{"id":17247,"date":"2016-09-25T21:19:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T21:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=17247"},"modified":"2016-09-25T21:19:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T21:19:25","slug":"sideshow-dominates-pre-appearance-chatter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=17247","title":{"rendered":"Sideshow dominates pre-appearance chatter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mark-Cuban.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17248\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mark-Cuban-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"mark-cuban\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mark-Cuban-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mark-Cuban-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mark-Cuban-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mark-Cuban.jpg 1910w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hillary Rodham Clinton has invited Dallas billionaire Mark Cuban to Monday night&#8217;s joint appearance with Donald J. Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Is that a big deal? Apparently so.<\/p>\n<p>Cuban happens to detest Trump. The feeling is mutual. Cuban is backing Clinton. Cuban is a successful businessman. He owns the Dallas Mavericks pro basketball team, which happens to make a lot of money for the in-your-face, brash, loudmouthed\u00a0owner.<\/p>\n<p>What was Trump&#8217;s response? He reportedly considered inviting Gennifer Flowers. You remember her, right? She had an affair with Bill Clinton before Clinton became president in 1993.<\/p>\n<p>Now we hear that Flowers isn&#8217;t coming to the joint appearance Monday night after all.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, but Cuban will be there. Apparently his task &#8212; such as it is &#8212;\u00a0will be\u00a0to get under Trump&#8217;s skin just by being there on the front row, in plain sight for Trump to see.<\/p>\n<p>But you know,\u00a0there&#8217;s a part of me that\u00a0wishes Flowers would attend this event. I almost can hear Trump make some catty reference to the former president&#8217;s misbehavior, which would give Hillary Clinton an opening to say something like:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Perhaps I need to remind you that my husband and I worked out our difficulties and have remained in the same marriage &#8212; to each other &#8212; that we began more than 40 years ago. We still love each other very much.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now, tell us about <em>your<\/em> marital record, Donald.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hillary Rodham Clinton has invited Dallas billionaire Mark Cuban to Monday night&#8217;s joint appearance with Donald J. Trump. Is that a big deal? Apparently so. Cuban happens to detest Trump. The feeling is mutual. Cuban is backing Clinton. Cuban is a successful businessman. 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