Posted on 12/03/2017 9:59:42 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
He said it. “Grab ’em by the pussy.”
Of course he said it. And we laughed along, without a single doubt that this was hypothetical hot air from America’s highest-rated bloviator. Along with Donald Trump and me, there were seven other guys present on the bus at the time, and every single one of us assumed we were listening to a crass standup act. He was performing. Surely, we thought, none of this was real.
We now know better.
Recently I sat down and read an article dating from October of 2016; it was published days after my departure from NBC, a time when I wasn’t processing anything productively. In it, the author reviewed the various firsthand accounts about Mr. Trump that, at that point, had come from 20 women.
Some of what Natasha Stoynoff, Rachel Crooks, Jessica Leeds and Jill Harth alleged involved forceful kissing. Ms. Harth said he pushed her up against a wall, with his hands all over her, trying to kiss her.
“He was relentless,” she said. “I didn’t know how to handle it.” Her story makes the whole “better use some Tic Tacs” and “just start kissing them” routine real. I believe her.
Kristin Anderson said that Mr. Trump reached under her skirt and “touched her vagina through her underwear” while they were at a New York nightclub in the 1990s. That makes the “grab ’em by the pussy” routine real. I believe her.
The key to succeeding in my line of work was establishing a strong rapport with celebrities. I did that, and was rewarded for it. My segments with Donald Trump when I was just a correspondent were part of the reason I got promoted.
NBC tripled my salary and paid for my moving van from New York to Los Angeles.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Now they want to try to roll the angry chick revolution onto Trump. Here it comes. Did anyone doubt this was coming?
It’s not coming. This is garbage.
But the problem is, nobody believes *you*.
George W Bush + Billy Carter = Billy Bush
Also, anytime they go there, Bill Clinton. Drop mic.
They are not going to stop coming after him. On Tues, arguments will be heard in a civil suit against Trump regarding groping and publicly calling his accuser a liar. His attorneys are trying to have the case dismissed or at least delayed until he is out of office. At some point he is not going to be able to just dismiss this stuff, especially while pointing a finger at others.
If the case for civil damages is not stopped, he may someday have to testify under oath as did Bill Clinton. His attorneys better have him perfect saying, “I have no clear recollection of that.”
He very likely was engaged in many groping incidents and that was bad behavior. But he didn’t do it while an elected official. It is not a high crime or misdemeanor.
Billy, you’d get more traction by claiming Trump groped you or something.
Shut up Billy Bush! Nobody gives two flying fricks what you think!
I highly doubt that.
Oh, it’s coming. It wont succeed, but they are going to try very hard. This article didn’t come out of nowhere.
All he has to say is that he was groped too.
Key word here: "hypothetical" Trump was talking about the action of the women who stalked after celebrity men and what outrageous behavior they "hypothetically" would tolerate to get the attention of a male celebrity. Trump was speaking the truth about celebrity female groupies. They will!
“He very likely was engaged in many groping incidents and that was bad behavior. But he didn’t do it while an elected official.”
...and you know this, how? I doubt Trump needed to grope or grab to get his jollies. It would drop knee in front of him. He wouldn’t even need to ask. Let’s be real.
The Bush family is the scum on the floor of a filthy gas station bathroom.
Trump’s locker room bravado that became the template for opportunists.
As Jed Clampette would say, “Pitiful”.
Yes, I agree he probably wasn’t a saint ...but he had women throwing themselves at him. He was rich, attractive with a charismatic personality. Hard to imagine he felt compelled to force himself on them.
And I believe it was Jessica Leeds who is telling a total lie since a witness said it didn’t happen and she was preying on DJT.
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