2016 Postmortem

HipChick

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1. He has been show to be entitled to sexually assault white women..

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Sat Oct 8, 2016, 11:36 AM

Oct 2016

No last straw when he talked about Mexicans, Blacks or Muslims

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I don't understand. They knew he was a sexist racist when they endorsed him. What changed? [View all] still_one Oct 2016 OP

He has been show to be entitled to sexually assault white women.. HipChick Oct 2016 #1

Excellent observation still_one Oct 2016 #3

He's talked about that forever oberliner Oct 2016 #25

Yes. Guessing it's that this one made mainstream TV. Hortensis Oct 2016 #37

Yeah I guess you're right oberliner Oct 2016 #38

They DON'T care. They care about their own self images. Hortensis Oct 2016 #39

Donald Trump Said A Lot Of Gross Things About Women On “Howard Stern” oberliner Oct 2016 #40

Pretense? Hypocrisy? I don't understand how the voters Hortensis Oct 2016 #41

+1 uponit7771 Oct 2016 #47

They thought he could be rehabilitated? apcalc Oct 2016 #2

The only thing that changed The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2016 #4

I guess they can try to construe it that way, but his speeches to his followers left no ambiguity still_one Oct 2016 #5

I'm surprised the Bush Crime Family didn't uncover this stuff a year ago. jalan48 Oct 2016 #6

I don't think they thought he could win, so didn't bother with oppo research. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2016 #10

And they figured they could push their luck. The_Casual_Observer Oct 2016 #17

this time it was caught on tape LSK Oct 2016 #7

His speeches to his supporters made it pretty evident. His sexist comments toward Megan Kelly still_one Oct 2016 #12

this time he was too freaking blatant... Fast Walker 52 Oct 2016 #18

No doubt about that. I hope he takes a lot of em down with him still_one Oct 2016 #20

To Me RobinA Oct 2016 #43

Good question Andy823 Oct 2016 #8

That is probably the best description of what happened that I have heard still_one Oct 2016 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Kathy M Oct 2016 #26

Only assaulting one of them counts Foggyhill Oct 2016 #9

Sexist vs. sexual assault. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2016 #11

He sinned in public Bad Thoughts Oct 2016 #13

They didn't think anyone else would notice. hamsterjill Oct 2016 #15

Public opinion. procon Oct 2016 #16

They lost their mudflaps (or the ones they convinced themselves were there). JHB Oct 2016 #19

Plausible deniability. Il_Coniglietto Oct 2016 #21

If we were also able to recapture the house because of this, WOW!!! still_one Oct 2016 #22

Not sure it's doable this year Il_Coniglietto Oct 2016 #28

I can dream still_one Oct 2016 #29

It's a nice one! Il_Coniglietto Oct 2016 #34

They would not care if this was behind closed doors. Trump has Third Doctor Oct 2016 #23

It's becoming a liability, I suppose. stone space Oct 2016 #24

He's being more open and public about it, and there's hard proof of it now instead of rumor. BlueCaliDem Oct 2016 #27

Yep. They want to distance themselves not because they're different, but Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2016 #45

Exactly! I'm beginning to believe that they're all genetically predesigned to be so hateful BlueCaliDem Oct 2016 #48

They were sure we didn't know. Iggo Oct 2016 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author Kathy M Oct 2016 #31

Trump has been barfing out sunnystarr Oct 2016 #32

He got caught on a hot mic. wildeyed Oct 2016 #33

The Republican Party doesn't understand video recording... Blue Idaho Oct 2016 #35

Self preservation came out duncang Oct 2016 #36

I Don't Understand Either RobinA Oct 2016 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author Kathy M Oct 2016 #44

We've never shaken our Victorian neuroses about sex. LAS14 Oct 2016 #46

Probably no one told them what happens when vampires are exposed to sunlight. n/t DFW Oct 2016 #49