Phil1111 1,183 #1 December 13, 2017 USA Today hits Trump for Gillibrand tweet: He has shown 'he is not fit for office' The USA Today editorial board slammed President Trump for his Tuesday tweet attacking Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), saying it shows Trump “is not fit for office.” “With his latest tweet, clearly implying that a United States senator would trade sexual favors for campaign cash, President Trump has shown he is not fit for office,” the editorial board wrote. “Rock bottom is no impediment for a president who can always find room for a new low.”... The USA Today editorial board blasted Trump for the tweet, saying he “pours the gasoline of sexist language and lights the match gleefully know how it will burst into flame in a country reeling from the #MeToo movement.” “A president who would all but call Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand a whore is not fit to clean the toilets in the Barack Obama Presidential Library or to shine the shoes of George W. Bush,” the editorial board wrote. The USA Today editorial also labeled Trump as “uniquely awful.” “His sickening behavior is corrosive to the enterprise of a shared governance based on common values and the consent of the governed,” the editorial board said. http://thehill.com/homenews/media/364596-usa-today-hits-trump-for-gillibrand-tweet-he-has-shown-he-is-not-fit-for Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 235 #2 December 13, 2017 Phil1111USA Today hits Trump for Gillibrand tweet: He has shown 'he is not fit for office' The USA Today editorial board slammed President Trump for his Tuesday tweet attacking Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), saying it shows Trump “is not fit for office.” “With his latest tweet, clearly implying that a United States senator would trade sexual favors for campaign cash, President Trump has shown he is not fit for office,” the editorial board wrote. “Rock bottom is no impediment for a president who can always find room for a new low.”... The USA Today editorial board blasted Trump for the tweet, saying he “pours the gasoline of sexist language and lights the match gleefully know how it will burst into flame in a country reeling from the #MeToo movement.” “A president who would all but call Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand a whore is not fit to clean the toilets in the Barack Obama Presidential Library or to shine the shoes of George W. Bush,” the editorial board wrote. The USA Today editorial also labeled Trump as “uniquely awful.” “His sickening behavior is corrosive to the enterprise of a shared governance based on common values and the consent of the governed,” the editorial board said. http://thehill.com/homenews/media/364596-usa-today-hits-trump-for-gillibrand-tweet-he-has-shown-he-is-not-fit-for It's a stretch to say that he implied sexual favors. This argument dilutes the real issues people have against him, it's unsubstantiated. Here's the tweet: "Lightweight Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a total flunky for Chuck Schumer and someone who would come to my office “begging” for campaign contributions not so long ago (and would do anything for them), is now in the ring fighting against Trump. Very disloyal to Bill & Crooked-USED!" Just because it's Trump doesn't mean he means sex. That's just providing ammo for Trump supporters to say that everyone cries "wolf" in regards to Trump."I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 897 #3 December 13, 2017 Hasn't the expression "and would do anything for them" been known to be that suggestive meaning though? It's hard to read intent into text sometimes, that's for sure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 1,183 #4 December 13, 2017 DJL***USA Today hits Trump for Gillibrand tweet: He has shown 'he is not fit for office' The USA Today editorial board slammed President Trump for his Tuesday tweet attacking Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), saying it shows Trump “is not fit for office.” “With his latest tweet, clearly implying that a United States senator would trade sexual favors for campaign cash, President Trump has shown he is not fit for office,” the editorial board wrote. “Rock bottom is no impediment for a president who can always find room for a new low.”... The USA Today editorial board blasted Trump for the tweet, saying he “pours the gasoline of sexist language and lights the match gleefully know how it will burst into flame in a country reeling from the #MeToo movement.” “A president who would all but call Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand a whore is not fit to clean the toilets in the Barack Obama Presidential Library or to shine the shoes of George W. Bush,” the editorial board wrote. The USA Today editorial also labeled Trump as “uniquely awful.” “His sickening behavior is corrosive to the enterprise of a shared governance based on common values and the consent of the governed,” the editorial board said. http://thehill.com/homenews/media/364596-usa-today-hits-trump-for-gillibrand-tweet-he-has-shown-he-is-not-fit-for It's a stretch to say that he implied sexual favors. This argument dilutes the real issues people have against him, it's unsubstantiated. Here's the tweet: "Lightweight Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a total flunky for Chuck Schumer and someone who would come to my office “begging” for campaign contributions not so long ago (and would do anything for them), is now in the ring fighting against Trump. Very disloyal to Bill & Crooked-USED!" Just because it's Trump doesn't mean he means sex. That's just providing ammo for Trump supporters to say that everyone cries "wolf" in regards to Trump. I think you're wrong there. trump has a history of using innuendo in all sorts of settings going back 30 years. He is a master of it. Trump bashes Gillibrand using a favored weapon: Innuendo as insult Trump’s statement Tuesday — calling New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand a “flunky” who “would do anything for” campaign contributions — fits a pattern. It is part of a long line of statements he’s made about women that seem to suggest something offensive, while leaving enough ambiguity for a defensive response. