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Today's NY Daily News front page is something I never thought I'd see in a presidential election (Original Post) Skidmore Oct 2016 OP
Classic poster material BSdetect Oct 2016 #1
LOL Thrill Oct 2016 #2
Even the cats are shocked! meow2u3 Oct 2016 #3
Well, you ought to know! randome Oct 2016 #26
Nice !!! Snake Plissken Oct 2016 #4
that is fantastic... chillfactor Oct 2016 #5
Oh, Melania, Melania.... hlthe2b Oct 2016 #6
I'm pretty sure I have the answer to that. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2016 #59
I just sent a copy of that frontpage to a lady whos been scared to death that he might win. napi21 Oct 2016 #7
ROFL! m-lekktor Oct 2016 #8
He's finished ailsagirl Oct 2016 #9
So who is left supporting him at this point? ffr Oct 2016 #10
Michelle Bachmann was just on Hardball Skidmore Oct 2016 #11
Glad I can't tune in for that. ffr Oct 2016 #12
I still haven't recovered AwakeAtLast Oct 2016 #37
Tweety was being a complete ass about it. Hey, "religion" IS their issue.If no one talks about it... Hekate Oct 2016 #13
I saw that, too. Joy was absoutely correct to challenge Tanuki Oct 2016 #18
Is Tweety's wife running as a Republican or Democrat? world wide wally Oct 2016 #28
She lost the primary. Chicago1980 Oct 2016 #31
She ran as a Democrat (she IS a Democrat), but lost the primary. n/t MBS Oct 2016 #45
These FReaks have a death-grip on their tRump hats: Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #16
not just lewd but...sexual assault.... CarrieLynne Oct 2016 #14
LOVE THAT COVER !! flying-skeleton Oct 2016 #15
Just amazing. Maru Kitteh Oct 2016 #17
I was wondering about lawn sign material Jarqui Oct 2016 #19
Clarence Thomas is probably sitting alone smiling to himself. Kablooie Oct 2016 #20
!!! BumRushDaShow Oct 2016 #23
The American Right has turned the civic process into Pro-Wrestling, Dawson Leery Oct 2016 #21
That's a good comparison. BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2016 #41
Wonder if Melania is on her way with their 10 year old son out of the country. BumRushDaShow Oct 2016 #22
Melania was 3 months pregnant. Advanced enough for Donald J tRump to know. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #30
"It seems to have been 'shot'"? whathehell Oct 2016 #56
Come on, even you can figure out that a pregnancy is 9 months and video is shot. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #57
"Come on" ? Even you should be able to figure out whathehell Oct 2016 #58
OK, you need me to break it down for you. It's got nothing to do with videotaping a birth. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #61
Post removed Post removed Oct 2016 #62
The media is comparing it to 'other gaffs' that affected the chances of candidates. Sorry but this FailureToCommunicate Oct 2016 #24
Just to clarify; this is TOMORROW's cover brooklynite Oct 2016 #25
Whaaat? Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2016 #27
CATS yorkie77 Oct 2016 #32
Welcome to DU, yorkie77! calimary Oct 2016 #36
Right now, I really wish DU had "like" capability AllyCat Oct 2016 #40
Yes!! BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2016 #42
OMG!!!! wildeyed Oct 2016 #49
Trump has a perfect defense for this Martin Eden Oct 2016 #29
Game Over. Stick a fork in him, he's done. DinahMoeHum Oct 2016 #33
Yes, he was such a sweet boy elmac Oct 2016 #34
A political cartoonist will draw a flabbergasted elephant in a dress... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2016 #35
If Donny put his hands down there,,,,,,, lastlib Oct 2016 #38
OUCH! Yeah!!!!! How much could he grab, anyway, with those itty bitty hands? calimary Oct 2016 #44
I always thought this was kind of a rag mag. AllyCat Oct 2016 #39
I love the Daily News TheOther95Percent Oct 2016 #43
Ha-ha! MyOwnPeace Oct 2016 #54
Yeah, Grab that Piece, Trump Voter TheOther95Percent Oct 2016 #55
Cute kitties. Will we see them tomorrow in SalmonChantedEvening LOLcats? (nt) question everything Oct 2016 #46
Where we need that kind of front page DFW Oct 2016 #47
Gah! wildeyed Oct 2016 #48
Be proud of your guy you morally superior self righteous hypocrite asshole workinclasszero Oct 2016 #50
GOLDFINGER was running on cable when this story broke. LOL. So appropriate. IllinoisBirdWatcher Oct 2016 #51
I thought that to. MFM008 Oct 2016 #52
I was at a friend's for dinner. Didn't know the news until I got home. IllinoisBirdWatcher Oct 2016 #53
A classic Kennah Oct 2016 #60
 

randome

(34,845 posts)
26. Well, you ought to know!
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 08:43 PM
Oct 2016

