Famed columnist E. Jean Carroll claims Trump sexually assaulted her in 1990s

[Wingnut]

If you’re with a 52 year old woman and she’s dried up, that’s your fault.

No.  That is her fault.  And it was.

[240B]

Yea, sure, and Trump raped me too in 1975. Why not?
I wonder if this woman knows or cares how much irreparable damage she is doing to all women with this obvious publicity stunt to sell books.

The #MeToo movement is going to be derailed because of her. Just so possibly she can make a few extra dollars. That is despicable beyond words.

[Wingnut]

Rape is sexy.

Anderson Cooper cuts to commercial after E. Jean Carroll calls rape 'sexy'

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cooper-cuts-interview-short-after-e-jean-carroll-calls-rape-sexy

[Applewood]

Really wish Trump would just say nothing.  His supporters don't believe this woman's story.  Even a number of us non-fans don't believe her claim.  And as she makes the rounds of talk shows saying stupid stuff, I suspect she and her bogus claim will be forgotten very soon.   The more Trump responds to this nonsense, the more he says things that make him look bad.  Let her do the talking.

[240B]

Really wish Trump would just say nothing.  His supporters don't believe this woman's story.  Even a number of us non-fans don't believe her claim.  And as she makes the rounds of talk shows saying stupid stuff, I suspect she and her bogus claim will be forgotten very soon.   The more Trump responds to this nonsense, the more he says things that make him look bad.  Let her do the talking.

That has been Trump's curse since day one. He simply does not know when to shut the hell up. In his first year, countless no-name comedians and D-list level actors were tweeting pure crap with the specific goal of irritating Trump. They were praying to God that he would respond to them just for the free publicity. And many times he did?

It may Bush backlash? Bush never responded to anything at all no matter what. So, now Trump responds to everything no matter how ridiculous. Many of us here have said that Trump should filter his tweets through his communication team. But he refuses, and we all see the results of Trumps refusal to rein himself in and let professional people help him.

[jmyrlefuller]

I wonder if this woman knows or cares how much irreparable damage she is doing to all women with this obvious publicity stunt to sell books.

The #MeToo movement is going to be derailed because of her. Just so possibly she can make a few extra dollars. That is despicable beyond words.

The conspiracy theorist in me wonders if Trump himself is behind this to delegitimize the women who he actually assaulted. He always was of the "any publicity is good publicity" camp and is known to have taken some weird maneuvers to hide his sexual activity, such as the Cohen payoffs.

What better way to make oneself look innocent than to clandestinely bring out a fake accuser whose case is so flimsy it brings everyone else's into doubt?

[txradioguy]

Yea, sure, and Trump raped me too in 1975. Why not?
I wonder if this woman knows or cares how much irreparable damage she is doing to all women with this obvious publicity stunt to sell books.

The #MeToo movement is going to be derailed because of her. Just so possibly she can make a few extra dollars. That is despicable beyond words.

@240B

If the left truly cared...they'd have stopped with Anita Hill.


However...

[goatprairie]

That has been Trump's curse since day one. He simply does not know when to shut the hell up. In his first year, countless no-name comedians and D-list level actors were tweeting pure crap with the specific goal of irritating Trump. They were praying to God that he would respond to them just for the free publicity. And many times he did?

It may Bush backlash? Bush never responded to anything at all no matter what. So, now Trump responds to everything no matter how ridiculous. Many of us here have said that Trump should filter his tweets through his communication team. But he refuses, and we all see the results of Trumps refusal to rein himself in and let professional people help him.

Unless he responded and I didn't hear about it, but I believe Trump said nothing when Marshall  Mathers aka Eminem tried to rile him up. For some reason Trump never said anything....which was the best thing. I'm sure Eminem was trying to provoke him to boost sagging record sales.
But I agree....Trump should quit responding to the ankle biters. Let them drift away into obscurity.

[XenaLee]

Unless he responded and I didn't hear about it, but I believe Trump said nothing when Marshall  Mathers aka Eminem tried to rile him up. For some reason Trump never said anything....which was the best thing. I'm sure Eminem was trying to provoke him to boost sagging record sales.
But I agree....Trump should quit responding to the ankle biters. Let them drift away into obscurity.

He is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.  Example: if he said something flip like "Nice try, no ceegar"... they'd be accusing him of collusion with Cuba.   

[Sanguine]

He is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.  Example: if he said something flip like "Nice try, no ceegar"... they'd be accusing him of collusion with Cuba.   

I tend to agree.  I'm afraid social media is what is now, and an effective communicator should be proficient at using it. 

Given that Trump's tweets reflect Trump's personality, so if you don't like him, you don't like his tweets.

[240B]

Rape is sexy.

Anderson Cooper cuts to commercial after E. Jean Carroll calls rape 'sexy'

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cooper-cuts-interview-short-after-e-jean-carroll-calls-rape-sexy

Then she said, "Think of all the fantasies!" This clearly implies that she has had sexy rape fantasies. Considering her 'story' about Trump, this certainly does not help her case.

