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He was reporting a deed. You are accepting Paula Jones comments as fact of a deed, but you are not accepting Trump's own self-report of his behavior as a deed.
by jannotti 10y ago
He was reporting a deed. You are accepting Paula Jones comments as fact of a deed, but you are not accepting Trump's own self-report of his behavior as a deed. Remember that the tape also contained him saying things like, "I can't resist beautiful, I just kiss", and "They let you get away with it". These are not abstract tasteless comments, like saying something tasteless about a woman's body. These are self-reported "nasty deeds".
- mark_l_watson 10y agoOK, fair enough about Trump. Easy for me to say since I don't like him and didn't vote for him. That said, it does seem like Bill Clinton's actions were worse. He paid a ton of money to settle the Jones lawsuit, IIRC.
- Retra 10y agoWhy does it even matter? Nobody is letting Bill Clinton run the country.
- CalChris 10y agoClinton paid $850,000 without admitting liability to make a lawsuit go away. Jones' lawsuit was bankrolled by Republicans. Equivocating what Trump bragged about with what Clinton was only accused of is a sad argument.
- mark_l_watson 10y agoSo, $850K in today's money would be a couple of million? A lot to pay someone, but he got what he wanted in not having to admit liability. I doubt you have watched the Paula Jones interviews from when she was a young woman, since you don't believe that Clinton behaved shamefully in this instance when he was governor. Clinton was an effective president, but he apparently had his bad sides. In no way way am I defending Trump, but I am willing to wait a few months to see if he can accomplish anything positive. Then, when I am totally disappointed I will probably get active politically again, probably supporting third party candidates after the DNC fiasco in the last election. Thank the DNC political hacks for a Trump presidency.
- CalChris 10y agoYou are aware this settlement was only after the court had dismissed the suit. This was just to get her to drop the appeal. In no way way am I defending Trump, but I am willing to wait a few months to see if he can accomplish anything positive. Wow.
- mark_l_watson 10y agoWhy "Wow"? He has done one thing I like, dropping out of the "trade" deals TPP and TPIP. Who knows, he might actually do something else I like. Who knows.
- whitemale 10y agoTrump was bragging, it's something men do under circumstances. If you would be a famous rockstar and women(or men) would be all over you, would taking advantage of it be a "nasty deed"?