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brooklynite

(94,571 posts)
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 04:58 PM Oct 2016

Something to remember about future Trump scandal leaks...

...This is NOT an instantaneous process, like Wikileaks dropping hundreds of emails. A reputable news outlet will take some amount of time to determine the authenticity of the leak, and their legal clearance to publish it. For example, the Trump tax forms took about a week from the time of their delivery to the NYT to the day they were published. Stay patient...

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Something to remember about future Trump scandal leaks... (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2016 OP
Oh, there will be more on Trump released this week - late Thursday or Friday. tonyt53 Oct 2016 #1
Drip Drip Drip. Thinkingabout Oct 2016 #2
yes but he has been running for a year and a half jodymarie aimee Oct 2016 #3
In normal elections it would have been brought up... Blanks Oct 2016 #5
I worry that they will be so anxious to get out whatever they can find, that hlthe2b Oct 2016 #4
 

tonyt53

(5,737 posts)
1. Oh, there will be more on Trump released this week - late Thursday or Friday.
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 04:59 PM
Oct 2016

They do that so it hits the weekend news cycle.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
2. Drip Drip Drip.
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 05:01 PM
Oct 2016

Maybe by the time of the next debate we can deliver more information. If Trump lies about his activity he will continue to lie about important subjects also.

Blanks

(4,835 posts)
5. In normal elections it would have been brought up...
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 05:23 PM
Oct 2016

If you think about it, the release of Trump's 'locker room' video couldn't have been more perfect.

Just as republicans were lining up behind him and they were building a united front, a video was released that pitted the republicans that are Trump supporters against the congressional republicans running for reelection. They booed Ryan for showing up without Trump.

One of Trump's talking points is that Hillary has been in Washington for 30 years and Washington is a mess. Well, the Bushes have been in Washington all that time too, and the tape has a Bush in it.

If Bush is supposed to be effective because he's from outside of Washington, both parties that are part of the Washington establishment can attack him, and may need to in order to keep their seat.

I'm sure there's lots of stuff out there, whether it will hit the press is the question.

hlthe2b

(102,278 posts)
4. I worry that they will be so anxious to get out whatever they can find, that
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 05:19 PM
Oct 2016

a flood of "marginal"examples may well desensitize the public well before another earthquake-level revelation.

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