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 CNNs 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, its 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 hes 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.
#1: sneakypete To: redleghunter (#0)
When did it become established fact that the size of your hands was a direct indicator of the size of your penis?
If that is true,there can be no doubt that Bubbette! has an enormous set of battery-powered plastic hands.
sneakypete posted on 2016-03-22 08:26:24 Reply Private Reply
#2: tomder55 To: redleghunter (#0)
tomder55 posted on 2016-03-22 08:45:18 Reply Private Reply
#3: Tooconservative To: sneakypete (#1)
This was just a baiting joke. The first I heard it was Andy Levy talking about Trump's "freakishly tiny hands" on Red Eye, FNC's late night comedy/talkshow.
So the joke spread. Then Trump took the bait. No effect, just another Trumpism in the stream of daily Trumpisms.
Tooconservative posted on 2016-03-22 09:33:58 Reply Private Reply
#4: misterwhite To: TooConservative (#3)
Of course, then the press would say that "wasn't Presidential".
misterwhite posted on 2016-03-22 09:47:15 Reply Private Reply
#5: sneakypete To: TooConservative (#3)
I understand that,but what I was wondering when it became accepted as an established fact.
Other than by people who seem to be uber-sensitive to such a suggestion,that is. You know,the people who buy trophy wives and brag about how hot they are.
People that don't have any problems in that area would just laugh at the silliness of such a claim,and let it pass. Trump is still focused on it more than any other subject weeks later.
And this guy is a draft-dodger that wants to have access to the nuclear launch codes?
sneakypete posted on 2016-03-22 09:50:44 Reply Private Reply
#6: Tooconservative To: sneakypete (#5)
It's urban legend stuff. You'll never track it down precisely.
Maybe nuking a few Muzzie countries will make him feel better about his very small...hands.
Tooconservative posted on 2016-03-22 10:09:51 Reply Private Reply
#7: misterwhite To: TooConservative (#3)
Sure. On Red Eye.
But once it leaves Red Eye it's simply bad taste. And puerile. Disgusting cowards repeating the joke in public then hiding behind the skirts of Red Eye.
No different than MSNBC which slants the news and, when caught, claims that they were merely offering their opinion.
misterwhite posted on 2016-03-22 10:11:27 Reply Private Reply
#8: Tooconservative To: misterwhite (#4)
If he does that, even I might vote for him. LOL
Tooconservative posted on 2016-03-22 10:16:01 Reply Private Reply
#9: Tooconservative To: misterwhite (#7)
It swirled around on some blog sites like AceOfSpades too. No doubt, some others too.
Trump takes the bait so easily that you can't be surprised when some wag deliberately waves some bait at him, hoping to carom off Donald's fragile ego to get their 15 seconds of fame.
Tooconservative posted on 2016-03-22 10:17:31 Reply Private Reply
#10: Tooconservative To: misterwhite, sneakypete (#7)
And they have a guy playing Trump for little skits too. Again, it's Levy, [00:25].
Tooconservative posted on 2016-03-22 10:26:02 Reply Private Reply
#11: Fred Mertz To: sneakypete, TooConservative (#5)
abcnews.go.com/Politics/h...-insult/story?id=37395515
It has bugged him for 28 years!
Fred Mertz posted on 2016-03-22 10:31:12 Reply Private Reply
#12: misterwhite To: TooConservative (#9)
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?
misterwhite posted on 2016-03-22 10:46:14 Reply Private Reply
#13: A K A Stone To: tomder55 (#2)
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.
A K A Stone posted on 2016-03-22 10:58:19 Reply Private Reply
#14: A K A Stone To: sneakypete (#5)
I don't even understand how you type with those small hands of yours.
A K A Stone posted on 2016-03-22 10:59:46 Reply Private Reply
#15: sneakypete To: Fred Mertz (#11)
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.
sneakypete posted on 2016-03-22 11:00:09 Reply Private Reply
#16: sneakypete To: misterwhite (#12)
I don't believe he did. I remember him being hammered for being childish and desperate after saying it.
sneakypete posted on 2016-03-22 11:01:27 Reply Private Reply
#17: sneakypete To: A K A Stone (#13)
Say WHAT???????
sneakypete posted on 2016-03-22 11:02:50 Reply Private Reply
#18: A K A Stone To: sneakypete (#17)
A K A Stone posted on 2016-03-22 11:03:35 Reply Private Reply
#19: sneakypete To: A K A Stone (#18)
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.
sneakypete posted on 2016-03-22 11:09:33 Reply Private Reply
#20: misterwhite To: A K A Stone (#18)
What's significant is that Portman changed his position on gay "rights" after he found out.
misterwhite posted on 2016-03-22 11:10:57 Reply Private Reply
#21: A K A Stone To: sneakypete (#19)
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.
