# No more Trump bombshells? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 4, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-trump-bombshells/770635 "2016-11-04T19:27:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-trump-bombshells/770635/21 "2016-11-06T02:15:15Z")
Even this late Trump is resorting to his ugly way of not paying for work done if he does not like it. I consider that a slow but festering bombshell with a lot of collateral damage that will be seen in the courts. > **[Down in the Polls, Donald Trump Refuses to Pay His Own Pollster](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/10/donald-trump-pollster-unpaid)** > > The Republican nominee has a long history of stiffing contractors when he doesn’t approve of their results. > [@](#): > > Down in the Polls, Donald Trump Refuses to Pay His Own Pollster > The Republican nominee has a long history of stiffing contractors when he doesn’t approve of their results. It shows a lot of what he will do to America. ---
**Author:** ![nate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nate/32/13085_2.png) [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-trump-bombshells/770635/22 "2016-11-06T02:49:24Z")
I’m sure you guys have realized by now, but Trump was correct, as usual, that he could literally walk up to someone on the street and shoot them and not lose any votes. That’s how crazy his base is and he knows it. Fear is the most powerful emotion and those of us who’s circuitry produces that emotion at a lower trigger threshold are easily manipulated.Promise to keep us safe and we’ll overlook a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-trump-bombshells/770635/23 "2016-11-06T02:54:21Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Yup. She dropped the lawsuit after she was going to hold a press conference with her lawyer but called it off due to death threats. :mad: I loathe Trump with the fire of a thousand suns, but has anyone ever actually seen this woman? Does she have an actual name? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-trump-bombshells/770635/24 "2016-11-06T02:58:11Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Yup. She dropped the lawsuit after she was going to hold a press conference with her lawyer but called it off due to death threats. :mad: Is this the democracy that Republicans are always telling us they wish to export to the rest of the world? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-trump-bombshells/770635/25 "2016-11-06T03:05:17Z")
> [@Tzigone](#): > > Oh, yeah, we’re just making up stuff because that’s how we roll. > > [FTR, there have been reports that none of the emails were to or from Clinton.](http://www.newsweek.com/hillary-clinton-emails-fbi-comey-donald-trump-anthony-weiner-huma-abedin-514918) > > There has also been at lest one report that some were to Clinton from Abedin, but non confirmed from Clinton, but I can’t remember where I read that, and the Newsweek article linked said that while that computer had been used to send Clinton from Huma, those emails were not being examined. > > I don’t know how reliable either of these is, but people who say they aren’t to or from her aren’t “collectively wallowing in ignorance” - they’re repeating what news outlets have reported. And yet the impact of Comey’s extremely ill-advised letter can’t be undone. The impact isn’t based on any kind of reality but on what people have been led to believe. It reminds me of Churchill’s observation that "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. " ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-trump-bombshells/770635/26 "2016-11-06T03:11:47Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > I loathe Trump with the fire of a thousand suns, but has anyone ever actually seen this woman? Does she have an actual name? Yeah, Huffpo won’t even touch this story (other than to explain why there not making hay over it). I think that’s a pretty good indication this case has it’s issues. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-trump-bombshells/770635/27 "2016-11-06T03:17:47Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Yeah, Huffpo won’t even touch this story (other than to explain why there not making hay over it). I think that’s a pretty good indication this case has it’s issues. It’s always seemed like a political hit job to me, but I’m literally asking if she is a real person. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-trump-bombshells/770635/28 "2016-11-06T06:57:25Z")
