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Michael Cohen Says He Tried To Rig Online Polls 'at the Direction' of Donald Trump (cnbc.com)
Dan Mangan, writing for CNBC: President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and longtime fixer Michael Cohen on Thursday said he tried to rig online polls -- including one conducted by CNBC -- "at the direction and for the sole benefit of" Trump when he was thinking about making a run for the White House. "I truly regret my blind loyalty to a man who doesn't deserve it," Cohen said in a tweet copping to the electronic chicanery to have Trump's name rank higher in online polls than it otherwise would have.
Cohen's admission came shortly after The Wall Street Journal published a story detailing how he retained an information technology company to manipulate a 2014 CNBC online poll identifying the nation's top 100 business leaders to bolster Trump's chances of making that list. That effort failed. And Trump himself fumed in 2014 on Twitter about his absence from CNBC's poll results.
Cohen's admission came shortly after The Wall Street Journal published a story detailing how he retained an information technology company to manipulate a 2014 CNBC online poll identifying the nation's top 100 business leaders to bolster Trump's chances of making that list. That effort failed. And Trump himself fumed in 2014 on Twitter about his absence from CNBC's poll results.
I think this falls under "Stuff That Matters". If you don't, feel free to visit Breitbart instead.
Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Seek help now.
Online polls (and related things like reviews/Yelp ratings etc) have been rigged so often and so easily since the dawn of the internet, the only surprising news here is that Cohen/Trump actually FAILED AT IT.
I've seen the light now. Hillary was robbed. The only solution is to run her again.
My favorite part of this story is that Cohen paid a guy who was recommended to him by Jerry Falwell Jr, to create a social media campaign called, "Women for Cohen", that promoted how sexy he was, like sexier than "Andy Garcia in The Godfather". It contained photos of Trump and Cohen together with the caption, "Two Handsome Men" and a photo of Cohen with Diamond & Silk (who are a pro-Trump minstrel show) captioned, "Look at that stud!"
https://www.usatoday.com/story...
You gotta admit, Trump only surrounds himself with the best people.
Oh, and since Jerry Falwell Jr's name is in this story, it's worth mentioning that Jerry Falwell Jr and his wife met an attractive pool boy while on vacation in Miami and ended up giving him $1.8 million for...something.
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/...
Part of me is really gonna miss Trump when he's gone. You gotta admit, he's done the "circuses" part of "bread and circuses" better than any president since WWII. You got your porn stars, you got your Putin, you got your Rudy Giuliani (who fucked his cousin), you got your evangelical leaders w/ pool boys, you got your Women for Cohen. Haberders. I don't know how I'm gonna be entertained when Trump is gone.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Careful, this path of thinking leads directly to a graveyard...
Yeah, because it's bullshit. All of this is bullshit. It's 2019 the peak of bullshit. Orange man bad. Our tribe good, their tribe bad. Look at this advertisement. Hate that man! Hate him! Don't you hate him? Wow, I really hate him! Oooo a sale on tampons! That guy won't give us tampons for free! Booooooo!!! Oh look the new Iphone is coming out soon!! I just have to have one! Orange man bad. 20 goto 10
Yes, if only Trump could stop being an asshole for at least one day, we'd get a short break.
Cohen's lied before and you think NOW he's telling the gospel truth?
Well, he does have a motive to say whatever he thinks will keep himself out of prison. But he is a lawyer, and they have mandatory classes on ethics, so I think we can trust him.
Just to clarify:
You think we need more politicians?
"You want to know how to help your kids? Leave them the fuck alone." -George Carlin
yes, and if they fail ethics class, they have to become GOP candidates.
A lawyer is in his office late at night, working on his billing statements, when there is a puff of smoke. Mephistopheles appears before him, and says "Sell me your soul, and I will make you a senator!" The lawyer thinks for a minute, and then replies "Sure, but what's the catch?"