10-08-2016, 11:15 AM
(10-08-2016, 08:55 AM)Donovan Wrote: So of all the asinine, repugnant things he's said and done since he backed himself into the corner and got the nod, this is what finally tips the scales.
I see it differently than Duchess and believe this latest revelation has tipped the scales more heavily than Trump's previous repugnant comments.
"Nobody respects women more than I do", Trump has told the American people many times, despite all evidence to the contrary in previous interviews and public statements.
'Entertainment value' is his excuse for all those other attacks on women's looks and bragging about his supposed sexual conquests. Some morons actually like and admire his sexist bullshit. But, a lot of other Trump supporters were willing to buy the "not a politician, just entertaining" excuse even though they don't like or agree with what he's said. I think the tape released last night and how Trump addressed it with the public will push a fair percentage of the latter group (female and male) away from Trump.
What Trump was caught saying clearly cannot be claimed as being "for entertainment purposes" since he was not on air when he made those private statements. Not only could that taped admission to non-consensual compulsive sexual conduct damage his election chances, it could also potentially hurt him in the past and pending complaints against him for rape, underage sex, sexual harassment...
Ivanka really shouldn't be the woman who tries to bail him out with female voters this time as she has in the past, in my opinion. There are too many creepy public statements where Trump talks about her physical appearance and suggests that perhaps he'd be dating her if she weren't his daughter. I hope that can of worms isn't reopened, for her sake.
Anyway, if Trump follows through on his threats to go hard after Bill Clinton's womanizing and Hillary's initial negative statements about Bill's lovers and accusers, along with tossing out baseless accusations that Hillary was unfaithful to Bill, I think he's really going to regret it in more ways than one.