So did the king of Cons force Falwell into

[malaise]

an endorsement?

Wifey and the poolboy - this is too good
This should be the #1 story on all media

[Ilsa]

1. Wa wa wa ... what's

Happened? Did Hope Hicks spill on this?

[octoberlib]

3. Miami Herald

It was an unusual partnership: The president of the largest Christian university in the world, a school that prohibits gay sex, agreeing to operate a Miami Beach hostel, regarded as gay friendly, in conjunction with a “pool boy” with virtually no hotel management experience after they met at the storied Fontainebleau, a favored South Florida vacation ground for the Falwells. Yet there they were, not only business partners but mingling socially at Cheeca, an idyllic, exclusive resort in the Keys.

The relationship between the Falwells and Granda forms the backdrop of an improbable Miami story that is causing political ripples beyond South Florida. It involves a multimillion-dollar lawsuit, the pool boy” as he is described in the lawsuit, the comedian Tom Arnold, Michael Cohen, President Trump’s now imprisoned political fixer, naked photographs — and a Miami father and son who say they were defrauded in a real estate deal then forced to change their names due to “threats.”

“You have the chancellor of the largest Christian university in the world in South Beach, which is not exactly a hot spot for evangelicals to take a vacation, [who buys] a piece of property for someone with no business experience. There is something odd there,’’ said Rick Tyler, former spokesman for Cruz.

Tyler said that Falwell assured him that he had no intention of endorsing anyone in the primary in part because his board at Liberty University wouldn’t permit it. So Tyler and others on the Cruz campaign were caught off guard when Falwell suddenly endorsed Trump in January 2016 -- a week before the crucial Iowa caucuses and at a time when Cruz and Trump were mounting a fight for key endorsements from powerful leaders on the religious right.“Clearly, something changed that led him to endorse Trump, and I would like to know what that was,’’ said Tyler, who is now an MSNBC commentator.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article231717833.html

[Ilsa]

4. OMG. Rick Tyler's story on this is huge!

I hope Nicole Wallace can get him on today or tomorrow.

Yeah, I'm betting trump found out and put the screws to jerry.

[malaise]

6. Hence Cohen paid a lil visit

[Dream Girl]

12. The "Fixer"

[Tommy_Carcetti]

10. I'm pretty sure this is all just actually a Carl Hiaasen novel plot. nt

[dameatball]

11. Ha! It would be right up his alley!

[octoberlib]

2. I think Falwell was blackmailed . That miami herald article is a hoot.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article231717833.html

[malaise]

5. Freaking delish

The sun was setting at the Cheeca Lodge resort in Islamorada when Jerry Falwell Jr. smiled for the camera, a national evangelical leader nearing 50 posing next to a young man he had met poolside in Miami Beach.

The photograph shows Giancarlo Granda, a handsome, 20-something pool attendant whom Jerry and his wife, Rebecca, 52, befriended at the Fontainebleau hotel in 2012, and within months, would set up as part-owner and manager of a $4.7 million South Beach hostel.

I only wish they had published this yesterday

[Dream Girl]

13. If this were a novel I'd read it! Trashy beach reading...

[malaise]

14. Airport or aircraft reading for me

I'd finish it on a three hour flight

[pnwmom]

16. They've been doing such good work. I paid for a subscription -- it's worth it even if I only

read one article in a month. I want to help keep papers like that alive.

[octoberlib]

19. Their reporting on Epstein has been amazing. I'm considering doing the same thing.

[pnwmom]

21. Epstein -- and Mar a Lago and the spies.

With Trump down there, there's always going to be something.

[deminks]

7. Looks that way. Sent his "fixer" Cohen to handle it.

Same day Falwell Jr was gonna endorse Cruz, he did a switcheroo and went orange.

Pictures with the 'poolboy' have disappeared, except the one Michael says he kept (insurance?)

Just another Thuglican family values story.

[malaise]

8. This is too freaking good

[Kingofalldems]

9. Falwell-----Sen. Geary.

See=== The Godfather II.

[trueblue2007]

15. Maybe TRUMP and the wife have a sexual thing going on

[stillcool]

18. then how does the pool boy..

fit in?

[trueblue2007]

22. maybe he does it with them

[rurallib]

17. so this is what Jesus needs all that money for?

[malaise]

20. Only if it's pronounced

Hey Sue