Thakkar

GOP (grab our pussies?) situation with Trump calls to mind this lady from Niger:

There was a young lady of Niger
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger;
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside,
And the smile on the face of the tiger.

Except the tiger isn't smiling, he's tweeting.

T

King Trump has now turned his canons on his own country. Reminds me of a poem by Shelly, a poem that describes hubris better than anyone ever has:

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: `Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear --
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.' 

The last part is what the Republican Party will devolve into. For the sake of a healthy democracy, let's hope a saner party emerges from the ashes.

Meanwhile, Christie is beginning his walk of shame, but has a ways to go:

Gov.  Chris Christie broke his three day silence on the explosive Donald Trump video showing the candidate condoning sexual assault and bragging of attempting to seduce a married woman, calling it "completely indefensible" and "just unacceptable" but stopped short of pulling his endorsement.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/10/gov-chris-christie-trump-sexual-comments-were-completely-indefensible/

Now Christie never gat a date with Ivanka!

T

Buffet is making a big assumption here. He's assuming Trump understands the concept that charitable giving means giving your own money away.

T

  Clinton aides were shocked -- and caught off guard -- when Trump held a press conference with three women who had previously accused Bill Clinton of sexual impropriety before Sunday's debate. They were even more surprised when those women took seats inside the hall  

10 hours ago, Ulysses G. said:

Didn't the democrats do something similar to him during the last debate? What hypocrites.

 

http://nypost.com/2016/09/23/mark-cuban-scores-front-row-tickets-to-first-debate/

Mark Cuban has alleged being sexually assaulted by one of Trump's wives twenty odd years ago??

You seem to have misconstrued the meaning of the word "similar"

T

I'll just leave this here:

Buffet pays taxes.

Every.single.year.

And, he gives to charities, instead of taking from them.

What a loser.

Trump/Pence 2016!

SHE can get away scot free with murder, corruption and mayhem—for decades AND continue to thrive in public office. While HE can't even have some misogyny-laden locker room banter without getting caught and having to publicly and humiliatingly apologise on live TV. What a loser!

T

At the debate, Trump said he knows the complicated US tax code really well; he's great at it; that he's clever for finding ways to avoid taxes.* And so presumably this cleverness is a reason to vote for him.

So how much cleverer is HRC? Over a period of almost four decades (that's 40 years!) she's managed to expertly dodge, suppress, cover up, escape punishment or even accountability for witness tampering, witness intimidation, murder, corruption, and a whole host of other crimes again and again and again in the face of multiple high profile and we'll-funded investigations by many different bodies, most of them led by Republicans.

By the Donald's own logic, his supporters should vote for Hillary! She may be an evil bitch, but she's America's evil bitch, F@#K YEAH!

T
*he also said that all the rich guys do the same, so that makes him not particularly cleverer than other rich folk (or any moderately qualified accountant).

8 hours ago, DM07 said:

All you Trump'eteers out there: can you -at this stage- give me ONE good reason, why you support him or would vote for him? Not a point AGAINST Hillary! FOR Trump!

Look, unlike Shrillary, Trump has a plan:

So there's that.

T

21 minutes ago, SoiBiker said:

Seems to me that justice has been served, but some don't like the outcome. 

 

It's easier to believe a conspiracy theory when it legitimises a prejudice you already have. In this case I get the feeling that for many it's misogyny. 

After years of numerous investigations by Republican Committees and Republican investigators, it's all been a big nothingburger.

But to the rabid Right, the lack of proof is merely proof of some nefarious conspiracy.

So, if there's proof, she's guilty. If there's no proof, she's still guilty because it's a cover up. Over the course of 30 years, she's somehow managed to cover up at least a dozen major felonies in the face of numerous well-funded investigations.

If she's *that* good, then Donald's "cleverness" in not paying taxes pales in comparison.

T

Trump's team had signaled he would deliver a sincere apology, on the debate stage, for the sexually predatory language he used on the 2005 video.
 
