Ari Melber's breakdown of Trump's 2016 grab 'em tape moment

[Bucky]

It's hard to remember how fast Trump spun out after the Access Hollywood tape broke. But check this video out starting at the 5 minute mark. I'd forgotten how much toast everyone assumed Stinky was at that moment.
The fact that he could get within 3 million votes of Clinton and even win squeakers in several rust belt states that we used to call the Blue Wall is just mind blowing.

?si=74-vG--FV9lK7yvq

Of course it's all history now, but DAMN

[Farmer-Rick]

1. I find it interesting

That the Bible belt, an area that use to be known for their pretentions to superior morals, voted for him. Showing all the world what true hypocrisy really looks like.

[3catwoman3]

4. No matter how many explanations I have read...

...for this, it still baffles me.

[Backseat Driver]

5. Could that be accountable by fundamentalists reacting to Bibilical verse: "Matthew 7:1" via TV fundie evangelists?

"Judge not, lest ye be judged" --- Just send in the $$$, folks...Somehow, since post Genesis Day 7, misogyny became the first discrimination...Adam's loss was, of course, all that seductress's Eve's fault despite the snake-oil salesman in the tree...

[Hugin]

2. And, then came Comey...

I am assured by others that was completely by coincidence.

[Backseat Driver]

6. Oh yes, "completely by coincidence."

[CrispyQ]

3. I'd forgotten how badly Trump dove in the polls after the Access Hollywood tape.

Another scandal might have done him in much less two more.

In the end, though, I'll always believe James Comey was the heaviest thumb on the scale. Then he had the audacity to write that 'he eats your soul' essay, as what? An apology for inflicting the orange scourge on us? Fuck you, James Comey, may you fucking rot.

[Martin68]

7. Excellent summary of the significance of the testimony from Hicks.