Not sure exactly, to what extent, yet, this will qualify as a bombshell (which I’m sure has appeared elsewhere in one of these threads): (not my first go-to source, to be sure): > **[FBI examining fake documents targeting Clinton campaign: sources](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/fbi-examining-fake-documents-targeting-clinton-campaign-sources-181850291--sector.html)** > > By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI and U.S. intelligence agencies are examining faked documents aimed at discrediting the Hillary Clinton campaign as part of a broader investigation into what U.S. officials believe has been an... > [@](#): > > “Our office became aware of a fake letter on Senator Carper’s official letterhead and immediately referred it to federal law enforcement to investigate its genesis,” Pennington said. …or if it’ll just teflon off DT like everything else. Hopefully the FBI’s examination(?) into this will be all hunky-dory. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-trump-bombshells/770635/29 "2016-11-06T07:25:38Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Yup. She dropped the lawsuit after she was going to hold a press conference with her lawyer but called it off due to death threats. :mad: How was she receiving death threats? No one even knows who she is. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-trump-bombshells/770635/30 "2016-11-06T07:33:47Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > I loathe Trump with the fire of a thousand suns, but has anyone ever actually seen this woman? Does she have an actual name? The Daily Mail has [photographs and an interview.](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3894806/Woman-alleged-raped-Donald-Trump-13-Jeffrey-Epstein-sex-party-DROPS-case-casting-doubt-truth-claims.html) ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-trump-bombshells/770635/31 "2016-11-06T16:13:17Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > I loathe Trump with the fire of a thousand suns, but has anyone ever actually seen this woman? Does she have an actual name? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3894806/Woman-alleged-raped-Donald-Trump-13-Jeffrey-Epstein-sex-party-DROPS-case-casting-doubt-truth-claims.html [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YWnUzvlqpB0/maxresdefault.jpg "Katie's full testimony of 2/11/16; go to justiceforkatie.com for more.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWnUzvlqpB0) ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-trump-bombshells/770635/32 "2016-11-06T17:14:04Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > The Daily Mail has [photographs and an interview.](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3894806/Woman-alleged-raped-Donald-Trump-13-Jeffrey-Epstein-sex-party-DROPS-case-casting-doubt-truth-claims.html) Though both her and the witness still used pseudonyms. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-trump-bombshells/770635/33 "2016-11-06T17:40:33Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > The Daily Mail has [photographs and an interview.](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3894806/Woman-alleged-raped-Donald-Trump-13-Jeffrey-Epstein-sex-party-DROPS-case-casting-doubt-truth-claims.html) She’s OK, but I wouldn’t call her a [bombshell.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombshell_(sex_symbol)#/media/File:Marilyn_Monroe_and_Jane_Russell_at_Chinese_Theater_2.jpg)🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-trump-bombshells/770635/34 "2016-11-06T18:28:20Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Yeah, Huffpo won’t even touch this story (other than to explain why there not making hay over it). I think that’s a pretty good indication this case has it’s issues. The consensus story is that it’s like the candidate age issue; both sides are vulnerable so neither side is pushing the issue. Jeffrey Epstein is a former banker who has a taste for young women - in some cases very young. He used to throw parties where important men were invited and young women were available. Donald Trump was present at some of Epstein’s parties. The question is whether he availed himself of some of the women and, if so, how young they were. The problem for the Clinton campaign is that Bill Clinton was also present at some of Epstein’s parties and the same questions could be asked of him. So both campaigns have decided they don’t want to talk about Jeffrey Epstein. In my personal opinion, this is an acknowledgement that whatever happened at those parties, both men must have engaged in it at pretty much an equal level. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-trump-bombshells/770635/35 "2016-11-06T18:54:19Z")
From a NY Times reporter with El Trompo: [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/us/politics/donald-trump-presidential-race.html?\_r=0](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/us/politics/donald-trump-presidential-race.html?_r=0) Among the reasons why Trump is not making his own self defeating bombshells, (They finally took away his tweeter account!) is this very nasty one that anyone with intelligence should realize that it will end in a true constitutional crisis: > [@](#): > > Mr. Trump still privately muses about all of the ways he will punish his enemies after Election Day, including a threat to fund a “super PAC” with vengeance as its core mission. So, Nixon on steroids… Heck NO! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-trump-bombshells/770635/36 "2016-11-06T19:13:40Z")
> [@Alan\_Smithee](#): > > **“No more Trump bombshells?”** Well, there was the phony “Assassination” claim last night. A protester held up a sign “Republicans for Hillary”, 20 people around him dog-piled on top of him… one of them shouted “gun” and Trump was hustled off stage. What was found 2 minutes later by secret service? All sign, no gun. :dubious: Afterward, his campaign took to tweeting about an “Assassination Attempt”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-trump-bombshells/770635.md?page=1)