Donald Trump Opens A New Line Of Attack On Hillary Clinton: Her Marriage

[napkinz]

Source: New York Times

by Patrick Healy and Maggie Haberman
September 30, 2016

Donald J. Trump unleashed a slashing new attack on Hillary Clinton over Bill Clinton’s 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: “We’re going to have to see. We’re going to see what happens. We’re 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. Clinton’s 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

[hibbing]

1. Sad! n/t

[underpants]

2. They. Kept. Their. Family. Together.

<---- Trump saaaalute

[Ilsa]

3. I hope the media ignores him after he loses.

Just stop running stories about him, what he tweeted, etc.

[napkinz]

5. he really thinks he's going to RATTLE and UNNERVE her?

[Ilsa]

10. No way. She has nerves of steel.

He'll just look nasty and desperate.

[napkinz]

24. :)

[C Moon]

57. :D

[dixiegrrrrl]

80. Excellent!!!!!!!

[ailsagirl]

35. Also, she has been practicing with some "cheato types" who have tried to rattle her mercilessly

She's ready for it.

[Midnight Writer]

52. You are absolutely right. She will go eye to eye with this bully, and he will wilt

We are already seeing the implosion of a defeated narcissist. He will refuse to accept loss, and continue to wound himself as he flails on a noose of his own making.

[nolabear]

12. Yeah she's never had to deal with this before. She'll fall apart, the poor thing.

[Cracklin Charlie]

14. Wasn't he yelling at her just Monday...

About how she shouldn't tell ISIS how she would attack them, because she was telegraphing her moves?

Come on, Assface, you can do better than this.

[Nay]

78. Especially rattling her over BILL??? Jesus. This was a gazillion years ago; she and

Bill dealt with it privately; she and Bill were hammered by the RW press for years; and the dumb stupid RWers are STILL trying to get mileage out of it. WTF?

What the hell could 'rattle her' now about this bullshit? She wasn't even rattled THEN. Is she supposed to worry that women won't vote for her because her husband is a pussy hound? Because she didn't divorce him? Because she should be ashamed of herself because her husband is a pussy hound? Because she is 'tainted' by her husband? What?

I just don't get it. What the hell does her spouse's ancient infidelity have to do with Hillary's run for President?

[ffr]

32. They did for Romney after he basically fell off the map

at some undisclosed location.

[llmart]

72. They won't.

Look how long it's taken for the media to push Palin to the back burner.

[DUgosh]

4. Bring it Donald

This will end badly for you, the only voter group influenced by this is the "mistress vote"

[Agschmid]

6. Yup.

[ripcord]

7. Am I the only one who sees this election as a national IQ test?

If we wind up on the wrong side of the curve we are screwed.

[Ilsa]

8. It won't unsettle her. She has nerves of steel.

It'll be fun when everyone else starts trash-talking his marriages, and Rudy G's, and Newt G's.

I wonder if Ivana has made enough money in alimony to be set indefinitely? It might be fun if her lips were loosened.

[Zambero]

47. Hillary knows how to pivot

Conversely, Trump stays on-topic only when he's in the process of self-destructing. Impulse control is not his strong suit. He can impulsively invite another into his gutter world, but will quickly find himself unaccompanied.

[onehandle]

9. Trump is married to his nude model mistress and future former wife.

But he seems to be very excited about 12 year-olds.

'Who the hell is that?'

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2457547

[Chicago1980]

11. So pathetic...

Between Trump, Giuliani, and Gingrich, there have been NINE (9) wives.

Who the phuck are any of them to criticize someone who actually salvaged their marriage?

[MANative]

13. Only tRump is stupid enough to believe that women would turn against Hillary on this topic.

I wish I had a really short pier. I know someone who needs a really long walk.

[Warpy]

15. Hillary Clinton will now go Miss Manners on him

and I sincerely doubt he is going to like the result. Every woman in the country will be laughing at him.