[hr][font color="blue"][center]A ton of bricks, a ton of feathers, it's still gonna hurt.[/center][/font][hr]

chillfactor

(7,574 posts)
5. that is fantastic...
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 07:06 PM
Oct 2016

lots of readers will see that and I am willing to bet that cover is making its rounds via social media as well as what we see and hear on TV.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
7. I just sent a copy of that frontpage to a lady whos been scared to death that he might win.
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 07:15 PM
Oct 2016

She called me 2 weeks ago asking me what all can he really DO as Prez?

My comment to her today was; that picture with the comment "You are watching the last gasps of a dead campaign candidate."

ffr

(22,669 posts)
10. So who is left supporting him at this point?
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 07:27 PM
Oct 2016

Gotta make you wonder what type of person can see through this and still support him.

Of yeah, these types.

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
11. Michelle Bachmann was just on Hardball
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 07:37 PM
Oct 2016

trying to sell Hillary is more dangerous for women than anything DJT could do. Tweety was kind of taking her side against Joy Reid.

ffr

(22,669 posts)
12. Glad I can't tune in for that.
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 07:40 PM
Oct 2016

It's indefensible, but there's good that comes from it. Those who are hardened dyed-in-the-wool republicans will rise to the surface. We get to find out who these people are and now we know what they are made of.

Hekate

(90,642 posts)
13. Tweety was being a complete ass about it. Hey, "religion" IS their issue.If no one talks about it...
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 07:53 PM
Oct 2016

... or calls them on it, how in hell (so to speak) are we ever going to defeat their lies? Because lie they do, including about Jesus.

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
18. I saw that, too. Joy was absoutely correct to challenge
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 08:19 PM
Oct 2016

Bachmann, based on her previous claim that God had "raised Trump up". Tweety acted as if Joy was making some kind of cheap shot, dragging Bachmann's religion into the discussion, when it was Bachmann herself who had made the appalling and blasphemous claim that Trump was God's chosen candidate. Bachmann was absolutely hypocritical, defending Trump as engaging in harmless "bad boy talk." At least Tweety challenged her on her claim that the story was planted by Hillary's opposition research, and when cornered she lied and denied having said it (which she had, only a couple of minutes before). I wish MSNBC would give Joy Tweety's nightly time slot.

Jarqui

(10,123 posts)
19. I was wondering about lawn sign material
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 08:22 PM
Oct 2016

but it's not something I'd want kids to gawk at ...

How long before the next sexual assault lawsuit ...

Kablooie

(18,625 posts)
20. Clarence Thomas is probably sitting alone smiling to himself.
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 08:28 PM
Oct 2016

And thinking, I made it through, so can he.

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
21. The American Right has turned the civic process into Pro-Wrestling,
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 08:29 PM
Oct 2016

not that the other kind is any better, still this is all vile!

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
41. That's a good comparison.
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 12:14 AM
Oct 2016

That IS what the idiot theocratic, Jesus Will Smite You, Pat Robertson crowd has done---fox spews found the lowest common denominator and created a gossipy, backbiting, lying propaganda outlet for them--and that led to a huge club of zombies with their brains scooped out.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,988 posts)
30. Melania was 3 months pregnant. Advanced enough for Donald J tRump to know.
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 09:19 PM
Oct 2016

It seems to have been shot around Sept. 16, 2005.

Barron was born March 20, 2006.

It is 185 days from the start date to the end date, or 6 months, 4 days excluding the end date.

Donald J tRump talked like that while he knew his wife was three months pregnant.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,988 posts)
61. OK, you need me to break it down for you. It's got nothing to do with videotaping a birth.
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 06:47 PM
Oct 2016

I wrote (with a time line and synopsis of calculation to show how the figure was derived):

Melania was 3 months pregnant. Advanced enough for Donald J tRump to know.

It seems to have been shot around Sept. 16, 2005. Barron was born March 20, 2006. It is 185 days from the start date to the end date, or 6 months, 4 days excluding the end date. Donald J tRump talked like that while he knew his wife was three months pregnant.

You wrote:

"It seems to have been 'shot'"? I believe the word is "conceived".


