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Trump Campaign Manager Yanks Female Breitbart Reporter Almost to the Ground; Trump Campaign Denies; Witnesses Support the Reporter
Michelle Fields relates her version of the incident at Breitbart:
A Washington Post reporter, Ben Terris, says he witnessed the event, and backs Fields' account:
Even if Trump was done taking questions, Lewandowski would be out of line. Campaign managers aren’t supposed to try to forcefully throw reporters to the ground, no matter the circumstance. But what made this especially jarring is that there was no hint Trump was done taking questions. No one was pushing him to get away. He seemed to have been happily answering queries from my fellow reporters just a moment before. Many people have been asking me on Twitter and in emails what exactly happened Tuesday night. I hope this article answers those questions and I can get back to reporting the news, not being a part of it.
As security parted the masses to give him passage out of the chandelier-lit ballroom, Michelle Fields, a young reporter for Trump-friendly Breitbart News, pressed forward to ask the GOP front-runner a question. I watched as a man with short-cropped hair and a suit grabbed her arm and yanked her out of the way. He was Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s 41-year-old campaign manager. Fields stumbled. Finger-shaped bruises formed on her arm. "I'm just a little spooked," she said, a tear streaming down her face. "No one has grabbed me like that before."Breitbart released a short statement in the name of Larry Solov:
It's obviously unacceptable that someone crossed a line and made physical contact with our reporter. What Michelle has told us directly is that someone 'grabbed her arm' and while she did not see who it was, Ben Terris of The Washington Post told her that it was Corey Lewandowski. If that's the case, Corey owes Michelle an immediate apology.Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks denies the event took place, and questions the truthfulness of Fields:
NEW: Trump campaign spokesperson Hope Hicks responds to allegations campaign manager assaulted Breitbart reporter: pic.twitter.com/LHRMKXzy3K
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) March 10, 2016
I guess these just magically appeared on me @CLewandowski_ @realDonaldTrump. So weird. pic.twitter.com/oD8c4D7tw3
— Michelle Fields (@MichelleFields) March 10, 2016
New Breitbart statement on Corey Lewandowski pic.twitter.com/QiD1GFB03H
— Molly Woodruff (@woodruffbets) March 10, 2016
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at March 10, 2016 03:45 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Skip at March 10, 2016 03:45 PM (fizMZ)
Posted by: brak at March 10, 2016 03:46 PM (MJuTN)
Posted by: An Poc ar Buile at March 10, 2016 03:47 PM (bpn7O)
Posted by: rd at March 10, 2016 03:47 PM (v0YLX)
Posted by: Random Thought Generator at March 10, 2016 03:48 PM (wLLbf)
Posted by: garrett at March 10, 2016 03:48 PM (440T9)
Posted by: Skip at March 10, 2016 03:48 PM (fizMZ)
But Corey is probably too busy cheating at debates with Trump, or feverishly creating fake faxes from the BBB for Trump University.
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 03:49 PM (UBBWX)
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 10, 2016 03:49 PM (t2KH5)
Posted by: rd at March 10, 2016 03:49 PM (v0YLX)
Posted by: Minnfidel at March 10, 2016 03:49 PM (btH0m)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2016 03:49 PM (kDUUX)
that's what i'm thinking. and sure, it's hypocritical. Yeah, I liked when he tossed out Jorge Ramos (but that wasn't done roughly, or at least no one's alleged that).
But here's a pretty light-framed girl asking Trump a question, and she gets yanked back off balance.
All Breitbart wanted was an apology. Such a trivial thing. But no, they have to start attacking her.
Posted by: ace at March 10, 2016 03:50 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: Cheri at March 10, 2016 03:50 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: An Poc ar Buile at March 10, 2016 03:50 PM (bpn7O)
Posted by: wth at March 10, 2016 03:50 PM (HgMAr)
He can even say it in his Apprentice tone...
The masses will love him for it.
Posted by: H Badger at March 10, 2016 03:50 PM (n/0Nw)
Posted by: Iblis at March 10, 2016 03:50 PM (9221z)
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at March 10, 2016 03:50 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Minnfidel at March 10, 2016 03:51 PM (btH0m)
Posted by: fdarnc at March 10, 2016 03:51 PM (fG412)
Posted by: SH at March 10, 2016 03:51 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 03:51 PM (UBBWX)
Posted by: tsj017 at March 10, 2016 03:51 PM (4YUWF)
Posted by: ajlfour at March 10, 2016 03:52 PM (BKflv)
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 03:52 PM (UBBWX)
Still perfect for Scourge.
The right tool for the right job...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Restorationist at March 10, 2016 03:52 PM (9krrF)
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at March 10, 2016 03:52 PM (evdj2)
Reporters are annoying but they shouldn't be grabbed and yanked, almost
to the ground.
You lost me. I didn't buy a croquet set to use the mallets for playing croquet, whatever that is.
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 10, 2016 03:53 PM (X3fgA)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 10, 2016 03:53 PM (oVJmc)
The reporter - no, Staff do not manhandle people who are legitimately working the event.* There are ways to interpose between the candidate and over-zealous press, and that is the job of actual security. Let them do it.**
*The building people, the caterers, and others like them.
**Remember when the one woman some years back tried to grab Rand Paul and bystanders put her down? That is an example of an exception.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries ACME Brand Trump-Stoppers! at March 10, 2016 03:53 PM (hLRSq)
mm, I should probably have covered-up actual news in order to prop Trump up
Posted by: ace at March 10, 2016 03:53 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: Skip at March 10, 2016 03:53 PM (fizMZ)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 10, 2016 03:53 PM (2PHKP)
Suck oxygen from Cruz. Its not a bad strategy when competing for the GOP candidacy.
I just don't buy the media let's him have this kind of fun facing Their Queen.
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 03:53 PM (UBBWX)
Posted by: BacktoGA at March 10, 2016 03:54 PM (QUl0c)
Posted by: PAgirlinNC at March 10, 2016 03:54 PM (pQNht)
All the cool kids are doing it. Don't you want to be cool, Ace?
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at March 10, 2016 03:54 PM (evdj2)
mm, I should probably have covered-up actual news in order to prop Trump up
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See, you're getting it. /sarc
Posted by: SH at March 10, 2016 03:54 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Mr. Wednesday Night at March 10, 2016 03:54 PM (Ui7Rt)
Posted by: An Poc ar Buile at March 10, 2016 03:54 PM (bpn7O)
Posted by: The Nayden Broad at March 10, 2016 03:54 PM (T+Avr)
I've only read blurbs about the incident, but it does have some of the hallmarks of bullshit.
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 10, 2016 03:54 PM (2cS/G)
Donald is a total wannabe tough guy himslf.
Posted by: DirtyJobsGuy at March 10, 2016 03:55 PM (YZbBp)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 10, 2016 03:55 PM (2PHKP)
Doesn't this end this whole fiasco right here?
So she got pushed and stumbled. Big whoop. It happens.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 10, 2016 03:55 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Skip at March 10, 2016 03:55 PM (fizMZ)
Benefit of the doubt is not always so forthcoming.
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 03:55 PM (UBBWX)
Posted by: Iblis at March 10, 2016 03:55 PM (9221z)
Breitbart.com obviously likes Trump a heck of a lot. And look how Trump is repaying that -- by essentially humiliating them, not acknowledging at all the goodwill that Breitbart should have amassed with Trump
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I thought that website was called Trumpbart as much as they slather over him
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 10, 2016 03:55 PM (voOPb)
Why quit a winning strategy?
Posted by: TallDave at March 10, 2016 03:56 PM (/s1LA)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 10, 2016 03:56 PM (TnUKj)
Posted by: tsj017 at March 10, 2016 03:51 PM (4YUWF)
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Really...???
Trump isnt responsible for anybody's death.
...... Hillary, on the other hand.....
Posted by: fixerupper at March 10, 2016 03:56 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: David Reardon at March 10, 2016 03:56 PM (WmLD5)
mm, I should probably have covered-up actual news in order to prop Trump up
Posted by: ace at March 10, 2016 03:53 PM (dciA+)
The fire burns away the slag and frees the pure metal.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries ACME Brand Trump-Stoppers! at March 10, 2016 03:56 PM (hLRSq)
Wow those bruises look bad. It's like Auschwitz.
Posted by: Mr. Wednesday Night at March 10, 2016 03:54 PM (Ui7Rt)
Yes, definitely make light of roughing up women. Win the hearts and minds.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 10, 2016 03:56 PM (2PHKP)
and
>>>Fields stumbled.
Doesn't this end this whole fiasco right here?
So she got pushed and stumbled. Big whoop. It happens.
...
Boy aren't Obama's excuse-making toadies just *terrible*? It's like a cult!
Posted by: ace at March 10, 2016 03:57 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 03:57 PM (UBBWX)
Posted by: NotCoach, HotAir Shithead at March 10, 2016 03:57 PM (rsudF)
Posted by: Skip at March 10, 2016 03:57 PM (fizMZ)
Posted by: Crowley at March 10, 2016 03:57 PM (0bbpe)
Posted by: D. Trump at March 10, 2016 03:57 PM (H9MG5)
What a mess.
The Trump butler video claiming he's such a nice guy to work for, loyal, and charitable. Not like what you hear in many other channels.
And, then you see how supposedly the Dems are lining up to skew the vote FOR Trump.
I can't wait until this all shakes out.
Concrete Evidence of Democrats Rallying to Trump
https://ricochet.com/concrete-evidence-democrats-rallying-trump/
he points to this, for example:
Report: 46,000 Pa. Democrats Become Republicans Due To Trump
http://cbsloc.al/225W0Nz
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2016 03:57 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: L, Elle at March 10, 2016 03:58 PM (zfBZT)
Dogs and water cannons then, right?
Posted by: Navypopojojo at March 10, 2016 03:58 PM (qwhaR)
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They are going Full Obama.
You never go Full Obama.
Posted by: Roy at March 10, 2016 03:58 PM (VndSC)
Why quit a winning strategy?
...
i'm sure he would never screw *US* over, though. Just all these other people.
But us, he'll be true to us.
Posted by: ace at March 10, 2016 03:58 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: donna at March 10, 2016 03:58 PM (/dSsq)
Trump doesn't seem to care about how he treats his strong allies. Humiliating them, making them appear impotent.
Trump seems ignorant of who supports him and why they support him. I really believe Trump has no idea why he's leading in the polls. It's all about Trump the man and nothing else and no one else.
Trump's campaign is very much like a WWF storyline in which he plays the up and coming champion defeating all who challenge him.
Also, Trump is a crowd pleaser. Trump loves whoever he is speaking to at the moment, and goes out of his way to shun whoever is not in the presence of his glory. When he's addressing a crowd, he mocks his fans who couldn't enter the building. When Trump does interviews, he's best friends with the interviewee and treats them like lifelong pals, even if it's Cris Matthews. But then goes on Hannity and Trump will shit on Matthews.
Posted by: Buckaroo Banzai at March 10, 2016 03:58 PM (9yW+Y)
Holy fucking shit this is it.
Trump's campaign is sunk.
It's over. White girl's got bruises. Pack it in.
DAMN YOU Cory! You poop mouth!
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 03:57 PM (xuouz)
Yes, it's quite funny when a white girl gets bruised. White girl bleed!!!!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 10, 2016 03:58 PM (2PHKP)
They do when it's convenient.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 10, 2016 03:58 PM (oVJmc)
Trump's campaign is sunk.
It's over. White girl's got bruises. Pack it in.
DAMN YOU Cory! You poop mouth!
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 03:57 PM (xuouz)
___________________________________________
Simple question. Should Trump apologize, or not?
Posted by: NotCoach, HotAir Shithead at March 10, 2016 03:58 PM (rsudF)
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 10, 2016 03:59 PM (X3fgA)
Posted by: ace at March 10, 2016 03:57 PM (dciA+)
Uh ... the "Fields stumbled" was a quote from the eyewitness that you pasted.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 10, 2016 03:59 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Chris Vaughn at March 10, 2016 03:59 PM (Bcqod)
With the press release from Breitbart on their site suffice to say that they are getting the full on Trumpkin in their comments now too. Biasically, Breitbart is now experiencing what happens when the crocodile has finished with everyone else.
Popcorn time.
Posted by: H Badger at March 10, 2016 03:59 PM (n/0Nw)
Would you be minimizing it had it been a Cruz campaign manager who did it?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 10, 2016 03:59 PM (w4NZ8)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 10, 2016 03:59 PM (wtvvX)
Michelle Fields is an attention seeker who once claimed Allen West groped her but later went silent.
Posted by: Stay out da bushes at March 10, 2016 04:00 PM (cR/4a)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2016 04:00 PM (kDUUX)
Posted by: FauxNews at March 10, 2016 04:00 PM (1ijHg)
ot
Absolute smear piece over at the Daily Caller.
By ROGER STONE, The Daily Caller's Men's Fashion Editor
Ted Cruz, A Bush By Another Name
This is a hideous article.
Neil Bush, the son of President George H. W. Bush, who defrauded U.S. taxpayers out of $1.5 billion dollars in the savings and loan scam, and later peddled influence for the Chinese government, (who plied him with Chinese prostitutes) has formally endorsed Senator Ted Cruz for president. You can't make this stuff up.
This endorsement says much...
junk over at the daily caller
sick of it all
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2016 04:00 PM (qCMvj)
===
NOT IN MY NAME
mostly bcoz I want worse. Whose values are these anyway?
Posted by: Bigby's Finger Goes pewpewpew at March 10, 2016 04:00 PM (3ZtZW)
I would say that in the world of political consultants, the scumbags far outnumber the decent human beings.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 10, 2016 04:00 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: David Reardon at March 10, 2016 04:00 PM (WmLD5)
I just registered Republican in California.
Guess what?
I did it to vote for Cruz over Trump.
I also really don't care if Trump wins if he governs as a center-left guy with the GOP logo on his jersey.
I was once Trump-curious, but not so much anymore.
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 04:01 PM (UBBWX)
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 10, 2016 04:01 PM (X3fgA)
Just for this election cycle. Just long enough to pick which opponent the want their candidate to run against.
Instant Republicans aren't guaranteed not to have an expiration date, nor are they guaranteed to be any more conservative that the ten Republican senators who voted to confirm Loretta Lynch.
Posted by: Qoheleth at March 10, 2016 04:01 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: GuardAmerican at March 10, 2016 04:01 PM (GBnWt)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 10, 2016 04:01 PM (2PHKP)
sick of it all
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2016 04:00 PM (qCMvj)
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Ya know.... if all the vim and vigor gets directed at Democrats instead of each other....
