Author Topic: Bill Clinton encouraged TRUMP to enter the 2016 GOP Race- weeks before (Read 1962 times)

240 is Back · « **on:** August 05, 2015, 07:04:16 PM »

LOL @ "August Surprise". Maddow broke it.
Lawrence ODonnell - monster lib - is now saying TRUMP may be a dem plant.
*When is the last time any person encouraged someone to run AGAINST his wife/husband?*'

Clinton's staff confirmed to NBC news tonight. WP said Clinton told trump to play a larger role in the GOP.

Still think Trump isn't a Dem plant to make the repubs look like shit?

Source: Washington Post

Former president Bill Clinton had a private telephone conversation in late spring with Donald Trump at the same time that the billionaire investor and reality-television star was nearing a decision to run for the White House, according to associates of both men.

Four Trump allies and one Clinton associate familiar with the exchange said that Clinton encouraged Trump’s efforts to play a larger role in the Republican Party and offered his own views of the political landscape

...

The tone of the call was informal and Clinton never urged Trump to run, the four people said. Rather, they said, Clinton sounded curious about Trump’s moves toward a presidential bid and told Trump that he was striking a chord with frustrated conservatives and was a rising force on the right.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bill-clinton-called-donald-trump-ahead-of-republicans-2016-launch/2015/08/05/e2b30bb8-3ae3-11e5-b3ac-8a79bc44e5e2_story.html

Irongrip400 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 05, 2015, 07:16:02 PM »

Give it up bro, he's not a mole.

240 is Back · « **Reply #2 on:** August 05, 2015, 07:23:27 PM »

Quote from: Irongrip400 on August 05, 2015, 07:16:02 PM

Give it up bro, he's not a mole.

Let it sink in. Think on it.

Hilary knows Jeb is a handful. She knows Walker WINS close elections in purple states. She knows Rubio looks energetic and youthful around her.

Just answer this much...
Does it HELP hilary to have Trump in the race? I say yes. Good repub candidates getting called names, getting dragged thru mud and bloodied up.

I mean - Clinton called and encouraged him to run - against his wife, who had already declared. And yes, that samd wife that sat FRONT ROW at Trump's wedding.

BRUCE BARTLETT: From Reagan AND Bush cabinets:
"The best thing that can happen to the republican party is for Trump to win the primary, and lose in a landslde to hilary, thus giving the moderate part of the republican party the ability to finally take back control of the party".

A whole bunch of people who live politics - pundits, hosts, analysts - are very curious why ANY person would encourage a billionaire to run against their spouse. Makes ZERO sense.

Irongrip400 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 06, 2015, 04:23:44 AM »

I'd say the possibility of him being a pawn, and the democrats using his hubris to get him in the mix is one thing, but that he's doing their dirty work is another. Regardless, people will vote for him on celebrity alone.

chadstallion · « **Reply #4 on:** August 06, 2015, 05:30:09 AM »

oh, sweet irony!

240 is Back · « **Reply #5 on:** August 06, 2015, 05:38:55 AM »

Quote from: Irongrip400 on August 06, 2015, 04:23:44 AM

I'd say the possibility of him being a pawn, and the democrats using his hubris to get him in the mix is one thing, but that he's doing their dirty work is another. Regardless, people will vote for him on celebrity alone.

could be bill just wanted the weakest person up against hilary. could be lots of things.

but we had a US senate PLANT and nobody really denied it. ENtirely possible for hilary - who is politically brilliant - to help her odds by running against a reality tv star, and not a Bush.

andreisdaman · « **Reply #6 on:** August 06, 2015, 06:25:32 AM »

Quote from: 240 is Back on August 06, 2015, 05:38:55 AM

could be bill just wanted the weakest person up against hilary. could be lots of things.

but we had a US senate PLANT and nobody really denied it. ENtirely possible for hilary - who is politically brilliant - to help her odds by running against a reality tv star, and not a Bush.

It does seem odd...and it adds fuel to the fire for people like yourself who believe that Trump is a democratic plant.....He might be an unwilling pawn...LOL...If Clinton encouraged Trump to run it may have been a Machiavellian attempt to manipulate the Republican Primaries because he had to know that Trump is a straight shooter who would shake things up and cause all kinds of havok just as he's done...

is Bill Clinton that brilliant?

headhuntersix · « **Reply #7 on:** August 06, 2015, 07:01:31 AM »

I think he is.....Hil aint Bill but Bill knows how to win. Pushing Trump in the right direction would not be beyond him. Latest polls have her beating trump by 10 and losing to the top 3-4 other guys...I don't get it. Trump has said nothing about how he's gonna do anything and if he doesn't tonight...I'd say he's done but then again you idiots voted Obama in twice so anything is possible.

