Fascinating watching Stormy Daniels' lawyer on MSNBC. Good questions...

[bigtree]

...Ruth Marcus and WP's Ashley Parker just showed up to compliment Ari and Andrea's inquiries.

[malaise]

1. I'm lovin' it

Looks like the nor'easter is heading for DC

[bigtree]

2. the two reporters just sidled in

...like, 'Ooh! Fresh meat!'

This encounter is going to generate dozens of clips.

[malaise]

4. Oh yes

I don't know why he thought Kim would be good cover

[HipChick]

3. Andrea gets on my nerves

[bigtree]

6. there are several key questions Stormy Daniels' lawyer needed to answer

...Ari and Andrea were politely prying answers from Stormy's lawyer, while he pressed his own points.

The WP women reporters swooped in, I guess someone called them and said, 'hey, this guy is here,' and they proceeded to politely present the rest of the questions to him, with the success you'd expect from the two highly competent female lawyer/journalists.

Lots more to concentrate on than Andrea unnerving me (I'm not much of a Ruth Marcus fan, either).

[gordianot]

7. My favorite Hillary moment was when Hillary stiffed her when Mitchell asked her a question.

Andrea Mitchell views herself as a celebrity when all she really is an attention troll.

[bigtree]

10. this is how shit gets diffused and deflected

..this has NOTHING to do with Hillary vs. Andrea Mitchell.

This has NOTHING to do with Mitchell outside of the pertinent and prescient questions she asked.

FFS.

[Control-Z]

13. I don't know if I'm familiar with that moment.

I would LOVE to see a clip of it if you can direct me to it. Please?!

[bigtree]

14. here

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=post&forum=1002&stop=1

[Control-Z]

16. Your link goes to a blank

"Post a New Discussion Thread" page.

[EffieBlack]

5. He's very good.

[bigtree]

9. I got that impression, too

...from the first time I heard him.

I'm a bit on the fence about his motives, even though it will certainly help to have Trump rattled by all of this.

There's a question of whether there's some legal jeopardy for Trump with the payment, how much Trump knew (given his spokesfolk's denials), and where the money came from.

Still, this guy, so far, makes a cogent and appealing case for his client, and an interesting opponent of Trump..

[YessirAtsaFact]

11. Motivation? Higher profile attorney, higher fees

This guy will have a lot more name recognition after this lawsuit.

Plus, I suspect there are a lot of assault victims out there with NDAs who would love to tell their stories.

[EffieBlack]

15. I like his calm, non-sensational manner.

He doesn’t seem to playing for the cameras, he sounds very rational, and seems to really be looking out for his client’s best interest.

And the lawsuit is a brilliant strategy.

[Achilleaze]

8. Please make it* go away

* Dirty Donnie, republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[SidDithers]

12. Hey, you're back...

Sid

[janx]

17. Remember this?

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/donald-trump-a-playboy-model-and-a-system-for-concealing-infidelity-national-enquirer-karen-mcdougal?irgwc=1&utm_medium=10078&utm_campaign=Online%20Tracking%20Link&utm_source=IR


Much more to come. . .