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Stand By Her Man - PeckerGate - someone is awfully quiet.. (Original Post) HipChick Aug 2018 OP
Be best at what, exactly? eom guillaumeb Aug 2018 #1
Just be best. n/t Different Drummer Aug 2018 #4
PeckerGate demsocialist Aug 2018 #2
What do you expect her to say? Nt B2G Aug 2018 #3
"I'm outta here", would be good. Most wives would've left a long time ago. brush Aug 2018 #5
Political wives usually stay no matter which party Raine Aug 2018 #7
Exactly B2G Aug 2018 #9
No political wife has ever been in this glaring national spotlight of humiliation. brush Aug 2018 #12
Hillary wasn't in a spotlight B2G Aug 2018 #14
Did their husbands pay multiple women hush money? Kingofalldems Aug 2018 #16
They were all humiliated in a public fashion B2G Aug 2018 #18
Point taken. trump's payoffs and "grab them by the..." tape is way beyond... brush Aug 2018 #21
Payoff money. B2G Aug 2018 #22
Did the National Enquirer have a safe full of their illegal/immoral behavior? Kingofalldems Aug 2018 #24
They evidently did on John Edwards. B2G Aug 2018 #26
Multiple...and we don't have the full count yet.. HipChick Aug 2018 #20
+1, ... and bareback their prostitutes !?! That's so damn disgusting, nuts could fall off doing that uponit7771 Aug 2018 #23
And then went home to his wife who had just given birth.... dawg day Aug 2018 #41
They were all very, very publicly humiliated. Being a political wife has a serious downside. nt Hekate Aug 2018 #34
You have a point, but this is now with social media and 24/7 news. brush Aug 2018 #19
There's also Jenny Sanford, ex-wife of Sen. Mark Sanford, Totally Tunsie Aug 2018 #31
She's not a wife. She's an employee. nt SunSeeker Aug 2018 #8
++Agree lunasun Aug 2018 #27
Maybe silence is in the prenup. But if she doesn't have an exit clause she is stupid. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2018 #6
She polls higher than Trump... HipChick Aug 2018 #17
All political wives do Hekate Aug 2018 #38
The green lump of goo that I picked out of my armpit polls better than Trump. lapfog_1 Aug 2018 #44
Omarosa has claimed that trump has threatened Melania with deportation if she files for divorce nt maryellen99 Aug 2018 #10
If true, that must have been her parents leftstreet Aug 2018 #11
Wait a minute justgamma Aug 2018 #28
Also she got here on some visa that is reserved for people with special skills-- dawg day Aug 2018 #42
She is waiting for the strokeout. Then in some quite corner, she will scream for joy. nt Blue_true Aug 2018 #13
NDA. Bought and paid for Freethinker65 Aug 2018 #15
Peckergate.. rofl.. you cannot make this shite UP! Cha Aug 2018 #25
She really don't care, do you? Meadowoak Aug 2018 #29
She's made mis-cues, including that message jacket. IMO the message was... brush Aug 2018 #32
She's lived in the US for over 20yrs....I don't buy that she does not get the culture HipChick Aug 2018 #35
Amen!! Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2018 #37
No doubt she was about the money. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer though, as... brush Aug 2018 #40
+1 uponit7771 Aug 2018 #47
This jacket cost $39 and was designed for teens dawg day Aug 2018 #43
I'm all for her costing trump mysery too. She's in over head as she's... brush Aug 2018 #45
Mrs #notmypresident handmade34 Aug 2018 #30
Why aren't there microphones in her face constantly? BlueTsunami2018 Aug 2018 #33
But she wore the pussy blouse ( never heard Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2018 #36
I avoid those pussy blouses... HipChick Aug 2018 #39
Lol Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2018 #49
and button down shirts... HipChick Aug 2018 #50
You got me all curious and I had to look it up ProudLib72 Aug 2018 #46
Very interesting. Been around a hundred Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2018 #48

brush

(53,778 posts)
5. "I'm outta here", would be good. Most wives would've left a long time ago.
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:02 PM
Aug 2018

Pre-nup be damned. Courts IMO would lean favorably towards the horribly humiliating situation she is in.

Raine

(30,540 posts)
7. Political wives usually stay no matter which party
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:06 PM
Aug 2018

they're in. Very rare for them not too, probably lots of pressure applied to them be supportive..

brush

(53,778 posts)
12. No political wife has ever been in this glaring national spotlight of humiliation.
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:15 PM
Aug 2018

What's probably keeping her there is money. trump probably keeps his purse strings tightly closed as she doesn't really need any money living in the WH.

Everything is paid for by the gov. and her family is not well off.

She's stuck and it's too bad, but she made her bed.

 

B2G

(9,766 posts)
14. Hillary wasn't in a spotlight
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:17 PM
Aug 2018

That was just as glaring? Jackie Kennedy wasn't? Elizabeth Edwards?