240 is Back · « **Reply #8 on:** August 06, 2015, 07:33:18 AM »

Raw story has a piece today. A bunch of Princeton economists pointing out the illegality of many of trumps ideas. He cannot just create a 20% import tax or 15% export tax. A lot of trumps ideas just aren't real.

Props to those who are able to admit even the possibility that bill Clinton pushed trump in, so Hilary would have an easy path to the white house. Other repubs on getbig cannot accept any possibility of it.

headhuntersix · « **Reply #9 on:** August 06, 2015, 07:36:07 AM »

He played to his ego......in a sane world Trump will be done after tonight.

andreisdaman · « **Reply #10 on:** August 06, 2015, 10:16:06 AM »

Quote from: headhuntersix on August 06, 2015, 07:36:07 AM

He played to his ego......in a sane world Trump will be done after tonight.

if he doesn't attack the other guys..then you might be right...However, when Trump goes on the attack, he diminishes everyone around him and he begins to stand out....

However I'm sure the RNC has whispered in his ear and told him not to attack anyone and to calm it down....

240 is Back · « **Reply #11 on:** August 06, 2015, 02:16:50 PM »

Carly fiornia ripped trump "I didn't get a phone call from bill clinton encouraging me to run... did any of you get a call from bill?"

Straw Man · « **Reply #12 on:** August 06, 2015, 03:55:42 PM »

Quote from: 240 is Back on August 06, 2015, 07:33:18 AM

Raw story has a piece today. A bunch of Princeton economists pointing out the illegality of many of trumps ideas. He cannot just create a 20% import tax or 15% export tax. A lot of trumps ideas just aren't real.

Props to those who are able to admit even the possibility that bill Clinton pushed trump in, so Hilary would have an easy path to the white house. Other repubs on getbig cannot accept any possibility of it.

That's because his candidacy isn't real

He's just a bored rich guy needing to get his ego stroked by having the media follow him around waiting for the next crazy thing to drop out of his mouth

andreisdaman · « **Reply #13 on:** August 06, 2015, 03:58:09 PM »

Quote from: Straw Man on August 06, 2015, 03:55:42 PM

That's because his candidacy isn't real

He's just a bored rich guy needing to get his ego stroked by having the media follow him around waiting for the next crazy thing to drop out of his mouth

you gotta admit though, his wife would make a really hot first lady

Straw Man · « **Reply #14 on:** August 06, 2015, 04:31:57 PM »

Quote from: 240 is Back on August 05, 2015, 07:04:16 PM

LOL @ "August Surprise". Maddow broke it.
Lawrence ODonnell - monster lib - is now saying TRUMP may be a dem plant.
*When is the last time any person encouraged someone to run AGAINST his wife/husband?*'

Clinton's staff confirmed to NBC news tonight. WP said Clinton told trump to play a larger role in the GOP.

Still think Trump isn't a Dem plant to make the repubs look like shit?

Source: Washington Post

Former president Bill Clinton had a private telephone conversation in late spring with Donald Trump at the same time that the billionaire investor and reality-television star was nearing a decision to run for the White House, according to associates of both men.

Four Trump allies and one Clinton associate familiar with the exchange said that Clinton encouraged Trump’s efforts to play a larger role in the Republican Party and offered his own views of the political landscape

...

The tone of the call was informal and Clinton never urged Trump to run, the four people said. Rather, they said, Clinton sounded curious about Trump’s moves toward a presidential bid and told Trump that he was striking a chord with frustrated conservatives and was a rising force on the right.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bill-clinton-called-donald-trump-ahead-of-republicans-2016-launch/2015/08/05/e2b30bb8-3ae3-11e5-b3ac-8a79bc44e5e2_story.html

Do you even read your own posts?

Irongrip400 · « **Reply #15 on:** August 06, 2015, 06:08:28 PM »

Quote from: Straw Man on August 06, 2015, 04:31:57 PM

Do you even read your own posts?

240 is Back · « **Reply #16 on:** August 06, 2015, 07:31:11 PM »

Clinton, Trump chat fuels conspiracy theories

Source: MSNBC

Just a few weeks ago, Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.), raised a bizarre conspiracy theory. As the Miami congressman told a local radio show, maybe Donald Trump’s entire presidential campaign is an elaborate scheme – cooked up by Democrats – to make Republicans look ridiculous and undermine the GOP.

Curbelo’s theory seemed a little over the top, but he’s not the only one who’s floated the idea. After this Washington Post report was published late yesterday, the conspiracy theorists felt a degree of vindication.