Posted by: fixerupper at March 10, 2016 04:02 PM (8XRCm)
And the bruises are in the shape of SHORT little fingers. Case closed.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 10, 2016 04:02 PM (8ZskC)
This is Tootie we're talking about, right?
Posted by: Buckaroo Banzai at March 10, 2016 04:02 PM (9yW+Y)
Now what?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2016 04:00 PM (kDUUX)
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So what exactly are people defending here if he should apologize?
Posted by: NotCoach, HotAir Shithead at March 10, 2016 04:02 PM (rsudF)
Michelle Fields is an attention seeker who once claimed Allen West groped her but later went silent.
classy
and i would say the allen west matter is among the things Conservatives Don't Talk About Because We Don't Really Want to Get Into It Too Deeply.
Posted by: ace at March 10, 2016 04:02 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: FauxNews at March 10, 2016 04:02 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: Bill Clinton at March 10, 2016 04:03 PM (8ZskC)
But not Trump's army of low-information zombies.
Posted by: TallDave at March 10, 2016 04:03 PM (/s1LA)
Welp, here we go folks.
Again, if its all to grab headlines, why not.
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 04:03 PM (UBBWX)
That is a potentially dangerous quality in someone who supposedly wants to represent a whole lot of people.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 10, 2016 04:03 PM (w4NZ8)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at March 10, 2016 04:03 PM (OQ9R7)
Yes.
Now what?
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We wait and see if he does. Or if he forces his campaign manager to apologize. This is bad, but its not fatal to Trump. But a lack of a Trump response that is anything but an apology will further convince the non-trump supporters that he should not be President. And it will probably further convince his supporters that see this is why he should be president - he's so anti-PC. Which will further convince us that his supporters are becoming more and more cultish.
But I'll wait to see what happens. And no I don't think this will matter in terms of the election very much.
Posted by: SH at March 10, 2016 04:03 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: wth at March 10, 2016 04:03 PM (HgMAr)
Plied him with Chinese prostitutes? Just how many did he need?!!
Posted by: IC at March 10, 2016 04:03 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 10, 2016 04:03 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: Flaccid Member at March 10, 2016 04:03 PM (5fSr7)
It doesn't take but 1 or 2 of these incidents to sink a national campaign.
Posted by: Chain Saw at March 10, 2016 04:03 PM (R6NO9)
i'm not the guy saying "big deal, a white girl got bruised"
Posted by: ace at March 10, 2016 04:04 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: Mr. Wednesday Night at March 10, 2016 03:54 PM (Ui7Rt)
*******
Yes, definitely make light of roughing up women. Win the hearts and minds.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 10, 2016 03:56 PM (2PHKP)
One reference to Hitler, one to Auschwitz. And in the last thread when I pointed out that Trump Resorts had gone through four bankruptcies and are now owned by Carl Icahn Enterprises, I got a "reply" from Ghost of Kari that dredged up "Jews and the Holocaust". I'm beginning to see a pattern here of trying to dismiss any criticism of Teh Donald by pretending it's just as bad as Godwinizing the argument.
Posted by: HTL at March 10, 2016 04:04 PM (3TKkF)
Posted by: Flaccid Member at March 10, 2016 04:04 PM (5fSr7)
I mean hell, she was out of the kitchen and didn't bring a sammich
Lessons learned
Posted by: Navypopojojo at March 10, 2016 04:04 PM (qwhaR)
Posted by: wiserbud at March 10, 2016 04:04 PM (AqEbb)
That is a potentially dangerous quality in someone who supposedly wants to represent a whole lot of people.
In other words, a typical politician.
Anyone over the age of 40 who still believes that any politician is sincere is an idiot.
Posted by: Buckaroo Banzai at March 10, 2016 04:05 PM (9yW+Y)
Posted by: ace at March 10, 2016 04:05 PM (dciA+)
This is a fucked up situation and they shouldn't be railroading Fields. But you're also overreacting.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 04:02 PM (xuouz)
Yes, ace is the one at an all time low.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 10, 2016 04:05 PM (2PHKP)
And then turn around and lie about it? (If that's the case?)
If it happened, they should have said why he felt he had to grab her. Her bruises don't even mean he grabbed her all that hard; she could just bruise easily. But denying it happened, if it did happen, is worse.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 04:05 PM (CNKtx)
Posted by: donna at March 10, 2016 03:58 PM (/dSsq)
Last time I looked it was buried down the page.
But I don't hit the site as much nowadays.
Posted by: Iblis at March 10, 2016 04:05 PM (9221z)
*hic*
Posted by: Hillary! 2016 Barking For Us at March 10, 2016 04:05 PM (8ZskC)
http://hotair.com/archives/2016/03/10/protester-gets-sucker-punched-at-trump-rally/
Posted by: David Reardon at March 10, 2016 04:05 PM (WmLD5)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 10, 2016 04:05 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: wth"
I don't think they could locate a Sharper Image within walking distance.
Posted by: Benji Carver at March 10, 2016 04:06 PM (OD2ni)
Just for this election cycle. Just long enough to pick which opponent the want their candidate to run against.
Doesn't PA have coal fields and an industry decimated by Obola and his EPA? Do they think Hillary will roll it back?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2016 04:06 PM (kDUUX)
Faux News is FOR Trump.
National Review is AGAINST Trump.
jpmedia is AGAINST Trump and Cruz.
The MFM is against Trump, Cruz, and Rubio, but not Catsick.
I am sure that I got that wrong somewhere
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 10, 2016 04:06 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: SH at March 10, 2016 03:51 PM (gmeXX)"
Andrew Breitbart would have shown up to confront Trump *in person*. The light-in-the-loafers vultures running his website have just about picked the last bits of meat from the bones of his name.
Posted by: holygoat at March 10, 2016 04:06 PM (ZgI/r)
Claude Van Damme supposedly did two of them in Taipei. Big news locally.
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 04:06 PM (UBBWX)
There's no video or pictures of the incident and the person who was grabbed didn't even see who did it. The story is based solely on the word of Ben Terris?
Seems ridiculous. It could have been anyone who grabbed the reporter. Why are we to believe Terris is telling the truth that it was Trump's campaign manager?
I think if this was anyone else's campaign, we'd be a little more skeptical of the claim.
To be clear, I'm not doubting that someone grabbed the reporter and apparently moved her out of the way. I'm just skeptical that we can be certain it was Trump's campaign manager based on nothing more than the word of a liberal reporter.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 10, 2016 04:06 PM (7A4qQ)
Between this and his shifting positions, it's clear to me he tapped into what he did completely by accident. He bears it no allegiance and may not even recognize it.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Restorationist at March 10, 2016 04:06 PM (9krrF)
This is called assault. It was by a campaign manager, to a reporter. A friendly reporter.
Think about what you are excusing. Mr Trump should make nice in this instance, personally. This ass worked for Trump and is his face
I do not join cults of personality. Condemning this should not be controversial.
Posted by: ThunderB at March 10, 2016 04:06 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: General Zod at March 10, 2016 04:07 PM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: Haiku Guy at March 10, 2016 04:07 PM (hmj8n)
Posted by: Trump Campaign Manager at March 10, 2016 04:07 PM (rsudF)
It's all about Trump the man and nothing else and no one else.
That is a potentially dangerous quality in someone who supposedly wants to represent a whole lot of people.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 10, 2016 04:03 PM (w4NZ
Hard not to draw parallels between him and how Obama was treated in 2008.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 10, 2016 04:07 PM (2PHKP)
The GOP is better off without them. It's the same contingent the GOP ran out of the party in the Goldwater era when the Birchers were told to GTFO. Time to purge them again.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 10, 2016 04:07 PM (KYBGb)
Posted by: TallDave at March 10, 2016 04:07 PM (/s1LA)
Posted by: Ike Turner's Toaster at March 10, 2016 04:07 PM (440T9)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 10, 2016 04:07 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 10, 2016 04:07 PM (X3fgA)
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 04:07 PM (UBBWX)
Damn straight! I bet she wasn't even barefoot!
How's your little guitar picker?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 04:07 PM (CNKtx)
Posted by: Abiss at March 10, 2016 04:08 PM (UsgHM)
Posted by: spypeach at March 10, 2016 04:08 PM (nyYhO)
There's no video or pictures of the incident and the person who was grabbed didn't even see who did it. The story is based solely on the word of Ben Terris?
Seems ridiculous. It could have been anyone who grabbed the reporter. Why are we to believe Terris is telling the truth that it was Trump's campaign manager?
I think if this was anyone else's campaign, we'd be a little more skeptical of the claim.
To be clear, I'm not doubting that someone grabbed the reporter and apparently moved her out of the way. I'm just skeptical that we can be certain it was Trump's campaign manager based on nothing more than the word of a liberal reporter.
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Smartest words of the thread.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 10, 2016 04:08 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Bill in Chappaqua at March 10, 2016 04:08 PM (BWdzW)
Was Trump wearing an actual Nazi uniform when he punched this woman?
How many time did he smack her around before he determined she had enough?
Did he kick her when she was down?
Until we get all the facts, it's hard to pin blame on anyone.
Posted by: jwest at March 10, 2016 04:09 PM (Zs4uk)
Yeah, producing physical evidence to back up your claim of mistreatment is a totes tacky way of doing things.
Better is the Hairy Reid method, like claiming on the Senate floor that Mitt didn't pay taxes for 10 years.
Now that, my friends, is evidence.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 10, 2016 04:09 PM (gyKtp)
and its over.
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 04:09 PM (UBBWX)
Posted by: TallDave at March 10, 2016 04:09 PM (/s1LA)
There was a time I suppose when issues mattered. But I guess that ship has sailed.
We've got the Over Caffeinated Chihuahua Obfuscation from Rubio.
Now Cruz implying that Trump voters are STOOPID. You know, because they don't vote for him.
Now we've got the Breitbart incident, so they can grab some free headlines.
Got it.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 10, 2016 04:09 PM (O0lVq)
One possible reason that R primary votes are at an all-time high this cycle is D's meddling to choose Trump as the R nominee because they believe he'd be easiest to defeat.
Republicans, if they were smart, should have voted for Sanders in the primaries for an easier general election.
Posted by: Buckaroo Banzai at March 10, 2016 04:09 PM (9yW+Y)
Posted by: garrett at March 10, 2016 04:09 PM (440T9)
What concerns me far more than anything about Trump being our nominee is that this operation is absolutely clueless and they are simply winning primaries because people are so pissed off about illegal immigration, it's certainly not because they have a deft campaign operation.
Posted by: Chain Saw at March 10, 2016 04:09 PM (R6NO9)
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Heh.
How much longer does MUMR spend in purgatory?
Posted by: fixerupper at March 10, 2016 04:10 PM (8XRCm)
I am being friendly here. There are two rules about holes:
(1) When in one stop digging.
(2) Do not be one.
It was bad, Lewandowski should apologize to her, Trump should apologize to the Brietbart organization on behalf of his organization.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries ACME Brand Trump-Stoppers! at March 10, 2016 04:10 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: votermom at March 10, 2016 04:10 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: PBJ5959 at March 10, 2016 04:10 PM (r1du+)
Posted by: BacktoGA at March 10, 2016 04:10 PM (QUl0c)
sick of it all
Posted by: artisanal 'ette
mm, DC should probably have covered-up actual news in order to prop Cruz up
Posted by: x at March 10, 2016 04:10 PM (nFwvY)
https://tinyurl.com/ja7wq3c
Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at March 10, 2016 04:10 PM (4ng05)
Yes...its a massive fucking conspiracy....
Posted by: Skeezix at March 10, 2016 04:10 PM (WnCSK)
Yes; The difference being that the media wont be covering up for- and fawning all over- Obama. If Hillary becomes the nominee She''ll become the princess and Trump the evil Lord
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 10, 2016 04:10 PM (w4NZ8)
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What does Trump gain by not apologizing?
Posted by: NotCoach, HotAir Shithead at March 10, 2016 04:10 PM (rsudF)
Posted by: Abiss at March 10, 2016 04:08 PM (UsgHM)
Congratulations, you've just been selected to host this week's mandatory Moron seminar, How to Win Friends and Influence People.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 10, 2016 04:10 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: The Reportin' Hat at March 10, 2016 04:11 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: L, Elle at March 10, 2016 04:11 PM (zfBZT)
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Is that cheaper than Trump University?
Posted by: SH at March 10, 2016 04:11 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 10, 2016 04:11 PM (1ijHg)
joke. This is a travesty of blogging, and considering it's blogging the
bar is low.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 04:09 PM (xuouz)
Door is that way -->
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 10, 2016 04:12 PM (2PHKP)
But there's a dark side to that. Protesters are annoying but they shouldn't be handled roughly or hit.
why not? they are attempting to deny me my political process.and they have been known to do things like pull fire alarms to disrupt an event.reporters of course are a diiferent matter
Posted by: flawless male logic at March 10, 2016 04:12 PM (lKyWE)
Oh sure, it seem weak to you. You're not the one Trump was pummeling with his MMA training and nunchucks.
When will Americans rise up against this type of racist violence?
Posted by: jwest at March 10, 2016 04:12 PM (Zs4uk)
Dammit. Ace, can you send Pixy out for more hyphens again? They need to be the classiest, most luxurious hyphens anyone has ever seen. Preferably gold plated. Thanks.
Posted by: TallDave at March 10, 2016 04:12 PM (/s1LA)
This whole thing smells to me. I could not care one bit if a young, female reporter got brushed aside and got a slight bruise. The breakup of press briefings and stuff is when folks get shot and if you dally to take questions instead of meaning. we're done, goodbye, you just invite more press to do this everytime.
The reporter in question I know little about but her BF works for NR, anti-Trump-Central. The Wa-Po is NOT a Trump friendly outlet, so I wouldn't put a dime on the back-up witness either.... BECAUSE... they all have an agenda.
The press corps admits it, every day. If she got hurt, file a complaint. This is not a college classroom where you can't get touched. This is insipid and has an air of being blown waaaaay out of proportion. AM I that out of line?
Posted by: Yip at March 10, 2016 04:12 PM (e7T6D)
Posted by: Skip at March 10, 2016 03:48 PM (fizMZ)
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I heard that and it was a good exchange.
I'm on Prager's side but thought Shapiro had some good points.
The one thing that didn't come up was the extreme corruption, mendacity, lack of conscience, paranoia, disregard for American lives and security, contempt for laws and limits, etc. that have characterized the Bitch of Benghazi for decades. She is a special case.
