Clinton v Trump - The Stretch Run Thread

[asahi]

@JohnT

So that makes, what, 4 today? Add Machado, the women Friday… we are up to 7. And we are just starting.

Bill Clinton never had a “bimbo eruption” quite like this, that is for sure!

That’s where this story really takes off – soon we’ll have a number, a tally.

“There are now 10 women who claim sexual assault”

“There are now 20 women”

“There are now 40 women”

[asahi]

@Jophiel

The Trump/Bannon counter-plan is to bring his Clinton Accusers Club from the debates onto Hannity tomorrow for an hour long special. They hope to depress turn out among young women by just spraying assault accusations everywhere.

Granted, step one of this plan is apparently to reach millennial women voters via Sean Hannity’s program.

That stunt backfired at the debate – like completely.

[JohnT]

Trump and the ten year-old girl.

[Defensive_Indifference]

@raventhief

I was tempted for about 6 seconds to actually sign up to be one of the poll observers for the Trump campaign. Not because I think there’s a problem, or want to help him, but just because i want to know what instructions he is sending out to people.

I signed up with a Mailinator address. Dunno if I’ll get any responses from the campaign, but if I do, they will be visible to all the world at:

https://www.mailinator.com/inbox2.jsp?public_to=secretlyvirtuousinsides#/#public_maildirdiv

[davidm]

@asahi

…
The silver lining is that I do honestly believe there will be enough people who will be forced with no choice but to confront the fact that they have voted for a monster, or that they will have enabled one by virtue of not voting or voting third party. And when these goons really do cross a line, there will be consequences for the republican party.

I think many of them want a monster.

They won’t use the word “monster”. They’ll say he’s “forcerful”, “demanding”, “a strong leader”, but what they want is a monster who’ll protect them from all of their fears, even the baseless ones (especially the baseless ones).

[iiandyiiii]

In May, I posted this:

I suspect that Hillary’s team has been doing hardcore opposition research into everything Trump has said or done over the last 30 years. That will include interviews with folks like Howard Stern and much more. Further, she will have (probably) dug up any significant personal scandals in Trump’s past.

Between now and the convention, I suspect she and her team will be coming up with a way to organize all this stuff (of which there will probably be an enormous amount) to use after the conventions. Once Trump is definitively crowned the nominee, Hillary’s campaign will set up a steady flow – perhaps one ‘story’ per week or so of something racist/sexist/ridiculous/horrible that Trump said in the past that will be leaked to various media outlets, and hammered home with attack ads (from her campaign and allied SuperPACs) and attacks from campaign surrogates and allies. She’ll add onto that any major bombshell stories (like a rape allegation, spousal abuse, serious financial crime, ties to prominent racists, etc.) that her team has found, at strategic moments, especially the last two or three months of the general election.

There should be enough material to keep Trump permanently on the defensive, and enough material that is offensive to almost every demographic, to make him entirely unacceptable to well over 50% of the voters in most states.

And Hillary will do well to have surrogates, attack ads, and SuperPACs make the dirtiest and harshest allegations – she should not make the mistake that Rubio and Cruz did of personally stepping into the gutter with Trump – rather, her campaign and allies, but not her personally, should make the harshest and most personal attacks.

Basically, attack attack attack, relentlessly, without mercy, and consistently and steadily, for the entire campaign season.

I will now be willing to accept praise and congratulations.

[LSLGuy]

Buddy you called that one to a T. Congrats.

Got any stock picks you’d care to share? Next week’s lottery numbers?

[iiandyiiii]

@LSLGuy

Buddy you called that one to a T. Congrats.

Got any stock picks you’d care to share? Next week’s lottery numbers?

Sell anything you have in Trump-owned or Trump-named businesses.

[CarnalK]

@iiandyiiii

In May, I posted this:

I will now be willing to accept praise and congratulations.

Yes, predicting they were doing oppo research and going to release it after the convention is a stunning prediction worthy of Carnac the Magnificent. Coupled with your predictions of her losing, then predicting she’ll win will knock Nostrodamus off his perch. I thought my prediction she’d eat potatoes some time last week was good but you’ve blown me out of the water.

Anyways, as some commentator on Fox just said, Trump has kind of cornered himself. The obvious move here is to discredit these women coming forward but that is exactly what he was attacking Clinton on. Sucks to be you, jerkoff!

[Jophiel]

Trump campaign saying that they’re going to sue the New York Times over the story.

(They won’t, of course, since they wouldn’t want the discovery period or Trump testifying under oath)

Tomorrow morning’s “Today” show is supposed to feature a 5th woman claiming some sort of sexual assault from Trump.

[marshmallow]

It’s frustrating that Trump will lose because he’s a reprehensible human being who can’t keep his hands to himself, instead of his abhorrent policy positions or pushing conspiracy theories like birtherism. The deplorables will think they just got unlucky.

[Rick_Kitchen]

A reporter at a Tom Brady press conference today asked Brady what he would do if his buddy Donald Trump made comments in front of his daughters. Brady walked out of the conference.

[asahi]

@Jophiel

Trump campaign saying that they’re going to sue the New York Times over the story.

(They won’t, of course, since they wouldn’t want the discovery period or Trump testifying under oath)

Tomorrow morning’s “Today” show is supposed to feature a 5th woman claiming some sort of sexual assault from Trump.

Rick Wilson, GOP strategist of Cheeto Jesus fame, and Ben Shapiro called this on twitter maybe two nights ago. LOL! Anyone could’ve called it. But they’re vindicated.

But I want to see the GOP defend (alleged) child rape now. I want to see them defend sexual assault now. I doubt we’ve even scratched the surface.

Trump dared these women to come forward. Trump dared the media to dig and find the stories. Done, and done.

[Jophiel]

A writer for People Magazine is accusing Trump now.

We walked into that room alone, and Trump shut the door behind us. I turned around, and within seconds, he was pushing me against the wall, and forcing his tongue down my throat.
Now, I’m a tall, strapping girl who grew up wrestling two giant brothers. I even once sparred with Mike Tyson. It takes a lot to push me. But Trump is much bigger—a looming figure—and he was fast, taking me by surprise, and throwing me off balance.
I was stunned. And I was grateful when Trump’s longtime butler burst into the room a minute later, as I tried to unpin myself.

This is going to get BIG…

[Dangerosa]

Can I pull out my Carnac impression?

A woman will come forward to say Trump forced her to abort.

[Ukulele_Ike]

@CarnalK

I thought my prediction she’d eat potatoes some time last week was good but you’ve blown me out of the water.

HAH! There were NO POTATOES. She was, however, heavy into the noodles and rice.

[galen_ubal]

I’ll go ahead and repeat my belief that Trump is verbally, physically, and/or sexually abusive towards his family.
No evidence, but it fits in nicely with his character.

[Snarky_Kong]

@raventhief

I think there is a lot of overlap. Today i realized that someone on my FB feed is a follower of Milo Yiannoupoulos or whatever his name is. Guess how she is voting next month?

Jill Stein?

[Smapti]

@galen_ubal

I’ll go ahead and repeat my belief that Trump is verbally, physically, and/or sexually abusive towards his family.
No evidence, but it fits in nicely with his character.

At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that he’d abused Ivanka when she was in her teens or younger.

[Ukulele_Ike]

@Smapti

At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that he’d abused Ivanka when she was in her teens or younger.

Miss Teen USA contestant: “Your father walked in on all of us when we were NAKED!”
Ivanka: “Yeah, he does that.”

Voice of experience.