She is well prepared for a patriarchal and patronizing asshole like Trump.

[anamandujano]

40. "Hillary Clinton will now go Miss Manners on him"

Thanks, I needed that!

[Shrike47]

16. He bragged about his adultery, for god's sake! More to the point, won't help him.

Donnie has no clue at all about women, does he?

[smirkymonkey]

67. Nope, another example of his extremely poor judgment

This is going to blow up in his face. What an asshole!

[TexasBushwhacker]

75. And when Marla Maples told him she was pregnant with Tiffany

His response was "uh, excuse me? What are we going to do about this?"

http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/04/01/bombshell-trump-admits-urged-mistress-abortion-unearthed-audio/

[Thinkingabout]

17. Since through no fault of Tiffany, she was born two months before Trump married

Marla Maples. Why was Trump bragging on his escapades, makes you wonder how big a slimeball can really be. He Could not keep his oath in marriage to two women, how much can we depend on his oath of office of president.

[anamandujano]

41. According to this article, he's already repositioning on accepting the outcome of the election.

[exboyfil]

55. The rest of this is minor compared to that point

I would like to see the actual question and quote. A chill ran down my back as we waited for Trump to answer that last question in the debate. Clinton explained it perfectly - we live in a democracy and you accept the will of the people. Trump after prompting finally said he would support Clinton, but that is not even the right answer. The right answer is Clinton's answer - I don't expect Trump to support Clinton, but I expect him to support our democracy and the will of the people.

[Scarsdale]

65. Smart?

tRump is easily fooled by gold diggers. Who thinks it was accidental that Maples got pregnant knowing tRump was married? It was a set up, everyone knew it but tRump. He really should have had his current wife's background investigated before marrying her. Those nude photos are not helping, nor are the rumors of "escorting". The lies about the two college degrees and supposed "supermodel" that nobody had heard of? Not too swift, Donnie boy.

[GopherGal]

82. Donald was divorced before Marla got pregnant

Wikipedia sez Ivana divorced him in 1992. Tiffany was born in October 1993.

A more likely scenario is that when he no longer had the Ivana excuse for not marrying her, Marla forced the issue.

[Laser102]

18. If this is all he has, then he's done. Most people do not hold the woman responsible when the man

cheats. All this will do is point out that this orange tick was actually a cheater himself. Good luck with that you giant pulsating zit.

[Moonwalk]

56. Trump is presuming that women are voting for Hillary because they like Bill...

...and think he'll be back in office. So if he undermines Bill, Hillary will lose support with women. Alternately, he's also thinking that women think like him. That a woman who sticks with an unfaithful man is stupid, a sucker, weak, etc. But unless there's evidence that Bill's cheating on Hillary *right now* the past infidelities are past and women see Hillary keeping the marriage together as strength, not weakness.

A lot undoubtedly identify with here, maybe having husbands who cheated, but got past it to make the marriage stronger than ever. So, all Trump is doing is juxtaposing his domestic failure with Hillary's success. He's chipping away at himself and he doesn't even know it.

[bucolic_frolic]

19. What a low class sleazeball

Everyone really needs Donald Trump in their bedroom, don'cha think?

If someone in your town was doing this to you they'd be facing
an harrassment lawsuit - or worse

[etherealtruth]

20. Lucky for Clinton the short fingered vulgarian has the WORST political advisors and sense

A serial adulterer/ all around reprobate candidate wants to discuss the other candidates's HUSBAND's indiscretions ... oh FFS the short fingered vulgarian is a DISASTER

[WinstonSmith4740]

53. "short fingered vulgarian"

You must have been a "SPY" magazine fan!

[muriel_volestrangler]

60. So is Hillary. I was surprised no one on DU seemed to pick this up from the debate:

CLINTON: ... So a man who can be provoked by a tweet should not have his fingers anywhere near the nuclear codes, as far as I think anyone with any sense about this should be concerned.

TRUMP: That line's getting a little bit old, I must say. I would like to...

