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applegrove

(118,484 posts)
Thu May 26, 2016, 08:10 PM May 2016

Vince Foster’s sister pens blistering op-ed shaming Trump for his insane conspiracy theories

Vince Foster’s sister pens blistering op-ed shaming Trump for his insane conspiracy theories

by Brad Reed at the Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/vince-fosters-sister-pens-blistering-op-ed-shaming-trump-for-his-insane-conspiracy-theories/

"SNIP............

Although many pundits have thoroughly debunked this conspiracy theory, no one has done so more powerfully than Foster’s own sister, who has written a blistering op-ed for The Washington Post that shames Trump for using her brother’s death for political gain.

“It is beyond contempt that a politician would use a family tragedy to further his candidacy, but such is the character of Donald Trump displayed in his recent comments to The Washington Post,” writes Sheila Foster Anthony. “In this interview, Trump cynically, crassly and recklessly insinuated that my brother, Vincent W. Foster Jr., may have been murdered because ‘he had intimate knowledge of what was going on’ and that Hillary Clinton may have somehow played a role in Vince’s death. How wrong. How irresponsible. How cruel.”

It certainly is, although it’s sadly not surprising given how he’s run his presidential campaign so far.

Anthony goes on to note that “five investigations, including by independent counsels Robert B. Fiske Jr. and Kenneth Starr, concluded that Vince suffered from severe depression that caused him to be unable to sleep, unable to work, unable to think straight, and finally to take his own life.” She also recounts her own personal history of seeing her brother struggle with his personal demons and of the intense demands of his job.



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Vince Foster’s sister pens blistering op-ed shaming Trump for his insane conspiracy theories (Original Post) applegrove May 2016 OP
She only ATTEMPTED to shame Trump.... A Round Tuit May 2016 #1
Without having seen a photo of Mrs. Anthony Jack Rabbit May 2016 #2
I've seen story arguing benld74 May 2016 #5
If he paid $60K for that rag, he was snookered Jack Rabbit May 2016 #6
$60,000 combover ErikJ May 2016 #17
"You can't shame him not to show up." Moostache May 2016 #3
Twp real life versions of the Jon Lovitz SNL character from 30 years ago... Archae May 2016 #12
Trump... ReRe May 2016 #4
sadder yet, mr trump suffered no consequences for these despicable comments spanone May 2016 #7
Ha, he is trying to work in America's sewer. lark May 2016 #8
Trump = Trash UCmeNdc May 2016 #9
Only nutter repukes and The OranguTan-Man espouse this crap theory! nt wolfie001 May 2016 #10
Everybody knows ... nikto May 2016 #11
Maggie Simpson shot Mr Burns rpannier May 2016 #19
Gods, how painful. I hope every anti-HRC person on DU reads this. I've given up trying ... Hekate May 2016 #13
Ignore it, not worth your time trust me. I feel sorry for his sister. Rex May 2016 #14
All Trump has to say Bad Dog May 2016 #15
She should shame the Primaries Forum here at DU as well Democat May 2016 #16
They are doing a rather splendid job of that all by themselves L. Coyote May 2016 #18
So sad that the Republicans have chosen to dig up this tragedy and open old wounds to try to score WIProgressive88 May 2016 #20
Kick this up for all the Trumpies. Kingofalldems May 2016 #21
Trump will say anything to further his own selfish goals, regardless of whether it's true or not. red dog 1 May 2016 #22
and f*** the DUers who trumpet this trash Skittles May 2016 #23

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
2. Without having seen a photo of Mrs. Anthony
Thu May 26, 2016, 10:40 PM
May 2016

I predict the proto-Nazi with the atrocious combover will call her fat or ugly, regardless whether she is or isn't.

EDITORIAL COMMENT: Beauty is only skin deep, but being a boor like Trump goes to the bone.

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
3. "You can't shame him not to show up."
Thu May 26, 2016, 10:45 PM
May 2016

That title is a quote from a friend of my father referring to a family acquaintance who had a propensity for cheating at golf and lying about damn near everything...

