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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 09:06 AM Oct 2018

'Buckle Up Buttercup': Avenatti Fires Back at Don Jr. Troll with Federal Prison Warning


by Ronn Blitzer | 8:52 am, October 9th, 2018

Attorney Michael Avenatti has the Trump family back in his sights. This time, he’s taking the attack to the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., in response to a snarky Tweet that was directed at Avenatti on Monday. Don Jr. tweeted an article about disgraced Democratic politician Anthony Weiner possibly getting out of prison, and sarcastically suggested that we could see an Avenatti/Weiner ticket in 2020. Avenatti has been floating the idea of a possible run at the presidency.

Early Tuesday morning, Avenatti fired back, saying that Don Jr. shouldn’t be joking about people in federal prison, since he’ll likely be headed there himself someday. Avenatti referred to Don Jr. as “Bif,” likening him to the “Back to the Future” villain.




In recent weeks, Avenatti had focused his attention on combating the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh by representing Julie Swetnick, who accused Kavanaugh of possible sexual misconduct in high school. Avenatti faced criticism that Swetnick’s allegations did not come off as credibly as those of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, undermining Ford’s accusations and helping Kavanaugh get confirmed. Avenatti has called such claims “baseless.”

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'Buckle Up Buttercup': Avenatti Fires Back at Don Jr. Troll with Federal Prison Warning (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2018 OP
Idiot Jr. can't even spell Avenatti's name correctly... Pachamama Oct 2018 #1
Trump Jr. is a chunk off the old turd - NT Hokie Oct 2018 #4
"The turd doesn't fall far from the asshole." eom lastlib Oct 2018 #14
Love that descriptor - puuurfect. iluvtennis Oct 2018 #24
It's the same playbook GWB tried with Sadam Hussein, call him Saaadam. Disrespect of a 13 year old. TheBlackAdder Oct 2018 #10
An unwise post from an attorney IMO. Trust Buster Oct 2018 #2
Maybe he should have just ignored it, ehh, watoos Oct 2018 #12
YES--I'd back him 100% if he wins nomination. lastlib Oct 2018 #15
I'd be happy with him at AG... shanny Oct 2018 #20
Now that's something I can definitely get behind! lunatica Oct 2018 #32
Maybe he should have just ignored it, ehh? LenaBaby61 Oct 2018 #31
+1 Power 2 the People Oct 2018 #34
Why... just claim the "Kavanaugh Exception". No laws apply including perjury. usaf-vet Oct 2018 #18
I'll say one thing... Ohiogal Oct 2018 #3
He loves that phrase "buckle up," doesn't he? cwydro Oct 2018 #5
I love that phrase too.... Pachamama Oct 2018 #6
makes sense--former race-car driver.... eom lastlib Oct 2018 #16
Bif needs something more substantial than a regular old safety belt ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #35
Avenatti is what we need down the home stretch here bucolic_frolic Oct 2018 #7
hope Daddy's Boy Donnie tries to rescue jr. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2018 #11
+1 dalton99a Oct 2018 #23
You bet bucolic, watoos Oct 2018 #25
your use of the word "dribbling"... Grasswire2 Oct 2018 #29
"Bif:" William Seger Oct 2018 #8
I would prefer to see him go to state prison. GoCubsGo Oct 2018 #9
Reminded of "I'm your huckleberry" Taraman Oct 2018 #13
Avenatti is a bare knuckle street brawler. I want him on our side. We tried going high when they go Pepsidog Oct 2018 #17
The time for civility is over, watoos Oct 2018 #26
He worked for Rahm in Chicago. Grasswire2 Oct 2018 #30
How I love this man...Michael, that is. libdem4life Oct 2018 #19
Back to The Future Villain? oberliner Oct 2018 #21
he is the one trump afraid the most AlexSFCA Oct 2018 #22
I agree, watoos Oct 2018 #27
Well what would you expect from the toilet mind of Don Jr? vlyons Oct 2018 #28
I thought Daddy Choadstool was Biff. backscatter712 Oct 2018 #33
K&R Scurrilous Oct 2018 #36

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
1. Idiot Jr. can't even spell Avenatti's name correctly...
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 09:08 AM
Oct 2018

Buckle up Buttercup....

Hahaha - that's one of my favorite sayings....

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
12. Maybe he should have just ignored it, ehh,
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 11:15 AM
Oct 2018

like John Kerry did with the Swift Boaters?

