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Trump apologizes for saying 'foolish things,' turns tables on Bill Clinton
CNBC ^ | 10/7/2016 | Javier David

Posted on 10/07/2016 10:10:40 PM PDT by GilGil

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, with his campaign upended by crude remarks he made about women 11 years ago, apologized on Friday for saying "foolish things," attempted to pivot away from a widening controversy that threatened to sink his chances to win the White House.

He called the controversy a "distraction from the important issues we're facing today," returning to a campaign theme he's deployed frequently: The sexual behavior of Bill Clinton, who has been unfaithful to his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

In his statement, he accused the former president of predatory behavior, while saying the former Secretary of State and Democratic nominee attacked his accusers. Barely two weeks ago, Trump threatened to bring Gennifer Flowers, the former president's ex-paramour, to the first presidential debate.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; billclinton; clinton; election; trump
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To: Irish Eyes

It’s already being discussed...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3477909/posts


21 posted on 10/07/2016 10:30:00 PM PDT by guido911 (Please ss)
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To: sagar

I wouldn’t doubt the leak was by Trump to let them take the bait. If so, simply genius.

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Trump is a risk taker and this is classic Trump. This exposes Hillary as the sexual predator she is along with Bill. Tens of millions of people who did not know about her past will get an education.


22 posted on 10/07/2016 10:30:53 PM PDT by GilGil
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To: Sarah Barracuda

The sad thing about all of this is that what was said is the American culture: TV, movies, soup operas, reality shows, lyrics, video games, public schools, and universities....


23 posted on 10/07/2016 10:30:54 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: juggernaut
Game On!

Yep, the msm media thought Trump would cower and fade away. That's just not his style.
24 posted on 10/07/2016 10:32:24 PM PDT by JoSixChip (Cruz <- sleaze; Clinton <- criminal; Trump <- winner)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Trump has to go into the debate with a full attack against hillary not bill. bill is not running, there is more than enough information on hillary. It might make the MSM mention it.


25 posted on 10/07/2016 10:32:25 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: Timpanagos1

The next 30 days will be full of many skirmishes like happened yesterday. It will be bloody . If they thought Donald Trump would give up and go home they were wrong. I am not a fan but I respect him for being a fighter. I fHillary and her handlers want a war they now have it. To much is at stake to give up now. On to victory on Nov. 8,2016.


26 posted on 10/07/2016 10:33:08 PM PDT by Destroyer Sailor (Revenge is a dish best served cold.)
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To: GilGil

Trump should start every statement with a new apology. Then he should say that he was an entertainer at the time and he was playing a comic. with a bunch of men.

The white house has seen this kind of discourse with Clinton and Kennedy to name a few. And most people could not withstand the scrutiny of a microphone that is always on even in private and even in your past, decades past.

The campaign teaches a lot about things you should not articulate and Trump is quickly learning that politicians have no privacy.


27 posted on 10/07/2016 10:33:17 PM PDT by poinq
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To: GilGil

It is amusing to watch those so devoted to Bill Clinton, become so outraged by these comments. Maybe if Trump had acted on these impulses over the past 30 years, as did Bill, these libs would love him, too.

I find it hard that people can’t see thru this.


28 posted on 10/07/2016 10:35:15 PM PDT by theoilpainter
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To: GilGil

“...his campaign upended...”??????

Only in CNBC’s wildest wet dreams.


29 posted on 10/07/2016 10:36:15 PM PDT by Bob (No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not accomplishments; they're jobs.)
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To: magna carta

In so many news accounts of such sex crimes, the victims are blamed and the rapists maintain that such heinous acts are justified since Western women engage in acts of immodesty.

HRC lives in a politically correct world of Orwellian double think.


30 posted on 10/07/2016 10:36:55 PM PDT by PBRCat
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To: GilGil

I hate to be a downer, but CNN has been “reporting” that Trump’s apology has fallen flat with Gloria Borger and “Republican” strategist Kevin Madden saying it was “insincere.” So this story is as big as ever and the apology changes nothing.


31 posted on 10/07/2016 10:37:15 PM PDT by ZagFan
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To: Irish Eyes
This is utter BOVINE EXCREMENT!

Why didn't she sue him?

Why didn't she change seats?

Why would Trump want to be business partners with these nothings?

This story makes NO sense at all!

32 posted on 10/07/2016 10:39:45 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: ZagFan

Yes CNN is fair and impartial. Lol!


33 posted on 10/07/2016 10:40:35 PM PDT by Destroyer Sailor (Revenge is a dish best served cold.)
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To: Irish Eyes

“Trump has to go into the debate with a full attack against hillary not bill. bill is not running, there is more than enough information on hillary. It might make the MSM mention it”.

BULLSHIT, Hillary was and is a Rapist enabler


34 posted on 10/07/2016 10:40:46 PM PDT by heights
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To: ZagFan

I hate to be a downer, but CNN has been “reporting” that Trump’s apology has fallen flat with Gloria Borger and “Republican” strategist Kevin Madden saying it was “insincere.” So this story is as big as ever and the apology changes nothing.
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Seriously! You are citing CNN as a credible source. You have to be joking! They don’t call it the Clinton News Network for nothing.


35 posted on 10/07/2016 10:41:17 PM PDT by GilGil
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To: Irish Eyes

Yep. This just set the stage for anything that a woman alleges will be breathlessly reported and believed.


36 posted on 10/07/2016 10:41:25 PM PDT by phoneman08
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To: nopardons

I agree with everything you say but the MSM and the clinton campaign are scum.


37 posted on 10/07/2016 10:42:14 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Everyone should understand that Paul Ryan is an eletism socialist who has a clear conscience when he steals a million for himself and soothes his conscience with giving the poors 2 bits. Ryan’s allegiances is to himself alone and big government because Big Gov make him a lot of money.


38 posted on 10/07/2016 10:42:31 PM PDT by WMarshal (Trump 2016)
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To: Irish Eyes

yes and Trump said vulgar things on howard stern decades ago too.

they just keep rehashing old stuff that was mentioned in the last year and half.


39 posted on 10/07/2016 10:43:18 PM PDT by b4me (Idolatry is rampant in thoughts and actions. Choose whom you will serve....)
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To: guido911

Missed it , search is not working well for me.
:)


40 posted on 10/07/2016 10:44:43 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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