2016 Postmortem

DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Sat Oct 8, 2016, 08:30 AM Oct 2016

In 1999, Trump Said He Couldn’t Be President Because of the Women He’d Sleep With

by Lindsey Ellefson | 1:26 am, October 8th, 2016

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In 1999, according to this article in the New York Post, he told Chris Matthews he could never run for President because of his history with women. Here is what he said:

People want me to (run for president) all the time … I don’t like it. Can you imagine how controversial I’d be? You think about (Bill Clinton) and the women. How about me with the women? Can you imagine?

When Matthews joked about Monica Lewinsky by saying, “You might be close, but there’s no cigar,” Trump said, “They might like my women better, too.”

That certainly isn’t the first time he defended the former President for his philandering. He’s actually done it a bunch of times. Tonight, of course, he went after Bill Clinton for being skeevy while defending himself — not once, but twice — but it’s all politics, right?

Anyway, to paraphrase Trump, can you imagine his presidency? With the women? Can you imagine?

http://www.mediaite.com/online/in-1999-trump-said-he-couldnt-be-president-because-of-the-women-hed-sleep-with/

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In 1999, Trump Said He Couldn’t Be President Because of the Women He’d Sleep With (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2016 OP

He meant the women he'd groped. Coyotl Oct 2016 #1

So How Come Tweety Didn't Comment On This Last Night When He Was Taking Trump Down On O'Donnells.... global1 Oct 2016 #2

Matthews' initial reaction yesterday was to downplay Trump's comments as being private wishstar Oct 2016 #3

MATTHEWS likes to imagine that he's far more intelligent than he is BSdetect Oct 2016 #4

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)

1. He meant the women he'd groped.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 08:34 AM

Oct 2016

global1

(25,251 posts)

2. So How Come Tweety Didn't Comment On This Last Night When He Was Taking Trump Down On O'Donnells....

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 08:35 AM

Oct 2016

show? Was this just 'locker room banter' that Tweety was taking part in? He's no better than Billy Bush.

wishstar

(5,270 posts)

3. Matthews' initial reaction yesterday was to downplay Trump's comments as being private

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 08:46 AM

Oct 2016

He admitted last night that at first he thought the tape wasn't a big deal and shouldn't even be a target for media coverage because it was Trump's private comments about his private life. Only when other commentators expressed shock and were discussing the seriousness of the tape release did Matthews "get it"

BSdetect

(8,998 posts)

4. MATTHEWS likes to imagine that he's far more intelligent than he is

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 08:52 AM

Oct 2016

He's a third rate presenter who makes opinionated comments constantly as if they were fact.

I'd love to see John Stewart and Keith Olbermann take him down.

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