Can any DUer explain the point Groper Don the Con was trying to make

[malaise]

re the $64,000 Question. It made no fugging sense. OK he never makes any sense.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/10/20/trump_promises_to_accept_election_result_if_i_win.html
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He then went on to site the film Quiz Show as an example of what should happen to Clinton.

Years ago there was a show called The $64,000 Question. A contestant got the questions in advance, and his life was ruined. … Charles Van Doren was his name. He got the questions, and his life was ruined. But Hillary, Hillary Clinton got the question—think of it.

That would be cite Slate

[FBaggins]

1. He's saying that she cheated

Receiving debate questions in advance

[kwolf68]

14. So

Dump is saying HRC got the debate questions in advance, but HE won the debate?

[Brother Buzz]

2. The $64,000 Question was CBS's game show scandal

Charles Van Doren got nailed on the NBC's game show scandal, Twenty One.

I know, Picky, picky, picky.

[FBaggins]

3. Both shows were part of the scandal

Interestingly, this show was the other way around. They tried to keep a woman from winning by asking tougher questions...

She won anyway

[okaawhatever]

8. Yes and that woman was Dr Joyce Brothers well known psychologist. She was not part of the

cheating scandal, but of course some people thought so anyway. Her topic was boxing and she became only the second person and first woman to win the top prize.

[csziggy]

4. So as usual The Donald got his facts wrong

That figures.

I suspect that he thought the Wikileaks with the email about Donna Brazile meant she had gotten debate questions for Hillary Clinton ahead of time.

First, Donna Brazile was talking about getting interview questions ahead of time because of her contacts with the networks.

Second, that was years ago and could have nothing to do with the Clinton campaign this year.

Third, even if Trump had gotten the questions ahead of time he a) could not have given a good answer and b) would have screwed it up even if he'd bothered to prepare.

[malaise]

6. You mean he was wrong as usual

Even worse the analogy didn't work - just like his so called jokes last night.

He looks old and tired - he should retire to the penthouse

[Brother Buzz]

7. Bingo!

[okaawhatever]

9. I believe it's a tad more detailed than that. Wikileaks released an email that showed Hillary

was given one of the questions or all of the questions in advance for an interview that she did. Since WikiLeaks has previously tampered with emails we don't know if that is true, but it was an interview, not a debate. Trump claimed that Hillary was given the questions in advance for the debate(s) which is why she both won and seemed so well prepared.

That isn't just an off the wall Trump lie. He is trying to get people to confuse the two at best, or at least question whether she was given the debate questions in advance at worst. There was plenty of right wing hype about the email showing Hillary had supposedly been given the question in advance for that interview, so I'm sure more than one right wing media site will report it as very likely or true. (None will mention that Fox ran that debate and if they were going to cheat for anyone it would be the GOP).

With the game show example, it seems Trump was fed lines and he got them confused. Van Doren was from a highly regarded literary family with a lot of Pulitzers and such. He had a phD and a masters in Astrophysics, so he was quite intelligent. The producers gave him the answers in advance because they wanted him to take out a guy who had been on a winning streak and no one could defeat him. Van Doren became hugely popular and famous, even being on the cover of Time. When the scandal unfolded, his reputation suffered and so on.

Trump's supposed comparison is that like Van Doren, Hillary was given the answers in advance, which is how she won, but the cheating would come back to haunt her. It's basically a very complicated lie that the right has been working on for some time. It's Hillary is corrupt part 2,348.

[malaise]

11. Thanks

Good take

[LeftInTX]

12. I just saw the movie Quiz Show on Netflix

[Brother Buzz]

13. I watched it a few weeks ago

But prior to watching it, I admit I thought Charles Van Doren was busted on the The $64,000 Question, too. I got curious and Googled it during the film and read the whole sordid story.

[blogslut]

5. FYI

Quiz Show is playing on Netflix. It's a really, really good movie.

[okaawhatever]

10. Thanks for the heads up. I'll watch that this weekend. nt