Is there anyone alive who doesn't think Donald Trump had some sort of sexual relationship with Stormy Daniels? I'm sure there are some who for partisan reasons would officially deny it but deep-down, they know that D.J.T. wouldn't be going to all this trouble 'n' expense to shush her up if there wasn't something to it. I'm not even sure if Trump is still denying it. His lawyers are tap-dancing on the high-wire, threatening to sue her for revealing that which they insist didn't happen.
But if they do sue her, doesn't that mean everything gets aired in court, plus her side gets to subpoena evidence and Trump has to give a deposition under oath? We saw how well that worked out for Bill Clinton. They even seem less interested in branding the lady as a liar than as a woman who's reneging on a contract to not spill dirt.
Two thoughts keep popping into my head about this. One is that Trump has benefited greatly in his political career from having no shame. The things no president would ever do or say, he does and says. But if he gets into an all-out war with Stormy, he's battling a professional shameless person. That's kind of what porn stars are — by definition. Whatever it is that you'd be ashamed to do, they'll not only do it, they'll do multiple takes on camera and then proudly pose for the cover of the DVD.
Other thought: Can you imagine what someone like Sean Hannity — or any rabble-rousing Republican — could so with this if we had the exact same situation with a Democratic president? It would be 24/7 on Fox News with constantly Breaking News, whether there was any or not. We heard so much from them about how Bill Clinton's pecadilloes, real and rumored, spoke to his "character" and how no one with that "character" was fit to be POTUS. Odd how that no longer matters if the guy can check off some boxes on the right-wing wish list.