He did not.

Owning up to those lewd remarks would've shown some courage. Instead he turned out to be a pussy. Such a pussy in fact, that I'm surprised he didn't grab himself!

T

1 hour ago, mania said:

I don't know about others but the way the media has gone after Trump continuously

& now the usual Hollywood Obama backers speaking out against Trump....

makes me quite sure Trump is the one to vote for.

 

Otherwise it is just more of the same old Sh!t

Youre inclined to support him because everyone else is attacking him? That makes no sense. 

Remember that Trump himself is providing his attackers with all the ammunition that they are using to attack him.

T

Shorter version.

De Niro:

"I know the Fockers, I've *met* the Fockers. You, Trump are no Focker; you're a motherfocker. You don't belong in the Circle of Trust."

T

NYT:

Many people, well, many men, are expressing their disgust with Mr. Trump the only way they know how: By invoking their mothers and daughters and sisters — people, presumably, with the anatomy Mr. Trump feels free to assess and knead. Hillary Clinton has been showing us all year, and all her life, that, sure, women can be cherished if you want, but they also can be president.

Meanwhile, right-wing lawmakers are scrambling, sanctimonious and pathetic, to distance themselves from their own hideous progeny, clearly hoping to salvage some personal credibility and perhaps even save their party.

Full article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/09/opinion/sunday/donald-and-billy-on-the-bus.html

These women—the women who know him best—knew which part of their anatomy to protect.

Carly Fiorina on Twitter: 
"Today I ask Donald Trump to step aside..."
https://mobile.twitter.com/CarlyFiorina/status/784781805148786691/photo/1

Jack Welch, the former GE chief and longtime Republican supporter, withdrew his support for Donald Trump ‪on Saturday night‬.
Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/id/104003701

T

Latest:

—55 GOP congresspeople & governors now not supporting Trump

—37 announced non-support since pussygate video

Full list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15MudzswjU45efqvus21goEqtknbsfy9w2CLaWvOa_z0/edit#gid=448790843

Also, WSJ reports that the GOP has decided to stop funding the Trump campaign and divert all funds to downstream GOP candidates for Senate and Congress. They have effectively written off Trump.

Curiously, pre pussygate, all these GOP geniuses were apparently unaware that the guy is a pig. 

T

1 hour ago, FlorC said:

The good news is : a black rapper will never be president . Their lyrics are way , way cruder than what mr T ever said , biatch.

So that's how low the bar is now for Trump. 

Where's your confidence in your man? Are you so sure he won't yet prove crude enough to limbo dance below this bar?

T

By now it's no longer a question of whether Trump has any decency. As one recent headline quipped: "Donald Trump Declares Moral Bankruptcy"

The question is whether the Republicans who still endorse him have any decency. By extension, the same question has to be asked of his supporters.

T

Rudy Giuliani, Newt Gingrich and Chris Christie arrive at Trump Tower to confer with Trump on next steps.

Has a candy company ever had to distance itself from a presidential candidate?

That has to be a first. Oh, wait...

1 hour ago, stander said:

If Trump had been running as a Democrat, he could have raped women, and the leftists would have defended him like they did Bill.

If he'd been running as beauty contestant, we coulda seen him in a swimsuit.

T

2 hours ago, stevenl said:

Now Melania apologised on his behalf.

Yes. In her statement she said something like "the man on that tape is not the man I know..." 

yet, at the time, she had literally just married the guy. Did she not know who she had just married?

T

5 hours ago, OMGImInPattaya said:

Another girly-man...there're welcome to him.

Well, at least the guy who first came up with the "girly men" quote still supports Trump...oh, wait...

Arnold (‪@Schwarzenegger‬)

9/10/16, 04:13

As proud as I am to label myself a Republican, there is one label that I hold above all else - American. My full statement: pic.twitter.com/biRvY8S3aZ