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Javaman

(62,531 posts)
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 06:14 PM Jan 2022

if you are any fan of history, I ask you one question. roy cohn worked for two similar people.

who were they?

joseph mccarthy of the red witch hunt and trump.

both employed the same exact practice of accusing people with no evidence all. both were/are massive narcissists. both were glory hounds. while McCarthy served in the army, he boasted of being "tailgunner joe" when in reality he a flew couple of milk runs but that saw no action he was mostly a desk jockey, trump avoided the draft with connections and lots of bullshit.

however, both believed of themselves to be the "undiscovered genius" waiting for their chance to "shine".

roy cohn: aka a piece of shit who helped mold two fucking psychopaths, because he was one himself.

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if you are any fan of history, I ask you one question. roy cohn worked for two similar people. (Original Post) Javaman Jan 2022 OP
And Roger Stone. Tommy Carcetti Jan 2022 #1
another pair of trump cronies rampartc Jan 2022 #2
Roy Cohn was the mentor of tfg peacefreak2.0 Jan 2022 #3
And Richard Nixon alfredo Jan 2022 #9
And Richard Nixon alfredo Jan 2022 #10
If someone hits you KT2000 Jan 2022 #4
Joseph McCarthy, Roger Stone, Fred Trump, Donald Trump agingdem Jan 2022 #5
"Where's My Roy Cohn?" - a great documentary about Mr. Cohn. TheRickles Jan 2022 #6
That was a great movie! dhol82 Jan 2022 #8
Roy Cohn mentored TFG, meaning he was the more powerful of the two, not just an employee Hekate Jan 2022 #7
If You Have Access to HBO Check Out "Bully Coward Victim" Stallion Jan 2022 #11

Tommy Carcetti

(43,184 posts)
1. And Roger Stone.
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 06:16 PM
Jan 2022

Who he also molded in his own fetid image.

I love the send up Cohn gets in the play/series Angels in America. Haunted in his death bed by Ethel Rosenberg. I like to believe that actually happened.

rampartc

(5,416 posts)
2. another pair of trump cronies
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 06:48 PM
Jan 2022

cohn collected homosexual polaroids. epstein collected pedophile video.

makes me wonder why all these republican jerks fear trump.

peacefreak2.0

(1,023 posts)
3. Roy Cohn was the mentor of tfg
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 07:10 PM
Jan 2022

He was about as evil as they come. Al Pacino did a great job portraying him in Angels in America.

KT2000

(20,584 posts)
4. If someone hits you
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 07:19 PM
Jan 2022

hit back twice as hard. Win at all cost and kill the opposition. Cohn twice tried to destroy America through his representation and mentoring. McCarthy eventually realized he went too far. trump will never stop.

I think we can now identify the psychopathic republican party for what it is - mentored by evil itself. Now they are trying to outdo each other. Cohn was the worst thing to happen to America.

TheRickles

(2,067 posts)
6. "Where's My Roy Cohn?" - a great documentary about Mr. Cohn.
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 07:46 PM
Jan 2022

Less than 10 minutes is about Trump, but the message comes across loud and clear about who his mentor was.

Here's the trailer:

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