Trump Plays The "Bill's a Predator" Card

Donald Trump asserts that Bill Clinton is a sexual predator and who can deny it?

I think the 99 44/100 percent astute Ed Morrissey goes astray here:

Whether one likes Trump or not, whether one considers him a vulgarian or not, this is a smart play. However, it might have been more effective closer to the general election. Telegraphing this punch now will reduce its effectiveness for when it might be really needed.

Well, really needed for what? Right now Trump needs to contest the Republican nomination, and I am highly confident that his supporters (and plenty of other conservatives, starting with the man in my mirror) are delighted to see any Republican give it to Hillary with both barrels. And if Trump then throws the gun at her, fine. (OK, I deplore that violent imagery. Is this really any way to ring in the New Year? Let me dial that back to a kinder, gentler "Loose the hounds!".)

As to whether airing this topic now will reduce its impact in the general election, who can say? Wild Bill's ghastly history is already old news. Hillary claiming next September that it became old news in January is hardly likely to convince anyone whose mind is not already made up. And Hillary and her supporters are likely to be airing the "Sexist! War on Women" charge in response to any and every slight, so the question of why progressives give Bill's one-man war on women a pass will be an evergreen.

Comments

[Old Lurker]

Me!

[henry]

TM, the classic A-Team gun. never runs out of ammo, never hits anything.

[clarice]

I have seen the leftward wyman flinching at this already on FB..They shot their wad (pardon the expression) defending him the first time around before they upped the ante on what is sexual harassment, didn't they?

[henry]

Indeed clarice. What would mattress girl say to sharing a stage with Slick?

Also, it may be a joke but it performs better than the "experts" on predicting this election.

[Art in Newport]

It may be that Trump is setting up his real issues.

The demoncrats will say (are saying) 'old news, old news' but the real attacks will be against Hillary:

1) Hillary covered for and enabled him.

2) A vote for Hillary is a vote to put a sexual predator in the White House.

I could be overthinking this :p

[Old Lurker]

Interesting.

The first story on Drudge today is about the test of a bunch of missiles from Iran to within 1500y of a US Carrier. Just testing, they say. Please don't do that, we say.

The last story on Drudge is the German angst over a new printing of Mein Kampf.

Yes the world is a settled, peaceful place.

Yes indeed.

[Miss Marple]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3378951/Arrest-warrant-issued-Bill-Cosby-2004-sexual-assault-Andrea-Constand.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailceleb

Quick! Everyone pay attention to the Bill Cosby case and ignore Bill Clinton!

[henry]

perfect #blm tie in... Cosby to Jail, Clinton to White House. Maybe new story, Trump to rescue?

[clarice]

The media should find this troubling, too, they've been hiding this from the millennial as long as they can while painting Trump as a vulgarian.Did you catch Trump calling out the newsette the other night who called Bill's treatment of Lewinsky "alleged" despite the fact that he admitted it?

[clarice]

From Craig Mathieson on FB:https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10245471_10153297773529290_104554127498824720_n.jpg?oh=15a0608eef2a7e19a9ac5ee61d5f8836&oe=56FE53D7

[Threadkiller]

That "newsette" was none other than Savanna Guthrie. I remember when she was the most trusted name in the media.

[FTL]

Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but wouldn't it be something if Trump makes her throw scarbelly (it's the hogs that have the razorbacks) under the bus?

[Rick Ballard]

Henry,

It stops being a joke when you compare Combover Croesus directly to the Kendonesian Commie and now to the Vulvarian Prostitute with Rapist in tow.

Xi, Rouhani and Putin must wake up smiling every damned day.

[NK]

Trump calling out Bill the Predator? The optimist in me wants to believe Trump is setting up the next Donaldlanche when the Legacy Media scream "OK BJ is a predator, but who cares Hilligula is running." BAM! Le Donald's response is 1. Hilligula was equally cruel to the women in her attacks on them (trailer trash) covering for BJ, and 2. we all know Hilligula is stroke addled and can't actually be POTUS, this is BJ's way back in. This is a tremendous way to let the SWF voters know that their Mom's peeps are pigs and not worth a vote. Of course, this is the optimist in me; what Le Donald is really up to? who knows.

[NK]

Thanks Clarice. Serial pervert and predator. That's BJ Clinton alright.

