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Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts) Fri Jan 19, 2018, 01:20 PM Jan 2018

Fact: Nobody can blackmail Donald Trump, so he's under no threat of blackmail.

Why? Because anything the blackmailer might reveal would be shrugged off by the press and the Republicans with a bored "who cares?" And the Democrats would, as usual, be very careful not to "rock the boat."

So in the end, Donald Trump is blackmail proof, because nobody that matters seems to give a damn what he's done or is doing. He said it himself: "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters." And he's right.

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Fact: Nobody can blackmail Donald Trump, so he's under no threat of blackmail. (Original Post) Binkie The Clown Jan 2018 OP

He doesn't seem to want those pee tapes to come out marylandblue Jan 2018 #1

ah, so the $130,000 he paid to the port star was just straight up cash for sex then? unblock Jan 2018 #2

Stormy Daniels was lucky gratuitous Jan 2018 #4

LOL! lunatica Jan 2018 #7

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I'm not sure "stiff" is a word that should be applied to Dolt 45 The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #11

An old joke PJMcK Jan 2018 #6

And thats just one we know about lunatica Jan 2018 #9

Then why did he pay "Stormy Daniels" so much money The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #3

his base would still forgive him. at this point he needs to be caught sleeping with a democrat. unblock Jan 2018 #10

I'm curious about the media outlets that had the story in October 2016 gratuitous Jan 2018 #12

ABC News Good Morning America was in negotiations with her to reveal her story too wishstar Jan 2018 #14

Then why did he pay Stormy? nt. NCTraveler Jan 2018 #5

He only cares about going to prison, which I hope he does. yurbud Jan 2018 #13

Orange Foolius seemed pretty adamant that Mueller should not go after his finances. fleur-de-lisa Jan 2018 #15

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)

1. He doesn't seem to want those pee tapes to come out

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Original post)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 01:24 PM

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I don't think it's about losing voters, but about the blow to his ego.

unblock

(52,494 posts)

2. ah, so the $130,000 he paid to the port star was just straight up cash for sex then?

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Original post)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 01:25 PM

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gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

4. Stormy Daniels was lucky

Reply to unblock (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 01:27 PM

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Trump has a long history of stiffing his contractors.

Oh, please. You know what I mean.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

7. LOL!

Reply to gratuitous (Reply #4)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 01:32 PM

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unblock

(52,494 posts)

8. !

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Fri Jan 19, 2018, 01:33 PM

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The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,985 posts)

11. I'm not sure "stiff" is a word that should be applied to Dolt 45

Reply to gratuitous (Reply #4)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 01:39 PM

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except in the financial sense. A fat old guy with heart disease (sorry, Dr. Jackson) will tend to remain flaccid. In fact, with that gut he probably hasn't even seen his teeny weeny peeny in years.

PJMcK

(22,071 posts)

6. An old joke

Reply to unblock (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 01:30 PM

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A man propositions a woman, saying, "Would you sleep with me for a million dollars?"
The lady replies, "Of course!"
The man says, "Well, would you sleep with me for a hundred dollars?"
Angered, she sneers, "Of course not! What kind of woman do you think I am?"
With a wink, he says, "We've already established that. Now, we're haggling over the price!"

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

9. And thats just one we know about

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Fri Jan 19, 2018, 01:33 PM

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The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,985 posts)

3. Then why did he pay "Stormy Daniels" so much money

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Original post)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 01:26 PM

Jan 2018

just before the election to be sure she'd keep quiet? Of course he can be blackmailed. It's just that at this point the blackmail would have to involve some dramatically horrible things, like maybe underage Russian hookers and golden showers.

unblock

(52,494 posts)

10. his base would still forgive him. at this point he needs to be caught sleeping with a democrat.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 01:37 PM

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gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

12. I'm curious about the media outlets that had the story in October 2016

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 01:40 PM

Jan 2018

Fox News and the Wall Street Journal had the story before Election Day 2016, but neither of them ran it or anything on it. Was Stormy Daniels the only one who got paid off in October 2016?

wishstar

(5,273 posts)

14. ABC News Good Morning America was in negotiations with her to reveal her story too

Reply to gratuitous (Reply #12)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 01:50 PM

Jan 2018

right before the payoff when she broke off her talks with ABC.

ABC and most of the mainstream media also knew all about the Steele Dossier directly from Steele and Simpson, but said nothing. Glenn Simpson rattled off a list of all the media outlets that were informed during election.

Apparently they all thought that since Clinton was going to win anyway, they wouldn't take a chance on running any anti-Trump stories without extensive corroboration from multiple sources.