Ben's argument would be much stronger if Trump's opponent were Sanders.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 10, 2016 04:12 PM (T/5A0)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 10, 2016 04:12 PM (iQIUe)
Trump's campaign manager based on nothing more than the word of a
liberal reporter.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 10, 2016 04:06 PM
I've read the same stories you have, and have a feeling -- not supported by facts, but then the story as being so happily parroted by the Trump-haters is amazingly shy on facts as well -- that the true story has yet to appear. There should be lots of video, and lots of eyewitnesses, and they have yet to appear.
I'll be interested to see how it plays out. Right now, it's impossible to say who will have to apologize. But I'm certain of one thing: if it turns out that the Trump-haters have wishcasted this into a Major Event when it didn't deserve to be, there will be no apologies of any kind from them.
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 10, 2016 04:13 PM (WIZNc)
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 04:13 PM (UBBWX)
Whatever. It doesn't matter now.
Trump is going to be the R nominee and you all better get used to that fact. Barring both Rubio's and Kasick's immediate withdrawal, Cruz has no chance.
Posted by: Buckaroo Banzai at March 10, 2016 04:13 PM (9yW+Y)
Posted by: IC at March 10, 2016 04:13 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries ACME Brand Trump-Stoppers! at March 10, 2016 04:13 PM (hLRSq)
Bad, bad optics..
We are so boned..
I think I finally convinced my wife to vote for Cruz.. but it may be too little, too late.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 10, 2016 04:13 PM (so+oy)
Posted by: TallDave
I think we can all come together and agree that this would have been AWESOME.
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 10, 2016 04:13 PM (X3fgA)
Posted by: J ohn Oh at March 10, 2016 04:13 PM (5skmk)
Can't you see that in addition to being assault
It's stupid as fuck not to diffuse
Posted by: ThunderB at March 10, 2016 04:13 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: votermom at March 10, 2016 04:13 PM (cbfNE)
Well, the debate tonight should be a fucking riot.
Posted by: L, Elle at March 10, 2016 04:11 PM (zfBZT)
...................
They just get better and better, don't they?
Posted by: wth at March 10, 2016 04:13 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 10, 2016 04:14 PM (3EerS)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 10, 2016 04:06 PM (7A4qQ)
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He himself acknowledged it when he explained that he didnt know her and didnt realize that she worked for Breitbart. Which is a hilarious "defense" on multiple levels.
Posted by: The Nayden Broad at March 10, 2016 04:14 PM (T+Avr)
Full on stroke fest over your Ted Cruz wet dream I see.
Posted by: Skeezix at March 10, 2016 04:14 PM (WnCSK)
Posted by: MrKnowItAll at March 10, 2016 04:15 PM (egzLR)
I'm pretty sure I haven't seen this since the Democrats Bush Derangement Syndrome.
I never expected to see it from so-called "Republicans".
Posted by: Marcus T at March 10, 2016 04:15 PM (O0lVq)
Look like skin pops to me. Just say no to drugs Michelle.
Posted by: The Donald at March 10, 2016 04:15 PM (c7vUv)
Posted by: NotCoach, HotAir Shithead at March 10, 2016 04:10 PM (rsudF)
Nothing, and if I was him I would have apologized immediately.
And that's why he's taking down the Republican party while we have failed utterly to do so.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 04:11 PM (xuouz)
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??
Posted by: NotCoach, HotAir Shithead at March 10, 2016 04:15 PM (rsudF)
(1) When in one stop digging.
(2) Do not be one.
It was bad, Lewandowski should apologize to her, Trump should apologize to the Brietbart organization on behalf of his organization.
Agreed.
Oh. Another rule.
Don't paint with a too broad of a brush. (Not you)
Not all Trump supporters approve of the way this was handled. Paint all supporters as approving is not endearing.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2016 04:15 PM (kDUUX)
But what the hell is up with her beta male boyfriend. Dude, stop whining on Twitter about this and go threaten Lewandowski with a knuckle sandwich. Trust me, she'll appreciate it ...(IYKWIMAIKYD)
Posted by: Benji Carver at March 10, 2016 04:15 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: wth at March 10, 2016 04:15 PM (HgMAr)
Honestly with the way they are reacting they think they're bulletproof.
Posted by: H Badger at March 10, 2016 04:15 PM (n/0Nw)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 10, 2016 04:15 PM (oVJmc)
(1) When in one stop digging.
(2) Do not be one.
It was bad, Lewandowski should apologize to her, Trump should apologize to the Brietbart organization on behalf of his organization.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries ACME Brand Trump-Stoppers! at March 10, 2016 04:10 PM (hLRSq)
I'm completely with you, please search my nick and see what I've said.
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Good and good.
I don't think us anti-Trumpers are hanging on this. No one has any illusions that this is going to sink him. And this is not the reason to sink him. All this does is harden people's positions (on both sides but for different reasons).
Posted by: SH at March 10, 2016 04:15 PM (gmeXX)
That's like the kid who attacks his dad with a hammer, and then explains himself with, "sorry dad, I thought you were asleep."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 10, 2016 04:15 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2016 04:16 PM (qCMvj)
I just knew Palin and the rest of her snowbilly family would be in a fight at a Trump rally.
Posted by: jwest at March 10, 2016 04:16 PM (Zs4uk)
He called Ted a liar for things that Ted's staff did like merely re-tweeting a story.
So, Trump can be responsible for this. He needs to apologize - let CNN and Fox break to live coverage of his apology.
Trump can also apologize to Ben Carson for comparing him to a child molester, too.
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 04:16 PM (UBBWX)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 10, 2016 04:16 PM (2PHKP)
Or, she is a nobody and got shoved.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 10, 2016 04:16 PM (1ijHg)
This would be a hilarious skit. Get a kid with Tourrette's to play Trump.
Posted by: Ignoramus at March 10, 2016 04:16 PM (r1fLd)
Exactly. It could even be some half-ass apology like "in my zeal to protect our future president, I over-reacted with my huge manly hands and bruised this delicate flower of a woman who I'm sure has never been pushy in her life"
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 04:16 PM (CNKtx)
Posted by: The Reportin' Hat
The media is patronizing Trump like you would a retarded child.
And many conservatives really do believe it's because of Trump's Super-Alpha bullshit that they are dancing to his tune.
Posted by: Chain Saw at March 10, 2016 04:16 PM (R6NO9)
Posted by: Yip at March 10, 2016 04:16 PM (e7T6D)
Posted by: TallDave
I think we can all come together and agree that this would have been AWESOME.
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 10, 2016 04:13 PM (X3fgA)
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Not only did he throw her down, she landed on a donk senator's dick!
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 10, 2016 04:16 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Buckaroo Banzai at March 10, 2016 04:17 PM (9yW+Y)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 10, 2016 04:17 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 10, 2016 04:17 PM (2cS/G)
They have gotten away with enough to assume they are bulletproof.
Rubio has been apologizing for his roast comic act. Trump doesn't have to do that.
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 04:17 PM (UBBWX)
Posted by: Woodward & Bernstein at March 10, 2016 04:17 PM (BWdzW)
Going to need a backhoe soon for the bodies
She's mainly focusing on soccer and golf nowadays though
Posted by: Navypopojojo at March 10, 2016 04:17 PM (qwhaR)
Posted by: MrKnowItAll at March 10, 2016 04:15 PM (egzLR)
Ace is promoting a movie script based on these events "House of the Golden Scalp Weasel."
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries ACME Brand Trump-Stoppers! at March 10, 2016 04:18 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: SH at March 10, 2016 04:15 PM
Did you read the 207 comments ahead of yours before you wrote this?
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 10, 2016 04:18 PM (WIZNc)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 10, 2016 04:18 PM (O0lVq)
Now the names of the players seem to be the same but there does seem to be divergent view of what actually happened...
Am I screwing up here?
Posted by: juandos at March 10, 2016 04:18 PM (zmnCg)
Tell me, what do you do with a reporter who refuses to get out of the way and puts his or her body in your way when you step aside?
Posted by: Buckaroo Banzai at March 10, 2016 04:18 PM (9yW+Y)
OMG, that's hysterical, can you imagine if they got some smart ass kid to be Trump?! It'd be like those Little Johnny jokes....
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 04:18 PM (CNKtx)
I had no idea Allen West was so creepy.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2016 04:16 PM (qCMvj)
Really? Did she press charges? West comes across as a stand up guy, not a sleaze bucket.
Posted by: IC at March 10, 2016 04:18 PM (a0IVu)
The Trump campaign is handling this stupid as fuck
Wait to the general
You think the Soros funded gangs aren't going to be as provoking as shit at trump rallies
Are you kidding me
This is wildly stupid and unprofessional. They do not have their shit together
If they cannot handle a young female Breitbart reporter, how are they going to handle the tidal wave of professional protestors coming their way?
Posted by: ThunderB at March 10, 2016 04:18 PM (zOTsN)
In communist Russia, they don't have right wing blogs that bring you the truth about billionaire candidates beating up women at their rallies.
God Bless Us.
Posted by: jwest at March 10, 2016 04:18 PM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 10, 2016 04:19 PM (WHC8a)
Or, she is a nobody and got shoved."
Yes, treat your allies like this!
Wow, a master persuader at work!
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 04:19 PM (UBBWX)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 10, 2016 04:19 PM (iQIUe)
I'm pretty sure I haven't seen this since the Democrats Bush Derangement Syndrome.
I never expected to see it from so-called "Republicans".
Posted by: Marcus T at March 10, 2016 04:15 PM (O0lVq)
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Indeed, let's all go out and show support for Trump by clocking white bitches.
Trump's people didn't say, "We're looking into it." They went straight into smearing Fields. They deserve to be dragged through the mud on this one.
Posted by: NotCoach, HotAir Shithead at March 10, 2016 04:19 PM (rsudF)
Posted by: wth at March 10, 2016 04:19 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at March 10, 2016 04:19 PM (xzZPy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whTeCO4yLJw
feature=player_detailpage#t=626
http://tinyurl.com/j5vzx6u
Posted by: DaveA at March 10, 2016 04:20 PM (DL2i+)
The Hag will comment shortly.
Trump is a misogynist! Don't vote for him!
It's really quite pathetic.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 10, 2016 04:20 PM (O0lVq)
Posted by: Don "Godfather" Trump at March 10, 2016 04:20 PM (AqEbb)
Bill Cosby.
I'm just sayin' that its not smart to assume people you agree with and seem nice, might not have sides that you don't know about.
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 04:20 PM (UBBWX)
Posted by: SH at March 10, 2016 04:15 PM
Did you read the 207 comments ahead of yours before you wrote this?
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So we are hanging on every art thread too? This is just a discussion board, and that was the topic Ace choose. This is just another piece of evidence either side can use.
Posted by: SH at March 10, 2016 04:20 PM (gmeXX)
I'm curious now to know how many Events! this particular reporter has been involved in.
And if she has been a victim of battery and doesn't like the Trump campaign's response so far, she should have the ability to take this to the police and get legal satisfaction.
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at March 10, 2016 04:20 PM (uURQL)
You're going to have your hands full with another little Italian hottie in the house!
Maybe she'll get a full ride to UoT with those golf and soccer skillz..
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 04:21 PM (CNKtx)
Between now and November, which category will amass the most Trump coverage?
RIPOFFS
INFIDELITIES
ABORTIONS
RACISM
CRAZYTALK
and our new contender, started late but coming on strong...
ASSAULTS
Remember, it's all for charity, or "charity" as we call it over at Trump University.
Posted by: TallDave at March 10, 2016 04:21 PM (/s1LA)
Teacher: "What did we learn on our field trip to the farm?"
Little Johnny: "Get off the fucking tractor!"
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2016 04:21 PM (kDUUX)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 10, 2016 04:16 PM (2PHKP)
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I suspect he will. If he's smart, he'll drop a quick hit (or even none), and have Fiorina talking about this on every network for every day from here until 3/15.
Posted by: T at March 10, 2016 04:21 PM (1Dc9T)
Gateway Pundit had a reporter on the scene (and video) and says they didn't see any such incident. Their reporter wrote "I remained for about a half-hour talking to other reporters and taking more photos. No one mentioned anything about a reporter being manhandled. The first I learned about it was the next day in media reports."
It might have happened, but it also might be a hit job by a writer who reportedly supports Cruz and seems to have some history of her own with this type of incident.
Posted by: cool breeze at March 10, 2016 04:21 PM (ckvus)
Is the Allen West groping accusation true at all? Does anyone know?
Posted by: L, Elle at March 10, 2016 04:21 PM (zfBZT)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 10, 2016 04:21 PM (2cS/G)
You're losing your edge my man
Posted by: Navypopojojo at March 10, 2016 04:21 PM (qwhaR)
I know he's played it off now, but the MSM will brutalize him in the general, and the Obama people will leak rumors about them.
GOP should press this issue - no time bombs, please.
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 04:21 PM (UBBWX)
I had no idea Allen West was so creepy.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2016 04:16 PM (qCMvj)
Really? Did she press charges? West comes across as a stand up guy, not a sleaze bucket."
I thought that was something conjured up in the fevered mind of Charles "LGF" Johnson.
Posted by: Benji Carver at March 10, 2016 04:22 PM (OD2ni)
Tell me, what do you do with a reporter who refuses to get out of the way and puts his or her body in your way when you step aside?
Posted by: Buckaroo Banzai at March 10, 2016 04:18 PM (9yW+Y)
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Oh! Oh! I know this one! Beat a bitch till' she bleeds!
Posted by: Trump Campaign Manager at March 10, 2016 04:22 PM (rsudF)
Posted by: juandos at March 10, 2016 04:22 PM (zmnCg)
Posted by: Stupid Party. at March 10, 2016 04:22 PM (GHtJF)
Shit like this.
There aren't enough PC warriors to stop the tidal wave of people who are perfectly happy with someone getting knocked around at a rally.
Posted by: jwest at March 10, 2016 04:22 PM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: gabby at March 10, 2016 04:22 PM (NnS0Q)
It's sad to watch you cling to it.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 04:11 PM (xuouz) "
Well, we also have a lot of primaries left. But you're right, it's sad that Trump could skullfuck an infant on live TV and his supporters would say "See? Trump doesn't give a fuck. This is the man who can clean up DC." Every asshole move he makes is a feature, not a bug.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 10, 2016 04:22 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 10, 2016 04:21 PM (2cS/G)
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If Fields is lying she should be tossed faster than it takes Trump to raise a stubby finger.
Posted by: NotCoach, HotAir Shithead at March 10, 2016 04:23 PM (rsudF)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 10, 2016 04:23 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at March 10, 2016 04:23 PM (xzZPy)
Posted by: Pastafarian at March 10, 2016 04:23 PM (LqrRo)
Yeah, not everyone is into breaking heads, dude.
