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Title: Donald Trump's machismo becomes sexism once he faces Clinton
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The Guardian
URL Source: http://www.theguardian.com/commenti ... llary-clinton-general-election
Published: Mar 22, 2016
Author: Jessica Valenti
Post Date: 2016-03-22 07:56:50 by redleghunter
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Just hours after Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump launched high-profile attacks against one another on foreign policy, the standoff continued into the night in back-to-back interviews on CNN’s The Final Five candidates’ forum. The event featured interviews from all the remaining candidates in the 2016 election, but interviews with John Kasich and even Ted Cruz seemed like mere accents – distractions, even – in a larger, highly gendered standoff between Clinton and Trump that could foreshadow a general election in which the politics of sex and sexism is at the fore. One thing Monday night made clear is if Trump and Clinton do indeed win their parties’ respective nominations, it’s going to be a long, bumpy, gender-politics ridden ride. So much of what Trump says can be read as sexual innuendo. After Clinton suggested during a speech to Aipac on Monday that America needs “steady hands, not a President who says he’s neutral on Monday, pro-Israel on Tuesday, and who-knows-what on Wednesday,” Trump took her criticism straight to a physical place. “I have the steadiest hands. Look at those hands,” he said, raising a fist up to show the moderator.
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#11. To: sneakypete, TooConservative (#5)
In an editor’s letter in "Vanity Fair" last November, Carter said that he wrote the Sky magazine comment in 1988 "just to drive him a little bit crazy." And according to Carter, it still does. "Like so many bullies, Trump has skin of gossamer," Carter wrote in November. "To this day, I receive the occasional envelope from Trump. There is always a photo of him—generally a tear sheet from a magazine. On all of them he has circled his hand in gold Sharpie in a valiant effort to highlight the length of his fingers," Carter wrote. "I almost feel sorry for the poor fellow because, to me, the fingers still look abnormally stubby." abcnews.go.com/Politics/h...-insult/story?id=37395515 It has bugged him for 28 years!
This is worse than "boxers or briefs". How does Rubio get away with bringing it up? Who thought it was a good idea for the Washington Post to interview Trump and reference the size of his hands and his privates? Why was this on the cover of The New Yorker magazine? And they say Trump isn't Presidential? How can he be when surrounded by giggling adolescents like these?
Here are two facts for your pea sized brain. If Romney had the most delegates they would give it to him. If Trump has the most delegates and they steal it. I will never vote for a Republican for the rest of my life. Save it is another Trump. I will also vote against my Republican senator and congressman. I have a senator who taught his kid to suck dick. I have a congresssman who divorced his wife for some establishment bitch. So I am already not voting for them. They screw Trump and I will vote for Ted Strickland for Senator and I might even vote for a democrat against the adulterer Ted Turner. Those are just facts. The Republican party will go the way of the wiggs if they screw over the people.
And this guy is a draft-dodger that wants to have access to the nuclear launch codes? I don't even understand how you type with those small hands of yours.
It has bugged him for 28 years! Amazing! And some people STILL think he has the maturity and intelligence to head up our country and our military? I might even vote for a democrat against the adulterer Ted Turner. Huh? Is Red Ted Turner of CNN fame now a US Senator? PLEASE tell me it is another Ted Turner. ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
I don't believe he did. I remember him being hammered for being childish and desperate after saying it. ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Say WHAT??????? ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Rob Portman. He taught it to his kid.
Let's be clear on this,ok? You are actually claiming that homosexuality can be taught? So,logically that means that YOU could be taught to enjoy sucking dicks,too? Not that I really care,because I don't. I am just trying to see if I can get you to understand what you wrote means. ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Yes, he has a gay son. But I think that would mean his son would teach him, not the other way around. What's significant is that Portman changed his position on gay "rights" after he found out.
So,logically that means that YOU could be taught to enjoy sucking dicks,too? Not that I really care,because I don't. I am just trying to see if I can get you to understand what you wrote means. Behaviors are learned. Man and women come with parts to reproduce. Men are made for women and women for men. It is just nature. Not hard to understand for normal people. But if you live in a trash can you already have mental issues.
LOL! You and Trump both stay fixated on the size of male genitalia. Is that all you have in common,or are you also a mama's boy with orange hair and a rented trophy wife? ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
I will vote for democrat Ted Strickland over that homo activist. At least Ted Strickland is pro gun.
lol you brought it up.
lol and you brought up dick sucking lol
How does Rubio get away with bringing it up? Who thought it was a good idea for the Washington Post to interview Trump and reference the size of his hands and his privates? Why was this on the cover of The New Yorker magazine? Trump doesn't have to take the libmedia bait, bucko. Of course they're going to play gotcha games with any Republican candidate. Trump had better figure that out fast. The free ride from the media is coming to an abrupt end.
