I'm wondering if avenatti might not be such a bad choice for president

Never let an inaccurate reading get in the way of a lecture or faux outrage.

…and never let time get in the way of responding to a post that was made over 20 days ago!!! Gosh I can barely remember what I typed! Whatever prompted you to drag that post from the depths of obscurity?

Just browsing elections and can’t be bothered to deal with the Judge Kavanaugh mess. Avenatti looked like an interesting name so I read the thread paying no attention to time stamps and saw the post with the don’t call a black man boy lecture and didn’t recall seeing any such thing so I reread the thread and was like “ah another post where accurately acknowledging a political opponent’s point of view would get in the way of an educational opportunity” so I felt like I should point out that the lecture wasn’t exactly relevant nor necessary.

20 days is ancient history so now I feel sort of bad. :frowning:

…I’ve had worse things happen :slight_smile: I may have typed that post in the early hours of the morning. I think I was a tad angry at the time ha ha!

Do you mean “does he have a history of sexual misconduct?”, or do you mean “does he have a history of being accused of sexual misconduct?”?

In any event, he’s best-known for his association with a porn star. To a significant slice of the population, that’s already enough “sexual misconduct” to crucify him over.

I like Avenatti too. GWB was elected because he was likable — how did that work out?

LBJ was a great Master of the Senate. Sanders, whether you admire his personality and policies or not, is just a useless back-bencher.

But lack of experience in Washington, DC is not the reason I dislike the idea of Avenatti for President. There’s one or two smart billionaires who’ve thought of running — I might like them. I might be happy with an Admiral or a University President (Draft McRaven, get both!) Heck, Oprah Winfrey might even make an OK President! :smack:

But a grandstanding trial lawyer? I’m sorry; it seems too absurd to even discuss.

I guess my point is that I want politicians who can accomplish things.

Unless a politician gets elected, and unless they pass decent legislation, nothing will change.

If Avenatti has a higher likelihood of achieving these 2 things, I’d support him over someone who has experience and is less likely to accomplish these two things.

But figuring out who is likely is not easy. Also unless the democrats also control both chambers of congress and have a very competent, shrewd, strategic senate majority leader they won’t get anything done.

I just want efficient, competent, ruthless democratic leadership.

Avenatti’s having a bad week already.

WaPo: Judge throws out Stormy Daniels’s lawsuit against Trump

ETA: here is his Twitter response:

nobody with an IQ over 50 thought he was a good pick. He would be fun in debates but that’s about it.