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athena

(4,187 posts)
7. I just realized how devastating this is for Trump.
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 10:18 PM
Sep 2016

Two female commentators on CNN mentioned, in passing, their own struggle with their weight. One of them said the majority of the women in this country look more like her than like Melania Trump. As a woman who is lucky enough to be in the "normal" category of weight and has not had any eating disorders, I've been cringing at the videos of Alicia Machado being forced to work out on TV. I can only imagine how "overweight" and "obese" women, or "normal" and "underweight" women who have struggled with their weight, feel when they see those videos.

She says she gained about 15 pounds. madaboutharry Sep 2016 #1
lol. didn't he say it was 60 lbs.? unblock Sep 2016 #2
He used his position to impose his warped view on these young ALBliberal Sep 2016 #3
He seemed weirdly hands-on about the pageant thing. Cracklin Charlie Sep 2016 #4
Yes it was for his "glory" and he of course had to control. Pretty sick. Nt ALBliberal Sep 2016 #5
Forbes' Trump Rule--reduce it to about a third of what he says!!! Maeve Sep 2016 #12
Yep, even newt repeated it duncang Oct 2016 #16
The Clinton Campaign has cracked it. Blue Idaho Sep 2016 #6
I just realized how devastating this is for Trump. athena Sep 2016 #7
Usually I don't find beauty contest winners attractive rufus dog Sep 2016 #9
Bingo HRC campaign had a stroke of genius here but the thing is ALBliberal Sep 2016 #8
He's so stupid that he believes women find him attractive. displacedtexan Sep 2016 #10
Yep. ALBliberal Sep 2016 #11
I agree 100% Blue Idaho Sep 2016 #13
He's so predictably awful (narcissistic). I would think that at least ALBliberal Sep 2016 #14
The family is busy watching their fortune evaporate. Blue Idaho Oct 2016 #17
Trump is emotionally frail and can't stand to be contradicted and especially ridiculed Clinton Monk06 Sep 2016 #15
There is a medical diagnosis for that Blue Idaho Oct 2016 #18
That's the wrong argument. Adrahil Oct 2016 #19
She looked far healthier in the gym video rumdude Oct 2016 #20
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