CEP blind gossip

[Deleted]

My best guess would be Rubio. Cruz would be interesting only because I have some evangelicals on FB that have a serious hard-on for him and his ability to bring God back to the White House so I'd kind of like to see their heads explode (they're the same folks that excused Josh Duggar's molestation as "curiosity" but the porn and Ashley Madison stuff was too sinful). I actually think Cruz would be smart enough not to go screwing people not his wife while he's running, though, but maybe I give him too much credit.

I think it would have zero impact on Jeb! or Trump's campaigns. It may just be an extra hammer in the nail in Jeb!'s campaign coffin if it's him.

For me, personally, I really don't think it's my business what happens in someone else's marriage. The running on family values hypocrisy is what bothers me. I think I expect a lot of politicians have cheated or have marriages of convenience for political gain and we can't be privy to everyone's marital arrangements.

I'm excited for the day when we elect an unmarried POTUS again, if it ever happens.

[StrawberryBlondie]

My money's on Cruz.

Or maybe Huckabee.

[laurenpetro]

Dec 15, 2015 10:37:04 GMT -5 ESF said:

Maybe Chris Christie. We know he uses birth control.

please don't ever ever ever put that visual in my head again.

ever.    

[sushi]

Dec 15, 2015 10:38:07 GMT -5 ESF said:

If the lobbyist is Josh Duggar and the candidate is Mike Huckabee, I would die laughing and never come back.

Why do you hate me so much?!

I can't imagine it's anyone other than Cruz or Rubio. And if I had to bet, it would be Cruz. 

I hate imagining the derp face in an o face.

[mbcdefg]

Dec 15, 2015 11:11:17 GMT -5 laurenpetro said:

Dec 15, 2015 10:37:04 GMT -5 ESF said:

Maybe Chris Christie. We know he uses birth control.

please don't ever ever ever put that visual in my head again.

ever.    

[Cicero]

Dec 15, 2015 10:04:31 GMT -5 tres3 said:

you know this would only really be scandalous if it is Bernie Sanders

Trump has been sabre rattling about not being in bed with lobbyists (pun intended) from the beginning.  I bet it's him.

[Cicero]

You guys, Trump's big advertising point for himself over the other candidates is that he doesn't need/hasn't taken anyone's money/isn't beholding to anyone else's interests.  "You can't trust Jeb! On such and such a date he met with these LOBBYISTS!!"  "So and so is in the pocket of special interests.  He took money from LOBBYISTS!" Sleeping with a lobbyist kind of changes that.

Blind gossip gives hints. They made a point of saying its a lobbyist like it would change something. Trump is the only person who would lose face for screwing a lobbyist mores than a woman of any other occupation.

[Velar Fricative]

Dec 15, 2015 11:17:20 GMT -5 Cicero said:

Dec 15, 2015 10:04:31 GMT -5 tres3 said:

you know this would only really be scandalous if it is Bernie Sanders

Trump has been sabre rattling about not being in bed with lobbyists (pun intended) from the beginning.  I bet it's him.

And then he'll be like, "So what? I've had affairs before." And then America will shrug its collective shoulders. And America better damn well shrug its shoulders over Trump having an affair because as I mentioned above, he's said a lot of terrible things already that have not hurt him in this race at all, so for a stupid affair to bring him down...well, I wouldn't know what to say to that except we (collective "we") need to get our priorities straight.


ETA: Your follow-up post gives me pause though. HMMMMMMMMMMM.


 

[Velar Fricative]

But see, I get Cicero's point re: lobbyists, but we've barely seen Melania around and Trump doesn't really talk about how happily married they are and how committed to family values they are (unless I've missed comments about it?). So to that part of the blind gossip, that is one point against this being about Trump.

My Detective Urkel gif still stands though.

[AllieHound]

Also, didn't Trump just go on about being happily married in response to the Daily Show segment about how he wants to bang Ivanka? I feel like them throwing "happily married" in there is important since it's not like any of these fools are going around admitting to any marital flaws.