[Captain Hate on the iPhone]

Shocking that Poppin' Fresh, Clown Hall's court jester, goes Costanza on this.

[Miss Marple]

clarice,

Yesterday I was drawing a blank on the name of one of Bill's victims. I went to 3 separate web sites that had lists and all were very slow to load, which might have meant a lot of people were looking it up.

People under 30 probably have no knowledge of this, as parents likely didn't discuss it or they were too young to even pay attention. A lot of those books about him are no longer in print and (I have no doubt) purged from library shelves, if they were ever even there.

[clarice]

http://joemiller.us/2015/12/a-millennials-guide-to-bill-clintons-sex-scandals/

[buccaneer morgan]

Meh, if he focused on the spectre skim operation, aka the foundation, meanwhile apparently we weren't focusing on the tabligh network, but like a laser on bibi.

[buccaneer morgan]

Was that before or after she stuck a shiv in Anne curry, well zucker did anyways.

[Miss Marple]

clarice,

Glad to see Fox is on the job!

[jimmyk]

Yesterday I was drawing a blank on the name of one of Bill's victims.

Katherine Willey, Juanita Broaddrick, Paula Jones, for starters.

He has also been not very private about his current carrying on with other women. That's not abuse or assault, and maybe it even gets Hillary some sympathy, but it's part of the overall picture of her enabling him.

[jimmyk]

What would mattress girl say to sharing a stage with Slick?

You know, I have little doubt that she would be thrilled, first because she's obviously a sick publicity hound, and second, we know this is all about politics not "women's rights," so Slick gets a free pass.

[cheerleader]

Trump played the Bill's a predator card after Hillary played the Trump's a sexist card. Playing cards with someone named Trump could be risky.

[NK]

jimmyk-- Mattress Girl would in fact be thrilled to bj-BJ, and when confronted with the obvious hypocrisy, she would provide a genius response befitting her Columbia College degree, along the lines of ''Ah.... but .... it's... ya know.... Bill Clinton!!!.... he kept abortion legal, so....."

[buccaneer morgan]

So I was skimming through the index to the big short and I noted their was reference to acorn, apparently one of the protagonist contacted the group, like asking the wolf for a windstorm insurance quote

[boris]

... all about politics not "women's rights," so Slick gets a free pass

... all about politics not "Religion" so Islam gets a free pass

... all about politics not "Civil Rights" so Obama gets a free pass

[Man Tran]

We had a 4.8 quake about 10 miles west out in the middle of the Haro Strait last night close to midnight. Never felt it after falling asleep within the hour, but our buddy in town said it shook him pretty good.

[boris]

... all about politics not "Education" so Common Core gets a free pass

[cheerleader]

livestreamed Trump rally happening as I type in Hilton Head SC.

[boris]

... all about politics not "Entertainment" so Hollywood gets a free pass

[Comanche Voter]

Yup, I go with the idea of mattress girl being thrilled to share a stage with Slick Willie. And since mattress girl is a very progressive young woman, she would emulate the female journalist who (at the time of L'Affair Lewinsky) said she'd be more than happy to don knee pads and personally give Billy Jeff a "Lewinsky" because of his position on abortion.

[cheerleader]

link the the livestream

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/watch-live-trump-holds-s-c-campaign-rally-322524227825

[buccaneer morgan]

A few references to cassano but none to the big dog mozillo or sutton and/or dillinger, figures burry pointed particularly in his remarks.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Trump played the Bill's a predator card after Hillary played the Trump's a sexist card.--

Yeah and now Memorandum has the headline "Donald Trump doesn't understand what ‘sexism’ is" from some dumb cluck at CNN.
I don't have to even read it to know that real sexism is saying certain trigger words like "HIStory". And it's refusing to admit women are paid 1% of what men are, though every reputable study that controls for factors like education, pregnancy, time in the work force etc demonstrates women make slightly more than men. And most importantly, it's not supporting a woman's right to choose to kill her baby even though ~half of those dead babies are little women.
And of course he goes on to explain that sexism is not arranging trysts with sad, lonely subordinate girls in your employ. Nor is it raping women or pouncing on them after their husband has committed suicide. Nor is it shaming and embarrassing your wife by screwing hundreds of women while married to her. And it's not even shaming and embarrassing the women who have the courage to speak out against your serial adulterer and abuser husband.

