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It seems worth noting, incidentally, that the media/commentary sphere goes into a "HOLY COW! Will [losing party] ever recover from this catastrophic curbstomping?" after about half of all American election cycles in my experience. They certainly did last time. Now, there's almost certainly going to be a realignment, but barring a change to the Constitution or a coup we're going to have two roughly evenly divided parties for the foreseeable future, and their fortunes will see-saw. The question is how long the realignment will take and how the factions will rearrange.
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I wish there were a lizard on the ballot... it would win in a landslide.Comment
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Uh, dude...that's all there is on the ballot.Apolyton's Grim Reaper 2008, 2010 & 2011
RIP lest we forget... SG (2) and LaFayette -- Civ2 Succession Games Brothers-in-ArmsComment
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All of the hoopla over Trump's sex assault talk, it completely overshadowed his odious, racist Central Park 5 comments.Tutto nel mondo è burlaComment
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People who say this is just banter between dudes are just as bad as Trump. I suppose all the comments Republicans have made about rape are just talk. And that women should "just let it happen because rape is like the weather" and can't get pregnant "because the body has a way of shutting it down" (paraphrasing Republicans).
This is far worse obviously and its from a Presidential candidate. I suppose Trump is continuing Republican tradition in fine fashion of disrespecting and denigrating women who are 53% of voters in this country.
Trump did everybody a service I think. He exposed the misogyny in the Grand Old Piece of ****.For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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Sorry, but that argument would work in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Not now. This nation is not dominated by white men anymore. There are a million new Latino citizens every year and this type of nasty rhetoric sticks with people for ages. Democrats have gone on mass registration drives of Latinos in Florida, Texas, Arizona and even North Carolina. WHEN (not if!) Texas flips this country will never see a republican President in a very long time.Originally posted by Elok View Post
Trump was basically the last gasp of a dying party and now that he has imploded, they are all scurrying about looking for cover.For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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I am legitimately surprised that this appears to be the camel back-breaking straw, given all the terrible things he's said and that most people seem offended by the words themselves rather than him apparently admitting to committing sexual assault.Originally posted by Boris Godunov View PostClick here if you're having trouble sleeping.
"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La RochefoucauldComment
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He was coming undone politically before the tape. But still, the comment was a first from a Presidential candidate basically condoning rape. Usually other Republicans say it. It has been a tradition since Clayton Williams.Originally posted by Lorizael View PostFor there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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Everything I've read or heard (blurbs from scuttling GOPsters, commentary from news outlets like 538, Facebook grumping) has emphasized the sexual-assault angle. I can't recall anybody objecting primarily to the F and P words themselves.Originally posted by Lorizael View PostComment
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By the way, allegedly there is footage from The Apprentice outtakes of him saying "******," but the guy who owns the footage (A Trump ally) has said any release will results in a $5 million hit to whomever does it, due to contracts signed. David Brock just offered to pay the $5 mil on behalf of anyone who produces it...Tutto nel mondo è burlaComment
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Also I suspect this one particular incident would not have turbocharged the mutiny if Trump had had a better debate performance. Like I said, we'll tolerate immoral ****birds in power, they'd just better be competent. This just happens to be the most significant stink-bomb his campaign detonated shortly after it became overwhelmingly clear that he wasn't going to turn this thing around. Which, sadly, doesn't rule out the possibility that he'll win anyway. But it does seem remote, unless he's frigging Rocky tonight.Comment
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You don't understand. When Trump insults Hispanic immigrants and calls them rapists, Republicans aren't too bothered. After all, they don't really like Hispanic immigrants anyway. When Trump declares all Muslims outside the US to be terrorists, Republicans aren't too bothered. They kind of agree. And when Trump says incredibly racist things about Blacks, Republicans aren't too bothered. Trump is just saying what they privately think. But when Trump talks about grabbing White women by the pussies, Republicans are bothered. Almost all of them are related to White women and this time, Trump has gone too far.Originally posted by Boris Godunov View Post“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of ManComment
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I thought the tone of my comment made it clear that I fully understood all of those things.Originally posted by pchang View PostTutto nel mondo è burlaComment
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I hope it gets released. I'm pretty sure Mark Cuban would happily pay for it too. Five million is pocket change for that guy.Originally posted by Boris Godunov View PostFor there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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Whoops sorry. Misread your original comment.Originally posted by Boris Godunov View Post“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of ManComment
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