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I am just about halfway through Omarosa's book. (Original Post) boston bean Aug 2018 OP
Dish! Nevilledog Aug 2018 #1
...the dirt on Dirty Donny* & his cabal of corrupt republican cronies? Achilleaze Aug 2018 #2
Just wondering about juicy tidbits we haven't heard yet. Nevilledog Aug 2018 #3
It is a very entertaining good read. She is actually a very good writer. boston bean Aug 2018 #6
Thanks! Nevilledog Aug 2018 #7
A ghost writer may have been involved. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #11
I believe she's already written a couple of books, but I don't know the details. emulatorloo Aug 2018 #36
Well, whoever wrote it may be a good writer, but ... JHB Aug 2018 #14
I learned from the book , I think unless I misread, she has a degree in journalism. boston bean Aug 2018 #28
Any mention of her famous quote? Perseus Aug 2018 #16
Why does she feel bad for Don Jr? smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #20
She says his father is brutal to him. Calls him a fuck up all the time etc. boston bean Aug 2018 #21
Almost kind of makes me feel sorry for him. smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #25
Pretty much. But according to Omarosa, he covets his daughter. She thinks its really creepo! boston bean Aug 2018 #30
He does, but that is abuse in a way as well. smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #32
Wow. It almost makes you think he might throw his son under the bus & let him take the fall for him. FM123 Aug 2018 #35
I am not buying it, at140 Aug 2018 #4
I'm about 3 quarters through myself....not only is it money well spent.. HipChick Aug 2018 #5
Her early family life story has me feeling her. She really did just play trumps game. boston bean Aug 2018 #8
Exactly...her own 'rags to riches' story in itself...as a female HipChick Aug 2018 #9
I would not..... USALiberal Aug 2018 #12
She worked for Clinton and Gore too.. HipChick Aug 2018 #15
She did not work for Clinton or get anywhere near her. Hortensis Aug 2018 #26
If "O" makes a fortune, Ok by me. Just let her and former hero/boss oasis Aug 2018 #10
Oh, dear "GOD", PLEASE get him out of our lives BEFORE 2020! debsy Aug 2018 #13
If Trump departs before 2020, Pence becomes "The Welcome Relief" oasis Aug 2018 #19
I hope she succeeds in making him suffer as much as he is making us suffer dalton99a Aug 2018 #17
"thank you Omarosa for contributing to the disaster that is Donald Trump. Have some of my JCanete Aug 2018 #18
Are you ok?? boston bean Aug 2018 #22
just making a point. Feel free to miss it. nt JCanete Aug 2018 #23
As if I needed permission. boston bean Aug 2018 #24
Hey, sorry. My comment was unfriendly. I'll try to articulate less snarkily in the future. nt JCanete Aug 2018 #27
I think it's TERRIFIC to finally see someone beat tRUMP at his own game! napi21 Aug 2018 #29
So do I. smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #33
I have a free credit on Audible xmas74 Aug 2018 #31
I am also about halfway through it. madaboutharry Aug 2018 #34
I saw it at the grocery store the day it came out mnhtnbb Aug 2018 #37

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
2. ...the dirt on Dirty Donny* & his cabal of corrupt republican cronies?
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 05:39 PM
Aug 2018



* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

boston bean

(36,181 posts)
6. It is a very entertaining good read. She is actually a very good writer.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 06:19 PM
Aug 2018

She does try to make herself out to be noble. With hindsight and her knowledge justify herself in the campaign.

She really hates Kelly. Feels bad for don jr.

I just finished the primary portion and getting into the GE.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
11. A ghost writer may have been involved.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 07:40 PM
Aug 2018

Or she's been writing it all along. That was awfully fast to write, rewrite, have edited, and publish a book.

JHB

(37,122 posts)
14. Well, whoever wrote it may be a good writer, but ...
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 07:56 PM
Aug 2018

... I strongly suspect that would be a ghost writer.

 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
16. Any mention of her famous quote?
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 08:31 PM
Aug 2018

"Critics ‘Will Have to Bow Down to President Trump’." or something like that.

And that is why I will wait to find the book at a library for $1.00, or somewhere on the streets of New York where people place books outside their homes for others to take and enjoy.

But if anyone wants to post some good quotes from the book that would be great.

boston bean

(36,181 posts)
21. She says his father is brutal to him. Calls him a fuck up all the time etc.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 09:34 PM
Aug 2018

She also said that Ivanka reports trumpass didn’t want to name him Don Jr. beceause he might turn out to be an embarassment of disappointment.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
25. Almost kind of makes me feel sorry for him.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 09:43 PM
Aug 2018

The bastard can't even love his own kids if they don't reinforce his ego.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
32. He does, but that is abuse in a way as well.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 10:23 PM
Aug 2018

He has sexualized her since she was a child. I think it is because he thinks she is the closest thing to a female him. It might look like he loves her, but he only loves her because she is a female extension of his ego and nothing more.

