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Remember when Cohen tweeted this at Hillary? (Original Post) Mrs. Overall Aug 2018 OP
Bwahaha! MineralMan Aug 2018 #1
go directly to jail little Mikey boy trueblue2007 Aug 2018 #10
"Mmm hmmmm" Wwcd Aug 2018 #2
LOL! EffieBlack Aug 2018 #4
That is perfect! R B Garr Aug 2018 #22
😉 Wwcd Aug 2018 #24
Definitely! She must be feeling totally vindicated from R B Garr Aug 2018 #32
Been a long time coming RB. I only hope that one day Trump must sit for 11 hrs and Wwcd Aug 2018 #37
Yes, and that was after years of trying to trip her up. R B Garr Aug 2018 #49
Perfect grantcart Aug 2018 #28
Yes.. Let's Play a Game!.. Cha Aug 2018 #53
+10 nm reACTIONary Aug 2018 #63
Perfect. dalton99a Aug 2018 #3
I hope she is really enjoying today's news. Funtatlaguy Aug 2018 #5
Michael, what if you go to prison for other reasons? gratuitous Aug 2018 #6
Oh, he'll pay. He will most definitely pay. ReformedGOPer Aug 2018 #46
Mike will be offered the deluxe plan that has two options. He can choose NCjack Aug 2018 #60
Please retweet that everyone! NT Hokie Aug 2018 #7
Homina, homina Jersey Devil Aug 2018 #8
Great clip! MyOwnPeace Aug 2018 #9
Someday when they create the BIG BOOK OF BACKFIRING TWEETS True Dough Aug 2018 #11
Oh bookmarking Mrs. Overall thank you! lunasun Aug 2018 #12
Thanks for the smile, Mrs. Overall! Hortensis Aug 2018 #13
She sure wouldn't have been up to the shit in which trump has been almost literally drowning. calimary Aug 2018 #35
Lol. I'm guessing the usual hostile and venal media would be Hortensis Aug 2018 #45
Yeah. True. But consider all the YEARS of investigations that have gone on against both calimary Aug 2018 #47
Right. Just part of their lives. And ours. Hortensis Aug 2018 #54
This is the one and only reason I wouldn't want Hillary to run again. calimary Aug 2018 #75
Same here. But I'd like this bizarre national phenomenon Hortensis Aug 2018 #77
Everyone would have been better off not fooled Aug 2018 #50
Always a tweet for every occasion HAB911 Aug 2018 #14
Breaking: Cohen expected to receive 3-5 years in prison (and his room and board will be free!) Mrs. Overall Aug 2018 #15
This is so interesting, from a psychological point of view Perseus Aug 2018 #16
I've been thinking the same thing about Trump's accusations of his opponents that consist largely Nitram Aug 2018 #18
They are sociopaths. Mr.Bill Aug 2018 #23
She who laughs last, laughs best!" Nitram Aug 2018 #17
I predict a number of new "Hillary on the Blackberry" memes... bullwinkle428 Aug 2018 #19
Yep! Catherine Vincent Aug 2018 #20
Karma can be a real bitch sometimes Fritz Walter Aug 2018 #21
man in the mirror struggle4progress Aug 2018 #25
I remember. MontanaMama Aug 2018 #26
+ 1,000,000 NT Rorey Aug 2018 #31
First Flynn, now Cohen! Glamrock Aug 2018 #27
I hope she sends him cards and letters. Rorey Aug 2018 #29
Maybe "thoughts and prayers" would be more appropriate. Merlot Aug 2018 #41
Well, I'm going to send him a card if I can figure out how to do so Rorey Aug 2018 #43
For most prisons and jails... KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2018 #69
LOL, I'll be sure to do that. Rorey Aug 2018 #72
Thanks, I had similar experiences with two men as a part of.... KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2018 #73
I didn't actually visit Rorey Aug 2018 #74
LOL, what is crazy is he and his ilk actually believed that was gonna happen. Eliot Rosewater Aug 2018 #30
they still do mikeysnot Aug 2018 #33
Back atcha, you schmuck! calimary Aug 2018 #34
Crazy Isn't It erpowers Aug 2018 #36
Psychological Projection Reader Rabbit Aug 2018 #38
Maybe Hillary will visit him in prison and help him rehabilitate. TeamPooka Aug 2018 #39
Cohen says he was directed by Candidate to violate Campaign Finance Law. True Blue American Aug 2018 #40
Which means Candidate is also in it up to his nostrils jmowreader Aug 2018 #48
Fox News is completely True Blue American Aug 2018 #51
Of course they are jmowreader Aug 2018 #56
What goes around comes around nt elmac Aug 2018 #42
Karma! gademocrat7 Aug 2018 #44
Whadda ya wanna bet.... Toorich Aug 2018 #52
Michael Cohen.. definitley PROJECTING! Cha Aug 2018 #55
*bonk!* Boomeranged. VOX Aug 2018 #57
Womp womp! True Blue American Aug 2018 #66
Womp-womp for days! VOX Aug 2018 #67
Sez Who? ThoughtCriminal Aug 2018 #58
Eat it, fucko Blue Owl Aug 2018 #59
Karma's a bitch, volstork Aug 2018 #61
Someone needs to retweet that, and the response. Karma. nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #62
Ouch. Silver1 Aug 2018 #64
Nixon, Reagan, and now Trump have people doing prison time IronLionZion Aug 2018 #65
How, how I want to see him facing a crowd chanting "LOCK HIM UP!" lunamagica Aug 2018 #68
Trump on why you shouldn't vote for Hillary (Oct. 2016) dalton99a Aug 2018 #70
Karma heaven05 Aug 2018 #71
couldn't have happened to a more charming gentleman 0rganism Aug 2018 #76
Did someone get a screen cap because it's no longer there? Catherine Vincent Aug 2018 #78

