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Giuliani, from "America's Mayor" to (Original Post) edhopper Aug 2018 OP
And wrapped around an even bigger orange embarrassment. eom guillaumeb Aug 2018 #1
😙 Guillaume! sprinkleeninow Aug 2018 #4
sprinkleeninow! guillaumeb Aug 2018 #12
It's the dung beetle and the dung. edhopper Aug 2018 #7
...to one or all of the following - take your pick NRaleighLiberal Aug 2018 #2
This is how he'll be remembered. Nice legacy. unitedwethrive Aug 2018 #3
The "America's mayor" thing was always a con job. Bleacher Creature Aug 2018 #5
sorry, NOT a court jester-- niyad Aug 2018 #6
Way to ruin edhopper Aug 2018 #9
america's second most embarrassing waste of oxygen? niyad Aug 2018 #13
Not even that . . . . hatrack Aug 2018 #8
that works for me. edhopper Aug 2018 #11
See: sprinkleeninow Aug 2018 #15
A Court Jester has a purpose. Mr. Trumps insane attorney, not so much. Autumn Aug 2018 #10
When the news of all the immunity flippers and additional legal action hit, in the wake of the Jarqui Aug 2018 #14
What if he lost his uppers and they couldn't get a replacement made for at least a year. 🤐 sprinkleeninow Aug 2018 #16

Bleacher Creature

(11,256 posts)
5. The "America's mayor" thing was always a con job.
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 02:17 PM
Aug 2018

He should have been exposed as a terrible mayor after 9-11, but he somehow was able to get the opposite to happen.

At least he's showing his true colors and absolute buffoonery now.

niyad

(113,306 posts)
6. sorry, NOT a court jester--
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 02:18 PM
Aug 2018

. . .

hroughout history, the best jesters would acquire legendary reputations, becoming celebrated for their sharp tongues and quick wit. Their role was more than pure amusement; they were the original “truth tellers,” whose job was to mock typical human vices of vanity, venality, snobbery, petulance, laziness, carpetbaggery, and fatuity. The court jesters aimed their humor at the usual targets: religion and the hypocrisy of its authority figures; pompous and self-serving scholars and grandiloquent artists; knavish and sycophantic court officials; and indolent, mercurial, or incompetent rulers. In Europe, the court jester would be called fool, buffoon, clown, jongleur, jogleor, joculator, stultor, scurra, fou, histrio, morion, among many other names. He was an essential fixture of the royal courts and master castles.

. . . .

http://blog.blo.org/the-history-of-court-jester-by-magda

hatrack

(59,587 posts)
8. Not even that . . . .
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 02:18 PM
Aug 2018

The jester, you'll recall, was the only one who could tell the king the truth.

Rudy's more like America's Flaming Bag Of Shit Left On The 8th Grade Math Teacher's Front Porch.

Jarqui

(10,125 posts)
14. When the news of all the immunity flippers and additional legal action hit, in the wake of the
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 02:23 PM
Aug 2018

guilty pleas and convictions, he was last seen wandering around muttering repeatedly "President isn't president ... President isn't president"

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