FM123

(10,042 posts)
35. Wow. It almost makes you think he might throw his son under the bus & let him take the fall for him.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 10:46 PM
Aug 2018

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
5. I'm about 3 quarters through myself....not only is it money well spent..
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 06:06 PM
Aug 2018

but I've spent more for lunch...

boston bean

(36,181 posts)
8. Her early family life story has me feeling her. She really did just play trumps game.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 06:22 PM
Aug 2018

Including her research on him for her first apprentice interview.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
9. Exactly...her own 'rags to riches' story in itself...as a female
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 07:03 PM
Aug 2018

I work in a male dominated industry and there are nuggets of empowerment sprinkled all over...
I've worked for some douchebags in my time, not like Trump, but there's a type you sometimes have had to deal with..
I'm not going to judge her choices, but if she were male, she'd be dubbed a go-getter..

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
26. She did not work for Clinton or get anywhere near her.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 09:48 PM
Aug 2018

Before the candidates declared, around the nation many people opportunistically started and joined organizations to position themselves for opportunity. (Remember that $1 billion + it takes to elect a president and the potential jobs in the new power center.

She was one of the joiners of a small newly formed super PAC, but not at a high level, that hoped to be involved with Hillary's campaign if she ran. When Hillary declared, this organization was rolled into another, which was professionalized under new top leadership and which took on a bunch of experienced people. But not her.

She was a small fry with the wrong background, and one could speculate perhaps her usual problem record with the PAC.

She can claim that the executive in charge of the new one contacted her personally (!) and made her an offer, all right, but that doesn't mean he'd even heard her name. Her story, of course, is that she declined what would be a highly coveted position because "they'd" treated her badly. And went to work with the fine people gathering in the Trump Campaign instead.



Btw, I have one degree of first-name separation, from "Bill and Hillary," through someone they knew pretty well, liked and would recognize, but have never met either and don't expect to. How dare they treat me so badly!

oasis

(49,107 posts)
10. If "O" makes a fortune, Ok by me. Just let her and former hero/boss
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 07:11 PM
Aug 2018

fade into the sunset after 2020.

oasis

(49,107 posts)
19. If Trump departs before 2020, Pence becomes "The Welcome Relief"
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 08:59 PM
Aug 2018

candidate for Indepedents and GOP fence sitters.

dalton99a

(80,907 posts)
17. I hope she succeeds in making him suffer as much as he is making us suffer
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 08:34 PM
Aug 2018

but no, I won't buy her book.

 

JCanete

(5,272 posts)
18. "thank you Omarosa for contributing to the disaster that is Donald Trump. Have some of my
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 08:35 PM
Aug 2018

hard earned money.

Oh, and let me just say here....Fuck Jill Stein!"


napi21

(45,806 posts)
29. I think it's TERRIFIC to finally see someone beat tRUMP at his own game!
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 10:14 PM
Aug 2018

He's been standing back gloating at how many people he's bested with his tactics but he's having real trouble beating this new one. That's why he's turned to MORE dirty, mean & nasty! I thinl she's proven to be the first person to be able to bet ghim.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
33. So do I.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 10:24 PM
Aug 2018

I am quite enjoying the fact that she is making him squirm. I have to hand it to her, she is really beating him at his own game and winning.

xmas74

(29,635 posts)
31. I have a free credit on Audible
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 10:18 PM
Aug 2018

I saw it was on there and thought about downloading it until I saw the awful reviews. I might go back and get it.

madaboutharry

(40,137 posts)
34. I am also about halfway through it.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 10:31 PM
Aug 2018

It is an excellent read. She has had a rough life at times and I also feel empathy for her having gone through some terrible tragedies.

She seems to have feelings of shame for having stuck with Trump for so long. She describes it like being in a cult. Sure she is ambitious to the point of it being a character flaw, but she writes of this weirdness of Trumpworld that sucks you in. It's like what you read from people who were in the mob.

And there are passages about what a completely fucked up family the Trumps are. Don Jr. is an outright degenerate who cheated on his wife from day one and who likes to sent girlfriends pornographic pictures of himself. One of the women he had an affair with showed them to Omarosa.

This book was worth every penny and I am enjoying it immensely.

mnhtnbb

(31,302 posts)
37. I saw it at the grocery store the day it came out
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 06:27 AM
Aug 2018

Was tempted to spring for it, but kept to my plan of not buying books I can get through the library even if it involves a long wait list.

Not on the wait list, but I might put myself on it.

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