R B Garr

(16,954 posts)
32. Definitely! She must be feeling totally vindicated from
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 04:31 PM
Aug 2018

every direction. Literally almost everyone who maligned her has lost their job, under FBI investigation, bank fraud, been indicted, going to jail/prison....wow.

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
37. Been a long time coming RB. I only hope that one day Trump must sit for 11 hrs and
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 04:48 PM
Aug 2018

..and face prosecutors while the whole world watches.

No one deserves 11 hours of public humiliation more than Donald Trump.

R B Garr

(16,954 posts)
49. Yes, and that was after years of trying to trip her up.
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 05:14 PM
Aug 2018

Trump hasn't even gotten started yet. Let's hook him up to the microphones for 11 hours and see what psychobabble he comes up with. He's such a headcase.

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
60. Mike will be offered the deluxe plan that has two options. He can choose
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 07:51 PM
Aug 2018

1. Pay 1/2 his room and 1/2 of his board, or
2. Pay none of his room and get his whole board.

True Dough

(17,305 posts)
11. Someday when they create the BIG BOOK OF BACKFIRING TWEETS
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 03:11 PM
Aug 2018

Trump et al. will fill volumes and volumes all by themselves!

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
45. Lol. I'm guessing the usual hostile and venal media would be
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 05:02 PM
Aug 2018

claiming millions were outraged over solar power and defendable power grids, outraged at expecting loyal Americans to sign up for training programs for good new jobs instead of bringing back the dead jobs they have a right to, and outraged at how a $15/hour minimum wage has been eroding American values. With talking heads pushing the approved group think and false equivalencies all day and evening to the 1 in 100 who provide themselves for it.

Then there would have been the 5 new major scandals Judicial Watch boasted of having all designed and ready to launch once Hillary was elected. (Taking her out was extremely bad for their business.)

The usual.

calimary

(81,304 posts)
47. Yeah. True. But consider all the YEARS of investigations that have gone on against both
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 05:09 PM
Aug 2018

Bill AND Hillary.

And all anyone's been able to come up with, on either or both of them - from Whitewater to Benghazi - has been a single stained blue dress.

Hillary Clinton was once asked about being the most investigated couple in national politics. She wisely pointed out that they're also the most exonerated couple in that time, because they were cleared in every single case - except for Bill Clinton, of course. But he was convicted of lying - about sex with a consenting adult.

They'd investigate her - AGAIN AND AGAIN, and they'd STILL find nothing. You'd think with the ferociousness of the ways they've attacked her and gone after her, again and again, and ALL the time AND money they've spent trying to find dirty, they'd certainly have found something by now. After all that. And there's been NOTHING.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
54. Right. Just part of their lives. And ours.
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 05:48 PM
Aug 2018

And the right's. This became not credible and unworthy a long time ago for many on the right. Yet most continued to bear false witness to increasingly contemptible slimes and slurs, not out of belief but partisan loyalty. I was actually satisfied with putting those who didn't finally say no through 8 more years of what they've done to themselves. Should they choose.