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 04:23 PM (UBBWX)
Did she fling herself down to the ground like those stupid soccer players do?
Posted by: Buckaroo Banzai at March 10, 2016 04:23 PM (9yW+Y)
Well, Gateway Pundit has gotten a lil weird over the years, IMHO; I'd be a little leary of his sources at first blush.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 04:23 PM (CNKtx)
Basic human pyschology.
Washington murdered Germans in their sleep on Christmas!
No, he pulled off a brilliant tactical manuever!
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at March 10, 2016 04:24 PM (uURQL)
Posted by: T at March 10, 2016 04:24 PM (NctcF)
Red card. Red card!
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2016 04:24 PM (kDUUX)
Posted by: An Poc ar Buile at March 10, 2016 04:24 PM (bpn7O)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 10, 2016 04:25 PM (WHC8a)
For golf she's about a 10 handicap which is scary too
But as per her highness the kid will be a Lady Vol and like it
Posted by: Navypopojojo at March 10, 2016 04:25 PM (qwhaR)
Shit like this.
There aren't enough PC warriors to stop the tidal wave of people who are perfectly happy with someone getting knocked around at a rally.
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Proving my point. If you are pro-Trump, your takeaway from this minor affair * is that we need to stop putting up with this PC BS. If you are anti-Trump, it is this is what Ace said.
Its not a big deal * its just another piece of evidence that confirms each side's opinion on Trump.
* I realize it may not be a minor affair to the person battered.
Posted by: SH at March 10, 2016 04:25 PM (gmeXX)
I was considering voting for Trump because I agree with him on the issues and he doesn't eat boogers, but I don't know anymore.
Posted by: Mr. Wednesday Night at March 10, 2016 04:25 PM (Ui7Rt)
Stage 1: Bruise the arm of a reporter.
Stage 2: Kneecap a protestor.
Stage 3: ???
If I were a New Yorker I'd stay away from 5th Avenue.
Posted by: Kevin DuBrow at March 10, 2016 04:25 PM (bMcUX)
Posted by: ThunderB at March 10, 2016 04:25 PM (zOTsN)
Is it necessary that I knee-jerk react to every event with white-hot
indignation, or can I wait until the hysteria dies down and we can be
certain of facts?
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 10, 2016 04:23 PM (oVJmc)
A pro-Trump site is reporting this.
Individual has bruises that look like she was grabbed. (see picture)
Eyewitness to back it up.
Police arrest domestic abusers at this point.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 10, 2016 04:25 PM (2PHKP)
But this breathless reporting of a TMZ story is a joke. This is a travesty of blogging, and considering it's blogging the bar is low.
Posted by: Ghost of kari
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If this place is so beneath you, why are you still here?
24/7 it seems - your shtick was old over a month ago, son.
Posted by: Chi at March 10, 2016 04:26 PM (mW1Fw)
The narrative will become this is more of The War on Women.
......................
I bet Trump has binders of these women.
Posted by: wth at March 10, 2016 04:26 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Stupid Party. at March 10, 2016 04:22 PM (GHtJF) "
So you'd be okay with someone spitting in your face because it doesn't leave a bruise? Is a 'real' assault like Whoopi Goldberg's 'rape rape'?
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 10, 2016 04:26 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: T at March 10, 2016 04:24 PM (NctcF)
***
Woah. You're not me, and yet you're inside my head.
Posted by: T at March 10, 2016 04:26 PM (1Dc9T)
Posted by: Chain Saw at March 10, 2016 04:09 PM
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Yeah, clueless. That branding Bush "low energy," that was some happy accident, huh. And then there was the time Trump skipped out on the Fox debate when they had that leftist "YouTube celebrity" teed up for him. Lucky, that! But then it happened again at CPAC. Whew, dodged another bullet. Then there was the dumb idea to start doing press conferences after the primaries. 45 minutes uninterrupted on three news nets. Wow. They probably don't even realize what that's worth, the dummies.
Posted by: Gunga Done at March 10, 2016 04:26 PM (pnRrB)
Posted by: holygoat at March 10, 2016 04:26 PM (ZgI/r)
Also - it seems nearly everyone is more certain about what will happen if one candidate is nominated over another than I am about what I will be having for dinner in a couple of hours.
*I love you guys - you're my best customers!
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries ACME Brand Trump-Stoppers! at March 10, 2016 04:26 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: IC at March 10, 2016 04:26 PM (a0IVu)
There are 25 million illegals with thousands coming every single day. The debt is on pace to hit $20T.
But a reporter got a booboo, guess that's the important stuff to worry about.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 10, 2016 04:26 PM (WHC8a)
Um, you just did. Just now, in that comment.
Posted by: Pastafarian at March 10, 2016 04:26 PM (LqrRo)
Posted by: Tonald Drump at March 10, 2016 04:27 PM (NUqwG)
Fuck Yeah!
Finally, someone with the sense and balls to run the country.
Until you find some other candidate who shows the same intelligence and fortitude, go get your shine box.
Posted by: jwest at March 10, 2016 04:27 PM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: Internet guy still crying at March 10, 2016 04:27 PM (xzZPy)
Posted by: SomeGuy at March 10, 2016 04:28 PM (5Lup0)
I'm having a hard time blaming Trump over this.
Posted by: An Poc ar Buile at March 10, 2016 04:24 PM (bpn7O)
No one is blaming Trump. But to refusing to even apologize or reprimand (at the very least) his campaign manager just reeks.
Trump is an idiot. Either he's that big of an egotistical asshole or he really doesn't want to be President.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 10, 2016 04:28 PM (2PHKP)
Posted by: Brian Williams at March 10, 2016 04:28 PM (BWdzW)
We're Calling Bullshit On Michelle Fields
Posted by: Stay out da bushes at March 10, 2016 04:28 PM (cR/4a)
Posted by: Skip at March 10, 2016 04:28 PM (fizMZ)
msnbc today kept showing over and over again the black punk getting walloped with a big left hook at a Trump rally that he was trying disrupt.
msnbc kept replaying it slow-mo like it was the Kennedy assassination.Bwahahahahahaha!
Posted by: Buckaroo Banzai at March 10, 2016 04:28 PM (9yW+Y)
Join or die. I want you in the tent, but you aren't needed. This is a fucking joke.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 04:21 PM (xuouz) "
Trump is a once in a generation candidate because it took us decades to become so stupid, desperate and disillusioned that we turned to a megalomaniac narcissist douchebag to be the standard bearer for conservatism. Any party that nominated someone like Trump more than once a generation would quickly become the new Whigs.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 10, 2016 04:28 PM (4/i9Y)
???
What does her race have to do with this?
Posted by: Pastafarian at March 10, 2016 04:23 PM (LqrRo)
Bruises appear more easily beneath light skin?
Posted by: Kevin DuBrow at March 10, 2016 04:29 PM (bMcUX)
Are you ever not wrong, insulting, pointless and unfunny?
Don't bother answering.
Posted by: DaveA at March 10, 2016 04:29 PM (DL2i+)
TMZ? This was in the Washington Post. This story is getting some traction, so let's not call it a travesty of blogging.
Posted by: Wendy at March 10, 2016 04:29 PM (bpemY)
Yeah! If only there were polls that showed America choosing Trump over say, Hillary Clinton.
Oooops. The polls show Americans don't choose Trump. Oh well.
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 04:29 PM (UBBWX)
Posted by: The Lizard, Ted Cruz at March 10, 2016 04:29 PM (ZKlDy)
Question: If Donald's behavior were to hit an all-time low, how would anyone know the difference?
Posted by: TallDave at March 10, 2016 04:29 PM (/s1LA)
What was her question?
Does she really have a history of false accusations, or are the Trump folks making that up?
TBH, I don't necessarily see this as a yuuge knock on Trump. There are so many other things. But, yeah, it does seem that some of his staff are a bit thuggy.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at March 10, 2016 04:30 PM (Lk67m)
Posted by: ThunderB at March 10, 2016 04:30 PM (zOTsN)
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I for one find it one of the most interesting and fun elections in a long long time. Not sure about the post-election though.
Posted by: SH at March 10, 2016 04:30 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Soulpatchtony at March 10, 2016 04:30 PM (m40v5)
But a reporter got a booboo, guess that's the important stuff to worry about.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 10, 2016 04:26 PM (WHC8a) "
It's a good thing Trump is going to kill all 25 million of them on live TV, Running Man-style. And then he'll pay off the debt with the profits from Trump steaks. And then the wall. Always the wall.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 10, 2016 04:30 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: Navypopojojo at March 10, 2016 04:30 PM (qwhaR)
Posted by: Buckaroo Banzai at March 10, 2016 04:30 PM (9yW+Y)
Posted by: Corbin Uriah Cuthbertson-Klein at March 10, 2016 04:31 PM (Ui7Rt)
Posted by: spypeach at March 10, 2016 04:31 PM (nyYhO)
Lewandowski copped to the contact last night...this is going to be amazing to watch.
If Fields is lying I have to assume that Lewandowski was copping to someone else he roughed up on the press line.
Like I said...amazing.
Posted by: H Badger at March 10, 2016 04:32 PM (n/0Nw)
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For a brief moment, that may have been possible. Then Palin started actually using words to endorse Trump.
Posted by: SH at March 10, 2016 04:32 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Soulpatchtony at March 10, 2016 04:30 PM (m40v5) "
This is like the Director's Cut of Apocalypse Now. We're stuck in that awful scene with the French ex-pats and it just won't...fucking...end.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 10, 2016 04:32 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 10, 2016 04:28 PM (4/i9Y)
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Indeed. If the GOP insists on making the Dems the comparatively center-right party in this election, it deserves the fate it will get in November.
Posted by: T at March 10, 2016 04:32 PM (1Dc9T)
Posted by: Navypopojojo at March 10, 2016 04:30 PM (qwhaR)
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I *wish* we could go back to the happy times of Sarah Palin and Christine O Donnell.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 10, 2016 04:32 PM (8XRCm)
But a reporter got a booboo, guess that's the important stuff to worry about.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo"
It's possible to worry about all of it, you know. Also, if you think Mr. "I'm flexible' Trump is going to do anything about illegal immigration or that Mr. "I'm for single payer" Trump is going to do anything about the debt, I can't help you. The marks don't know they are the victims of a con until its too late.
Posted by: Benji Carver at March 10, 2016 04:32 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Brian Williams at March 10, 2016 04:28 PM (BWdzW)
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Speaking of sex scenes in Girls, I was flipping through the other night and landed on HBO. It was Girls. It was a sex scene. With Lea Dunham. She was naked.
The horror was indescribable. Where was my fucking trigger warning huh HBO?
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 10, 2016 04:32 PM (WHC8a)
Posted by: Navypopojojo at March 10, 2016 04:32 PM (qwhaR)
You've let the mask slip, kari. Between the "white girl" bit upthread, and this misogyny, you're letting us see a little too much of your true self, the beta-male from Feministing who's paid 0.05 Trump bucks (tm) per word to comment here on Donald's behalf.
Pro tip: Convert those Trump bucks to sovereign currency quickly.
Pro tip two: Maybe you should consider going back to your old job, giving $5 hand-j's at the turnpike truckstop.
Posted by: Pastafarian at March 10, 2016 04:32 PM (LqrRo)
though, to be fair, Breitbart reporter could be making this all up.
so apologize yesterday and make it go away.
Now its a fight!
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 04:32 PM (UBBWX)
Posted by: Navypopojojo at March 10, 2016 04:30 PM (qwhaR)
Ace would be up at 6:00am every morning with a dozen anti-Palin articles ready to go.
Posted by: jwest at March 10, 2016 04:32 PM (Zs4uk)
All Cruz needs is to win Ohio and Florida, and for Kasick and Rubio to quit, two touchdowns, two 2-point conversions, and a field goal and he could win!
Posted by: John Madden at March 10, 2016 04:33 PM (9yW+Y)
Posted by: Tawanna Brawley at March 10, 2016 04:33 PM (BWdzW)
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 10, 2016 04:33 PM (X3fgA)
At least, that's how we remember the 1980s over at The Trump Network (still the greatest financial opportunity of our times, join today!).
Posted by: TallDave at March 10, 2016 04:33 PM (/s1LA)
Posted by: L, Elle at March 10, 2016 04:11 PM (zfBZT)
par for course these days
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2016 04:33 PM (qCMvj)
You're losing your edge my man
Posted by: Navypopojojo
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Let The Bodies Hit The Floor!
Posted by: Chi at March 10, 2016 04:33 PM (mW1Fw)
Posted by: Yip at March 10, 2016 04:33 PM (e7T6D)
The campaign manager admitted it, that's called a confession against interest and it's the strongest form of evidence there is
Oddly he tried to defend himself saying he didn't know she was a reporter
Guess this is ok to do with ordinary citizens
Bit let's keep going with the "she made it all up thing" even though he admitted it
Posted by: ThunderB at March 10, 2016 04:33 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Pastafarian at March 10, 2016 04:32 PM (LqrRo)
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Easy there AmishDude.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 10, 2016 04:34 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 10, 2016 04:35 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 04:35 PM (CNKtx)
Its like the Duke Rape Case all over again.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 10, 2016 04:35 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: TallDave at March 10, 2016 04:35 PM (/s1LA)
My God! Its just like the Holocaust!
Trumped up non-event. Note no police complaint filed. Just Twitter outrage!
I despise Trump but "never apologize, its a sign of weakness".
Posted by: Bob from Ohio at March 10, 2016 04:35 PM (t3cNy)
Everyday Trump can avoid questions about his businesses, his lies, and his tax returns is a good day.
so Corey looks like a bad guy for a day, who cares?
Trump can always hire new staff.
Trump supporters will agree with this.
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 04:35 PM (UBBWX)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 10, 2016 04:35 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 10, 2016 04:35 PM (OcJ6d)
Posted by: ThunderB at March 10, 2016 04:36 PM (zOTsN)
All Cruz needs is to win Ohio and Florida, and for Kasick and Rubio to quit, two touchdowns, two 2-point conversions, and a field goal and he could win!
Posted by: John Madden at March 10, 2016 04:33 PM (9yW+Y)
You're fired!
Posted by: ESPN at March 10, 2016 04:36 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: L, Elle at March 10, 2016 04:36 PM (zfBZT)
Posted by: John Madden at March 10, 2016 04:36 PM (9yW+Y)
You should put a band-aid on that has apparently worked politically before.
Posted by: DaveA at March 10, 2016 04:36 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: Skeezix at March 10, 2016 04:36 PM (WnCSK)
Posted by: H Badger at March 10, 2016 04:36 PM (n/0Nw)
Like walking on your genitals through a room of mousetraps.
