Posted on 03/25/2016 12:12:25 PM PDT by Enlightened1
I get that the media has gotten the memo that Donald Trump is the greatest threat to civilization since NBC’s “The Slap,” but the controversy surrounding the Trump v Ted Cruz wife-dissing battle has revealed a stunning bit of tunnel vision, particularly among liberals. While everyone piles on Trump for retweeting an unflattering photo comparison of Heidi Cruz and Melania Trump, they’re giving Cruz and his SuperPAC a complete pass for what amounts to a political sexual assault on Melania Trump. Both attacks were ugly; I would submit that the explicitly sexual nature of the attack on Mrs. Trump is worse, but for the sake of argument, let’s call them even.
Consider this introduction to the flap by Chris Hayes on Thursday night’s All In, in which he takes great pains to note that the PAC that attacked Melania Trump has “no direct connection” to Ted Cruz, then delights in Cruz’s (admittedly awesome) refusal to say he won’t support Trump if he’s the nominee:
God bless Hallie Jackson for asking that followup, but another great question would have been why didn’t Ted Cruz immediately denounce the anti-Melania ad and demand that it be taken down? As for Hayes, he and the rest of the media are giving Cruz a benefit of the doubt that he has not earned. Sure, he’s not supposed to coordinate with SuperPACs, but this is the same guy who swore his campaign had nothing to do with spreading the rumor that Ben Carson had dropped out in Iowa, only to have voicemails to the contrary surface almost immediately. At a bare minimum, Cruz bears responsibility for not immediately coming out against the ad.
(Excerpt) Read more at mediaite.com ...
Now, are you going to join me in asking Mr. Trump to start categorically condemning everything his followers are saying?
Trump: Response to the cover story in this week's National Enquirer about Lyin' Ted Cruz:
A: Because she’s a porn star?
She is not a porn star.
Playboy is porn
The term porn star is indicative of someone being in those kind of movies, which she was not. Playboy is pretty tame, now Hustler or Penthouse would be another matter.
Oh, Playboy is art? I don’t care how “tame” it is by your standards. It is still porn.
I’m still trying to figure out why this was an attack. Did Mrs. tRump pose, willingly, for the picture in order to advance her career. It appears they are both now ashamed she did it otherwise they wouldn’t have such a problem with the ad.
This isn’t even a picture taken of a young girl who couldn’t have known what she was doing nor was it a picture taken without her willing consent. She got paid for the picture and knew it was going to be available for anybody to see and was certainly fine with it at the time.
Funny how none of the tRump supporters had a problem posting pictures of Megan Kelly in what they referred to as a slutty pose and, she had her clothes on.
They are just a bunch of sleezy hypocrites.
Couldn’t agree more.
Huh? Who made that quote and when? Sorry, but I don’t understand what you’re trying to say.
***So Melania was doing a promo for Casino Royale? I didn’t realize she was in that movie. ****
Did I say promo or themed? I said themed.
If you look at Eva Green’s Casino Royale promo pics, you might see a similarity. Eva Green played Vesoer Lynd in the 2006 movie. Ursula Andress played her in the first one in 1967.
Its not Trump’s job to defend Cruz against reports in a tabloid. What if they are true?
Right. And its not Cruz’s job to defend Trump against PACs unaffiliated with his campaign.
I think Teddy has a lot bigger problem than his super pac trying to slut shame Melania Trump. It never fails that the holier than thou preacher types are dipping the wick in the wrong oil lamp. :-)
My money is on the aforementioned wick being dipped into a blithering idiot Beck!
I’m asking myself that same question.
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