[BobL]

The Dems, at a minimum, obviously knew that Trump’s claim was true and might eventually be proven out, considering that many, many, people had recording devices by then. So they let the media and the IDIOT REPUBLICANS lay into Trump, while hoping the recording wouldn’t show up, but having some level of deniability if it did show up (particularly if it wound up being Trump who disclosed it). The net result is that Jeb called Trump a “liar”, and Rubio said: “It didn’t happen and there are fact checks to prove it.”

Rule #1 in politics is to ALWAYS LEAVE WIGGLE ROOM, regardless of how much you may hate your opponent. Comments like, “I’d like to see him prove it” and “There is nothing that I’ve seen that shows this happened” probably would have been enough to keep them in the running, at least a bit longer. Absolutes are a political suicide pill.

Rule #2 in politics, if you’re a Republican, is to NEVER trust the media. Jeb and Rubio basically bet their campaigns on the media being right and Trump being wrong. Now the establishment is out of candidates...Romney anyone?

Rule #3 in politics, if you’re a Republican and Democrats are NOT attacking your opponent over a mistake (or gaffe, etc.), you should consider that perhaps they (i.e., the Democrats) have more information available to them, than you might have.

The only question now is when does YouTube pull the video - so as to, once again, get history to match what is needed at the present time.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Cracks me up. It's apparent Trump is pranking the usual suspects - over & over. I see the pattern - he appears to make some off the cuff public remark, foes immediately take the bait and jump all over it, only to get the rug pulled out from under them after shooting off their mouths and staking a flawed position. Christie, Jebbie the Bush and the rest of the pack were trying to outdo themselves and got zonked. If those guys fall this easily to such pranks, how the hell would anybody expect them to handle someone like the Chicoms, Iran, the Norks or Putin? They're steadily disqualifying themselves, which I do believe is the point of the exercise.

 

 

[catnipman]

“The only question now is when does YouTube pull the video - so as to, once again, get history to match what is needed at the present time.”

They can pull it all they want, but by now probably a bazillion copies have downloaded; I know I just downloaded a copy myself.

[billyboy15]

To late to pull the video since it has been downloaded and copied thousands of times at this point.