The Clinton Trump Debates...

[barbara]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Has Shaun Hannity come riding to Donny's rescue yet?

Not sure about Hannity, but TJ has tried his best to claim Trump a winner in the debate.

[bobabode]

"I'm going to need more vodka"
Trump's BFF reacting to the debate.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by barbara

TJ has tried his best to claim Trump a winner in the debate.

In about a week from now there will have been enough post debate polling in to show that Trump won the debate.

Better start working on your excuses now.

[bobabode]

Sniff, sniff...

[CarlV]

Yeah, sure.

Hillary Clinton said Trump embraced a "racist lie" and it demonstrated a pattern that carried over from his business practices.

"Donald started his career back in 1973 being sued by the Justice Department for racial discrimination because he would not rent apartments in one of his developments to African-Americans," she said.

That’s quite the charge, but is it true?

Yes. It turns out he was.

In 1973, Trump, as a 27-year-old, was president of his father’s realty company, Trump Management. It operated nearly 40 apartment buildings, mostly in New York City. By all accounts, including his own, Trump was a hands-on president and very active in managing the day-to-day business operations.

That year, the federal government filed a complaint against Trump, his father Fred Trump, and Trump Management. The complaint alleged that the Trumps violated the Fair Housing Act, part of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, by discriminating against tenants and potential tenants based on their race.

"The defendants, through the actions of their agents and employees, have discriminated against persons because of race in the operation of their apartment buildings," the complaint reads.

Black people, the government found, were often told a Trump Management complex had no availability when apartments were available for rent.

In one instance, a black man asked about two-bedroom apartments at Trump’s Westminster complex in Brooklyn on March 18, 1972, and a superintendent told him nothing was available. On March 19, 1972, the black man’s wife, who was white, visited the complex and was offered an application for a two-bedroom apartment on the spot.

The government lawyers also interviewed several people who said executives for Trump Management discouraged rental agents from renting to black people. In one case, the government said the company’s comptroller instructed a rental agent to attach a sheet of paper that said "C" for "colored" to every application submitted by a person of color.

Trump vehemently denied the claims, which he called "absolutely ridiculous," according to a 1973 New York Times article. Trump and his company filed a countersuit the following December, claiming the government made baseless charges and asking for $100 million in damages. The court dismissed the countersuit.
http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/...ernment-sued-/

Carl

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by barbara

Not sure about Hannity, but TJ has tried his best to claim Trump a winner in the debate.

Poor Donny thought he was on 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' and wanted to call Hannity as his lifeline.

[CarlV]

Donald Dump makes all the right calls. Just ask him, real presidential decision making stuff here.

In 1996, Trump had just taken over the Miss Universe pageant. His then wife, Marla Maples, was one of the hosts on the night Machado won the tiara.

But within a few months, she gained weight and rumors swirled that she could lose her crown.

Trump finally insisted that she lose weight, calling her "an eating machine" on Howard Stern's radio show. He took her to work out in a gym packed with media.

“She weighed 118 pounds or 117 pounds and she went to 160 or 170. So this is somebody that likes to eat,” he said at the time.

Machado, who claims she actually gained closer to 15 pounds, told IE she felt publicly shamed. She said he called her “Miss Piggy." It made her feel “so fat” that it made her “very depressed," she said.

At the time Trump took Machado to the gym, he was asked by a reporter: “What happens if Marla gains this kind of weight? Would you drop her?”

“Well, I’d probably do the same thing with her,” he said. “I'd say 'start working out.' No, I wouldn't. Still a very interesting question.”
http://www.insideedition.com/headlin...-me-miss-piggy

Carl

[Tom Joad]

“She weighed 118 pounds or 117 pounds and she went to 160 or 170. So this is somebody that likes to eat,” he said at the time.

I like women to be a little on the chubby side. According to the internet she's 5'7", so 170 lbs is just about perfect IMO.

[CarlV]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

In about a week from now there will have been enough post debate polling in to show that Trump won the debate.

Oh boy, he won. And none of them thar messy facts to get in the way either.


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Carl

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

In about a week from now there will have been enough post debate polling in to show that Trump won the debate.

Better start working on your excuses now.

Trump showed himself to the country and the world a vainglorious buffoon. No wonder he appeals to you.