He shaved strokes in tournaments, once causing my father to return a team trophy in embarrassment when he found out what had happened...

He told people he was an injured Korean War pilot when he not only was not, he was never in the service at all and was outed for it by his own wife...

He once tried to return a 90% eaten meal to cash in on the "money back guarantee" only to be humiliated by the waiter who had noted the dish was praised by the other 3 customers that ordered it and that there appeared to be a lot of bad food missing from his plate....

The moral of the story was that everyone knew this man was a pathological liar and incapable of stopping, and no matter what happened, you simply could not shame him into stopping or not showing up...

Donald Trump in a nut shell.

Archae

(46,301 posts)
12. Twp real life versions of the Jon Lovitz SNL character from 30 years ago...
Fri May 27, 2016, 10:05 PM
May 2016

The Pathological Liar.

"Yeah! Yeah! That's the ticket!"

Trump and the guy your Father knew.

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
4. Trump...
Thu May 26, 2016, 10:48 PM
May 2016

... doesn't give a shit about anyone, dead or alive. It never occurred to Trump that Vince Foster's family is still living and how they might be hurt by his words. Like I heard someone else say on DU tonight, or maybe it was Elizabeth Warren: "Donald Trump doesn't care about anyone but himself."

And this upside down country has him up for President of the United States.

Reality is beginning to remind me of the "Twilight Zone."

Thanks for the article applegrove.

spanone

(135,789 posts)
7. sadder yet, mr trump suffered no consequences for these despicable comments
Thu May 26, 2016, 11:49 PM
May 2016

he's unworthy to work in america's sewers

Hekate

(90,550 posts)
13. Gods, how painful. I hope every anti-HRC person on DU reads this. I've given up trying ...
Sun May 29, 2016, 03:43 AM
May 2016

...to challenge certain people on their murder charges against Hillary, except to say it is RW swill from long ago and was disproven decades ago.

Still, the stench from Gingrich, Starr, et al lingers on like a dead rat in the wall and people who were not grownup at the time (or in many cases not born yet) think there "must be something to it," and it gets repeated again.

It's ghastly for Foster's family to see Vince's tragedy used as a political football for the lowest of reasons. I'm so sorry for them.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
14. Ignore it, not worth your time trust me. I feel sorry for his sister.
Sun May 29, 2016, 03:55 AM
May 2016

One thing I have finally learned, somethings are NOT worth arguing over on this site and the two main somethings currently are BS and HRC. IMO, HRC will be the next POTUS and Trump is going to do the loser walk. Maybe go back to his ivory tower and cry. Bernie will go back to Congress and maybe he and Warren can come up with something against the big banks.





Bad Dog

(2,025 posts)
15. All Trump has to say
Sun May 29, 2016, 09:35 AM
May 2016

Is someone got to Sheila Foster Anthony and his followers will believe it. I don't even think he's lying, he's just got into some peculiar mindset where the truth is whatever weird shit happens to be going round his head.

I've known people like that too.

Democat

(11,617 posts)
16. She should shame the Primaries Forum here at DU as well
Sun May 29, 2016, 10:06 AM
May 2016

There are plenty of DUers blaming Clinton for every conspiracy theory from the 1990s.

Most of them are likely Trump supporters as well.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
18. They are doing a rather splendid job of that all by themselves
Sun May 29, 2016, 06:58 PM
May 2016

if you include all the Trump trolls.

WIProgressive88

(314 posts)
20. So sad that the Republicans have chosen to dig up this tragedy and open old wounds to try to score
Mon May 30, 2016, 01:49 PM
May 2016

some political points, but also not the least bit surprising.

red dog 1

(27,767 posts)
22. Trump will say anything to further his own selfish goals, regardless of whether it's true or not.
Mon May 30, 2016, 03:34 PM
May 2016

Among all his other Hitler-like traits, Trump is truly a pathological liar.

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