Pregnancies take about 38 weeks on average, which is about 9 months. That length of time is longer than the 6 month period I mentioned in my post. So almost nobody (except you apparently) would make the mistake of thinking that the word "shot" referred to conception. Almost everybody (except you apparently) would know that a pregnancy is about 9 months. Almost everybody (except you apparently) would be able to subtract 6 months from 9 months and reach the figure of 3 months mentioned in my post title; this is how I made the calculation. Alternatively they might (but you didn't) add the figure of 3 months to the figure of 6 months and realize that made 9 months which is in concordance with the length of average pregnancies.

Then to assist you in your confusion between "shot" and "conceived" I wrote

you can figure out that a pregnancy is 9 months and video is shot.

to remind you that the word "shot" was being used to refer to videotaping and to remind you of the duration of most pregnancies so that you would be able to fit all the timelines and periods of time into a coherent whole. Since it was clearly related to Sept. 16, 2005 in the first post (quoted above), that would have nothing to do with either conception or birth. But bizarrely you switched your position from conception to birth and wrote

not evryone assumes every birth is videotaped, duh.


So to help you understand this very simple sequence of events, I will break it down for you.

Donald J tRump impregnated Melania approximately June 27, 2005, which is 38 weeks before Barron's birth, a reasonable assumption. His birth date is known to be March 20, 2006. Subtracting 38 weeks from that we begin at June 27, 2005.

The video was shot ("filmed", "taped", recorded) around Sept. 16, 2005, easily verifiable from source news stories such as the Washington Post's reporting. It is 81 days from March 20 to Sept. 16.

tRump made his lewd remarks admitting sexual assault then (Sept. 16, 2005), 81 days after estimated conception. That's over 11 weeks. Time enough for a cessation of menstruation, pregnancy tests, early symptoms, and possible weight gain. Time enough for both of them to know.

Thus Donald J tRump made his disgusting admissions of infidelity and battery knowing that his new wife was 3 months pregnant with his child.

All of that had nothing to do with videotaping a birth.
No assumption was made about videotaping a birth, except perhaps by you.
There was no mention of videotaping a birth in my posts.

This all should now be very clear even for you. Should you experience any difficulties of comprehension I suggest you ask another member of DU to explain this to you in a way you may be able to understand.

Response to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #61)

FailureToCommunicate

(14,012 posts)
24. The media is comparing it to 'other gaffs' that affected the chances of candidates. Sorry but this
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 08:40 PM
Oct 2016

bragging about sexual assault. Not even close to the '47 %' comment or such like...

calimary

(81,210 posts)
36. Welcome to DU, yorkie77!
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 10:10 PM
Oct 2016

Oh man -

Well, I imagine his brand is pretty well burned. Donny Deutsch filling in on the "With All Due Respect" show on MSNBC this afternoon said "the election's over."

This may have decided.

MAN this is one hell of an "October Surprise"!

The Washington Post's ace investigative reporter David Fahrenthold, who's been digging up all these scoops on Trump's finances, broke this story, too! I bet he wins a Pulitzer Prize. I bet he'll wind up being this era's Woodward & Bernstein.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
35. A political cartoonist will draw a flabbergasted elephant in a dress...
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 10:00 PM
Oct 2016

... getting groped down there by a smiling Trump, right? Obvious one.

lastlib

(23,208 posts)
38. If Donny put his hands down there,,,,,,,
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 11:47 PM
Oct 2016

how would a woman know?? (they're so *smalll*........)





(for the humor-challenged: joke/reference to his "small hands"......)

calimary

(81,210 posts)
44. OUCH! Yeah!!!!! How much could he grab, anyway, with those itty bitty hands?
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 12:55 PM
Oct 2016

The short-fingered vulgarian. And his little dog Pinocchio!

AllyCat

(16,177 posts)
39. I always thought this was kind of a rag mag.
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 11:47 PM
Oct 2016

But I have a new appreciation for the NYDN after his election season.

DFW

(54,341 posts)
47. Where we need that kind of front page
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 01:21 PM
Oct 2016

That would be in cities like Orlando, Miami, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Cleveland, Reno, Louisville, Las Vegas, and Raleigh.

wildeyed

(11,243 posts)
48. Gah!
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 01:24 PM
Oct 2016


He DID threaten to whip his penis out on the podium during one of the primary debates, so nothing surprises me too much. SO GLAD he did it on a hot mic and someone had the wit to save it all these years!

IllinoisBirdWatcher

(2,315 posts)
53. I was at a friend's for dinner. Didn't know the news until I got home.
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 02:23 PM
Oct 2016

and laughed out loud for several minutes. Did that every time I saw or heard the pussy comment on TV. And then the New York News front page. And then the 90 second belligerent "apology" which had almost double the words condemning the Clintons as it did with fake words of apology.

The man is sick.

Thanks for posting

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