Posted by: ESPN at March 10, 2016 04:36 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 10, 2016 04:37 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Roy at March 10, 2016 03:58 PM (VndSC)
It's worked pretty well for President Pissypants.
Posted by: Blano at March 10, 2016 04:37 PM (NHQQx)
Just get your bottlecaps saved up, you'll be fine.
Posted by: TallDave at March 10, 2016 04:37 PM (/s1LA)
Posted by: fixerupper at March 10, 2016 04:32 PM (8XRCm)
I remember those times. The Horde running through the darkness. The sound of the pack as it closed on the prey. The prey struggling in vain as it was hauled off for the unspeakable rituals on the ancient shamanic altar, the moon and stars witnessing ghastly events as the witch and the huntress were worshipped and their power exalted.
Good times, good times.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries ACME Brand Trump-Stoppers! at March 10, 2016 04:37 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 04:25 PM (xuouz) "
Sure, we can at least agree that Trump is the most likely candidate to come to your house and fuck your wife*. And he assures us that he's yuuuge where it counts.
*Among the GOP, of course. He's miles behind John Edwards and Bill Clinton.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 10, 2016 04:37 PM (4/i9Y)
My God! Its just like the Holocaust!
Oh, you're exaggerating.
After reading Ace, I'm quite sure no Jew was ever yanked liked that.
Posted by: jwest at March 10, 2016 04:37 PM (Zs4uk)
On one side she loves Tenn
On the other she'll be with grandma....straight out of Madrid
Granny doesn't play
And back to work
Don't break the place
Posted by: Navypopojojo at March 10, 2016 04:37 PM (qwhaR)
Posted by: Dr. Mr. Badman at March 10, 2016 04:37 PM (KdPei)
That's a fair mea culpa on ace's part, then, considering how for months he was "Trump curious."
Posted by: Vyce at March 10, 2016 04:37 PM (Xylma)
Posted by: TallDave at March 10, 2016 04:29 PM (/s1LA)
HA!. Good one TD.
Posted by: Mimzey at March 10, 2016 04:37 PM (aRUb8)
Posted by: Skeezix at March 10, 2016 04:36 PM (WnCSK)
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God looks like Count Chocula???
...fuck.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 10, 2016 04:37 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Buckaroo Banzai at March 10, 2016 04:37 PM (9yW+Y)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 10, 2016 04:25 PM (2PHKP)
Do you bruise like that whenever someone grabs you? Just wondering. I've grabbed lots of people in my day but never left a bruise that I'm aware of, not even from forcefully yanking a child out of oncoming traffic. Perhaps the eyewitness' account of her stumbling had something to do with it?
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 10, 2016 04:38 PM (zc3Db)
Oddly he tried to defend himself saying he didn't know she was a reporter
Guess this is ok to do with ordinary citizens
Bit let's keep going with the "she made it all up thing" even though he admitted it
Posted by: ThunderB at March 10, 2016 04:33 PM (zOTsN)
Thank you for this info. Do you have a link?
If this is true, then Trump's people are taking a page out of the Clinton playbook and smearing the offended pay. Not good.
If this is true.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at March 10, 2016 04:38 PM (Lk67m)
Posted by: Erin Andrews at March 10, 2016 04:38 PM (BWdzW)
Posted by: Corey the Bruiser at March 10, 2016 04:38 PM (xzZPy)
???
What does her race have to do with this?
Posted by: Pastafarian at March 10, 2016 04:23 PM (LqrRo)
Utterly OT, but I knew a girl who said, "I love getting bruises, they're so pretty."
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at March 10, 2016 04:38 PM (uURQL)
Assault and battery is just not on.
The reason few care (I mean, except for the purpose of poo-flinging) is that people have a hard time understanding why a person would become a Democrat operative with a byline when the world still has plenty of room for crack whores.
Posted by: An Poc ar Buile at March 10, 2016 04:38 PM (bpn7O)
http://bit.ly/1RCoMOk
Posted by: MTF at March 10, 2016 04:38 PM (LISuA)
I agree, their should be some sort of apology and explanation, but this is pretty small potatoes. If this happened to a liberal reporter at a Dem rally, they'd probably just absorb it and not say anything, take one for the team, like that Italian woman volunteering at a migrant shelter, who was raped and then said nothing so as not to give migrants bad press.
Posted by: Walter Concrete at March 10, 2016 04:39 PM (3EerS)
Posted by: Don "Godfather" Trump at March 10, 2016 04:20 PM (AqEbb) "
NOW CLEAN IT UP, YOU GUINEA BRAT!
(Yeah, I know, different character).
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 10, 2016 04:39 PM (4/i9Y)
How could Breitbart not have this on video?
They had a reporter there. I'm sure they had more than one. They record everything.
A video will show up and then we'll know the truth.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2016 04:39 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 10, 2016 04:39 PM (/jecC)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 10, 2016 04:37 PM (iQIUe)
Yes, "intentional unconsented touching" is pretty much the legal definition of the tort of battery.
Posted by: T at March 10, 2016 04:39 PM (1Dc9T)
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Video of Michelle Fields getting beat up by those horrible police in 2011 riots.
https://twitter.com/JGreenDC/status/708014525849546752
Posted by: votermom at March 10, 2016 04:39 PM (cbfNE)
btw, if ANYONE tries to get too close to the President without permission during a close pressing encounter, I would expect the Secret Service to pistol whip the offenders and drag them off in handcuffs, then ask questions later.
I expect the same from the handlers of the frontrunners in the nomination proceedings.
Posted by: doug at March 10, 2016 04:39 PM (FzW7u)
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 10, 2016 04:39 PM (X3fgA)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 04:35 PM (xuouz)
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And you fail to appreciate the difference between voluntarily participating in a sport, and being battered in a public place for having the temerity to approach someone?
Posted by: NotCoach, HotAir Shithead at March 10, 2016 04:39 PM (rsudF)
Posted by: I don't care anymore at March 10, 2016 04:39 PM (x8Wor)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries ACME Brand Trump-Stoppers! at March 10, 2016 03:56 PM (hLRSq)
great line
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2016 04:39 PM (qCMvj)
Noting here that Clinton is a 2 term president still highly regarded.
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at March 10, 2016 04:39 PM (uURQL)
I find all the commenters jokingly referring to this as another holocaust totally disgusting
As long as we are going all feelings and no fact
The guys get shirts. Brown ones apparently
Posted by: ThunderB at March 10, 2016 04:40 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: DaveA at March 10, 2016 04:40 PM (DL2i+)
I'm not a Trumper, but if you read her ( or the WaPo reporters?) account, she says stepped forward as they were walking past, and he grabbed her arm to get her out of the way. I don't think that sounds all that out of line.
It's stupid in this day and age to put your hands on anyone, but I'd hardly call it assault.
I think they should apologize, but I do not think it's assault.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 04:40 PM (CNKtx)
Assuming there is enough evidence to do so.
Posted by: Meremortal at March 10, 2016 04:35 PM (3myMJ)
It's probably a misdemeanor, which means a small fine. Prosecutors are not going to jump on this.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries ACME Brand Trump-Stoppers! at March 10, 2016 04:40 PM (hLRSq)
They only learn from the best. {Hic!}
Posted by: H. R. Clinton at March 10, 2016 04:40 PM (ml1PM)
A video will show up and then we'll know the truth.
But, we'd lose all this spittle-flecking time.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 10, 2016 04:40 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: dustydog at March 10, 2016 04:40 PM (JgGr4)
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Why do you find that odd?
Posted by: SH at March 10, 2016 04:40 PM (gmeXX)
no i have no idea what happened, and never bothered to find out.
Posted by: ace at March 10, 2016 04:41 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 04:41 PM (CNKtx)
Lewandowski's explanation to Boyle, said these sources, was that he and Fields had never met before and that he didn't recognize her as a Breitbart reporter, instead mistaking her for an adversarial member of the mainstream media.
quote comes from The DB
Posted by: spypeach at March 10, 2016 04:41 PM (nyYhO)
Posted by: gm at March 10, 2016 04:41 PM (4ueYo)
Posted by: T"
Yup. Every 1L could tell you that.
Posted by: Benji Carver at March 10, 2016 04:41 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: T at March 10, 2016 04:39 PM (1Dc9T)
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Try arguing that in front of a jury and you will get your ass handed to you.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 10, 2016 04:41 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: ace at March 10, 2016 04:02 PM (dciA+)
It sounds like Allen West has a history of this stuff.
Like I said earlier, creepy. I did not know all of what he has done.
As far as Michelle being groped, the article I read said many PJMedia folks were there and witnessed it. She decided not to make a big deal of it.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2016 04:42 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: The Hot Gates. at March 10, 2016 04:42 PM (KJZeR)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 04:38 PM (xuouz) "
And here I thought it was because you're not an egomaniac billionaire with the resources to run what is essentially a vanity campaign (yes, he might win, but this is still just, in the immortal words of George Costanza, for the glorification of his massive ego). But it's all attitude, eh?
And there's also the whole part where neither of us is old enough to run for President, but hey, that's a small hurdle.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 10, 2016 04:42 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 10, 2016 04:42 PM (O0lVq)
Posted by: Mr. Wednesday Night at March 10, 2016 04:42 PM (Ui7Rt)
We need to see what happened. It may not have been unlawful. If you invade someone's space I imagine at a certain point it's lawful to keep them away from you.
Posted by: Walter Concrete at March 10, 2016 04:43 PM (3EerS)
Posted by: Benji Carver at March 10, 2016 04:43 PM (OD2ni)
I typically can find bruises on my shins with no idea of how I got them.
Posted by: votermom at March 10, 2016 04:43 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 10, 2016 04:43 PM (BWdzW)
Posted by: kraken at March 10, 2016 04:43 PM (sdxPm)
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No conflict here. I'm actually hoping Trump roughs me up. He owes me the good stuff.
Posted by: Sean Hannity at March 10, 2016 04:44 PM (gmeXX)
I'm curious if she made charges against Allen West.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 10, 2016 04:44 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 10, 2016 04:44 PM (DUoqb)
Posted by: ace at March 10, 2016 04:41 PM (dciA+)
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Because Conservatives Don't Talk About Because We Don't Really Want to Get Into It Too Deeply. ??
Posted by: fixerupper at March 10, 2016 04:44 PM (8XRCm)
"Do you bruise like that whenever someone grabs you?"
Some men, and many women do. I have several female family members who get deep bruises from what to me would be just everyday events; they have very sensitive skin and have to be very careful. A harsh grab of their forearms would easily leave bruising that would be visible for several days.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 10, 2016 04:44 PM (/jecC)
Don't worry, though, we're still going to have the classiest, most luxurious First Amendment you've ever seen. Or else.
Posted by: TallDave at March 10, 2016 04:44 PM (/s1LA)
You have become Left
The destroyers of rational discussion.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 04:41 PM (xuouz)>>>
I don't know why this has to do anything with Trump. Defense of assault of a woman - as you have done - is disgusting.
Posted by: gm at March 10, 2016 04:44 PM (4ueYo)
Posted by: WTFO at March 10, 2016 04:45 PM (MeXxt)
The irony to me in all of this is the Andrew Breitbart, may he rest in peace, warned about having a celebrity candidate run on the R ticket such as Donald Trump. Understood that in no way was he a conservative.
Posted by: Cheri at March 10, 2016 04:45 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: H Badger at March 10, 2016 04:45 PM (n/0Nw)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 10, 2016 04:45 PM (JO9+V)
I'm not a Trumper, but if you read her ( or the WaPo reporters?) account, she says stepped forward as they were walking past, and he grabbed her arm to get her out of the way. I don't think that sounds all that out of line.
The 'yanks her almost to the ground' bit also recalls the Secret Service slamming the guy a few weeks ago, but the WaPo guy says she stumbled in response to the contact, so not quite a body slam.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 10, 2016 04:45 PM (oVJmc)
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This is false. Read Ace above, then you'll get it.
Posted by: MTF at March 10, 2016 04:45 PM (LISuA)
Yes, I remember the SCOTUS case of Fister v. Punchington, where it was decided that you can't legally claim battery unless your face looks like it was caved in by a battering ram. And it's not really theft if someone steals 20 bucks from you because, dude, it's 20 bucks, is it really a big deal?
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 10, 2016 04:45 PM (4/i9Y)
I kind of agree with this. Not the actual pistol whipping unless it's the President, but when someone steps out towards the candidate when they're leaving, is security supposed to wait til they throw bloody tampons, or a bottle of urine, or pull a gun?
Maybe they are, I dunno. That could very well be the law.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 04:45 PM (CNKtx)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 04:40 PM (CNKtx)
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Not assault, but battery, and if it happened as described it most certainly is a crime. The only exculpating circumstance would be self defense, and I would find such a claim to be beyond ridiculous.
Posted by: NotCoach, HotAir Shithead at March 10, 2016 04:46 PM (rsudF)
If you guys want Cruz, you better get your asses out there and start hustling because time is running out.
You might also want to dust up Rubio and Kasich because they, not Trump, are Cruz' biggest obstacle to the nomination.
Posted by: Buckaroo Banzai at March 10, 2016 04:46 PM (9yW+Y)
The destroyers of rational discussion.
How you, a proud and unapologetic Trump supporter, can say this with a straight face is incredible. Does irony not exist where you live?
Posted by: JackStraw at March 10, 2016 04:46 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at March 10, 2016 04:46 PM (xzZPy)
Demand the attacker be charged with assault.
Trump has secret service protection,she stepped into the path security was trying to clear for him.good luck
Posted by: flawless male logic at March 10, 2016 04:46 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 10, 2016 04:46 PM (O0lVq)
Posted by: Idgaf at March 10, 2016 04:46 PM (Qsa5x)
Posted by: T"
Yup. Every 1L could tell you that.
Posted by: Benji Carver at March 10, 2016 04:41 PM (OD2ni)
One of the elements that need to be proven are damages. She has light bruises. She might have a bill for an over-the-counter liniment. This would be small claims and over in about 15 minutes. No jury, just the judge and the clerk.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries ACME Brand Trump-Stoppers! at March 10, 2016 04:46 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Skeezix at March 10, 2016 04:36 PM (WnCSK)
Don't know what the "Face of God" shtick is, but Cruz has the face of a mature and intelligent man. Trump has the face..and consistent expressions and gestures... of an immature, full of himself frat boi. His persona is an embarrassment imo. Just my opinion...others may feel differently.
Posted by: Mimzey at March 10, 2016 04:46 PM (aRUb8)
And then, they all head to a free, fabulous three-day seminar valued at $20,000.
