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2018-01-28 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

‘That’s disgusting!’ UN envoy Nikki Haley slams rumor of affair with Trump

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Posted by Fred 2018-01-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Nikki is too classy for a fling with the Don.

And Trump... is ... well... to busy.

Posted by DarthVader 2018-01-28 00:14|| 2018-01-28 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Why does she even feel the need to defend herself against these allegations?

Posted by gorb 2018-01-28 00:21|| 2018-01-28 00:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Why? Because like with that stupid dossier, every claim in the book that’s knocked down makes the author less authoritative and his claims less believable.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-01-28 00:51|| 2018-01-28 00:51|| Front Page Top

#4 "Why does she even feel the need to defend herself against these allegations?"
You know, Gorb, I almost think ignoring them forever may become the way to deal with it, but.... Trump has played them like a violin thus far.

I would let them play through.

Posted by newc 2018-01-28 00:52|| 2018-01-28 00:52|| Front Page Top

#5 #2 Why does she even feel the need to defend herself against these allegations?
Possibly the experience of watching Bush "taking the high road" and being used as a punching bag makes people reflect on the virtues of "punching back twice as hard."

Posted by magpie 2018-01-28 01:07|| 2018-01-28 01:07|| Front Page Top

#6 In the past Republicans did what you suggest, allowing slurs from Democrats to go unanswered as beneath contempt.
That strategy gives the slur spouters the last word on the subject. And it is the last word that most people remember. By hitting back, people remember her rejoinder. Trump hits back in a way which draws out semi-deranged interpretations of his comments from the press, which he counterpunches again and gets the last word.
Sarah Palin never answered the parodies of Tina Fey and so the uninformed remembered them and attributed them to Governor Palin. The press banged away at Bush who never answered and they wore down his reputation.
Trump seems to understand how to get the last word much more than his adversaries do. He somehow always manages to make them look ugly.

Posted by Daniel 2018-01-28 01:17|| 2018-01-28 01:17|| Front Page Top

#7 #6, Hear, hear - "ignoring bullies" never works (too bad she can't push their heads into toilet bowl and flush).

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-01-28 02:07|| 2018-01-28 02:07|| Front Page Top

#8 Keen observations at #6. Send more please.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-01-28 02:11|| 2018-01-28 02:11|| Front Page Top

#9 ...Sadly, Ambassador Haley had the same problem here in SC.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-01-28 07:31|| 2018-01-28 07:31|| Front Page Top

#10 Discredited Michael Wolff author of discredited "Fire and Fury" published this trash. There have been zero past indications or even rumors of affairs on the part of Ambo Nikki Haley. The left is getting increasing crazy and unhinged. They are hoping that something/anything will stick to Trump. They believe that everyone plays by the same playbook they use in their own lives.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-01-28 09:53|| 2018-01-28 09:53|| Front Page Top

#11 When do we get a tell all about Baraq being on the down low?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2018-01-28 10:45|| 2018-01-28 10:45|| Front Page Top

#12 Barry has friends in loooooooowww places, so goes the song.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2018-01-28 18:39|| 2018-01-28 18:39|| Front Page Top

#13 Kind of hard to get lower than the media....

Posted by CrazyFool 2018-01-28 19:04|| 2018-01-28 19:04|| Front Page Top

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