Former president Bill Clinton had a private telephone conversation in late spring with Donald Trump at the same time that the billionaire investor and reality-television star was nearing a decision to run for the White House, according to associates of both men. Four Trump allies and one Clinton associate familiar with the exchange said that Clinton encouraged Trump’s efforts to play a larger role in the Republican Party and offered his own views of the political landscape.
The article added that the former president, according to the sources close to Trump, “listened intently” to the Republican’s ideas, and then “analyzed Trump’s prospects and his desire to rouse the GOP base.”

NBC News confirmed soon after that the conversation took place in late May, before Trump formally announced his candidacy. There are apparently some disagreements over the specific details – Clinton’s office, for example, said the former president and Trump had a casual conversation that did not relate to the 2016 race – but for those who see Trump as a Democratic plant, the particulars are less important than the call itself.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/clinton-trump-chat-fuels-conspiracy-theories

Straw Man · « **Reply #17 on:** August 06, 2015, 08:19:23 PM »

Quote from: 240 is Back on August 06, 2015, 07:31:11 PM

Clinton, Trump chat fuels conspiracy theories

Source: MSNBC

Just a few weeks ago, Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.), raised a bizarre conspiracy theory. As the Miami congressman told a local radio show, maybe Donald Trump’s entire presidential campaign is an elaborate scheme – cooked up by Democrats – to make Republicans look ridiculous and undermine the GOP.

Curbelo’s theory seemed a little over the top, but he’s not the only one who’s floated the idea. After this Washington Post report was published late yesterday, the conspiracy theorists felt a degree of vindication.

Former president Bill Clinton had a private telephone conversation in late spring with Donald Trump at the same time that the billionaire investor and reality-television star was nearing a decision to run for the White House, according to associates of both men. Four Trump allies and one Clinton associate familiar with the exchange said that Clinton encouraged Trump’s efforts to play a larger role in the Republican Party and offered his own views of the political landscape.
The article added that the former president, according to the sources close to Trump, “listened intently” to the Republican’s ideas, and then “analyzed Trump’s prospects and his desire to rouse the GOP base.”

NBC News confirmed soon after that the conversation took place in late May, before Trump formally announced his candidacy. There are apparently some disagreements over the specific details – Clinton’s office, for example, said the former president and Trump had a casual conversation that did not relate to the 2016 race – but for those who see Trump as a Democratic plant, the particulars are less important than the call itself.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/clinton-trump-chat-fuels-conspiracy-theories

I forgot that both you and Trump are birthers too

Are you a Trump plant on this board?

240 is Back · « **Reply #18 on:** August 06, 2015, 08:22:42 PM »

Quote from: Straw Man on August 06, 2015, 08:19:23 PM

I forgot that both you and Trump are birthers too

Are you a Trump plant on this board?

Clinton is also a birther.

Straw Man · « **Reply #19 on:** August 06, 2015, 08:37:52 PM »

Quote from: 240 is Back on August 06, 2015, 08:22:42 PM

Clinton is also a birther.

which one and when?

240 is Back · « **Reply #20 on:** August 06, 2015, 10:06:25 PM »

Rand "he's already hedging his bets on the clintons"
Trump, turns head to side, smirks, and nods.

exactly 1:06 AM EST on fox replay, or about 3 minutes into the debate.

240 is Back · « **Reply #21 on:** March 14, 2016, 04:35:41 PM »

Quote from: Straw Man on August 06, 2015, 03:55:42 PM

That's because his candidacy isn't real

He's just a bored rich guy needing to get his ego stroked by having the media follow him around waiting for the next crazy thing to drop out of his mouth

Reminder of this discussion from before, as it's relevant to today's BBC article.

Straw Man · « **Reply #22 on:** March 14, 2016, 05:08:06 PM »

scroll up and look at my comment to you about reading your own posts

"The tone of the call was informal and Clinton never urged Trump to run"

240 is Back · « **Reply #23 on:** March 14, 2016, 07:36:08 PM »

Quote from: Straw Man on March 14, 2016, 05:08:06 PM

"The tone of the call was informal and Clinton never urged Trump to run"

First off, there is ZERO reason to call and ADD ANOTHER HIGHLY WEALTHY/KNOWN OPPONENT. Just ludicrous.

Second, as we know, the clintons lie constantly and only admit what they have to, when caught. The call was on the record and there was no denying it. Of course bill will admit as little as possible. It's terrifying he admitted that much.

I get it - you have a position and we tend to stick to them. But every month that passes of Trump attacking everyone - except very minimal hilary attacking - and we have to wonder more and more. The GOP is in collapse, Trump has branded bernie a commie, and hilary is avoiding the radar for her legal troubles.

If trump is NOT a dem plant, hilary is the luckiest SOB in HISTORY to have trump doing all the things that benefits her, over and over, from minute #1.