Taking down Avenatti is one of the main right wing talking points right now. If Avenatti wins the presidential nomination I'm all in for him, you?

lastlib

(23,265 posts)
15. YES--I'd back him 100% if he wins nomination.
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 11:31 AM
Oct 2018

But I don't want him to win the nomination. I have doubts that he would be a very effective president, and I'd rather have him running loose as our #1 attack monster, not with the constraints of the presidency.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
32. Now that's something I can definitely get behind!
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 12:23 PM
Oct 2018

I don’t know why everyone thinks being President is the only job there is.

LenaBaby61

(6,976 posts)
31. Maybe he should have just ignored it, ehh?
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 12:21 PM
Oct 2018

Hell no. That's how Dems get into trouble.

As you said, John Kerry allowed himself to be labeled a flip-flopper and to be Swift-Boated. Just thought people would see through it, not believe it. Yeah, and Michael Dukakis also took on too much water from the master race baiter Lee Atwater and never recovered from the Summer on during his campaign. Susan Estrich told him to fight back, address the lies etc. but there he sat like a bump on a pickle thinking people would see through the lies, Lee Atwater and that crew heaped upon him. Then there was that commercial he did in a tank that ended him. Let me let that go He lost to Bush Sr. Moral of the story, Dems need to fight back with TRUTH and not just sit there and take it when thuglicans lie on them or misstate the facts on purpose. It's not like most in the corporate media will hold thuglicans accountable when they LIE. DEMS themselves have to hold them accountable when they LIE.

usaf-vet

(6,193 posts)
18. Why... just claim the "Kavanaugh Exception". No laws apply including perjury.
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 11:32 AM
Oct 2018

Or does the "Kavanaugh Exception" only for people that are sitting in judgment of others while wearing a black robe.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
35. Bif needs something more substantial than a regular old safety belt
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 02:06 PM
Oct 2018

He needs a five point harness to keep him securely locked in his high chair.

bucolic_frolic

(43,249 posts)
7. Avenatti is what we need down the home stretch here
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 10:28 AM
Oct 2018

He has nothing to lose - no voters to alienate - because he's not running for anything in 4 weeks. He is balancing the harsh, snarky, sarcastic, distorted pile of finely honed PR lies that are dribbling from the Trumpian White House and family BS mill. Avenatti takes no prisoners, he hits as hard as he can, you can just feel the impact and hear the thuds. He will keep them on their toes and his tweets are as much inoculation as haymakers, the Trump targets hardly know what's hit them, and the tweets help keep our own committed voters from straying, and from falling asleep.

In this brass knuckles election atmosphere, Avenatti is a prize fighter of major proportion, he's a champ to want on our side!

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,389 posts)
11. hope Daddy's Boy Donnie tries to rescue jr.
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 11:10 AM
Oct 2018

It would be grand to see all-out tweet war with Avenatti taking on both Dons.

Keep 'em both from hogging tv time until after the election.
Might also depress some cultists.


 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
25. You bet bucolic,
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 11:52 AM
Oct 2018

the right fears Avenatti because he has the ability to change the narrative, to block out the right wing talking points.

He is the subject of a right wing smear campaign and we need to have his back. He would make a good president because it is going to take someone strong to take on the right wing money machine, including the corporate media.

Honestly, I hope he gets our nomination because that will mean that the American people have seen through this right wing smear campaign. Go get em Michael.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
9. I would prefer to see him go to state prison.
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 10:46 AM
Oct 2018

Federal prisons are too cushy--unless they were to send him to ADX Florence. Otherwise, I'd prefer he rots in some place like Attica or Sing Sing.

Pepsidog

(6,254 posts)
17. Avenatti is a bare knuckle street brawler. I want him on our side. We tried going high when they go
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 11:32 AM
Oct 2018

low, but now we need to change tactics. The gloves are off and Dems can’t take the high road any longer, look where it has landed us. Remarkably, a rich, thin skinned puff-cake has become the champion of all the anger and resentment in the country. What is remarkable is that he offers all those malcontents ansolutely nothing but a voice of anger. People connect to that anger so we must tap into it as well along with presenting solutions that will work. I love the Obamas but sure hate Michelle’s motto about the high road. Until we restore the order once again in this country, it’s the low bumby road for me. Sad but true that “Nice people finish last”.

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
19. How I love this man...Michael, that is.
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 11:32 AM
Oct 2018

There isn't a Dem on the planet who could/would say that. I think that they are in shock. Good.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
28. Well what would you expect from the toilet mind of Don Jr?
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 12:14 PM
Oct 2018

Hey there! Aren't we glad and ever so grateful that we don't walk around all day with their kind of vicious mean-spirited filth in our minds?

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
33. I thought Daddy Choadstool was Biff.
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 12:48 PM
Oct 2018

After all, didn't the writers of Back to the Future base the "Hell Valley" alternate 1985 version of Biff on Donald Trump?

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