Trump cheats at golf - the ONE and ONLY politics thread

BYM uses these terms against women he doesn't like.

Trump used them against a beauty queen who gained 55 pounds in nine months.

I don't support/approve it, but good lord, it was a pretty specific criticism, of a particular person, who was not living up to their obligations.

It's completely in line with Steinbrenner's criticism of Irabu, which people thought was hilarious. (And, which happened at about the same time, in the same city.)

 

You're right, this is the only time he's used them.

 

Where in that story is Trump named as the source of the claim for her weight gain?

 

And "Miss Housekeeping"?

 

It's to be presumed the Miss Universe organization, at the time owned by Dumpf, was the source, and so therefore they were putting out bullshit at his direction.

 

Is there a real time report of the "Miss Housekeeping" quote?

 

Now do Hillary.

 

Link to the video in that story doesn't work (no surprise, it's a 10-year-old story). I'll scour the Internet tonight and report back.

 

Sure it is. An athlete's weight can affect his on-field performance. Weight has no effect on a beauty pageant contestant's ability to do her duties except for the shallow small-minded people who believe it does.

 

This says she was 112 when she won the crown in May:

Machado weighed 112 pounds (51 kg) when she won the Miss Universe contest in May,


This says she gained 12 lbs.

By her account, she gained about 12 pounds after becoming Miss Universe. Mr. Trump was not pleased. He said she had gained even more.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/28/us/politics/alicia-machado-donald-trump.html


But, this says the ultimatum she was given to avoid getting fired was to get down to 130, so I'm guessing she was a good bit over 130.

Rumors also surfaced that she might be forced to give up her Miss Universe crown.

But Trump, as co-owner of rights to the pageant, said he would never let that happen. "We had a choice of: termination or do this," he said. "We wanted to do this."

The pageant's meaning of "do this" was for Machado to get her weight down to about 130 pounds. At a recent photo op, Machado -- hardly a blimp at 5-foot-7 -- pedaled a stationary bicycle and jumped rope in front of a pack of photographers and reporters who could themselves use a little training.

CNN - Expanding Miss Universe works to shed pounds - Jan. 29, 1997

 

Irabu's weight gain may have had an effect on his pitching. How did her weight gain affect her ability to do perform her duties?

 

Beauty pageants are shallow minded endeavors. That's the fucking point. Looking good is the only requirement.