You can't "teach" homosexuality to a heterosexual. Period. You CAN,as a parent or some other trusted authority figure influence someone that is bi-sexual by nature to be a flamer as an adult if you start early,though. Just like you as a parent or some other trusted authority figure influence a bi-sexual child to live his or her life as a heterosexual if you start influencing them early enough in their life. NOBODY can turn a true homosexual into a heterosexual,or a hetrosexual into a homosexual,though. If it ain't there there is nothing to build on. What's significant is that Portman changed his position on gay "rights" after he found out. Ok,that I can agree with. Reality often has a way of forcing people to change their viewpoints. ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
No question about that,but being a homosexual or a heterosexual is an orientation,NOT learned behavior. The ONLY people that have a choice when it comes to sexual orientation are bi-sexuals. Man and women come with parts to reproduce. Men are made for women and women for men. No question about that. It's what keeps humanity alive and expanding. It is just nature. There is "Nature" as is applied to all the natural occurring events in our universe,and there is "nature" as applies to individual living creatures. Some people,as well as some animals,are born sexually attracted to their own gender. Most people and animals are not. Not hard to understand for normal people. True. I have no idea why you can't seem to understand something so basic. ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
lol you brought it up. Why is that funny? What do you think it means? ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
You talk like a pedophile making excuses for yourself.
Hate to break it to you ;but if Trump doesn't go into Cleveland with the MAJORITY of the delgates then it is unlikely he will survive the subsequent ballots when the delegates pledged to him are unbound. You may think that they are Trump sycophants .The truth is that although they are bound to Trump in the 1st vote ,they are selected by the State Republican leaders . Now the Trump campaign is beginning to work with State and county conventions that actually select the delegates to attend . He reportedly using assets from the Carson campaign in that effort . But his ground game is way behind compared to Cruz who is working behind the scenes to make sure that even Trump delegates won't back him when it comes to rules and credential questions during the convention . As you know I said a while ago that his ground game sucked . He hasn't needed it so much as it turned out getting his populist message out and voters to the polling places. But that is not the sole reason to have a ground game. As an example ; in Cowetta County Ga. Trump won the primary by double digit . But 90 % of those who will select the delegates are Cruz supporters . Ted Cruz's Stealth Delegate Hunt Going forward ,in PA,54 of 71 delegates will be unbound by State Republican party rules . Pennsylvania's 54 Toss-Up Delegates | PoliticsPA Many a Trump delegate is a TINO (Trump in name only). They will bail on him on the 1st opportunity . Trump must go into the convention with a majority on the 1st ballot to win. He and his supports will cry foul (and maybe riot as he predicts );but what they fail to realize is that whoever comes out of the convention is the party's nominee. This is not a general election where the 'people' decide. "If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools." Plato
I will have to take your word for that. I don't speak with pedophiles. ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Can't he buy them? Like he did with Hillary to get her and Bill to attend his third marriage.
I think Trump has better ideas on how to resolve conflicts. For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:6-8)
Truth to tell,I'm not so sure Bubbette! is going to end up with the Dim crown once the dust settles at the Dim convention,either. The DNC don't like or trust her either,but are afraid of throwing her under a bus because they can't afford to lose the votes and the money of the blacks and lesbians she owns,or the airheads that get as giddy as a school girl over thinking they can "make history" again by electing the first female president. She is where she is because she was basically appointed as the front runner. There are a whole bunch of rank and file Dim voters that would much rather vote for someone else. Al Gore,for one,could pull in more votes,and maybe even more money with his environmental scam standing. Imagine the drama if both conventions form circular firing squads. I can't even begin to guess what would happen if that were to come true. ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
I can't see what you posted,but here is one issue I would be VERY happy to be wrong about. ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
LOL. But you need stubby fingers to click in those Nuke codes on the 'football.'
For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:6-8)
Aha! So it's Trump's fault!
If he's so incompetent he can't realize when he's being played in a media gotcha game, then, yes, it is his fault. There will always be another reporter (or a hundred) hoping for their 15 seconds of fame by playing gotcha with someone famous. The more famous the target, the bigger the payoff for the bottomfeeding media. Not that that will penetrate your little cultish mindset. The surprise here is that Trump, a tabloid-style media master, seems so unaware of this. Of all candidates, he should recognize media bottomfeeders with ease. That's because he is one himself.
Incompetent? When what may have started out as a joke spreads to major media news outlets, it needs to be exposed for the childish and immature "reporting" that it is. I don't expect a man like Trump to simply sit there and be the butt of everyone's jokes. I expect him to point out the utter unprofessional reporting by the press.
