Posted on 08/13/2015 9:22:57 AM PDT by Kaslin
WASHINGTON -- In the first paragraph of The New York Times' front-page story on Sunday, the Times said that because Megyn Kelly "questioned him forcefully at the Republican presidential debate," Donald Trump said she did it "because she was menstruating." He did not. Whether the Times was perpetrating a lie on its gullible readers or simply confused, I cannot say. In the next paragraph, readers can see for themselves what Trump actually said.
He said, "You could see there was blood coming out of (Kelly's) eyes, blood coming out of her wherever," when she rather bluntly questioned him on indelicate subjects. The Times went on for more than half a page recording the observations of people such as former Sen. Judd Gregg and Sen. Lindsey Graham, who, by the way, trails Trump significantly in the polls. It turns out they did not hear Trump mention menstruation, either. Their observations were merely speculations.
Dare I say it? They were the speculations of dirty minds. Hey, Lindsey, get your mind out of the gutter. As Trump quite aptly said later, "Only a deviant would think I was saying anything about blood somewhere other than her eyes or her nose." He explained the word "wherever" as a typical rhetorical device for brevity and for moving on to other matters. It was not an anatomical reference. That satisfies me, but now let us see whether Graham and Gregg begin complaining that Trump has called them deviants. Oftentimes our presidential campaigns give way to absurdities.
Trump has a gift for turning stupid or tendentious questions to his benefit, and he did it again the other night with Kelly by immediately assailing political correctness. Once again he had identified an issue that struck a resonant chord with his audience. The applause was thunderous. Supposedly, political correctness is employed to prevent hurting the feelings of whatever group of people might be aggrieved. Actually, it is more often resorted to by opportunists intent on being treated as a privileged class. Perhaps they might even advance themselves by taking advantage of this false issue.
Moreover, those who stress political correctness are the enemies of clear thought and occasionally of laughter. Trump has brought humor -- or as he would say, "fun" --back to public life. Much as Rush Limbaugh has brought laughter back to radio commentary, Trump has brought back a fleeting sense of fun to politics. I, for one, hope he keeps it up. Anyone who thinks he brought "menstruation" into politics the other night has another thing to grouse about, and those of us who enjoy a good laugh can laugh at them and at the front-page editors of The New York Times, assuming anyone edits the Times these days. It abounds with solecisms and impenetrable sentences.
For days now, the American political classes have been huffing and puffing about an absurdity that Trump never committed. These people who say we should all be above such frivolity have wallowed in it and ignored the real issues of the day, such as America's economy, its coming bankruptcy and the approaching nuclearization of the Middle East. In truth, the Republican Party the other day gave us reason to take heart. Any one of the Republican candidates could do a terrific job running against the field of Democratic gerontocrats. Several distinguished themselves -- for instance, the great debater Sen. Ted Cruz. Yet two caught my attention: Gov. John Kasich from Ohio and Carly Fiorina, the former technology executive.
Kasich over the weekend refused to get into a spitting match over the statement that Trump never made. Rather, on the Sunday talk shows he advanced his views and steadfastly refused to indulge in "negativity." He showed great restraint that other candidates could profit from. The other rising star was Fiorina. Yes, she took advantage of political correctitude ever so slightly, but then she moved on, displaying an inexhaustible grasp of the issues and a winning personality. She is a principled conservative on every issue and puts me in mind of an American Margaret Thatcher.
Actually, the whole Republican field looks brilliant compared to the old fogeys in the other party. Last week, it was the Republican Party that won the debate.
The NY TIMES LIES.
Walter Duranty LIES.
The left LIES.
If Trump had said it Meggie wouldn’t be on hiatus at the beach and Ailes would not have sued for peace with the Trumpster.
Yes
He said Chris Wallace was menstruating.
I continue to search for her “wherever”
Romans 1:..
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
Proverbs 6:16-19
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
It reminds me of the “Hands up.. Don’t shoot” line that never happened..
Trump should sue the NYT for libel. This was malicious and the NYT knows it.
I read the TIMES article and was astonished that even they would bald faced lie like that. The Times knows that the left wing is in real danger with Trump. If he were elected and hillary were to fall ( by the way Bernie Sanders could never win a single state), their socialist agenda would be crushed. When we see things like this and the suicide attempt the GOP-E made with Megen Kelly we know Trump is scaring the life out of them. Karl Rove looked palid and disshevelled last night. This is so much fun
June 10, 2011FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/10/politico-admits-error-in-attributing-bachmann-criticism-to-palin/
News site Politico.com admitted Friday that it made an "error" in attributing a quote to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
The quote came in an opinion piece Thursday by former Virginia Democratic Party chief Paul Goldman and George Mason University professor Mark J. Rozell. The piece speculated on whether Bachmann's possible presidential run might compel Palin to get in the race, and argued that her recent bus tour sent a message to Bachmann, R-Minn. -- a message they attributed directly to Palin.
The article said: "Palin's bus tour had some of the hallmarks of a primal scream: 'I built this constituency, not Bachmann, not anyone else,' she said. Looking at it through her eyes, she has a point."
However, Palin never said that. Her political action committee promptly issued a statement urging the media to "quit making stuff up."
"An absurd opinion piece in Politico includes a quote attributed to Governor Palin that is a total fabrication and yet is deliberately written to appear as if it is a legitimate direct quote. By any standard this is unacceptable even for an opinion piece," the statement said.
By Friday, Politico had stripped the quote marks and the attribution, and issued a formal correction.
"An editing error caused a false attribution in an earlier version of this column. A comment by the authors was transformed into a direct quote from Sarah Palin. She never said the words attributed to her. Those words were written by the authors," Politico.com wrote.
TRUMP WINS AGAIN!
The Wall Street Journal has a poll that is terrifying Democrats. You probably won’t find it anywhere online, but LC has in on her blog. Trump has 19% of Democrat’s supporting him.
Donald’s 20
http://www.lamecherry.blogspot.com/2015/08/donalds-20.html
A most excellent observation.
Any day that is a bad day for Rove, is a good day for America.
June 10 2011 - 1:22 AM -by: Stacy Drake |
http://conservatives4palin.com/2011/06/sarahpac-setting-the-record-straight-about-false-quotes-attributed-to-governor-palin.html
SarahPAC posted the following in response to false quotes attributed to Governor Palin here, at Politico:
"An absurd opinion piece in Politico includes a quote attributed to Governor Palin that is a total fabrication and yet is deliberately written to appear as if it is a legitimate direct quote. By any standard this is unacceptable even for an opinion piece. This puts us in mind of a real quote of something Governor Palin actually did once say to the media: “Quit making stuff up.” "
Update: Retracto, the Correction Alpaca, weighs in here:
We call on Politico to issue a retraction and apology to Mrs. Palin.
Update II by Doug: Via The Blaze, Politico finally issued a retraction:
Politico must have heard the Momma Grizzly’s roar. If you go to the piece now, the quotes have been removed and a statement appears at the end:
CORRECTION: An editing error caused a false attribution in an earlier version of this column. A comment by the authors was transformed into a direct quote from Sarah Palin. She never said the words attributed to her. Those words were written by the authors.
The depths to which Politico will stoop to gin up a phony controversy between Governor Palin and another potential candidate is breathtaking, but not surprising.
I am no Trump fan, but I’ll give him this: He doesn’t back down or apologize, which is why I don’t believe he meant to be crude. If he had so intended, he’d own that (proudly).
— Mark Twain
“I’ll take They’re lying for $200 Alex.”
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