From the annals of desperate conservatism
by digby
… comes this article by the right wing Washington Examiner:
A man who claimed without evidence that he had sex with former President Barack Obama says the media is showing a “sickening” double standard with coverage of an alleged affair between President Trump and porn star Stormy Daniels.
Larry Sinclair’s allegations involving Obama, cocaine, and a limo — set in 1999, when Obama was a state senator — failed to gain broad coverage for a variety of reasons, including lack of corroboration and Sinclair’s record of crimes involving deceit.
But Sinclair says the media is giving too much attention and too little skepticism to claims of a 2006 affair between Daniels and Trump.
“Stormy Daniels is being pimped and pimping the media now and it’s lining her pockets,” Sinclair told the Washington Examiner. “I believe she had sex with him. Do I believe she’s trying to twist and add to it to benefit her interests? You’re damn right I do.”
An interview with Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, is set to air Sunday on the CBS program “60 Minutes.” The performer staging a national strip club tour has given other recent interviews, including to “Inside Edition” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Sinclair said he views Daniels’ coyness about details — as she sues to invalidate a $130,000 nondisclosure agreement — as well as her attempt to sidestep the deal, as reasons to doubt her truthfulness. He said he watched with suspicion as she declined to say if a signature was hers.
“I do believe that there are enough contradictions by Ms. Daniels to justify questioning her motive and truthfulness,” Sinclair said, citing “her statements or nonstatements in subsequent interviews implying that her signature was not her signature [and] her back-and-forth on whether Trump paid her.”
“I find this whole double standard sickening, and no I am not a bigger supporter of Trump, but I am a supporter of fair and unbiased media coverage,” he said. “I find the whole NDA and accepting money and then later coming back and using a completely legal incident for political and personal gain questionable.”
It goes on much longer.
I guess this is the best they can do …
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