I don’t know anything about that. I do, though, see that the senior Senator from Idaho has just announced that he can no longer endorse Donald Trump.
I am not at all surprised that Trump said this stuff. And on the list of reasons Trump should never be president, this clocks in at about #218. But, as others have mentioned upthread, if it this is the final run at the iceberg that sinks the Trumptanic, I’ll take it.
I mean, I would have thought that suggesting the world needs more nuclear armed nations, threatening to leave NATO, asking Russia to hack Clinton’s email, having murky business and political ties to Putin, praising Saddam Hussein, calling for banning all Muslims from entering the US, calling for the quick expulsion of 11 million undocumented immigrants, claiming to be able to pay off the federal debt in his first term, and any of a number of other craziness would have sunk him. But, hey, if actually having tape of him spouting off the casual misogyny we all knew he spouted off in private is the final straw, so be it.
Back up a step. Why was Access Hollywood, an entertainment show, trawling through its archives of out-takes from 11 years ago?
People have long memories of creeps being creeps, and of rich frat-boys like Billy Bush fawning on rich creeps.
This I could certainly see. Once they came across it, someone internal must have thought it might get buried and took steps to get it out.
Look, Nate Silver posted the electoral map of the nation, the red and blue one, showing what the vote would look like if women refused to vote for Trump. It was all blue. It’s clear that Trump needs to reach out to women, for their vote that is, not their genitals.
Yes, this is in the top 3 reasons not to vote for Trump. The other two, he’s unqualified and a racist.
Donald Trump’s lewd comments about women—from a 2005 conversation published on Friday—proved a step too far for some Republicans who called for the GOP presidential nominee to drop out of the race.
The list is growing. If Trump shows poorly tomorrow night, then I’m betting there is a Republican lemming rush away from him.
No. If you look around the right-wing boards, you’ll soon learn that this reflects poorly on Secretary Clinton, not the republican.
Strange world, isn’t it?
At last count, three Republican senators (Sasse, Lee, and Crapo) have called for Trump to step down. Assorted other lawmakers have as well. The chairman of the Ohio Republican Party has assured members they won’t face punishment if they abandon Trump.
I hung out in singles bars in Tokyo for years. There was a fair share of men who thought that they were God’s gift to women and who would brag about their conquests and such.
Of that, there was only one guy who ever bragged about groping women and he got the boot from the group.
This is not normal guy talk.
Trump is Too Legit to Quit:
“I’d never withdraw. I’ve never withdrawn in my life,” Trump told the Washington Post in a phone call from his home in Trump Tower in New York. “No, I’m not quitting this race. I have tremendous support.”
John, you are a smart guy. I don’t understand how you can’t see that sexual conquest =/= sexual assault. I am trying to convince myself that you haven’t listened to what he said, and that you know these things are not the same.
Let me explain it to you – you can call it “womanxplaining”: grabbing someone by the genitals without obtaining consent is sexual assault, it is not a Don Juan thing, it is a “belong in prison” thing.
Nah, there’s no evidence he is any kind of a good enough actor to take an action so antithetical to his base (in both senses) personality. Last night’s non-apology is about as close as he can come, and everyone could see how fake that was.
If he decides to cut his losses and declare bankruptcy on this campaign (unlikely but fun to think about) he could just stay home (and pout) and let Pence campaign on the platform.
Yes. As a woman if someone brags about what sexual moves he tried on me, I would call him a pig. If he kissed me or grabbed my genitals without my consent, I would call the police. One=asshole One=criminal.
Pence will not go in Trump’s place to Speaker Ryan’s campaign event.
Just announced on CNN, no info on who decided.
‘Trump said “thousands and thousands” of backers have sent him letters and emails since the Post’s story was published. “You have no idea what it’s like,” he said. “So many people.”’
How did those letters reach him so fast?
Ryan is trying to stand as far from Trump/Pence as he can. Ryan will probably schedule his next event on the moon.
He apparently just now lost Senator Ayotte.
Right after Ayotte insisted he was a good role model for children, too.
According to this, it was Pence’s decision.
Wonder if he can bail out as running mate.
I think the ick factor is got to be strong among female voters. My reaction to this story, first and foremost, is Eeewwwwww.
We’ve all encountered that guy. The one that’s so full of himself that he doesn’t realize it takes two to consent. The clueless troll that stuffs his gross halitosis ridden mouth full of tic-tacs before grabbing you with a clumsy lunge and artlessly trying to cram his tongue down your throat, because he’s convinced he’s so desirable that every woman wants a piece of him. And even after he’s been roundly rebuffed, he remains smug in his conviction that it took some great act of willpower on your part to resist his advances. If you tell him you’d rather stick your tongue in a coffee grinder, he remains condescendingly smug.
We all hate that guy. EEWW !!