Posted by: TallDave at March 10, 2016 04:46 PM (/s1LA)
Posted by: Dickie Betts fan at March 10, 2016 04:47 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: fdarnc at March 10, 2016 03:51 PM (fG412)
Seems like your boy is doing fine on his own. I've followed Trump since the Eighties. If you look at his public career, Trump has always been his own worst enemy; rather, his lack of character has always been his own worst enemy. The man is a goon.
Posted by: troyriser at March 10, 2016 04:47 PM (UWlp+)
Posted by: gm at March 10, 2016 04:44 PM (4ueYo)
All in to protect the king. Soul selling apparently not optional.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 10, 2016 04:47 PM (2PHKP)
I typically can find bruises on my shins with no idea of how I got them."
My henchman O'Connor was a messy bleeder. That's why I should have sent Jimmy to deal with Dalton.
Posted by: Brad Wesley at March 10, 2016 04:47 PM (OD2ni)
It's stupid in this day and age to put your hands on anyone, but I'd hardly call it assault.
I think they should apologize, but I do not think it's assault.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 04:40 PM (CNKtx)
I agree. It's probably a circus wherever Trump is with tight security.
They should apologize if it happened. I have no reason to doubt she was handled roughly out of the way.
To play devils-advocate, if it had been a man, no one would care.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2016 04:47 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Pastafarian at March 10, 2016 04:32 PM (LqrRo) "
What's the trumpbucks to bitcoin exchange rate? Get some of them sweet sweet internet ducats.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 10, 2016 04:47 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: Mimzey at March 10, 2016 04:46 PM (aRUb
I always assumed he was just coked to the gills, but I could be wrong.
Posted by: TallDave at March 10, 2016 04:47 PM (/s1LA)
Posted by: steevy at March 10, 2016 04:47 PM (B48dK)
I'll be interested to see how it plays out. Right now, it's impossible to say who will have to apologize. But I'm certain of one thing: if it turns out that the Trump-haters have wishcasted this into a Major Event when it didn't deserve to be, there will be no apologies of any kind from them.
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 10, 2016 04:13 PM
Agreed. I'm just a little surprised at the jump by ace + pretty much 95% of the commenters here to just trust the word of a reporter at the Washington Post. Since when have we *ever* trusted nothing but the word of a liberal reporter on anything?
There is no video, there are no pictures and the victim of the 'assault' did not see who grabbed her. So based on the account of Michelle Fields, the story is "someone grabbed my arm and yanked me back from asking Trump a question and now I have bruises". That's a non-story.
BUT! Now Ben Terris from the liberal Washington Post says that it was Trump's campaign manager and BOOM, instant story.
This just smacks of liberals claiming things were said at McCain/Palin rallies or said at Trump rallies, when there's no video or recordings to prove it, just the word of the liberal reporter.
When that stuff happened to their campaigns, we all said "Whatever, unless you have proof, I call bullshit." But here?
I get we want to take down Trump, but to believe this story based on nothing more than the word of Ben Terris? Pretty ridiculous.
That said, I think the Trump campaign could have ended this story with a simple statement along the lines of "We are disappointed that Miss Fields was injured by someone at our campaign rally, but it was not done by anyone from our campaign and I would urge caution to those believing the word of a reporter from the liberal media working to take us down."
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 10, 2016 04:48 PM (7A4qQ)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 10, 2016 04:45 PM (JO9+V)>>>
The unfortunate thing is that a simply apology, even an "I didn't mean to ... " or whatever would have sufficed. Now it's a story. It's very unfortunate. And, worse, is to see all of the Trump supporters defending assault of a woman. I'm flabbergasted.
Posted by: gm at March 10, 2016 04:48 PM (4ueYo)
You might also want to dust up Rubio and Kasich because they, not Trump, are Cruz' biggest obstacle to the nomination.
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I'd just focus on your own candidate winning enough delegates. We'll meet up at the finish line. It may be Cruz, it may be Trump, it may be no one.
Posted by: Sean Hannity at March 10, 2016 04:49 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 10, 2016 04:49 PM (X3fgA)
Ohhhhh, right. Its like at the debates where Trump broke the rules by going to talk to Corey.
"Corey! All i remembered was something about lines around the states! Can't I just say I support the government paying for everyone and no one dying in the streets? Its so hard to remember actual policy. Hey can I just say I will hand pick professors who will create success, like I did with Trump University?"
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 04:49 PM (UBBWX)
Posted by: Dickie Betts fan at March 10, 2016 04:49 PM (aUQgu)
damages. She has light bruises. She might have a bill for an
over-the-counter liniment. This would be small claims and over in about
15 minutes. No jury, just the judge and the clerk.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries ACME Brand Trump-Stoppers! at March 10, 2016 04:46 PM (hLRSq)
What proof of damage did the "BAKE ME A CAKE!"...or "TAKE MY PICTURE!" homos have to warrant the amount of money they were so quickly awarded for their "damages" ?
Posted by: Mimzey at March 10, 2016 04:49 PM (aRUb8)
Donald Trump once shoved a reporter to the ground just to watch her bruise. And she was snoring.
Posted by: Time Life's Leather Bound Book of the History of the Old West at March 10, 2016 04:49 PM (9yW+Y)
You know, because we're being substantive.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 10, 2016 04:49 PM (O0lVq)
Posted by: Pastafarian at March 10, 2016 04:32 PM (LqrRo) "
Bottlecaps and Psychojet.
Posted by: TallDave at March 10, 2016 04:50 PM (/s1LA)
Posted by: SH at March 10, 2016 04:50 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH -"
Sure, but it still a battery even if the damages are small.
Posted by: Benji Carver at March 10, 2016 04:50 PM (OD2ni)
Trumptey Dumptey built a big wall,
Trumptey Dumptey had a near fall,
All the Mexicans - all over the place
Couldn't wipe a smile off of their face
Posted by: mega machines at March 10, 2016 04:50 PM (fbovC)
I had a very close friend whom I love very much. In a heated argument, he used his hand to turn my face towards him in a very rough manner. It felt like a light to medium slap. He had been enraged. It may have actually been meant as a slap,I don't know. The result was that my face was made to face him. . That was completely unacceptable to me, even if he didn't mean it as a slap. I felt it. He refused to apologize and we have not spoken since.
He said it wasn't a big deal since it must not have hurt, like he was the one who was hit. Um, no.
I'm not even angry at him, but we are no longer friends.
So mishandling a person, even if it doesn't cause a lot of damage, I'd not ok.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at March 10, 2016 04:50 PM (Lk67m)
And Breitbart is reporting on that claim.
I don't see that as evading the issue. Or ignoring the issue.
It's called reporting. Warts and all. It's something too many have forgotten used to routinely happen by actual journalists.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 10, 2016 04:50 PM (gyKtp)
That said, I think the campaign lied to Trump on this and he approved the statement. I think to the manager has some anger management/power issues in personally grabbing anyone to clear an aisle for Trump and fears losing the job of a lifetime if Trump was told the truth. I think too the report and Shapiro might have tried back channels before making this a big public to do. By all accounts, Trump is a really nice guy and would not countenance this act if he knew it actually transpired as some say.
Posted by: oddnot not liking these times at March 10, 2016 04:50 PM (g1MTt)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 04:05 PM (CNKtx)
I didn't want to say this, because I figured I would be attacked, but I bruise easily. If I were falling and my husband grabbed my arm to brace my fall, I'd have bruises where he grabbed me.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2016 04:50 PM (qCMvj)
*solves for all values of "battered"*
My Trump critic friends.
You have become Left
The destroyers of rational discussion.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 04:41 PM (xuouz)
__________________________________
Yeah, I'm the irrational one. I noticed you failed to address the question.
Tell me, when Trump cums in your mouth does he at least say thank you?
Posted by: NotCoach, HotAir Shithead at March 10, 2016 04:50 PM (rsudF)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 10, 2016 04:41 PM (iQIUe)
***
Lol that's not how any of this works. Sorry if you don't like the tort of battery.
Posted by: T at March 10, 2016 04:50 PM (1Dc9T)
Posted by: Lena Dunham at March 10, 2016 04:50 PM (BWdzW)
Daily Caller, BreitBart, Washington Post... all in on it?
It's another RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY...
I hear those things are awful. We've got to find a way to stop them!
As for the "he admitted it".. it's not directly from him; so of course it's untrue,. Just more reporters piling into the conspiracy.
Sourcing:
http://tinyurl.com/zvho2c5
Look for "Lewandowski's explanation"... and that paragraph for the explanation of why he assaulted her.
"He didn't recognize her".
Posted by: gekkobear at March 10, 2016 04:51 PM (1tc4V)
Posted by: Corey Lewandowski at March 10, 2016 04:51 PM (AqEbb)
Not saying what happened was . It was later claimed by the guy that he thought it was some other reporter that was known to be trying to get Trump to say something they could distort.
And maybe he just wanted to move her out of the way and he over did it. Still a crime though.
Either way, Trump didn't do it and unless we're going to delve into Cruz's personnel and their crimes then it's just another incident that has no real bearing on anything.
*sigh*
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 10, 2016 04:51 PM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: Soona at March 10, 2016 04:51 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2016 04:47 PM (qCMvj)
Precisely. Rub some dirt on it and move on.
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 10, 2016 04:51 PM (JO9+V)
I absolutely do. A lot of medications will cause easy bruising, even taking a few Advils will do it.
I am not defending the guy, but he could very easily left bruises just grabbing her to get her out of the way, especially if he was pissed. My husband and brothers have bruised me just horsing around.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 04:51 PM (CNKtx)
Posted by: ThunderB
going to? the protestors are coming in waves now
Posted by: x at March 10, 2016 04:51 PM (nFwvY)
Too many good folks think he's the solution to something.
Its very common for people to think a Great Man will solve everything. Principals over principles.
Cruz is not a great man, but he has principles.
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 04:52 PM (UBBWX)
If someone where to grab me to protect me from oncoming danger that is a whole different story.
Something about a stranger (non LE) feeling that they have the right to put their hands on you is outrageous. Bruises or not I would be pissed and this would have become a whole different episode with me probably in the clink.
Posted by: Cheri at March 10, 2016 04:52 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2016 04:47 PM (qCMvj)
<<
Annnnd Intellectual Honesty just showed up to the party.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 10, 2016 04:52 PM (O0lVq)
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What? Its totally been brought up. Cruz apologized for it. To Ben Carson's face.
Posted by: SH at March 10, 2016 04:52 PM (gmeXX)
http://theweek.com/articles/611651/dont-choose-cruz
Yeah, well some of us would rather see most of the Senate chained to a barge and sunk in the Potomac anyway.
Posted by: JEM at March 10, 2016 04:52 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at March 10, 2016 04:53 PM (evdj2)
Different laws are involved. One is a common law tort of battery. Another is a statutory discrimination claim. The elements of those two will be different.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries ACME Brand Trump-Stoppers! at March 10, 2016 04:53 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 04:50 PM (xuouz)>>>
Stop playing a victim.
Posted by: gm at March 10, 2016 04:53 PM (4ueYo)
And re-tweeting CNN stories.
Apparently, Tapper is willing to breathlessly hint like a sledgehammer that Carson was leaving the race, but then deny they did that later on.
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 04:53 PM (UBBWX)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 04:38 PM (xuouz)
-----------
Um, no.
Hillary is the favorite to win the White House.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 10, 2016 04:53 PM (T/5A0)
out of the way. Three, no I dont believe she was almost thrown to the
ground. Four, I dont give a shit about the alleged bruises. Five, she's
just another female reporter who has made herself the news.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 10, 2016 04:12 PM (iQIUe)
Yep, Trump supporters unite.
She was a woman asking questions in a public place; and she wasn't even covered up.
BEAT HER!What? Too far too soon?
Sorry, how can I tell when you'll start off where you did?
Posted by: gekkobear at March 10, 2016 04:53 PM (1tc4V)
Ace goes full potato above.
Posted by: Buckaroo Banzai at March 10, 2016 04:53 PM (9yW+Y)
Posted by: kraken at March 10, 2016 04:53 PM (sdxPm)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 10, 2016 04:51 PM (JO9+V)
actually, I should have prefaced it with "if it had been a white male..."
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2016 04:54 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 10, 2016 04:48 PM (7A4qQ)
I agree with this. Especially since Breitbart is so friendly to Trump.
I don't think what happened is a yuuuge deal. But if the guy bruised her, he should have just said sorry.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at March 10, 2016 04:54 PM (Lk67m)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries ACME Brand Trump-Stoppers! at March 10, 2016 04:46 PM (hLRSq)
That's only compensatory damages
Posted by: T at March 10, 2016 04:54 PM (1Dc9T)
This young woman merely came into brief contact with the outer aura of my strong Christian belief as I moved through the crowd. She obviously lacks an adequate grounding in faith, and was hurled away by the supernatural force of my own.
Posted by: Digitis Minimus Vulgaris at March 10, 2016 04:54 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at March 10, 2016 04:54 PM (xzZPy)
EU28 % Of World GDP 1980 : 30%
2000 : 24%
2014 : 17%
2020 IMF Estimate : 15.5%
Lets be more like Europe.
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 10, 2016 04:54 PM (X3fgA)
I am just curious as to how much legal wiggle room there is in cases like this, or say for bodyguards and bouncers?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 04:54 PM (CNKtx)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries ACME Brand Trump-Stoppers! at March 10, 2016 04:46 PM (hLRSq)
==========
No, ointments have no affect on small bruises. Lewandowski's intent was to move her out of the way. If I see your kid running in front of a speeding car, I will be sure not to try to pull him out of the way bc who needs the grief of being sued later.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 10, 2016 04:54 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Buckaroo Banzai at March 10, 2016 04:53 PM (9yW+Y)
Ace just provided the canvas. Trump's supporters are the ones painting.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 10, 2016 04:54 PM (2PHKP)
Demand the attacker be charged with assault.
Trump has secret service protection,she stepped into the path security was trying to clear for him.good luck
Posted by: flawless male logic at March 10, 2016 04:46 PM (lKyWE)
_____________________________________
Trump's campaign manager is also part of his Secret Service detail?
Posted by: NotCoach, HotAir Shithead at March 10, 2016 04:54 PM (rsudF)
Trump will fight just as hard for you as he did against the Iraq invasion, Planned Parenthood and Nancy Pelosi.
Posted by: TallDave at March 10, 2016 04:55 PM (/s1LA)
Was once groped by Col.West
Was once beaten by the NYPD
Was assaulted by Trump' s campaign manager
Exciting life. Can't wait to read her memoirs.
