[Cboldt]

This morning, Trump is after a NYT story about his "woman problems." He is mocking them. The NYT deserves it.

The failing @nytimes wrote yet another hit piece on me. All are impressed with how nicely I have treated women, they found nothing. A joke! @realDonaldTrump 6:55 AM - 15 May 2016

Everyone is laughing at the @nytimes for the lame hit piece they did on me and women. I gave them many names of women I helped-refused to use. @realDonaldTrump 7:13 AM - 15 May 2016

Why doesn't the failing @nytimes write the real story on the Clintons and women? The media is TOTALLY dishonest! @realDonaldTrump 7:32 AM - 15 May 2016

Probably coincidentally, this dovetails with the breathless reporting over the 25 year old "John Miller - Publicist" recording, which the press might argue shows Trump showing low respect for women (bedside being dishonest, the CNN preferred meme in light of Trump saying the voice doesn't even sound like him). I figure the pres will keep running nonsense stories.

Manafort's prediction from April 10 came true - by mid-May Trump would be seen as the presumptive nominee, although it would take some time for the GOP to accept that.

[Cboldt]

Link to FR thread and the NYT article, I should have thought to put these in the same post that had Trump's "rebutal" tweets.

FR Thread re: NYT "How Donald Trump Behaved with Women in Private" Article

Crossing the Line: How Donald Trump Behaved With Women in Private - The New York Times - May 14, 2016 (MICHAEL BARBARO and MEGAN TWOHEY)

A small sampling of other press outlets riffing off the NYT story ...

Trump has a history of questionable behavior with women: NY Times - Reuters
New York Times delves into Donald Trump's history with women - CBS News
The NYT interviewed 50 women about Trump - Business Insider
Forty Years of Trump Being Creepy To Women - NY Magazine
This New York Times investigation uncovered troubling anecdotes - The Week
Donald Trump: Outrageous Details From His NYT Ladies Man' Profile - Uproxx

[Bernard]

by mid-May Trump would be seen as the presumptive nominee,

And by August 7-10, Donald Trump will be seen as the front-runner in the November election. Why? The dem convention is July 25-28, after the Republican convention the week before.

So the world will see Donald Trump accept the nomination in Cleveland in a somewhat orderly fashion (assuming the networks can muffle the sound of Karl Rove and Willard Romney crying and wailing), and the same world will see the strife at the dem party when Sanders voters react to the official nomination, but worse of all;

The world will get to hear Hillary Clinton make her acceptance speech. No way around it; you can't move it to Saturday night, you can't hide it, you can't cover it up with a hand motion and snappy patter like "What difference does it make?". The basic problem the dems have is that Hillary is, at base, a really lousy, impersonal, rehearsed, 20th century liberal and has a speech delivery mechanism that sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard. She's married to Bill Clinton; she has no Bill Clinton DNA or charm in her.

The Whole World Is Watching, Hilly, The Whole World Is Watching. Don't get nervous; what could go wrong?

So why did I pick August 7-10 in my opening? Because by then the polls will include reactions from both conventions. Until then, the LIV's can rely on MSNBC and Facebook for their news sources and opinion basis, but when Hilly is center stage there won't be a filter. The comparison between DJT and Crooked HRC should be enough to make the difference. Then the betting pools will be on the point spread, not the basic outcome.

[NKP_Vet]

All the talk shows are running with this non-story about how bad Trump has always treated women. I had to turn off Chris Wallace before I put my foot through the TV. He was grilling Preibus about the NY Times story. Never forget that Newt Gingrich just broke a story about the Clinton foundation paying women 38 cents on the dollar less than men. That’s the real story, because it’s fact. But it’s about Clinton so it’ll be ignored. If anyone still thinks Fox is “fair and balanced” and tilts towards right, you only have to watch Chris Wallace at work or Bloody Megyn Kelly. Two of the biggest liberals on any news channel.

[chiller]

re: breathless reporting over the 25 year old "John Miller - Publicist" recording,

Reince (rhymes with pints, btw) Priebus delivered an especially devastating and embarrassing rejoinder to Chris Wallace when Wallace asked about the old recording.

Basically, Priebus said 'we've got ISIS, Obamacare, a possible Hillary indictment, gender issues, etc....and YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS ?"