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NYT reporter Patrick Healy spoke with Trump tonight by phone and told Anderson Cooper that Trump said he will go after "Bill's indiscretions" in order to rattle Hillary.
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Donald Trump Opens A New Line Of Attack On Hillary Clinton: Her Marriage
by Patrick Healy and Maggie Haberman
September 30, 2016
Donald J. Trump unleashed a slashing new attack on Hillary Clinton over Bill Clintons sexual indiscretions on Friday as he sought to put the Clintons relationship at the center of his political argument against her before their next debate.
Mr. Trump, aiming to unnerve Mrs. Clinton, even indicated that he was rethinking his statement at their last debate that he would absolutely support her if she won in November, saying: Were going to have to see. Were going to see what happens. Were going to have to see.
In an interview with The New York Times, he also contended that infidelity was never a problem during his three marriages, though his first ended in an ugly divorce after Mr. Trump began a relationship with the woman who became his second wife.
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He said he was bringing up Mr. Clintons infidelities because he thought they would repulse female voters and turn them away from the Clintons, and because he was eager to unsettle Mrs. Clinton in their next two debates and on the campaign trail.
read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/us/politics/donald-trump-interview-bill-hillary-clinton.html
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)Warpy
(111,339 posts)while Hillary's in the kitchen, barefoot and chained to the stove.
Dorian Gray
(13,499 posts)Honestly, bring it on. It's going to make every single female voter think he's an asshole.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)relayerbob
(6,555 posts)Skittles
(153,193 posts)any more than he listens to anyone else
Monk06
(7,675 posts)once this insane narcissist destroys himself
KewlKat
(5,624 posts)Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)fishwax
(29,149 posts)salin
(48,955 posts)He is now in full phase of bull in a china shop. And with each goring of an object in the store he will repulse more fence sitters. His die-hards - are going to be his die hards. Females included. But for those "i'll vote 3rd party", "I'll vote, but not at the top of the ticket" a tipping point is growing near.
meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)Trump's campaign seems in a panic and will be trying to trip them up. They're probably saying this to, hopefully, have Hillary spend all of her time preparing for those attacks and then throw something else at her.
I suspect Hillary's campaign knows this. I think trying to predict what Donald Trump shows up the next debate is just as unpredictable as the first debate. They just have to anticipate everything - especially if there will be Trump supporters in the town hall asking Benghazi/email questions.
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)And it's very easy to do.
Look at what Hillary did when he brought up the emails. She mentioned his tax returns and suggested he isn't as rich as he says. That was it -- he forgot all about the emails and spent the next 10 minutes getting defensive.
ScubaSteve
(83 posts)His attention span is about 30 seconds..."squirrel"
wryter2000
(46,081 posts)DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)I would not be surprised if they had some Benghazi widow waiting in the audience, ready to do tearful screams that might as well be directed by Michael Bay, for endless replay and "did yooo see how she wuz so heartless" loops.
NO low is too low, absolutely none.
VMA131Marine
(4,149 posts)Things are looking grim in the Trumpenfuhrer Bunker.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)Avalux
(35,015 posts)He wants so desperately to unsettle Hillary, to make her nervous and submissive to him, but it isn't going to happen.
Hillary's got this.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)talk about a meltdown!
Democrat 4 Ever
(3,941 posts)She didn't rattle then and he certainly doesn't have the ability to rattle her now. This issue is a huge loss for Trump. He will only highlight his hypocrisy and really piss off women. Go for it dumb ass. I hope he tries, the 3 am tweets will be epic.
spanone
(135,873 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)Called Trump an unhinged Rage-a-Holic.
Little Star
(17,055 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)that I honestly hope he does it
napkinz
(17,199 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)Hit her in the place she's most callused and used to hearing about. That'll rattle this battle-hardened 60 year old verbal amazon warrior right where she least expects. She won't know what hit her. She won't have thought of any type of retort for this 30 year old issue. You have the best strategies. Flawless.
enough
(13,262 posts)bring them down by going after Bill's "indiscretions."
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)This is an exploding cigar. Light up....
napkinz
(17,199 posts)etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)... numerous affairs . The other has not been credibly linked to any of the above and chose to work on a marriage where her spouse was involved in multiple infidelities.
It is bizarre to me that the short fingered vulgarian would even consider this
Mendocino
(7,505 posts)have 9 marriages between them. Hillary has one. Yet these rubes are somehow the arbiters of behavior.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)rurallib
(62,448 posts)if there is any party left after election day
unblock
(52,317 posts)and this is the guy who whined about hillary's isis plan being too revealing.
GopherGal
(2,009 posts)You've got to think Hillary was prepared in case he brought it up in the first debate anyway.
If he thinks that after 20 years of unending public criticism a jibe from him about this will make her loose her &*#^, he's massively projecting...
unblock
(52,317 posts)with trump, the thought is even laughable.
all he has is insults.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)she has heard years of that shit. If that rattles her at this point she is not the woman I think she is.
spiderpig
(10,419 posts)I'm sure Hillary is salivating and tapping her foot.
underpants
(182,877 posts)backscatter712
(26,355 posts)...and Bill and Hillary worked to stay together and save their marriage.