Guys like this assbite aren't afraid Trump doesn't know what real sexism is. They're afraid he and we all know what it is and for once are willing to talk about it, rather than their stupid fables.

[crazy]

Every Trumpburst is aimed at the intelligentsia's stereotypical view of what motivates the republican base guaranteeing maximum free media. Much like Clinton and Obama before him everything Trump says is aimed at making today's sale without regard to what he'll have to say tomorrow. As long as his followers are blinded by love there is no reason for him to change what's working.

[jimmyk]

Yup, I go with the idea of mattress girl being thrilled to share a stage with Slick Willie.

And no doubt he would offer to "console" her back it his hotel room. And she would accept.

[buccaneer morgan]

Ah the Cair comic, no need to go any further.

[NK]

Comanche Voter see @11:35. Great Minds....

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--We had a 4.8 quake about 10 miles west out in the middle of the Haro Strait last night close to midnight.--

ManTran,
IIRC the plate of Juan de Fuca is subducting under the North American plate in your neck of the woods.
In the event of a large quake will your abode;
1. settle at a lower elevation relative to sea level and,
2. are you high enough to avoid a tsunami generated by a big one?

[NK]

Ig/Man Tran-- ah, that California livin'!!

[That's what he'll do tomorrow, too.]

crazy fails to see the sale made day after day after day.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Man Tran is in WA, NK.
His risk is considerably larger than mine since the tectonic situation is a lot different. Daddy too for that matter up in Alaska.
The upper limit on a quake in CA is considerably less due to two plates merely grinding past each other horizontally down here. Plus I'm about 100 miles east of the San Andreas fault and 75 miles west of the fault on the backside of the Sierra Nevada.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Remember the outrage when Barry spied on Merkel?
Now he spies on US congress and Israel and it's yawn stifling time.

[Never ending story.]

We're around the bend with this one, Iggy. There is an immovable object, though, and he and his are not an irresistible force.

[NK]

Ah-- that Pacific Rim livin'!!

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

''Ah.... but .... it's... ya know.... Bill Clinton!!!.... he kept abortion legal, so....."

I was behind a car today with a bumper sticker "My child is a product of choice". What type of horrible ghoul thinks like that? What happened to the concept of a child being a product of love?

Am I a bad person for hoping her "choice" goes Menendez on her?

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

A story at Powerline finally caused me to realize who David Brock and the separate, symbiotic organism known as his hair remind me of; Johnathon Winters as Maude Frickert;


Am I wrong?

[Rick Ballard]

The current braying of the jackass will have minimal impact unless Red Witch reacts with more obvious lies. She suffers most by appearing in public, followed by exposure of lies. Retelling tales of her exploits as rapist enabler doesn't help her but it won't do much damage unless she can be induced to appear in public and lie again.

I don't believe her organ grinders will allow the brain damaged drunk to do so. They're keeping her well wrapped and sedated 22 hours per day at present.

[Miss Marple]

Ignatz! Genius!

Bwahahahaha!

[Threadkiller]

The current braying of the jackass

How will the condescension comment cops react to this?

[NK]

Wait... that's David Brock's actual current appearance? Makes me glad I don't have any hair.

Yeah.... homosexuality leads to stable emotional behavior in men, right.

[Threadkiller]

Ig, the article says the NSA removed any "trash talk" uttered by Congress prior to handing the communications over to the Executive, so I'm sure the process wasn't abused.

[maryrose]

Trump has hit a nerve and the Dems are scrambling
Their candidate is Fatally flawed
Why can't they just admit that and give her the hook and get these 2 grifters off the stage
Clinton campaigned for many candidates that went on to defeat
McAuliffe survived because of Northern Virginia and the GOP not backing Ed the way they should have in the last governor's election

[Miss Marple]

http://www.chron.com/houston/article/Federal-officials-arrest-man-in-connection-with-6727623.php

Surprise, surprise. The guy had attended thee for 5 years.

[Man Tran]

Our little glass box sets on reinforced concrete pilings down into live rock about 50' above the quiet water. A tsunami would most likely come down the Straits of Juan de Fuca and try to bust through the oriface at Cattle Pass where it would be damped out considerably. With little warning, we would probably go up on the roof and watch the end. With 20 min. warning we could probably get into the air, if the hangar didn't collapse.

[maryrose]

Why is everyone in the Dem party so afraid of the Clintons grifters extraordinaire

[Assholes work, too. Ask any organ.]