Posted by: votermom at March 10, 2016 04:55 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: H Badger at March 10, 2016 04:15 PM
Ahah, okay, if this is the case, then it sounds like Lewandowski admits to having done this?
If this is true (I'm only going by what I've read here on Ace's post), then, yeah, I agree with those who have said that he (Lewandowski) should just apologize and move on.
If he did not do this though, my previous suggestion for a statement still stands.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 10, 2016 04:55 PM (7A4qQ)
Smoke . . . fire.
Posted by: Emile Antoon Khadaji at March 10, 2016 04:55 PM (Nj2wY)
Well this is going about as expected.
ace, any chance you're going to pull the kids over and set down the law again?
Not saying you should. But if anybody is AOSHQ-curious and just checking in for the first time, well, you know.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 10, 2016 04:55 PM (QDnY+)
So are we saying that candidates are not responsible for what his staff and volunteers do? Cruz will be happy to here that.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at March 10, 2016 04:54 PM (xzZPy)
Such. a. good. point.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 10, 2016 04:55 PM (2PHKP)
Donald Trump's campaign manager alleges to have grabbed a female reporter to mover her out of the way. Oh yes, and stubbornly refuses to "apologize" = all around bad guy, liar, disloyal "friend", indicates a deeper personality disorder and all around misogynist.
Got it.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 10, 2016 04:55 PM (O0lVq)
Do they understand there's a general election after the primary?
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 04:56 PM (UBBWX)
Posted by: Benji Carver at March 10, 2016 04:50 PM (OD2ni)
I didn't say there wasn't. It could very well end up with a ruling to pay the young lady $5.
As a crime it would depend on the jurisdiction. Likely a misdemeanor battery, or maybe even just a civil infraction. Again, if the local authorities cared to pursuit it the whole thing would result (in my opinion) with a small fine and costs.
Blowing this out of proportion only proves that political passions are running hot.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries ACME Brand Trump-Stoppers! at March 10, 2016 04:56 PM (hLRSq)
ELEVATE THE DISCOURSE
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 04:53 PM (xuouz)
____________________________________
I still notice you don't answer the question. I'm going to assume the answer is 'no'.
Posted by: NotCoach, HotAir Shithead at March 10, 2016 04:56 PM (rsudF)
She was a woman asking questions in a public place; and she wasn't even covered up.
BEAT HER!What? Too far too soon?
Sorry, how can I tell when you'll start off where you did?
Posted by: gekkobear at March 10, 2016 04:53 PM (1tc4V)
=========
I'm a Cruz supporter, jackass. Quit while you're behind...
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 10, 2016 04:57 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 10, 2016 04:57 PM (Dttnn)
Posted by: ace at March 10, 2016 03:57 PM (dciA+)
That wins the Internet for today.
Please enjoy your all-expense-paid three-day seminar at...
Posted by: TallDave at March 10, 2016 04:57 PM (/s1LA)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 04:55 PM (xuouz)
Yeah, the Auschwitz argument was almost convincing.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 10, 2016 04:57 PM (2PHKP)
Will Trump do that?
Naaaaah.
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 04:57 PM (UBBWX)
Posted by: T at March 10, 2016 04:54 PM (1Dc9T)
That's likely all you are going to get for this. Pain and suffering? Emotional distress? People like to argue those but you have to actually have some proof of something unusual, not the sting you get from a common bruise.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries ACME Brand Trump-Stoppers! at March 10, 2016 04:58 PM (hLRSq)
475
BTW, I'm pretty much resigned to Trump winning.
Too many good folks think he's the solution to something.
Its very common for people to think a Great Man will solve everything. Principals over principles.
Cruz is not a great man, but he has principles.
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 04:52 PM (UBBWX)
===========================
What principle does Cruz exercise by attacking Trump followers as "low information" and not "engaged"?
Posted by: Dickie Betts fan at March 10, 2016 04:58 PM (aUQgu)
Was once groped by Col.West
Was once beaten by the NYPD
Was assaulted by Trump' s campaign manager
Exciting life. Can't wait to read her memoirs.
When you lose our 'ettes........
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2016 04:58 PM (kDUUX)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 10, 2016 04:58 PM (2cS/G)
I am not defending the guy, but he could very easily left bruises just grabbing her to get her out of the way, especially if he was pissed. My husband and brothers have bruised me just horsing around.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 04:51 PM (CNKtx)
But if someone bruises that easily then bruises are evidence of nothing but minor contact - what most people would even consider normal contact.
The "eyewitness" said that the crowd was being cleared at the time and I have no problem with pulling and pushing reporters out fo the way in such clearing. It's not as if being pushed and pulled isn't part of many reporters' jobs. Look at how they push and shove each other to get to the front for a question.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 10, 2016 04:58 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 10, 2016 04:58 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 04:53 PM (xuouz) "
Hey, not everyone can pull off the laid back sneering condescension disguised as friendly advice shtick. Some of us are better at inflammatory bukkake.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 10, 2016 04:58 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 10, 2016 04:48 PM (7A4qQ)
I agree with this. Especially since Breitbart is so friendly to Trump.
I don't think what happened is a yuuuge deal. But if the guy bruised her, he should have just said sorry.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at March 10, 2016 04:54 PM (Lk67m)
Agree, and the way they're handling it speaks volumes about why people hate him and are worried about his Presidency.
The guy could have just said Trump's safety is part of my job and the reporter startled me when she stepped out of the crowd so suddenly. I grabbed her out of concern for Donald and I apologize for bruising her.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 04:59 PM (CNKtx)
WTF? Are we doing it to Cruz? Where have you been.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at March 10, 2016 04:59 PM (xzZPy)
This is a nothing-burger. It'll be forgotten in two days. Three tops.
Posted by: Soona at March 10, 2016 04:51 PM
Not by the Insane Trump-Hate Posse.
They have embellished this story in garlands of bullshit, and certainly have a lot more vitriol stocked up to carry it on and on and on and on....
The facts are not in. Not even close. So far, what we can truthfully say is that someone grabbed the reporter's arm while she was at a Trump rally. One person claims to know who grabbed her. No video or other witnesses have come forward.
Everything else is supposition.
But silly little things like "facts" will not deter the Trump-Haters.
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 10, 2016 04:59 PM (WIZNc)
1L is right! Only a 1L or people who watch legal programs on tv wd think they cd bring a shit case like this in court and not piss off the judge or jury for wasting time on crap like this.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 10, 2016 04:59 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries ACME Brand Trump-Stoppers! at March 10, 2016 04:58 PM (hLRSq)
Those are examples of compensatory damages. She could also sue for punitive or (more likely) nominal damages.
Posted by: T at March 10, 2016 05:00 PM (1Dc9T)
Well there is always the next thread.
Posted by: SH at March 10, 2016 05:00 PM (gmeXX)
ONE SIDE IS BEING BABIES.
And one side is saying "seriously?" and trying to talk it out.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 04:55 PM (xuouz)>>>
Someone said something mean to you on the internet and you're crying like a baby about it, while defending the assault of a woman.
Posted by: gm at March 10, 2016 05:00 PM (4ueYo)
The guy could have just said Trump's safety is part of my job and
the reporter startled me when she stepped out of the crowd so suddenly. I
grabbed her out of concern for Donald and I apologize for bruising her.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 04:59 PM (CNKtx)
I think that would have made this a nothing burger, yes. But the response from Trump's camp was a misstep, maybe a big one. Now the story has legs. The response from Trump's supporters here...not pretty.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 10, 2016 05:00 PM (2PHKP)
So ... no objective evidence, asking for it is inappropriate, but we do need to Listen and Believe.
Don't you know one third of college girls are getting raped? It's horrible!
And that's why we need to send our girls to college. Support higher education!
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at March 10, 2016 05:01 PM (uURQL)
Trump's campaign manager is also part of his Secret Service detail?
no,she shoud be thankful for that.they would have been far more forceful
Posted by: flawless male logic at March 10, 2016 05:01 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Walter Concrete at March 10, 2016 05:01 PM (3EerS)
>> disloyal "friend", indicates a deeper personality disorder
>> and all around misogynist.
Ferchrissake, this should have been a trivial matter. Whoever was responsible should have apologized, blamed the crowd and other commitments or the second beer he had with lunch. Just get it out of the way, it'd be forgotten in a week.
Posted by: JEM at March 10, 2016 05:01 PM (o+SC1)
If you do support Trump for president, its okay to admit this is very bad and condemn it for being so.
Seriously. There's no reason to act like your guy is a saint and everyone else is a demon. They're all just politicians.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 10, 2016 05:01 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Sean Hannity at March 10, 2016 05:01 PM (gmeXX)
Which is usually a defense to prosecution when you break the perp's nose for assaulting you, i.e. self-defense.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2016 05:02 PM (kDUUX)
Much worse than the minor battery was the refusal to apologize.
Much, much worse than that, and unforgivable, is the way that they went after her afterward, like Hillary going after one of Bill's rape victims.
And you're defending it all, to the death. Jesus, you must really need the scratch. Send my your address, dude, I can loan you a couple of bucks.
Posted by: Pastafarian at March 10, 2016 05:02 PM (LqrRo)
Maybe Cruz was referring to the uneducated people Trump pointed out as his supporters.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at March 10, 2016 05:02 PM (xzZPy)
Posted by: David Reardon at March 10, 2016 05:02 PM (WmLD5)
The Mosul Dam is a two-mile-long barrier that can hold back as much as 441 million cubic feet of water, and if breached, half a million Iraqis could be at risk.
In the event of a breach, there is the potential in some places for a flood wave up to 45 feet high that could sweep up everything in its path, including people, cars, unexploded ordnance, waste and other hazardous materials, US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power said.
It is expected that the entirety of the city of Mosul would be flooded within four hours of a breach.
But the reporter and the Bruise, and Trump!
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 10, 2016 05:02 PM (DUoqb)
Posted by: kraken at March 10, 2016 05:02 PM (sdxPm)
Yes! What I find somewhat telling, and maybe I am overly jaded, was the lone tear that ran down her cheek when describing it.
Most reporters are not that dainty. And maybe she's a young one, but spare me, I'd say that tear was manufactured.
He's still an idiot for not apologizing, though.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 05:02 PM (CNKtx)
Unfortunately, it's the show that never ends. So glad you could attend, come inside, come inside...
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at March 10, 2016 05:02 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 05:01 PM (xuouz)>>>
Your laughter sure comes with a lot of whining.
Posted by: gm at March 10, 2016 05:03 PM (4ueYo)
Cruz is not a great man, but he has principles.
Posted by: Harun at March 10, 2016 04:52 PM (UBBWX) "
That's probably the saddest part of this, the defining down of what entails a "Great Man." I guess all it takes now is "rich asshole who bullies everybody." I mean, I understand what it is that people are sick and tired of because I'm sick and tired of it as well. I just don't see how a Trump presidency is the solution to anything, other than the problem of Donald Trump needing to be in the spotlight 24/7.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 10, 2016 05:03 PM (4/i9Y)
527
Just to be clear - no one is switching their support from Cruz to Trump or vice versa?
Well there is always the next thread.
Posted by: SH at March 10, 2016 05:00 PM (gmeXX)
------------------------------------After today, not supporting Cruz in any capacity. It's the swarmy arrogance.
Posted by: Dickie Betts fan at March 10, 2016 05:03 PM (aUQgu)
I suspect that reporters have to grow some fucking balls or something else if they are going to cover the scene.
Fragile snowflakes abound.
Posted by: Arkindole at March 10, 2016 05:03 PM (7+Wf0)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 10, 2016 05:00 PM (2PHKP)
If the allegations are true, it's a misstep.
If the allegations were exaggerated for Media Effect, fighting it is the right play. The Left gets away with murder because we accept the Narrative with half-hearted pushback.
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at March 10, 2016 05:03 PM (uURQL)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 10, 2016 05:04 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Walter Concrete at March 10, 2016 05:04 PM (3EerS)
(re: she attacked him)
Good lord, people.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 10, 2016 05:05 PM (2PHKP)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 05:02 PM (CNKtx)>>>
Would have been so easy. I honestly don't understand why it didn't happen. Personally, I could have done without seeing so many Trump supporters defending and trivializing the assault of a woman.
Posted by: gm at March 10, 2016 05:05 PM (4ueYo)
Right, that would be a terrific response. Then the guy resigning, to show that this is behavior up with Trump will not put.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 10, 2016 05:05 PM (39g3+)
Was once groped by Col.West
Was once beaten by the NYPD
Was assaulted by Trump' s campaign manager
Exciting life. Can't wait to read her memoirs.
Posted by: votermom at March 10, 2016 04:55 PM (cbfNE)
Those incidents are all seared into my memory for all time.
Posted by: Brian Williams at March 10, 2016 05:06 PM (ckvus)
Posted by: T at March 10, 2016 04:50 PM (1Dc9T)
========
I know exactly how it works. Sorry that you lack common sense and experience.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 10, 2016 05:06 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Dickie Betts fan at March 10, 2016 05:06 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 10, 2016 05:06 PM (DUoqb)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 04:59 PM (CNKtx)
That would have calmed things down. Imagine this kind of unnecessary escalation on the world stage. Not good.
I realize we are tired of cowardly Republicans apologizing for even existing. But that doesn't mean apologizing is never appropriate. It takes a big man/woman to apologize when it's called for.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at March 10, 2016 05:06 PM (Lk67m)
Posted by: longtimelurker at March 10, 2016 05:07 PM (SOVQ8)
Fight what? He admitted to grabbing her. Just fucking apologize and be done with it. Instead they went nuclear.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at March 10, 2016 05:07 PM (xzZPy)
Got me!
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 05:01 PM (xuouz)
I figured as much.
I also don't try to bumrush security details and then tweet pictures of what's either a bruise on my arm or a smudge on my camera lens claiming I was "assaulted."
Again.
I asked someone else this: So his campaign manager doubles as a Secret Service agent? And I've never heard an arm called a camera, and a bruise called a smudge.
This is all you have. And that means you've already lost.
The phrase "more in sorrow than in anger" is pretty trite but it's quite true for me.
Let me respond to your question with another question.
Now, if I were someone like Trump I'd say "my fingers ain't stubby, and all the bitches know it!". But I ain't someone like Trump.
Do you think I really fellate Donald Trump?
Yes.
Posted by: NotCoach, HotAir Shithead at March 10, 2016 05:07 PM (rsudF)
Posted by: Mimzey at March 10, 2016 05:07 PM (aRUb8)
Think about how you'd respond if Obama's team did this.