All I can say about thrice-married Trump, with his acrimonious divorces: I. Wouldn't. Be. Talking...
Hugin
(33,198 posts)A Town Hall format?
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Hugin
(33,198 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)With 10 days notice I doubt she'll be terribly rattled.
MFM008
(19,818 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)deadpan look on Hillarys face, like "yawn! Is that all you got!?! Proceed, Donald."
wisteria
(19,581 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)I'm sure Hillary and Bill have it all worked out... and good for them for working it out. As for Trump trying to make an issue of it... who the fuck cares. He's deplorable.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)TDale313
(7,820 posts)Hekate
(90,793 posts)ColemanMaskell
(783 posts)We still have to remember to get out the vote and all that. No getting complacent!
regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)Is he so weak that he uses the Big Lie on himself?
roamer65
(36,747 posts)C'mon.
Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)stay classy, jackass.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Take a big Trump Dump right there on the stage. Pull down your big boy Pants, and just drop a giant loaf on national television. Then stand up, face the camera, your wee dingle dangle dangling under the tv lights, and go
"see, mine DO smell like honey!
NOW, TINY PEOPLE OF EARTH--- ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?"
You'll totally win, man. Seriously. Do it. Hillary won't know what to do.
You know you want to.
maryellen99
(3,789 posts)He claims he started dating Marla Maples only after divorce proceedings started ROFL.
randome
(34,845 posts)Clinton is more of an immediate concern for him than ISIS?
[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesnt always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one youre already in.[/center][/font][hr]
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)He has to have the most clueless campaign advisors if they think this line of attack will rattle her. Have they no recollection of how composed she was in the midst of all of Bill's indiscretions? How she came out swinging in his defense?
If they think they can force an error with this attack, then I only have one thing to say, "Please proceed."
Arkana
(24,347 posts)Aviation Pro
(12,186 posts)....when the walking fuckwit said he wasn't going to go there, the look on HRC's face said it all:
[font size='36' color ='red']Proceed, asshole.[/font]
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)just more of his misogynistic attacks....hillary will use this for her advantage as she has prepared for it for 12 years.....
trump and conservatives ill once again fall into her trap where they will come out looking like complete fools again
sarae
(3,284 posts)from Hillary Clinton is so completely NUTS. Trump's an idiot if he doesn't see that what really repulses women is the fact that HE'S attacking her in this way.
Do he and his "boys club" (Giuliani, Bannon and Gingrich) think women are so dumb that we don't realize these men live in the most fragile glass houses ever built?
The sheer idiocy and hypocrisy on display here is STUNNING.
Please proceed, Donnie.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Not only does he not see how such a tactic will alienate women even further, but he is a serial philanderer who brags about it. He is in no position to bring up such a matter. It is only going to come back to hit him in his ugly face.
sarae
(3,284 posts)ScubaSteve
(83 posts)Well Donald
Im pretty sure that my husbands past has been well documented and the people out there have most likely made up their minds regarding how they feel about it.
My faith tells me in that situation that I have to work on my marriage, and thats what I did.
Your past indiscretions are also well documented as you shamelessly cheated on your first wife with your second wife, and then cheated on the second wife, and who knows what you are doing while you are on wife number three.
I however, have not cheated on anyone.
nuff said
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Perfect reply! And welcome to DU!
ScubaSteve
(83 posts)Been a fan for many years...
fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)Very good start. However, I don't like to leave open arguments giving a chance for rebuttal. Plus I would rather go for the jugular. Perhaps...
nuff said
Think?
ScubaSteve
(83 posts)I like youre thinking. The beauty is there is so much to work with that we can take it so many ways .
Mike Nelson
(9,966 posts)... lol. Go for it, Donald! She does not unsettle easily and these stories always make Hillary more popular!
DinahMoeHum
(21,809 posts)AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)I swear, he is Hillary's best unknowing surrogate.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)trying to throw the election.
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)It sure looks more and more like it. But, you never know.
wryter2000
(46,081 posts)If the entire US Congress couldn't rattle her with that, I don't know what Trump thinks he can accomplish.
relayerbob
(6,555 posts)She'll create yet another asshole in that asshole
Duval
(4,280 posts)She already knows what he plans and is too smart to be rattled about this during the debates.
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)I call this the biggest mistake that has ever been made in the history of American politics, because it opens Trump up to a LOT of attacks. You can't unnerve someone who doesn't sweat, Donnie, and mentioning Hillary's HUSBAND's infidelities will allow Hillary to remind female voters of your inability to keep your dick in your pants.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)He reveals his plan to defeat Hillary.
ancianita
(36,133 posts)of privacy between two married people. In public.
If she forces Trump to answer for his infidelities, that's fair, because he's the one running for president. But Trump MAY NOT demand that Hillary answer for Bill.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)http://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/10/02/sotu-panel-1.cnn
ancianita
(36,133 posts)Ugh. He's so high school, the filth out of his mouth so toxic, that I have to take a shower after he talks.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Zambero
(8,965 posts)Also, if Trump wants to score points, attempting to shame a woman for her husband's past indiscretions would not be anywhere near the top of the "succeed" list.