I've heard of women having rape fantasies. But I never thought of it as a common thing, as this woman seems to think it is. I have read many stories of boyfriends getting shot by someone else in the house while they were pretending to rape their girlfriend.

Had a girlfriend once who would always pretend to be a little girl during sex. I went along with it, but in reality it kind of creeped me out. Essentially I had to pretend to be a pedophile, and I was not comfortable with that. Fantasies run the full spectrum of human thought, I guess. You never know what's in your girl's head.

[goatprairie]

He is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.  Example: if he said something flip like "Nice try, no ceegar"... they'd be accusing him of collusion with Cuba.   

All presidents take flak from people.  Some of the people are worth responding to and some aren't.  For the POTUS to respond to every yapping puppy is beneath the office.
He has to learn how to have a tougher skin. Don't get down in the mud with some people. He didn't say anything about Eminem, and the idiot went away. He should try that more often with other morons who try to provoke him.

[XenaLee]

I tend to agree.  I'm afraid social media is what is now, and an effective communicator should be proficient at using it. 

Given that Trump's tweets reflect Trump's personality, so if you don't like him, you don't like his tweets.

It's a mixed bag with Trump.  Some of his tweets are normal and ok.  Others, not so much.

[XenaLee]

All presidents take flak from people.  Some of the people are worth responding to and some aren't.  For the POTUS to respond to every yapping puppy is beneath the office.
He has to learn how to have a tougher skin. Don't get down in the mud with some people. He didn't say anything about Eminem, and the idiot went away. He should try that more often with other morons who try to provoke him.

I agree.  As someone pointed out already, we went from "no response Bush" to "blah blah blah back at every azz on the planet Trump".   There really needs to be a happy (or at least pleasant) medium.

[sneakypete]

All presidents take flak from people.  Some of the people are worth responding to and some aren't.  For the POTUS to respond to every yapping puppy is beneath the office.
He has to learn how to have a tougher skin. Don't get down in the mud with some people. He didn't say anything about Eminem, and the idiot went away. He should try that more often with other morons who try to provoke him.

@goatprairie

I agree,but he is not going to do it because this is what he has done his entire life,and he is too old to change now.  Remember,he isn't a professional politician. Once he leaves the White House,his political career is OVER and he goes back to being who and what he was before.

[Rivergirl]

Not to worry.  She's not his type so it couldn't have happened.
Never mind the teen aged girls who were in their dressing room for the Teen Beauty Pageant who were appalled at his appearing in their dressing room.  Hopefully, most of them weren't his type either.

[XenaLee]

Not to worry.  She's not his type so it couldn't have happened.
Never mind the teen aged girls who were in their dressing room for the Teen Beauty Pageant who were appalled at his appearing in their dressing room.  Hopefully, most of them weren't his type either.

With all due respect here.... being in a pageant, which for most of them is not their first time, is a lot like being a model.   People come and go in the dressing rooms all the time.   You either get used to it or you find another line of work.

[sneakypete]

With all due respect here.... being in a pageant, which for most of them is not their first time, is a lot like being a model.   People come and go in the dressing rooms all the time.   You either get used to it or you find another line of work.

@XenaLee

She knows this. She just wants to be able to portray Trump as a perv because he is the evil sob that stole the presidency from her usual suspect RINO.

[Rivergirl]

@XenaLee

She knows this. She just wants to be able to portray Trump as a perv because he is the evil sob that stole the presidency from her usual suspect RINO.

So now Ted Cruz was a RINO.   
Sheesh, is there no low too low to go to defend  the pervert.

[txradioguy]

So now Ted Cruz was a RINO.   
Sheesh, is there no low too low to go to defend  the pervert.

oh oh oh I know the answer!!! 

[jmyrlefuller]

With all due respect here.... being in a pageant, which for most of them is not their first time, is a lot like being a model.   People come and go in the dressing rooms all the time.   You either get used to it or you find another line of work.

That's bullcrap. I try what Trump tried, I would get arrested. Period.

People who make excuses for this behavior are why we don't have moral people in positions of power.

[XenaLee]

That's bullcrap. I try what Trump tried, I would get arrested. Period.

People who make excuses for this behavior are why we don't have moral people in positions of power.

Difference is... you're not involved in the pageant (or modeling) industry.  Trump was.  People involved in the pageant process come and go thru those dressing rooms routinely.  Do they cop a peek?   Hell yeah, no doubt.   Do most of the pageant participants think anything about it?  Hell no.  Just the ones trying to make points with their leftie gods by accusing Trump.  JS...

So no, it's not bullcrap.  It's a fact.

[TomSea]

A lot of women speak up as to how genlemanly and polite Trump has been. If you sling mud, at least he should be, could be, can be defended.

[Cyber Liberty]

A lot of women speak up as to how genlemanly and polite Trump has been. If you sling mud, at least he should be, could be, can be defended.

A lot of folks I could reasonably call "Never Trumpers" have been forced to defend the President from this accusation.  That says a lot.

[EdJames]

A lot of women speak up as to how genlemanly and polite Trump has been. If you sling mud, at least he should be, could be, can be defended.

You know how those mud slingers are, Tommy.....  they've got no scruples....  no scruples I tell ya...