my positions or even more, my party.
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Add a spoon with this OP and one could freebase some Democratic Party descension from it.
TheBlackAdder
Nov 2018
#19
Not sure why all the haters. Anyone who calls out Trump is a friend of mine. nt
USALiberal
Nov 2018
#7
Who is tying YOU to the guy? No one. He is a voice against trump, a loud one, one
Squinch
Nov 2018
#43
Then he should go after whoever did it. But he's still got all the OTHER decisions against him.
7962
Nov 2018
#21
And it is so terrible how you all have been so persecuted with censorship and hides, as you were so
Squinch
Nov 2018
#89
And just for the record, that wasn't me. I found that post hilarious, especially as it lasted as
Squinch
Nov 2018
#92
It is. And I was discussing how tying ourselves to a guy like this is a bad idea.
GulfCoast66
Nov 2018
#17
Any American can run for President. He's a Democrat, nothing stopping him from running on the
Autumn
Nov 2018
#74
He's not a defense lawyer. He generally represents plaintiffs in civil cases,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Nov 2018
#85
If he's been set up to take the fall on a fake domestic abuse charge,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Nov 2018
#55
Avenatti is also an example of why so many people don't like lawyers.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Nov 2018
#73
Bingo. He seems to be failing at the one thing he is obligated to do,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Nov 2018
#86