CLINTON: It's a good one, though. It well describes the problem. (laughter)

http://www.koco.com/politics/full-transcript-of-presidential-debate-at-hofstra-university/41862160

Trump felt it. And getting a laugh from the audience will just have made it worse for him.

[etherealtruth]

62. Graydon Carter and Kurt Andersen (Spy) have gotten under his skin with this since the 1980s

When it came up in the debates i made the conscious decision to pay homage to them by referring to him by that

[WinstonSmith4740]

66. LOVED those guys.

I still have my copy of "1000 Reasons Not To Vote For George Bush". My favorite...#788 "He is just such a fucking twit." *Heavy sigh* I really miss them. Can you just imagine what they'd be doing to Trump?

[BigDemVoter]

21. Bring it on, Orange MotherFuc*er.

He wants to talk about these types of things, so let's be sure HE has equal coverage of HIS marriages.

[napkinz]

70. since Hillary will be talking to an "empty stool" in the next debate, she could say

"Go ahead, make my day."

or

"Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?"

[OldRedneck]

22. Ooooh, this is not gonna end well . . .

. . . for Trump.

Trump grew up in Manhattan. He should have grown up in rural south Mississippi where he would have learned not to poke a hornet's nest with a stick.

[Still In Wisconsin]

23. Does he actually think after- what has it been- over 20 years that this will rattle her?

Really Donald?

Go for it, moron.

[book_worm]

25. And what about him?

[TeamPooka]

26. 3>1 in Trumpland? nt

[msongs]

27. dear donald, making yor opponent a martyr is baaaaaaaaaad strategy. that is all nt

[weissmam]

28. what a sad little desperate man

[Coyotl]

29. The future of the world and humanity, the course of human history is what we are deciding, and Trump

wants to talk about Bill's personal life during the 1980s and 1990s.
Yeah, there's a strategy for moving a candidacy further along in the gutter.
Good luck with that!

[uppityperson]

30. This will turn voters against Hillary and for Donnie??????

[ffr]

31. Is this the beginning of a second night of tweets?

Does anyone know if he campaigned at all today (Friday) or just slept the whole day?

[TomCADem]

33. Next Line of Attack - Her Small Hands?

Or perhaps her orange complexion?

[ailsagirl]

34. She's going to keep the focus on ISSUES PEOPLE CARE ABOUT

In a way I'm glad he's planning this, though, because it really puts people off and makes him look like an utter and absolute BOOR.

On the other hand, it's so below-the-belt-- it shows what a SOB he really is. Pathetic

[tanyev]

36. Infidelity never a problem?

He brought his mistress along on a family ski vacation, for crying out loud.

[Princess Turandot]

37. Along these same lines, the RNC is apparently intending to raise the specter of...wait for it...

Roger Clinton!

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rnc-bill-clintons-half-brother-memo/story?id=42479856

These people are even more moronic than they are despicable.

[sarge43]

61. Who?

Moronic? You're too kind.

[Arkana]

38. Haha, this is pathetic.

Hillary has endured years of attacks on her marriage and Bill's peccadilloes, and if Trump thinks she's going to take his bait, he is SADLY fucking mistaken.

[sakabatou]

39. The pot calling the kettle black

[George II]

42. So let me get this right:

Hillary Clinton has reconciled with Bill and accepted his wanderings, and he's repented. They've each had only one marriage, to each other.

Donald Trump was married, cheated on his wife and then divorced her and married his paramour. He then cheated on HER and eventually divorced her, and married a THIRD wife who has appeared numerous times in naked "spreads".

So, what's the deal - Hillary Clinton has NEVER cheated on Bill, and forgave him for his peccadilloes. Donald Trump has cheated as much as Bill with no apologies.

Hillary is our candidate, Bill isn't. Donald is their candidate.

WTF?

[Tempest]

43. he also contended that infidelity was “never a problem” during his three marriages

In one of his divorce cases he plead the fifth 97 times when asked about his infidelities.