Hey, we revere jackasses. They can work like dogs.

[maryrose]

Rick
Hil has already responded she is going to stick to the issues and not respond
What in God's name can she come back with after enabling this predator every year of their marriage

[Autonomic.]

Well, the kidneys might disdain their role, but watch them tag team with the colon.

[Bitter blather.]

Better 'bladder'.

[Threadkiller]

Do the epidermis, dermis and hypodermis have any skin in the game?

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

Is there an oyster shortage in New England after all those blown loads after the al Jizz garbage report on Peyton Manning?

[Thomas Collins]

Smart move by the Trumpster by bringing up Bill's predations and The Hill's protecting Bill now. Oligarchy Media will have more difficulty ignoring this issue now that Trumpster has put this front and center. As to its relevance, let's ask ourselves the following two questions:

-If an individual reasonably expected to be the primary advisor to a potential GOP POTUS had Bill's resume of predatory conduct towards women, would Oligarchy Media think it relevant?

-If said potential GOP POTUS had trashed the accusers to protect the advisor,would Oligarchy Media think it relevant?

In any event, I doubt there will be much more talk about Trumpster being a front for The Hill. Trumpster is clearly in this to win.

[GUS]

Bj Billy and Mattress girl stand on stage together, Billy looks at her and says.

"That mattress. Where have I seen it before"?

[sbw]

TK [rimshot].

[GUS]

Trump needs to respond to Rodham by saying.

"Mrs Rodham, are you suggesting that forcible and abuse of wymyn is NOT AN ISSUE?"

[Thomas Collins]

The talk radio I have heard has been sympathetic towards Manning, CH. There has been some whining about Brady getting grilled more on the air pressure matter than Manning is getting grilled on HGH. However, it's also been pointed out on talk radio that Brady and his air pressure came to public attention with Brady having a great season and the Pats about to play in a Super Bowl, while the HGH story comes when Manning is most likely finished as a grade A QB.

[Threadkiller]

There was a spotlight on Todd Palin's DUI when he was in his early 20s, TC.

Your comment is spot on.

[NK]

CH-- not so fast on Manning and all other NFL HGH users. Based on past 'denials' I always assume PED guilty until proven innocent. If his wife really was receiving mail order HGH, it was at best a felony in order to look better. Do 40-something gals face indictment for wanting to have firmer pecs, boobs and butts?, no not usually, but if she was fronting for Peyton in his efforts to get a $70M contract, this could get ugly.

[GUS]

A troll and an ass.

[Miss Marple]

Thomas Collins,

I guess he just said that it's war, and Hillary and Jeb are his enemies. Also said he wants to "run the table" on the primaries.

Here's the Daily Mail article. (Funny how they always have the first coverage.)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3379089/Trump-says-wants-run-table-win-primaries-early-state.html

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

No doubt TK can be a pain at times but considering the lexicon of offensive, savage, denigrating [and funny] Dem and GOP nicknames used here for pols and talking heads, I have to say his use of Jindal's actual first name has to rank about last in the offense-o-meter department.

[jimmyk]

"Mrs Rodham, are you suggesting that forcible and abuse of wymyn is NOT AN ISSUE?"

Especially since she has said that he would be her 'adviser.'

[Threadkiller]

Gus, was your 12:47 directed at me?

[daddy on iPad]

Miss Marple,

I'd bet that when the Feds tabulate "2015 Hate Crimes against Muslims" and start hammering us with talking point statistics, they will include your incident linked at 12:28 as an "Anti-Muslim Hate Crime" regardless of the fact that it was a fire intentionally set to a Mosque by a Muslim, most probably intended to damn innocents and dishonestly encourage Media sympathy to Muslims.

[GUS]

I completely agree Ig. There is nothing offensive about Jindals first name.

[Threadkiller]

Thanks, Ig.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

Manning is definitely done, TC. It's been my experience that the most annoying Patriots fans, i.e. almost all of them, have a morbid preoccupation with running Manning down instead of celebrating their victories. Why it's as if they believe those victories haven't really been on the up and up.

[GUS]

Capn, The Patriots have won fair and square, Brady DID know about the deflation, and it was never a big deal.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

I'm talking about the Patriots fanbase, Gus.