[saz]

Dec 15, 2015 11:22:03 GMT -5 Cicero said:

You guys, Trump's big advertising point for himself over the other candidates is that he doesn't need/hasn't taken anyone's money/isn't beholding to anyone else's interests.  "You can't trust Jeb! On such and such a date he met with these LOBBYISTS!!"  "So and so is in the pocket of special interests.  He took money from LOBBYISTS!" Sleeping with a lobbyist kind of changes that.

Blind gossip gives hints. They made a point of saying its a lobbyist like it would change something. Trump is the only person who would lose face for screwing a lobbyist mores than a woman of any other occupation.

I would be with you on this except that the post said "Needless to say, this accusation will raise all kinds of questions about impulse control, judgment, honesty, integrity, and vulnerability to influence from special interest groups… as well as their portrayal of themselves as “happily married” and committed to family values." - I don't think Trump portrays himself as happily married and committed to family values. Maybe in the last few months? But he's never been faithful to his wives. This has to be one of the evangelical types.

[msmerymac]

My first guess was Rubio. Too bad, since it means Cruz will probably be the nominee in that case.

It's definitely a GOPer.

[ESF]

What if the lobbyist is a lobbyist for Planned Parenthood? Or some other liberal cause. That could be a game changer for any of them.

[ESF]

How often is Blind Gossip right?

[Deleted]

Dec 15, 2015 11:35:03 GMT -5 ESF said:

What if the lobbyist is a lobbyist for Planned Parenthood? Or some other liberal cause. That could be a game changer for any of them.

That would definitely be fascinating but I imagine the response would be something about how she's a slut and murders babies.

[ijack]

Dec 15, 2015 11:36:18 GMT -5 ESF said:

How often is Blind Gossip right?

I think they have a pretty good record

[lg28]

Now that I watch scandal I'm picturing a "fixer" behind the scenes trying to make it all better. Lol.

[josieposy]

An admission of an affair with a PP lobbyist is probably the only thing that could get me to watch the debate tonight. Somebody tag me if that happens.

[lg28]

Dec 15, 2015 11:36:18 GMT -5 ESF said:

How often is Blind Gossip right?

Almost always.

They called Charlie sheen having HIV like a year ago.

Theyve called Fallon being a coke head for at least two years.

The only one I'm not sure about is there was a hint about a year ago that T swift was pregnant and had an abortion. We've never seen that one publicized (and I'm glad it hasn't been).

[leeba25]

Dec 15, 2015 11:16:36 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

Dec 15, 2015 11:11:17 GMT -5 laurenpetro said:

please don't ever ever ever put that visual in my head again.

ever.    

[heyjude]

Would anyone be surprised if Trump had affairs?! He's on what? Wife number 3? He's a Wall Street business man. Don't those types have affairs for lunch? He's not a holy roly and his campaign has been about xenophobia not family values. Maybe if he was banging the lobbyiest from MALDEF?

It's probably either Cruz or Rubio. Rubio seems more likely.

[Deleted]

I don't really think the voters will care. These are many of the same people who support Josh Duggar. They're okay with molestation and affairs, as long as you ask Jesus for forgiveness afterwards.

So I'm sure whoever it is will do a big "Jesus forgives" speech and his supporters will be all "Jesus forgives him and so do we!" Blah blah blah. Same shit, different day.

[Vespasia]

Dec 15, 2015 11:29:45 GMT -5 saz said:

Dec 15, 2015 11:22:03 GMT -5 Cicero said:

You guys, Trump's big advertising point for himself over the other candidates is that he doesn't need/hasn't taken anyone's money/isn't beholding to anyone else's interests.  "You can't trust Jeb! On such and such a date he met with these LOBBYISTS!!"  "So and so is in the pocket of special interests.  He took money from LOBBYISTS!" Sleeping with a lobbyist kind of changes that.

