If you endorse him you own this

[luzribeiro.livejournal.com]

Another day, another Trump shit-hitting-fan moment. And they're only bound to get worse...

Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005

My oh my. Gotta feel for Pence. He has to be starting to worry about his future in politics. You lay down with dogs you stand up with fleas. I just don't see Trump being able to shake this. And there is bound to be more tapes. Trump literally admitted into an open mike to sexually abusing women and that is exactly how the media is spinning it and will continue to spin it all day today, and by Sunday he will be better off dropping out of the debate and going into hiding for a few days. Oh, and deflecting to Bill's old affaires will only make matters worse.

Perhaps Republicans should just give in to the inevitable and have Clinton sworn in a few months early, donating the saved money to charity (but please - NOT Trump's charity)?

On the other hand... the ratings for Sunday's debate will be bigger than the Super Bowl! And a good spectacle is the number one thing for Americans, so... ;-)

Here's the deal, though. Trump is the Republican nominee and as such he has no other option but to stay in the race. If he and/or his party's officials officials were contemplating him dropping out, it should have been done a month ago. It is impractical now as getting the new ticket properly named on the ballots of all 50 states cannot be done at this late date. Early voting has already started in some states. So, Republicans, you own this guy - he won through your process and now you have to live with him. It'stoo late to distance yourselves from him, because his stench is already all over you.

My hope: come November, Trump experiences a fifty-state loss. So here's a writing assignment for y'all: compose Trump's concession speech! Go ahead, use your imagination!

Comments

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

And nearly half of the American people are STILL rooting for this guy. What's wrong with you America!?

[lostplectrum.livejournal.com]

Day of election: "I almost won, okay?"

Day after election: "CROOKED HILLARY CHEATED!"

Two months after election: "Look. I never said I ran for President, okay?"

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

What I want to know is, for the politically informed, why is there the surprise and outrage? Most folk who had followed the Donald's career, even in passing, had heard of this stuff.

This is a bit like half of London turning out to protest and say that they didn't believe Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. Yes, they were proven right when it was too late to have prevented the war, but who cares? Saddam is dead, and Iraq is in ruins.

When the wall is built and the Republic of Gilead is brought into being by the Donald, America will be transformed into the country the Donald's supporters wanted to live in all along.

Surely, for the sake of balance, we need to point out all of Hillary's various sins. In detail, with five seven nine congressional investigations. Then we can forget about the Donald's locker-room banter as just being the sort of thing that guys do.

After all, Hillary is the villain of the piece, isn't she?

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

Anyone followed the Donald's "career"? Why would someone do such a thing?

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

Maybe because he was in the running for Republican nomination? The GOP political pundits and the party organisers might just have delved slightly into his background... you know, in the way they did with Hillary.

I have a passing and cursory interest in American politics, enough to occasionally write about it; and I knew hearsay of these matters which meant further investigation. Though I do accept that many folk opine without any prior knowledge of that which they write about.; it's all opinion anyway... until it comes up in court. The HuffPo has a new article on the latest court case.

But surely Ivana's gagging order pointed the way.

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

No, I mean why would anyone have followed a billionaire's career while he was still a billionaire and not a presidential candidate.

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

Point.
Forgive my use of "followed"; examined may be better in context. Nevertheless, even a cursory examination of Trump's career when he became a contender would have brought this, and other stories like it, up.

The GOP vetting process seems sadly remiss. As does the critical thinking of most of the pundits who have been toting the equivalence notion across television, radio, and the internet.

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

And meanwhile, the revelations of past "private" remarks (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/8/hillary-clinton-says-she-has-both-public-and-priva/) keep coming into both directions...

This is probably the dirtiest election campaign I've witnessed in my lifetime. It has stopped being about policy a long time ago, and now it's all about personality. Disgusting.

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

Well I don't think the Donald can get more detail out of: his wall, which the Mexicans are going to pay for; the banning of Muslims entering the US; and his unfortunate rapist remarks. Mind you, those policies are simple and to the point, and pretty much guaranteed to get his voter base out.

Clinton's policies require a bit more thought, which is one of those things you can't rely on the voting population showing, even if individually they may be smarter than I am.