Kingofalldems

(38,458 posts)
16. Did their husbands pay multiple women hush money?
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:20 PM
Aug 2018

Any of those guys have a grab-em-by-the-pussy tape?

brush

(53,778 posts)
21. Point taken. trump's payoffs and "grab them by the..." tape is way beyond...
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:29 PM
Aug 2018

anything we've ever seen though.

 

B2G

(9,766 posts)
26. They evidently did on John Edwards.
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:41 PM
Aug 2018

Didn't give a shit about that either.

I want shit on Russia.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
41. And then went home to his wife who had just given birth....
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 11:22 PM
Aug 2018

Hopefully she closed the door in his face.

brush

(53,778 posts)
19. You have a point, but this is now with social media and 24/7 news.
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:27 PM
Aug 2018

And Hillary seems to actually love Bill Clinton. I doubt Melania feels that way about trump.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
31. There's also Jenny Sanford, ex-wife of Sen. Mark Sanford,
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 10:33 PM
Aug 2018

who claimed he was "walking the Appalachian Trail" while he was actually in Argentina with his honeypot. That got a lot of press.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,001 posts)
6. Maybe silence is in the prenup. But if she doesn't have an exit clause she is stupid.
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:04 PM
Aug 2018

Then again there is her October Africa trip which gets her out of the country during the most intense part of the campaign.

leftstreet

(36,108 posts)
11. If true, that must have been her parents
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:14 PM
Aug 2018

Didn't they recently become citizens?

He can't do shit to Melannananaiaia

justgamma

(3,665 posts)
28. Wait a minute
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:45 PM
Aug 2018

Not too long ago, didn't they say they were going to look for legal immigrants who became citizens by lying on their applications? Didn't she lie about her college degrees?

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
42. Also she got here on some visa that is reserved for people with special skills--
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 11:23 PM
Aug 2018

Modeling wasn't one of them.

Trump's a nasty piece of work.

brush

(53,778 posts)
32. She's made mis-cues, including that message jacket. IMO the message was...
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 10:44 PM
Aug 2018

directed towards trump. It was a miscalculation to wear it into the immigration fight as most thought it was her being uncaring towards immigrants.

She's in a bad, humiliating situation and doesn't know how to get out of it. She was telling trump she really doesn't care but English not being her primary language and not quite getting the culture and the hugeness of the immigration issue, she picked the wrong place to wear that jacket.

trump is not up to the job of president and unfortunately she's in over her head too.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
35. She's lived in the US for over 20yrs....I don't buy that she does not get the culture
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 10:48 PM
Aug 2018

she just about $$$$

brush

(53,778 posts)
40. No doubt she was about the money. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer though, as...
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 10:59 PM
Aug 2018

witnessed by the idiotically worded "Be Best" campaign and her multiple plagiarisms of Michelle O, she never signed on to the shit trump has them all in.

She clearly showed that with her long refusal to move to Washington. She's been here in the US for however long but how she got here is still murky as far as legality and trump probably holds that over her head.

I'm no fan of hers but it's pretty obvious she's trapped and can't get out.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
43. This jacket cost $39 and was designed for teens
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 11:25 PM
Aug 2018

She chose it specially. Who knows who the message was for-- probably for all of us. 'i really don't care about Americans.'

I don't care about her-- don't dislike her, don't like her. But the more misery she causes Trump, the better!

brush

(53,778 posts)
45. I'm all for her costing trump mysery too. She's in over head as she's...
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 11:34 PM
Aug 2018

she's certainly not in Michelle O's or Hillary's class as first ladies.

BlueTsunami2018

(3,492 posts)
33. Why aren't there microphones in her face constantly?
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 10:46 PM
Aug 2018

Like there were for Hillary Clinton with Bill’s umm....indiscretions?

When is that prime time interview coming?

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
46. You got me all curious and I had to look it up
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 11:40 PM
Aug 2018
The term “pussy bow” formed in the 20th century as a euphemism for female genitalia. In 30s the St. Petersburg Times created a pattern for an Anne Adams dress that featured a convertible collar which could be worn in four different ways, including as “an intriguingly feminine pussy cat bow tied high under your chin. Essentially it was invented to be some type of “girlie tie”.

Later in the 50s designers like Coco Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent adopted the look. It wasn’t until the 80s that the pussy bow blouse gained political attention as it become a key look for Margaret Thatcher’s image. It also became synonymous with women working in corporate America at the time. True boss ladies and trail blazers fighting of equality in the work place.
http://oystercoloredvelvet.com/?style=why-is-it-called-a-pussy-bow-blouse


#1) No one in this family can come up with their own fashion. When they try, it looks terrible.
#2) I cannot imagine anyone, anyone at all, trying to emulate Thatcher's sartorial style.
 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
48. Very interesting. Been around a hundred
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 02:22 PM
Aug 2018

Years and have never heard of it. Typically u get flamed here immediately if you use the p word (like I do in lieu of wimp)

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