Oh, well. Not my choice to give them a break.

calimary

(81,304 posts)
75. This is the one and only reason I wouldn't want Hillary to run again.
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 08:46 PM
Aug 2018

As much as I believe in her skills, talents, experience, wisdom, brilliance, compassion, creativity, and ingenuity, and as much as both our country and the whole world need her! I hurt when I think of what we’ve missed - what we’ve been denied. And I know full well how all the haters ache to kick her around and carve her up - and tie her up and burn her at the fucking stake if they thought they could get away with it. I’m sure the persecution would amp up like crazy if she were elected, and the obstruction would be worse than for President Obama. Probably times 100. So if she doesn’t run again, then the best part is - THEY CAN’T HURT HER ANYMORE!!! And for that alone I’d be grateful.

She’s certainly never gonna go to Hell when she dies. Been there, done that. Because the bad guys have already forced it on her during this life.

I actually get a wee bit of satisfaction thinking ahead to whenever it is that Bill & Hillary have quit this mortal coil. Who will they persecute when that day comes? Those fuckers will be SO bummed. Bereft! Crushed! Devastated! And I will smile and laugh through THEIR tears.

God I hate those bastards.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
77. Same here. But I'd like this bizarre national phenomenon
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 08:01 AM
Aug 2018

(it really is one for the history books and reams of studies) to continue until it finally burned itself out, to reach a point where the less inclined were sick of the whole thing and it finally became too disreputable to reveal.

And I did expect that to happen over time as our policies continued improving national wellbeing and anxiety over the future calmed somewhat. Remember, Hillary's national approval ratings were quite high, up into the 70s, as senator and SoS. We can expect them to climb again when she no longer has to avoid distracting attention from the Republican Party's crimes and resumes her life in more public public service.

As for the worst of them, I wish Hillary herself on those too addicted to their Hillary hate, or even just dislike, to let it go. I want them to be frequently unhappy from seeing her prospering in the news and from having to swallow their bile among others.

Lol. Inflicting them on themselves is mild enough revenge. They're extremely fortunate I can't cast spells.




Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
15. Breaking: Cohen expected to receive 3-5 years in prison (and his room and board will be free!)
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 03:43 PM
Aug 2018




Evan Rosenfeld
@Evan_Rosenfeld
BREAKING: Fox News’ @johnrobertsFox, citing sources, reports Michael Cohen’s guilty plea includes 3-5 years in jail
 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
16. This is so interesting, from a psychological point of view
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 03:53 PM
Aug 2018

I am not a psychiatrist or anything remotely, but I have always been interested in human behaviour, and when something like this happens I have to wonder what goes inside someone like Cohen's mind when he tweets something like that to Hillary Clinton.

He has to know of all the wrongdoing he is involved in, the ones with trump and those personal to him and his taxi business.

Same as Flynn, yelling "Lock her up", he also said "if I had done one tenth of what she has done, I bet I would be in jail.", well, it turns out she has not done anything and you have done a lot so you are going to be "locked up"..."lock him up...etc."

Don't these people have consciences? Don't they understand they have done a lot of wrong? And maybe not, because the criminal mind does work very different than the normal mind. Criminals never see their actions as bad, just as means to an end, they also have no concept of consequences, and that is also what makes trump one of them.

Interesting, to say the least.

Nitram

(22,813 posts)
18. I've been thinking the same thing about Trump's accusations of his opponents that consist largely
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 03:56 PM
Aug 2018

of the very crimes he commits. I suspect it is a version of "the best defense is a good offense."

Mr.Bill

(24,300 posts)
23. They are sociopaths.
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 04:12 PM
Aug 2018

That's why the threat of jail or even the death sentence does not deter some criminals. They are just not wired to consider consequences for their actions. And the longer they continue their behavior without anything bad happening to them the worse they get. Trump is the poster child for this mental disease.


And 60 million people think this makes him a great man.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
43. Well, I'm going to send him a card if I can figure out how to do so
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 04:57 PM
Aug 2018

And it'll say "thoughts and prayers". Nothing else.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
69. For most prisons and jails...
Wed Aug 22, 2018, 12:53 PM
Aug 2018

you must be on their pre-approved list to send them mail and for in-person visits. Also very limited on printed matter that can be sent and all mail is inspected. They're limited on the number of people on their lists and that's usually family and close friends.

Once you find out where he's sent, you can go on their web site and read that jail's specific rules.

............

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
72. LOL, I'll be sure to do that.
Wed Aug 22, 2018, 02:27 PM
Aug 2018

I had forgotten about those prison rules. Someone who was once in our lives spent a few years in prison, and now that you mention it, I do recall that before I wrote to him he had to put me on his list. He was in the same facility as Blagojevich ended up in. Blagojevich arrived shortly before the guy I know was released, but he never met him.