[randome]

44. He always talks in threes. Bizarre.

"Mr. Trump, how are you today?"

"I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm fine."

"Do you think you'll win the nomination?"

"Yes. Yes. Yes."

It's like he's an echo of himself.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesn’t always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one you’re already in.[/center][/font][hr]

[Island Blue]

76. Kind of like when Sheldon knocks

on Penny's door, he has to do it three times and say "Penny" three times. Bizarre.

[randome]

79. You're right! Although in Sheldon's case it's an endearing affectation.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesn’t always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one you’re already in.[/center][/font][hr]

[Zambero]

45. Trump has had three TERRIFIC marriages

He also lives in a TERRIFIC glass house with an assortment of stones inside. Once thrown, Trump might be surprised at what happens next.

[George II]

46. Great marriages, really good marriages, with some very excellent people, great people.

[DawgHouse]

50. They say all of his marriages are the best.

[George II]

64. Until they find someone "better".

[LiberalFighter]

48. She probably has several responses she could use.

One of those would be from her own (United Methodist) church's beliefs about divorce.

Divorce

God’s plan is for lifelong, faithful marriage. The church must be on the forefront of premarital, marital, and postmarital counseling in order to create and preserve strong marriages. However, when a married couple is estranged beyond reconciliation, even after thoughtful consideration and counsel, divorce is a regrettable alternative in the midst of brokenness. We grieve over the devastating emotional, spiritual, and economic consequences of divorce for all involved, understanding that women and especially children are disproportionately impacted by such burdens. As the church we are concerned about high divorce rates. It is recommended that methods of mediation be used to minimize the adversarial nature and fault-finding that are often part of our current judicial processes, encouraging reconciliation wherever possible. We also support efforts by governments to reform divorce laws and other aspects of family law in order to address negative trends such as high divorce rates.

Although divorce publicly declares that a marriage no longer exists, other covenantal relationships resulting from the marriage remain, such as the nurture and support of children and extended family ties. We urge respectful negotiations in deciding the custody of minor children and support the consideration of either or both parents for this responsibility in that custody not be reduced to financial support, control, or manipulation and retaliation. The welfare of each child is the most important consideration.

Divorce does not preclude a new marriage. We encourage an intentional commitment of the Church and society to minister compassionately to those in the process of divorce, as well as members of divorced and remarried families, in a community of faith where God’s grace is shared by all.

[nikto]

49. How original!

[barbtries]

51. good luck with that

asshole

[Beartracks]

54. "I cheated all the time. It was never a problem."

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[area51]

58. Sorry, Donny,

that "strategy" will drive women away from you & to Clinton.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

59. He thinks we are stupid. Trump said infidelity was “never a problem” during his 3 marriages

He's nuts if he thinks he can convince women with such a brazen lie.

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.

[Helen Borg]

63. I thought he was a classy guy!

[CrispyQ]

68. Is this how they are going to appeal to women voters?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

69. "I have an idea: let's attack the Americans at Pearl Harbor and finish off their Pacific Fleet." NT

[neeksgeek]

71. So, let me get this straight...

The thrice-married philandering "Christian Family Values" candidate is attacking a woman who adhered to her marriage vows?

Cue Darth Vader's voice: "The cognitive dissonance is strong with this one."

[awoke_in_2003]

73. In a battle of wits...

he has come unarmed.

[tavernier]

74. So your second and third wife wouldn't have sex with you

until you married them?

Someone ask him that and see how long it takes before his ego has to answer!!

[MissMillie]

77. EVERY pundit I've heard has said that this is NOT the way to go

Just who the hell is Trump listening to, and is (are) that person(s) going to be a part of his administration?

[Yonnie3]

81. This from a man who said "vaginas are expensive"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-stern-vagina-expensive_us_57ed20cfe4b082aad9b97ea0

Maybe his infidelities were "“never a problem” because he paid bigly for them.

What an a$$.