2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumPence: Gennifer Flowers Won’t Be at Debate, Trump Was Just ‘Mocking’ Clinton Camp
Personally, I think Trump intended to do it & would have but his handlers stopped it because they knew how badly it would backfire & they are already in trouble with women voters.
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Mike Pence insisted today that Donald Trump wont be bringing Gennifer Flowers to the debate tomorrow and said he was just trying to make a point.
He told Chris Wallace, Gennifer Flowers will not be attending the debate tomorrow night. Donald Trump was using the tweet yesterday really to mock an effort by Hillary Clinton and her campaign to really distract attention.
Wallace asked why Trump would even go down that road, given how bad it looks to be attacking Clinton over her husbands affair. Pence brought up how Mark Cuban, who Clintons inviting, has mocked and ridiculed my running mate.
Wallace asked him if those two are really equivalent.
Watch how Pence answered @ link below:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/pence-gennifer-flowers-wont-be-at-debate-trump-was-just-mocking-clinton-camp/
Siwsan
(26,260 posts)I also have zero doubt that he fully intended for her to be there, but somebody put the kibosh on the plan. Maybe Pence and the kids, maybe someone else in the campaign who passes for an adult. But I absolutely believe it was something Trump intended to happen.
EV_Ares
(6,587 posts)to do it & Flowers would certainly do it because she would love to be in the spotlight again after all the years.
Also, probably what the Clinton campaign expected knowing that with an action you will always get a reaction from Trump because he can't help himself.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)words have consequences.
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)I think Trump is past the point of listening to Pence OR his offspring.
My guess is that he got a "Hey, asshole, listen up" call from Priebus.
Trump does not have an off switch. As much as I loathe Ted Cruz, I was disgusted by Trump's comments regarding his wife and father. And by saying that he'd have Flowers there, he already inflicted whatever damage he desired.
The fact of the matter is that Trump is going to be one filthy bastard between now and November, so if it's not Flowers in the front row, it will be something worse. You can take that to the bank.
TheBlackAdder
(28,189 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)Can you imagine if this crazy guy gets hold of the nuclear codes? He's not very reflective about the seriousness of actions/reactions when you're Pres of the US, to say the least.
Monk06
(7,675 posts)It's like a ginger cat fucking with a dumb German Shepherd
German Shepherds can't resist poking their nose through the fence and there's the Ginger claws awaitin
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Flowers's assistant confirmed the decision to BuzzFeed's Andrew Kaczynski Saturday afternoon, and Flowers herself told the New York Times in a text message, "Yes, I will be there."
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Who pays the assistant? Judicial Watch?
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)Don the Con, the circle is tightening around you.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)BootinUp
(47,143 posts)in a disgusting way as expected. FTW!
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)Herself be used by men. Why would she agree to this? 15 min? Money? She is still a whore after all these years.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)Just waiting for the day of more limelight?
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)But clearly, nothing has changed with her. Trash is trash.
lapucelle
(18,252 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)It would presumably have given a breath of life to her trashy little career of boosting her sordid affair for money and attention.
If only we could have seen the consternation at Camp Rump when they heard he'd invited her, damage control amap all weekend apparently. Just have to wait for the tell-alls to be published!
tblue37
(65,340 posts)who invites the unpopular girl to the prom as a joke and then stands her up after she has spent all that time and money getting ready for her "big date."
And GF is not one to refrain from going to the media to make noise about being ditched.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)media suggests she has not gained dignity over the decades, so sure, seems likely she'll capitalize this into an appearance at a civic club meeting or something.
As for Trump, wouldn't you think this has already done a bit of damage among wobblers? Media will probably comment on Gennifer's absence tomorrow also.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Cuban, a real billionaire, Trump, probably a lying non billionaire, Trump refuses to show his tax returns, Lyin' Donald Trump, he should be embarrassed but I doubt he is.
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)Demsrule86
(68,556 posts)would just seal married women's view of Trump as a woman hater...which he is.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,185 posts)And bring Melania, with her nude photos and questional immigration story, back into the spotlight.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)In this case, Hillary's. Don the Con doesn't care who he hurts, personally or payment-wise.
DFW
(54,370 posts)That he will say something before the end of the month that is NOT totally pathetic.
Although....time IS running out.....
louis-t
(23,292 posts)"I'm the biggest asshole in the world"? His followers are all over FB today yukking it up about Flowers accepting his offer and "she's gunna show up".
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)that such a crass move would lose even more women voters for Trump.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)Whatever. He is a complete moron but a dangerous one. Especially if he wins this election.
Motley13
(3,867 posts)Marla Maples caught on beach with security guard
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/trump-ed-up-story-marla-denies-tale-fla-tryst-article-1.720766
remember when the maggot said Hillary couldn't satisfy her husband, I guess he couldn't satisfy his wife.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)Remember when he was claiming that the Enquirer had actually broken true stories -- hence his belief that Ted Cruz was having affairs with staff members and so on? Of course the media never pointed out that Trump was a known adulterer whereas there was a National Enquirer story about Cruz w/no evidence. But they harped on the Cruz story for days.
Motley13
(3,867 posts)ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)so stop saying that!
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)for Bill having/not having affairs. He is such an idiot -- that would backfire big time with women voters. Of course Trump thinks it is Hillary's fault somehow -- just like I'll bet he thinks it was Ivana's fault for his own adultery. Trump is one of the most obvious narcissists I have ever seen -- it is pathological. It is everybody else's fault.
tblue37
(65,340 posts)of national security knowledge and his status as a "mere" TV personality and sports team owner:
Pence actually mocked Cuban for being just a TV star and sports team owner
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rather than an experienced, knowledgeable office holder!
Pence's ill-considered snark:
Hillary Clinton apparently thinks this is an episode of 'Shark Tank,' he said, adding, Mark Cuban has been out there saying some pretty tough stuff about my running mate knows about as much about national security as I do about professional basketball (emphasis added).
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/pence-gennifer-flowers-will-not-be-at-debate-228631
Talk about lacking a sense of irony or self-awareness!
JI7
(89,248 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,368 posts)Gennifer said "yes" to the invitation and then the Trump camp said no, we didn't invite her. Either that or they "retracted" the inviation.
As of four hours ago, she will not be there. http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/donald-trump-gennifer-flowers-debate
The BIG question for me is this: will Trump attend the debate? I still think that he'll find an excuse not to debate at all - or will walk out at the slightest hint of a tough question.
Motley13
(3,867 posts)coughing it up, months later.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)Great Again," "Hillary's a disaster," and "I love the vets"?
BlueMTexpat
(15,368 posts)seconds without saying at least one of those things.
Barf Bag Don!
DarthDem
(5,255 posts)Time to put to rest any notion of going one step further with these obscene, blithering imbeciles.
rock
(13,218 posts)who is also an adulterer. Hint: that wouldn't be Hillary.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)THAT is how you handle a bully.