Consistency and integrity matter.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 10, 2016 05:07 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: ThunderB at March 10, 2016 05:08 PM (Uxd7x)
Later gator. No one cares. Believe me.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at March 10, 2016 05:08 PM (xzZPy)
Posted by: DaveA at March 10, 2016 05:08 PM (DL2i+)
That isnt true, Coburn continued. What they hate is some of the behavior that our country has now embraced.
Is Coburn becoming senile? Or is he naturally stupid?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 10, 2016 05:08 PM (DUoqb)
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at March 10, 2016 05:03 PM (uURQL)>>>
It could have been one of those non-apology apologies. "I didn't mean to ... " or even "If I did ... it was an accident." Honestly, the incident is less of a concern to me than watching so many Trump supporters act like assaulting a woman doesn't matter as long as it was just a little bit.
Posted by: gm at March 10, 2016 05:09 PM (4ueYo)
And this is a scandal.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 05:07 PM (xuouz)
How do you know she "rushed" up? Do you have a video?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 10, 2016 05:09 PM (2PHKP)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 10, 2016 05:06 PM (iQIUe)
***
Oh good, we've got us an Internet Lawyer here
Posted by: T at March 10, 2016 05:09 PM (1Dc9T)
Posted by: DaveA at March 10, 2016 05:09 PM (DL2i+)
People are using this for their own political motives. Now every little asswipe will be claiming they were assaulted. smh.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 10, 2016 05:10 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at March 10, 2016 05:07 PM (xzZPy)
No, a media article has sources that say he said something that could be interpreted as a confession.
How much do you trust a journalist's comprehension of English?
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at March 10, 2016 05:10 PM (uURQL)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 10, 2016 05:08 PM (DUoqb)>>>
I believe it's the former.
Posted by: gm at March 10, 2016 05:11 PM (4ueYo)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 10, 2016 05:06 PM (iQIUe)
***
Oh good, we've got us an Internet Lawyer here
Posted by: T at March 10, 2016 05:09 PM (1Dc9T)
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Is that where you got your law degree? I got mine at Hastings '85.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 10, 2016 05:11 PM (iQIUe)
Most reporters are not that dainty. And maybe she's a young one, but spare me, I'd say that tear was manufactured.
Oh yeah, that was all drama and acting but... I'm a guy. I'm used to women doing that kinda thing. Its a power that some women use, calling on sympathy.
Doesn't make what happened okay.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 10, 2016 05:12 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 05:07 PM (xuouz)
How do you know she "rushed" up? Do you have a video?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 10, 2016 05:09 PM (2PHKP)>>>
I'm interested to know who is claiming that she was "pushed out of the way" as well.
Posted by: gm at March 10, 2016 05:12 PM (4ueYo)
How is traffic court these days?
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at March 10, 2016 05:12 PM (xzZPy)
I am not a Trump supporter, but I think it's because they don't consider it assault. Nor do I, frankly.
She stepped out as they were clearing a path for Trump to leave, and the guy grabbed her to get her out of the way.
Stupid, yea, probably, but hardly assault, bruises or no bruises.
When anyone (politician, stand up comedian, whoever) has a heckler thrown out, is that assault? Who determines that?
I'm really curious now. I wonder what the threshold is?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 05:13 PM (CNKtx)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 10, 2016 05:11 PM (iQIUe)
***
Yep, got mine at Princeton Law in 1805 with Abe Lincoln.
Posted by: T at March 10, 2016 05:13 PM (1Dc9T)
>> followers as "low information" and not "engaged"?
The same accurate and honest one that Romney exercised with his remark about the leeching 47%.
There are some who would argue that Trump's voter base is every bit as credulous and foolish as those who voted for Hope and Change in 2008 and even worse in 2012.
I'm not quite so cynical as that. I think that, should he win, he would understand the seriousness of what he's undertaken and actually try to do the job well. I believe he's at least somewhat more serious about the Presidency than was, say, that Schwarzeshithole about his governorship out here, and we'd know very quickly from his Cabinet appointments - personnel is policy, this is where Bush 43 failed so badly - whether that's true.
But I believe the most important issue this country faces right now is not immigration (that's #2) or the traditional post-WWII adversaries expanding their reach (that's #3) or the Muslim masses capturing Europe, but the scope and overreach of the Federal bureaucracy. And I think Ted Cruz is better suited by training and temperament, more reliably, to dismantle that.
Posted by: JEM at March 10, 2016 05:13 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 04:55 PM"
Your usual rejoinder to anybody that questions the grand magnificence of The Donald is that there's no reason to converse with someone who won't be swayed to your way of thinking. If you're so confident that Trump is going to win the general even though the polls say otherwise, then wait until November 9th and you can shout "Scoreboard!" and teabag all of us for ever doubting the apotheosis of Donaldus Magnus.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 10, 2016 05:13 PM (4/i9Y)
Exactly.
Lets label this guy asap.
Because it will hurt the candidate I don't want to win the nomination.
Next week, we'll cry when it's done to our guy.
She seems to be okay and there should be a video that shows what happened.
Posted by: bopiddy at March 10, 2016 05:13 PM (v8mM1)
Posted by: stace at March 10, 2016 05:13 PM (ozZau)
Posted by: gm at March 10, 2016 05:09 PM (4ueYo)
Non-apology apologies are Politically Correct.
Whose Correctness are you kneeling to? And do we want Trump kneeling to that?
The standard I'm seeing championed here is - female allegation! Submit!
There's been a lot of trouble in our modern society based on that exact default behavior.
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at March 10, 2016 05:13 PM (uURQL)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 05:13 PM (CNKtx)
Hotness of the reporter, and Media Drama Potential.
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at March 10, 2016 05:15 PM (uURQL)
Posted by: SomeGuy at March 10, 2016 05:17 PM (5Lup0)
Posted by: votermom at March 10, 2016 04:43 PM (cbfNE)
My cats bruise me when they jump off my lap sometimes. Thor has left bruises on me by, er, overly amorous embraces, as it were!
I am not meaning to badmouth the reporter, just saying that a strong, grown-ass man who'd pissed off can leave a bruise pretty easily.
And of course he ought to realize that.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 05:17 PM (CNKtx)
>> of the behavior that our country has now embraced.
I am still waiting for someone in a position of authority to use the right words.
Sharia is incompatible with Western belief. Simple as that. If you can come up with a Sharia-neutered Islam, great. But that's what Muslims have to deal with if they're going to leave the shitholes their culture has created.
Posted by: JEM at March 10, 2016 05:18 PM (o+SC1)
funny because the media is always yapping about politics being a contact sport
Posted by: flawless male logic at March 10, 2016 05:18 PM (lKyWE)
Well, yes and no.
PC bs aside, a decent man apologizes when he hurts a chick unintentionally, and in this case, it wasn't exactly unintentional. I am sure he meant to move her ass.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 05:20 PM (CNKtx)
Trump campaign should have just simply apologized quickly and gone on about their day.
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 10, 2016 05:20 PM (JO9+V)
The standard I'm seeing championed here is - female allegation! Submit!
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at March 10, 2016 05:13 PM (uURQL)>>>
I'm following what I was taught. If I hurt someone, intentional or not, I apologize. Lessons learned in kindergarten. Doesn't have to be a big deal.
And, why do I wish that he had apologized? Well, for starters, so I didn't have to see how many Trump supporters think that it's okay to hit a girl as long as she's not hurt "too bad."
Posted by: gm at March 10, 2016 05:22 PM (4ueYo)
Join or die. I want you in the tent, but you aren't needed. This is a fucking joke.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 04:21 PM (xuouz)
This is a pretty despicable, shameful comment that sadly reveals a lot.
I don't want Ghost of kari on my side.
And I don't want to be on the side that welcomes Ghost of kari.
Definitely off of the pet sitter list.
Posted by: Maetenloch at March 10, 2016 05:22 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 05:20 PM (CNKtx)>>>
He could have meant to move her without hurting her. Which is why an apology would have been easy and cost nothing.
Posted by: gm at March 10, 2016 05:23 PM (4ueYo)
He didn't hit her! He grabbed her arm to get her out of the way when she stepped out of the crowd. Huuuge difference. He still should apologize, though.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 05:24 PM (CNKtx)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 10, 2016 05:20 PM (JO9+V) "
Even the biggest Trump supporters are admitting that he fucked this up by not just quickly apologizing and getting this out of the way. The default position just seems to be that any mistakes he makes are because he's an asshole, and he's going to be a good President because he's *our* asshole, so it's all good.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 10, 2016 05:25 PM (4/i9Y)
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Posted by: Rage Against The Machine at March 10, 2016 05:26 PM (I3+56)
24/7 it seems - your shtick was old over a month ago, son."
And more of similar shit. If Ace is watching...Who is authorized to tell people to get lost around here? How about people who can't take a little criticism of their positions getting the F*** out? I mean WTH, right?
Posted by: WTP at March 10, 2016 05:28 PM (kZVsz)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 05:24 PM (CNKtx)>>>
I don't think there's a huge difference. I don't think my parents would have bought the argument "that I didn't HIT her, I just tried to YANK her to the ground" when I was in kindergarten either. I probably would have been doubly busted for 1) hitting a girl, and 2) being an idiot.
But, whatever.
Posted by: gm at March 10, 2016 05:28 PM (4ueYo)
gotnews.com/calling-bullshit-michelle-fields/
Posted by: Illiniwek at March 10, 2016 05:30 PM (eUbDe)
of the way when she stepped out of the crowd. Huuuge difference. He
still should apologize, though.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 05:24 PM (CNKtx)
Her boyfriend saved her life. Trump tried to set her on fire.
Posted by: Smokey Bear at March 10, 2016 05:30 PM (aRUb8)
Posted by: WisRich at March 10, 2016 05:30 PM (hdpay)
is this act like an outraged lefty day at AOSHQ?
Posted by: flawless male logic at March 10, 2016 05:30 PM (lKyWE)
If you are not one of the media or establishment's favorites and you do the same then you are guilty of denying someone their first amendment rights.
Posted by: doug at March 10, 2016 05:30 PM (FzW7u)
unintentionally, and in this case, it wasn't exactly unintentional. I am
sure he meant to move her ass.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 05:20 PM (CNKtx)>>>
FIFM. This. Exactly. It's not a concert mosh pit.
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 10, 2016 05:30 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: That guy what likes boobehs at March 10, 2016 05:31 PM (yn6XZ)
Posted by: gm at March 10, 2016 05:23 PM (4ueYo)
"This person claims she does not want to be part of the news, and only report it, however if that was the case, any concerns, however unfounded they may be, should have been voiced directly first and not via twitter, especially since no other outlet or reporter witnessed or questioned anything that transpired that evening."
- Trump campaign statement statement
Is it true that she went to twitter for public attention rather than asking for a private apology?
Because if you haven't noticed, public apologies are not an end to the matter in the public arena. They are fuel for the beginning of a witch hunt.
"Your campaign manager has publicly apologized for roughing up an attractive young media reporter. Why haven't you fired him yet? Do you hate women?"
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at March 10, 2016 05:31 PM (uURQL)
Posted by: The Maestro Bob Cobb at March 10, 2016 05:46 PM (7A4qQ)
Posted by: T at March 10, 2016 05:13 PM (1Dc9T)
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And I still graduated from Hastings SOL 1985, passed the CA bar the same year and have recently retired.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 10, 2016 05:47 PM (iQIUe)
How is traffic court these days?
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at March 10, 2016 05:12 PM (xzZPy)
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Never worked traffic court. However, I urge you to give up drinking and driving. It's one or the other - not both.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 10, 2016 05:50 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Alabi at March 10, 2016 06:18 PM (89I+i)
Posted by: Cool Kids, Yay! at March 10, 2016 06:18 PM (L6eip)
Posted by: Bigger than the Beatles? at March 10, 2016 06:25 PM (J3UIw)
Trump's campaign is sunk.
It's over. White girl's got bruises. Pack it in.
DAMN YOU Cory! You poop mouth!
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 03:57 PM (xuouz)
- - - -
Good Lord, you people are insane.
Just totally, batshit insane. I'm morbidly curious how much you're willing to tolerate.
Posted by: Community Organizer at March 10, 2016 06:41 PM (9VLhN)
Posted by: mr burns at March 10, 2016 06:55 PM (1Arcq)
Posted by: richard mcenroe at March 10, 2016 07:01 PM (Kucy5)
The campaign was caught off-guard because the woman made the accusation via media PRIOR to reaching out to Trumps campaign.
Posted by: GrandeMe at March 10, 2016 07:07 PM (xhawg)
Posted by: Moron Labe at March 10, 2016 07:31 PM (c2kQz)
We all know they're trying to take down Trump.
And I'm sure Ace is playing this up for the exact same reason.
Well, Ace, I guess it's hard to say that you have much in the way of character now.
Posted by: Greg at March 10, 2016 07:32 PM (RrDm2)
Posted by: ace at March 10, 2016 03:53 PM (dciA+)
==
"Actual" news. And I am quite confident that you will not apologize when the fact that it's a hoax is finally admitted by the media.
BTW, why don't you plug her upcoming book?
Posted by: Greg at March 10, 2016 07:36 PM (RrDm2)
Posted by: deusexmachina05 at March 10, 2016 07:36 PM (jDcTk)
Oh, this chick earlier said "didn't know who" grabbed her until WaPo presstitute said " I know I know"
PWNED
Posted by: oddnot not liking these times at March 10, 2016 08:04 PM (g1MTt)
Posted by: GrandeMe
++++
The witness was a WaPo presshole with an axe to grind.
Posted by: oddnot not liking these times at March 10, 2016 08:05 PM (g1MTt)
Posted by: Peter C at March 10, 2016 08:14 PM (l03w5)
will not apologize when the fact that it's a hoax is finally admitted by
the media.
BTW, why don't you plug her upcoming book?
Posted by: Greg at March 10, 2016 07:36 PM (RrDm2)
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Well Politico has released audio of the incident (sadly the camera wasn't pointed to catch it).What will you say when the evidence keeps piling up?Will you apologize for trying to wish away assaulting a woman to defend Turmp no matter what?
Or will she suddenly have had it coming and it's still ok?
Posted by: gekkobear at March 10, 2016 08:24 PM (1tc4V)
Posted by: Urban Farm Girl at March 10, 2016 10:31 PM (NiWjZ)
Posted by: Urban Farm Girl at March 10, 2016 10:31 PM (NiWjZ)
You haven't looked in several hours; have you?
The audio was put up after the original story; but before I posted. Check the audio at the top, in a video player. They added it to the transcript story already.
I know because I listened to it.
Posted by: gekkobear at March 10, 2016 11:20 PM (1tc4V)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/11/trump-presser-ben-terris-misidentified/
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