This guy spent approximately 36 months in prison. It seemed like an eternity. I hated it, and I wasn't the one incarcerated, so I can only imagine what he went through. Of course he did the crime, so he deserved to do the time. Cohen's sentence may seem short to a lot of people. He won't enjoy it. He will hate every minute.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
73. Thanks, I had similar experiences with two men as a part of....
Wed Aug 22, 2018, 04:00 PM
Aug 2018

an alcohol recovery program. I sponsored them through their prison time and one died there. As you say, it's rough as hell on everyone, especially the families - and very expensive for them. It's also pure hell for prisoners that have health problems.

Sending books and magazines is usually by approval only and the books go into the library - and cannot have any metal staples. All goods had to be shipped from a company, not individuals (to prevent contraband).

The prison visits were quite a shocking and emotional experience. One time, we visited in an open outdoor yard where we could smoke and talk in private, and the guy I was visiting kissed a little tree in the yard. That's how isolated he had been. That same guy also got on his knees and kissed the ground outside the gate on the day he was released, when I went to pick him up.

Sure taught me to avoid getting locked up at any cost.....

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
74. I didn't actually visit
Wed Aug 22, 2018, 04:26 PM
Aug 2018

He was my daughter's boyfriend, and I gave her and my grandson rides. I hated that my grandson saw his father in that situation. You're so right about what hell it is for the families. My grandson was in a deep depression the whole time his dad was incarcerated, and even for awhile after he got out. My daughter and the guy broke up shortly after he was released. He's really no longer in my life, though he has a good relationship with my grandson.

A lot of bad things happened, yet I miss the life we all used to have together. My grandson tells me that his dad thinks the world of me. I think the world of the parts of him that I loved, but I have to honor my daughter's feelings first and foremost.

And yes, you're so right about how expensive it is for the families.

I enjoyed reading your post. Thank you.

calimary

(81,304 posts)
34. Back atcha, you schmuck!
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 04:39 PM
Aug 2018

She'll be strolling in the woods, free as a bird. And HE'S the one who'll be doing hard time! With HIS OWN room and board free, of course.

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
36. Crazy Isn't It
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 04:45 PM
Aug 2018

Is it not crazy that a number of the people who were making jokes about Hillary Clinton going to jail are the ones going to jail. It is crazy that all of these people who were claiming that Hillary Clinton was doing something illegal were the people who were actually doing wrong things. Projection much?

True Blue American

(17,985 posts)
51. Fox News is completely
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 05:34 PM
Aug 2018

Ignoring the whole thing on The Five!

Trump took a whole plane load of people on AirForce 1. They just showed it.

Toorich

(391 posts)
52. Whadda ya wanna bet....
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 05:40 PM
Aug 2018

....faux nuz will claim the unnamed candidate is Clinton. Bwwaaahhaaa!
That ol' karma will always spin around and bite you right on the ass!

VOX

(22,976 posts)
57. *bonk!* Boomeranged.
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 07:15 PM
Aug 2018

A signal lesson in why opining on social media can be a real self-ass-biter down the road.

boo·mer·ang:
1. A flat, curved, usually wooden missile configured so that when hurled it returns to the thrower.
2. A statement or course of action that backfires; to have the opposite effect from the one intended; backfire.

IronLionZion

(45,450 posts)
65. Nixon, Reagan, and now Trump have people doing prison time
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 11:06 PM
Aug 2018

there's something rotten deep within the core of the grand old party

dalton99a

(81,515 posts)
70. Trump on why you shouldn't vote for Hillary (Oct. 2016)
Wed Aug 22, 2018, 01:18 PM
Aug 2018

"If we let Crooked Hillary's cartel and—and just remember this—run this government, history will record that 2017 was the year that America lost, truly lost, its independence, truly lost its independence."
- Colorado Springs, October 18, 2016

"The stakes on November 8th could not be higher. A vote for Hillary is a vote to surrender our government to public corruption, graft and cronyism that threatens the very foundations of our Constitutional system. What makes us exceptional is that we are a nation of laws, and that we are all equal under those laws – Hillary's corruption shreds that foundational principle. Public Corruption is a grave and profound threat to a Democracy. Government corruption spreads outward, like a cancer, and infects the operations of government itself. If the corruption is not removed, then the people are not able to have faith in their government."
- Golden, Colo., October 29, 2016

0rganism

(23,956 posts)
76. couldn't have happened to a more charming gentleman
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 08:48 PM
Aug 2018

enjoy your plea bargaining, Mikey. sucks but i hear it beats prison.

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