Blind gossip gives hints. They made a point of saying its a lobbyist like it would change something. Trump is the only person who would lose face for screwing a lobbyist mores than a woman of any other occupation.

I would be with you on this except that the post said "Needless to say, this accusation will raise all kinds of questions about impulse control, judgment, honesty, integrity, and vulnerability to influence from special interest groups… as well as their portrayal of themselves as “happily married” and committed to family values." - I don't think Trump portrays himself as happily married and committed to family values. Maybe in the last few months? But he's never been faithful to his wives. This has to be one of the evangelical types.

Plus, Trump really isn't known for the bolded. 

[mbcdefg]

Dec 15, 2015 11:42:30 GMT -5 leeba25 said:

Dec 15, 2015 11:16:36 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

In Christie-related news, I find it hilarious-yet-alarming that my LEO friend is vehemently anti-Hillary for 2016, and he's pledged that he'll vote for whoever the GOP nominee is - even if it's Trump. Because Hillary is the debbil and Trump isn't THAT bad. (ETA: And I'm positive that he doesn't even understand what people are even mad at Hillary for ... he just peppers "emails" and "Benghazi" into random sentences.)

Meanwhile in the 2009 NJ gubernatorial race he was all, "OMG, Jon Corzine sucks, I love Chris Christie, he's so awesome, I can't wait for him to defeat Corzine." And then within a week he was complaining about how badly Christie was treating cops and now he absolutely loathes the guy. Did you not learn your lesson the first time, dummy???

[Cicero]

The Rubio/lobbyist rumor I had heard dated back to his days in the Florida House and was not recent.

ETA: And given the nature of his Senate race I've got to assume that if there were anything to that it would hVe come out a long time ago.

[bowies]

Rubio would be very anticlimactic.

Maybe it's Graham and he's been secret married this whole time!

[Kristinmo]

Dec 15, 2015 11:42:30 GMT -5 leeba25 said:

Dec 15, 2015 11:16:36 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

He's got some serious camel toe going on in that picture.

[bowies]

Dec 15, 2015 11:49:54 GMT -5 Cicero said:

The Rubio/lobbyist rumor I had heard dated back to his days in the Florida House and was not recent.

ETA: And given the nature of his Senate race I've got to assume that if there were anything to that it would hVe come out a long time ago.

Yeah this one goes hand in hand with the secret child rumor but it's never really panned out.

[mcsangel2]

"Game Change" was the name of the HBO movie about Sarah Palin, so I'm going to guess it's about another Tea Partier. Ted Cruz. This would make sense because of the recent discussion in the GOP about a possible brokered convention. Rubio would make more real life sense, though.

(Insert Will Ferrell as W saying "Rubio/Cruz - sounds like a Miami Law firm!)

No one would give a flying fuck if it was Trump.

[Cicero]

Dec 15, 2015 11:51:40 GMT -5 @littlemoxie said:

Dec 15, 2015 11:22:03 GMT -5 Cicero said:

You guys, Trump's big advertising point for himself over the other candidates is that he doesn't need/hasn't taken anyone's money/isn't beholding to anyone else's interests.  "You can't trust Jeb! On such and such a date he met with these LOBBYISTS!!"  "So and so is in the pocket of special interests.  He took money from LOBBYISTS!" Sleeping with a lobbyist kind of changes that.

Blind gossip gives hints. They made a point of saying its a lobbyist like it would change something. Trump is the only person who would lose face for screwing a lobbyist mores than a woman of any other occupation.

But what kind of power would the lobbyist really have?  An affair between a lobbyist and a businessman is a bit of a snoozefest.  It only makes sense as a big deal if the affair creates a conflict of interest like lobbyist and legislator would.

Power to do something inthe past, no. But every debate and every speech made he does make a big point of how lobbyists and special interests would have no part in a future Trump presidency because he has nothing to do with/doesn't need them. Plus he has really been talking up the happily married angle as of late.