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[–] [email protected] 98 points 6 months ago (3 children)

All Rudy had to do was sit back and not involve himself with Trump.

He could be sitting in a fancy Manhattan condo drinking expensive scotch and drunk dialling his cousin but he had to throw it all away.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He could be sitting in a fancy Manhattan condo drinking expensive scotch and drunk dialling his ~~cousin~~ ex-wives but he had to throw it all away.

FTFY

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Has he married multiple cousins?

[–] [email protected] 40 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Holy shit - I totally missed that his first wife was his second cousin 😨

Now I have to apologize for stepping on your joke

Sorry 🫣

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago

As far as I know she’s still his cousin.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

You didn't step on it; you assisted his layup.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

To be completely transparent, I replied "yes" as a joke. I don't know if all his exes are cousins. I do know that at least one is, though.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Plus the loss of respect. I know he surrounds himself with fellow scum, but he was "America's Mayor" after 9-11 and his shitty tendencies were mostly ignored by everyone. Hard to believe, but it was true...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Fucker grabbed that tail, and once he had a hold, he couldn't let go lest he be eaten.

I hate the comparison; Trump's as much a tiger as I am a blancmange. But his base are like pirhanna, and there's no apt metaphor involving dumb, swarming fish.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I dunno. I wouldn’t want to get bitten by a Hump headed parrot fish

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Put me down as preferring to no be bitten by anything.

That's one unattractive fish.