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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]I don't know how it will sell with the American people but it will be painful for the Clintons as evidenced by the speed with which they dropped any reference to Trump's "penchant for sexism" after he referenced Bill Clinton's own less than savory record with women.

I fully expect him to parade women who claim to have been assaulted or harassed by BC, to offer their version of what happened and Hillary Clinton's role in dealing with the "bimbo eruptions".

You are right that many are aware of the history but there is an entire generation of millenials who don't know the details - the Bernie voters - and it will not cause them to vote for Trump but they may be less inclined to vote for Hillary once they hear these details which by today's standards would be untenable for any politician. As it is they are not enthused about Hillary.

The history - proven, alleged and just rumor - is fertile ground for someone like Trump who will not hesitate to surface every detail. A Cruz or Kasich will not bring it up - Trump will have no compunction doing so. It will dominate the news cycle with every salacious tit-bit.[/quote]

Please, the Clintons don't do or avoid doing anything because it is "painful". Every action is the result of political calculation. They will fight Trump when they are ready to fight Trump. Trump, for his part, risks going down a very deep rat hole if he follows the path that you suggest. All of those involved in the anti-Clinton industrial complex carry their own baggage. If Trump wants to hang them around his own neck, he will be doing the Clintons a tremendous favor.

[b]More importantly, the Clintons want Trump to go where you want him to go.[/b] They want him to look like a raving lunatic talking about "bimbo eruptions" and Vince Foster. That will gain him 99.9999% of the lunatic fringe vote and destroy the Republican Party for a generation because moderates and even sane conservatives will be running so fast they will leave skid marks.
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Re your statement in bold, I am not sure where you got the impression that I want "Trump to go where you want him to go". I am not a Trump supporter - and cannot see myself ever voting for him but then I can't ever see myself voting for Hillary either. My choice is Sanders but that is a fading hope unfortunately.

But I will acknowledge that I am in awe of what Trump has achieved in being able to get where he is today. I am also less dismissive than many liberals about Trump's prospects in a general against HRC - I think his challenge remains getting the nomination.

The Clintons are ruthless but in Trump they have someone who is not just ruthless but is completely unconventional in his approach which makes it difficult to know how to deal with him. As William F. Buckley once said you don't debate an amateur because he does not follow the rules. Buckley's statement can be paraphrased to state you don't compete with an amateur in politics who has a remarkable ability to hit the right buttons because he does not follow the conventional script.

The one thing that Trump has in common with the Clintons is that he is just as ruthless - but whereas the Clintons approach is calculated, Trump's approach is more from the gut.

As for your dire prognosis about the future of the Republican party, I was around when Ronald Reagan was written off as "an amiable dunce" and the relish with which the Carter campaign looked to having him as the nominee they would compete against. Liberals underplay it today and offer a more complimentary view of Reagan than they did in 1980 but I, for one, don't view Trump as an easy candidate to defeat.

Time will tell .............. [/quote]

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