A K A Stone posted on 2016-03-22 11:14:26 Reply Private Reply
#22: sneakypete To: A K A Stone (#14)
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?
sneakypete posted on 2016-03-22 11:14:50 Reply Private Reply
#23: A K A Stone To: misterwhite (#20)
At least Ted Strickland is pro gun.
A K A Stone posted on 2016-03-22 11:15:39 Reply Private Reply
#24: A K A Stone To: sneakypete (#22)
lol you brought it up.
A K A Stone posted on 2016-03-22 11:16:13 Reply Private Reply
#25: Fred Mertz To: A K A Stone (#24)
Fred Mertz posted on 2016-03-22 11:20:17 Reply Private Reply
#26: Tooconservative To: misterwhite (#12)
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.
Tooconservative posted on 2016-03-22 11:21:10 Reply Private Reply
#27: sneakypete To: misterwhite (#20)
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.
sneakypete posted on 2016-03-22 11:22:33 Reply Private Reply
#28: sneakypete To: A K A Stone (#21)
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.
sneakypete posted on 2016-03-22 11:24:27 Reply Private Reply
#29: sneakypete To: A K A Stone (#24)
Why is that funny? What do you think it means?
sneakypete posted on 2016-03-22 11:30:12 Reply Private Reply
#30: A K A Stone To: sneakypete (#28)
A K A Stone posted on 2016-03-22 11:44:49 Reply Private Reply
#31: tomder55 To: A K A Stone (#13)
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.
tomder55 posted on 2016-03-22 12:50:38 Reply Private Reply
#32: sneakypete To: A K A Stone (#30)
I will have to take your word for that. I don't speak with pedophiles.
sneakypete posted on 2016-03-22 12:54:58 Reply Private Reply
#33: Fred Mertz To: tomder55 (#31)
Can't he buy them?
Like he did with Hillary to get her and Bill to attend his third marriage.
Fred Mertz posted on 2016-03-22 12:55:37 Reply Private Reply
#34: redleghunter To: sneakypete (#5)
I think Trump has better ideas on how to resolve conflicts.
redleghunter posted on 2016-03-22 13:00:44 Reply Private Reply
#35: sneakypete To: tomder55 (#31)
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.
sneakypete posted on 2016-03-22 13:00:47 Reply Private Reply
#36: sneakypete To: redleghunter (#34)
I can't see what you posted,but here is one issue I would be VERY happy to be wrong about.
sneakypete posted on 2016-03-22 13:02:48 Reply Private Reply
#37: redleghunter To: Fred Mertz (#11)
redleghunter posted on 2016-03-22 13:03:44 Reply Private Reply
#38: misterwhite To: TooConservative (#26)
Aha! So it's Trump's fault!
misterwhite posted on 2016-03-22 16:10:29 Reply Private Reply
#39: Tooconservative To: misterwhite, tomder55 (#38)
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.
Tooconservative posted on 2016-03-22 23:59:23 Reply Private Reply
#40: misterwhite To: TooConservative (#39)
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.
misterwhite posted on 2016-03-23 09:53:03 Reply Private Reply
#41: Tooconservative To: misterwhite (#40)
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.
Tooconservative posted on 2016-03-23 10:10:54 Reply Private Reply
#42: Fred Mertz To: TooConservative (#41)
In whitey's case I think you meant praying.
Fred Mertz posted on 2016-03-23 10:19:12 Reply Private Reply
#43: misterwhite To: TooConservative (#41)
misterwhite posted on 2016-03-23 10:24:31 Reply Private Reply
#44: Roscoe To: misterwhite (#43)
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.
Roscoe posted on 2016-03-23 10:34:14 Reply Private Reply
#45: Roscoe To: TooConservative (#41)
Just how short are your fingers?
Roscoe posted on 2016-03-23 10:36:52 Reply Private Reply
#46: misterwhite To: Roscoe (#44)
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.
misterwhite posted on 2016-03-23 11:10:51 Reply Private Reply
#47: Tooconservative To: Roscoe (#45)
My fingers are probably just a little longer than average. Not that I really pay attention.
Tooconservative posted on 2016-03-23 17:46:59 Reply Private Reply
#48: Roscoe To: TooConservative (#47)
So defensive.
Roscoe posted on 2016-03-24 04:49:31 Reply Private Reply
#49: Tooconservative To: Roscoe (#48)
So trollish.
Tooconservative posted on 2016-03-24 10:59:47 Reply Private Reply
#50: Roscoe To: TooConservative (#49)
Roscoe posted on 2016-03-24 11:30:33 Reply Private Reply