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, defended the president's comment on Tuesday, saying “only if your mind is in the gutter would you have read it that way.”... The president's use of innuendo as a weapon is not necessarily limited to women. A recent ceremony meant to honor Najavo codebreakers who served in World War II was situated in front of a portrait of President Andrew Jackson, famous for his harsh treatment of the country's Native Americans. Gyasi Ross, a Native American writer, told The Washington Post that Trump's background as a reality television showman had convinced him the slight was intentional. Of course, it was impossible to prove." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/12/12/trump-bashes-gillibrand-using-a-favored-weapon-innuendo-as-insult/?utm_term=.2848a99a868f Commentary: Trump, like McCarthy, is master of conspiracy and innuendo http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-mccarthy-grossman-20160621-story.html Which goes further into trumps messaging and thinking: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-science-success/201111/can-you-be-damned-strong-praise-understanding-innuendo How Donald Trump mastered the art of political innuendo and rumor-mongering Washington Post ^ | June 14, 2016 | Chris Cillizza Posted on 6/14/2016, 10:19:33 AM by RoosterRedux Jenna Johnson, who covers Donald Trump's presidential campaign for The Post, wrote a very important piece Monday that details how the presumptive Republican nominee moves rumor and innuendo into the public consciousness without ever having to directly answer for it. Trump's strategy comes down to three simple words: "People are saying." As in: "There are a lot of people that think maybe he doesn’t want to get it. A lot of people think maybe he doesn’t want to know about it. I happen to think that he just doesn’t know what he’s doing, but there are many people that think maybe he doesn’t want to get it." That was Trump on President Obama Monday, responding to the president's unwillingness to say that the United States is at war with radical Islam in the wake of the Orlando nightclub shootings. Trump isn't saying that Obama is purposely misunderstanding the threat posed by people like the shooter in Orlando over the weekend. He's saying that "people" are saying it. As Johnson notes: Trump frequently couches his most controversial comments this way, which allows him to share a controversial idea, piece of tabloid gossip or conspiracy theory without technically embracing it. If the comment turns out to be popular, Trump will often drop the distancing qualifier — “people think” or “some say.” If the opposite happens, Trump can claim that he never said the thing he is accused of saying, equating it to retweeting someone else’s thoughts on Twitter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Niki1 2 #5 December 13, 2017 DJL*** Just because it's Trump doesn't mean he means sex. That's just providing ammo for Trump supporters to say that everyone cries "wolf" in regards to Trump. It seems to alright ever since Obama took office. "He didn't wear an American lapel pin! He must be un-American. He's try to ruin this country on purpose!" Back then, I thought, "How can anyone think that a person who holds the office of President is intentionally trying to ruin the country? Or that a President would actually be doing something like that?" Well, now I have come to the same conclusion. When I was a kid they told us that anyone could become president. I thought they meant anyone with at least some qualifications. I was wrong.Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 235 #6 December 13, 2017 normissHasn't the expression "and would do anything for them" been known to be that suggestive meaning though? It's hard to read intent into text sometimes, that's for sure. Sure, we all know Trump's history but you water down the argument against him by claiming everything he says has sexual innuendo. This article hurts the case against him. Watch him come back and use this as an example of how the "liberal fake media" is always after him and makes false accusations every time he speaks."I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,523 #7 December 13, 2017 DJL***Hasn't the expression "and would do anything for them" been known to be that suggestive meaning though? It's hard to read intent into text sometimes, that's for sure. Sure, we all know Trump's history but you water down the argument against him by claiming everything he says has sexual innuendo. This article hurts the case against him. Watch him come back and use this as an example of how the "liberal fake media" is always after him and makes false accusations every time he speaks. Yep. It's called "Gaslighting." He makes comments that have a very clear meaning. But not in the exact words. When he's called out on the comments for the meaning and intent that was in them, although not in those words, he throws it back at the accuser. Claiming that it would only be interpreted that way "if your mind was in the gutter." It's one of his standard techniques. And as far as the OP goes: No shit. Trump is unfit for office. Water is wet, too. The sky is also blue. Anything else, Captain Obvious?"There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 235 #8 December 13, 2017 He's the king of gaslighting, must have learned it from Putin."I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 897 #9 December 13, 2017 I've not made that claim, I was simply asking a question about the wording and it's typical interpretation and in this case. Most of his comments, at least IMO, aren't sexual so much as ignorant. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gowlerk 2,276 #10 December 13, 2017 Sexual? Nah.....it's just locker room talk.Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