But he didn't, did he? Instead, he treated us to a description of his beautiful hands and hinted that he had a big schlong on national TV. You've drank too much Trump Koolaid if you don't see that he fell for this crap at every step and has been doing so for decades. It's like his pathetic attempts to get women to tug his hair to show it's real. Here's a clue for you: everyone knows it's real but they love to bait The Donald because he's such a chump when you get under his skin, usually by preying on his obvious vanity.
In whitey's case I think you meant praying.
Trump will have the last laugh when he opens up the libel laws and these dishonest publications end up being sued out of existence.
That will bring us closer to the original intent of the First Amendment. No more privileged class of speakers with greater rights than everyone else.
Just how short are your fingers?
All Trump is proposing is that we go back to pre-1964 (New York Times Co. v. Sullivan) when a public figure could sue the media without having to prove "actual malice" -- an (almost) impossible standard. In other words public figures should have the exact same protection as everyone else when it come to truth in reporting -- the way it was for almost 200 years.
My fingers are probably just a little longer than average. Not that I really pay attention.
So defensive.
So trollish.
Too easy.
Nearly 30 years ago, Graydon Carter, the editor of Vanity Fair magazine, described Trump in Spy magazine as a “short-fingered vulgarian.”
#12. To: TooConservative (#9)
#13. To: tomder55 (#2)
What I suspect is that the pass Trump with the press in the primary process will be the death of his candidacy . (that's if he makes it past the reality that plurality of delegates is not the requirement for winning the nomination; and works towards securing the majority of the delegates before the 1st ballot ).
#14. To: sneakypete (#5)
Trump is still focused on it more than any other subject weeks later.
#15. To: Fred Mertz (#11)
(Edited)
abcnews.go.com/Politics/h...-insult/story?id=37395515
#16. To: misterwhite (#12)
How does Rubio get away with bringing it up?
#17. To: A K A Stone (#13)
I have a senator who taught his kid to suck dick.
#18. To: sneakypete (#17)
#19. To: A K A Stone (#18)
Rob Portman. He taught it to his kid.
#20. To: A K A Stone (#18)
#21. To: sneakypete (#19)
Let's be clear on this,ok? You are actually claiming that homosexuality can be taught?
#22. To: A K A Stone (#14)
I don't even understand how you type with those small hands of yours.
#23. To: misterwhite (#20)
#24. To: sneakypete (#22)
fixated
#25. To: A K A Stone (#24)
#26. To: misterwhite (#12)
This is worse than "boxers or briefs".
#27. To: misterwhite (#20)
Yes, he has a gay son. But I think that would mean his son would teach him, not the other way around.
#28. To: A K A Stone (#21)
(Edited)
Behaviors are learned.
#29. To: A K A Stone (#24)
fixated
#30. To: sneakypete (#28)
#31. To: A K A Stone (#13)
(Edited)
#32. To: A K A Stone (#30)
You talk like a pedophile making excuses for yourself.
#33. To: tomder55 (#31)
Many a Trump delegate is a TINO (Trump in name only). They will bail on him on the 1st opportunity .
#34. To: sneakypete (#5)
And this guy is a draft-dodger that wants to have access to the nuclear launch codes?
#35. To: tomder55 (#31)
Hate to break it to you ;but if Trump doesn't go into Cleveland with the MAJORITY of the delgates then it is unlikely he will survive the subsequent ballots when the delegates pledged to him are unbound. You may think that they are Trump sycophants .The truth is that although they are bound to Trump in the 1st vote ,they are selected by the State Republican leaders .
#36. To: redleghunter (#34)
I think Trump has better ideas on how to resolve conflicts.
#37. To: Fred Mertz (#11)
#38. To: TooConservative (#26)
"Trump doesn't have to take the libmedia bait, bucko."
#39. To: misterwhite, tomder55 (#38)
Aha! So it's Trump's fault!
#40. To: TooConservative (#39)
"If he's so incompetent he can't realize when he's being played in a media gotcha game"
#41. To: misterwhite (#40)
I expect him to point out the utter unprofessional reporting by the press.
#42. To: TooConservative (#41)
...usually by preying on his obvious vanity.
#43. To: TooConservative (#41)
#44. To: misterwhite (#43)
Trump will have the last laugh when he opens up the libel laws and these dishonest publications end up being sued out of existence.
#45. To: TooConservative (#41)
Instead, he treated us to a description of his beautiful hands
#46. To: Roscoe (#44)
"That will bring us closer to the original intent of the First Amendment. No more privileged class of speakers with greater rights than everyone else."
#47. To: Roscoe (#45)
Just how short are your fingers?
#48. To: TooConservative (#47)
My fingers are probably just a little longer than average.
#49. To: Roscoe (#48)
So defensive.
#50. To: TooConservative (#49)
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