[Rick Ballard]

Maryrose,

If Red Witch refuses the bait, a skilled pol trying to do damage rather than crow from atop a manure pile, would use her own words as answer. The damage would come from contrasting 'accusers should be believed' (paraphrase) to her comments after every bimbo eruption.

Accounts of her attacks on the victims of the Rapist would be much more damaging to her than the her other enabling actions. Pounding LIAR into rather thick skulls will have the most beneficial results.

[GUS]

Like having Juanita Broderick do a news conference with Trump, with Rodhams words on a sign behind them.

DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'

[Threadkiller]

... crow from atop a manure pile...

Uh huh.

I would like to try a bit of civility, Rick, and ask an honest question.

Why haven't the skilled pols done any damage before now?

[cindyk]

Happy almost New Year from Barcelona...having a great time with the grown-up kiddos...many many police with weapons everywhere...the weather is gorgeous....the boy cut off his man-bun for my Christmas present...most Barcelonaians want to separate from Spain....tired of making $$$ and paying most of the taxes to support the rest of the nation...truly get that!!

[cheerleader]

Ignatz,I almost feel sorry for idiots like that. Hillary said, in her own words, that Trump has a "penchant" for sexism. He's been opening his last couple of rallies ridiculing her and her nonsense, audience cheering loudly. When he mimics her, it's LOL funny.

[NK]

enjoy catalonia!! on my bucket list to visit.

[Care Control.]

Sounds a lot like 'if we had some ice cream we could have a root beer float if we had some root beer', mantran. How about a tent instead of a hanger for your getaway vehicle?

[cheerleader]

crazy, how many rallies have you watched? I'm guess none.

[Rocco]

FREE MANNING

[cheerleader]

the minimum impact is that she'd not calling Trump a sexist any more.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Much like Clinton and Obama before him everything Trump says is aimed at making today's sale without regard to what he'll have to say tomorrow.--

They did win four presidential elections pretty handily.

[Frau Gewalttat]

Clarice @ 10:25 -
Bill Clinton and Bill Cosby separated at birth?

[Beasts of England]

Perfectly played and timed by Trump. He puts the Red Witch on defense and greatly neuters her War on Wymynz card.

No other rep candidate would have had the stones to fire away at Slick. Y'all can hate Trump all you want, but he's the only one clearing the deck for a possible rep victory.

[Frau Gewalttat]

@ 1:44 - Mighty purty song, Beasts. Keep playing your new guitar.

[Jack is Back (but On Alert)!l]

Catalonia has been trying to secede for 100's if not thousands of years. Their government is a successionist majority. And they really enjoy pissing off the Castillians by speaking the Catalan dialect of Spanish.

Mrs. JiB and I are sitting in ISP enjoying a 5 hour delay in our flight down to FLL. Maintenance issue with plane in MCO. Original departure was 1245 and is now 1735. Thought about just walking away but our friends are inaugurating their new home in Key Biscayne and Frederick is down there waiting for us. Will have to stick it out and hope it doesn't turn into a full blown cancellation.

I believe Trump is also scaring off BJ-BC from making any appearances on behalf of Hillgula. This could get real ugly. No one, especially the country, benefits from gutter as sewer politics. Even if well deserved by some of the parties.

[NK]

BoE-- there is no question that Trump's flair for public pissing contests and manipulating the Legacy Media puts to shame the rest of Repubs. My issue with Trump is what comes next? does he stab conservatives in the back to hand the election to the Clintons? I have no idea, and neither do Trump supporters, because Trump probably hasn't decided that yet.

[Old Lurker]

Way to start the New year:

NYT: "The governor of Puerto Rico said on Wednesday that two groups of its bondholders would be denied more than $35 million of interest due to them Jan. 1, but in fact the island was defaulting on a much larger sum.

In a briefing with journalists, Gov. Alejandro García Padilla said the government could not pay $35.9 million due to the holders of bonds issued by its Infrastructure Financing Authority, or $1.4 million due to holders of its Public Finance Corporation’s bonds. The money has been diverted to pay investors in Puerto Rico’s general obligation bonds, he said. General obligation bonds have a top priority under the Puerto Rican Constitution.

But in fact, Mr. Garcia Padilla said further, the island’s total bond default was much larger, roughly $163 million..."

[Threadkiller]

I had no idea what Romney's intentions were either, NK.

[henry]

2016, OPM famine makes SMOD jealous.