Armitage72
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I can't find confirmation yet, since it's ongoing, but reports are starting to emerge that the crowd at today's Paul Ryan event in Wisconsin is upset and angry at the GOP and Ryan for distancing themselves from Trump.
Are you going to keep us in suspense? What was the first?
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Wrigley, which owns the Skittles brand, issued the following statement to The Hollywood Reporter on Monday night:
"Skittles are candy. Refugees are people," Denise Young, vp of corporate affairs for Wrigley Americas, told THR. "We don't feel it's an appropriate analogy. We will respectfully refrain from further commentary as anything we say could be misinterpreted as marketing."
I don't think Michelle Obama wrote this one.
Grab it by the pussy, squeeze it, slap it, punch it, pay it, cancel the check.
"Well, what you could also say is that, as the owner of the pageant, it's your obligation to do that," Trump said, before discussing how he got away with going backstage when the contestants were naked.
"Well, I'll tell you the funniest is that before a show, I'll go backstage and everyone's getting dressed, and everything else, and you know, no men are anywhere, and I'm allowed to go in because I'm the owner of the pageant and therefore I'm inspecting it," Trump said. "You know, I'm inspecting because I want to make sure that everything is good."
"You know, the dresses. 'Is everyone okay?' You know, they're standing there with no clothes. 'Is everybody okay?' And you see these incredible looking women, and so, I sort of get away with things like that. But no, I've been very good," he added.
Apparently Ryan got hecklers that were mad that Donald was disinvited.
Well played sir.
I have never been so happy to watch an electoral campaign implode.
I've been shaking my head for about a year how anyone could think this PIG is the right person to lead this country. When I first read that he was leading in the polls among Republican voters I was sure that it was a mistake. Here's a man who isn't a conservative, who doesn't care about religion or family values. Who is coarse and knows nothing about the issues. No way does he even win a single primary. This isn't Mitt Romney or McCain or Bush or Reagan or Dole all people who's policies I despised. No, this was a huckster, a liar, a moron and a sleaze. No way.
I'm thrilled that he ran though. I want a Democrat in the White House and the Republicans choosing this clown picked the one person that Hillary beats for sure.
liverpoolmiss said:Am I wrong to be seriously pissed off at America for their current reaction?
You knew all this, you morons. It was amply documented months ago. A hundred things, every one showing he's a nasty little ****.
If anyone wasn't outraged and offended by him from the beginning of his campaign - which started with Mexico immigrants are rapists - then they can **** off now. The rest of us, plus the average flea, have sufficient brain cells to know this month's ago.
I'm glad if the camel's back has been broken off course. But how the **** did it take so long? Why were none of the straws, each made of lead, insufficient to bring the camel to its knees?
And any Republican trying the old "shocked to see gambling in Casablanca" routine can **** off as well. They absolutely cannot feign ignorance now.
There's a reason why Hubris is one of the seminal story-forms. Moral lesson be damned : it scratches, just for a moment, many of the itches we've developed in life.I have never been so happy to watch an electoral campaign implode.
Yes, buried upthread is a list of some of his previous dodgy deals that I started but didn't finish due to the number. Almost all of them were known since before the first day.
Liverpoolmiss on Badscience nailed it:
Subject: Indecision 2016
We're a bit more sweary over there, but hey, the autocensor will deal with that.
Now with these daughter comments, he has to know he's toast. Not just the Presidency, but everything. Everything that says "Trump" is done. His empire is finished.
At this point I fear for Hillary's safety at the debate.
How sad for you.Liverpool miss makes me hope that people listen to the commentator, look at themselves, realize Trump has said far worst, realize they supported him then, and so Trump wins in a landslide.
Honestly, I'm not sure I get why these latest revelations matter all that much.
Yes, Trump seems to be admitting to sexual assault and that's a very bad thing. And he has no respect for women or the sanctity of marriage, and that's all pretty bad, too.
But all of the things that he's said and done that are more obviously relevant to his ability to hold public office, to negotiate with others, to have basic empathy, all of these things that we've known for months just didn't matter. Instead, this video is the source of his downfall.
If this were any other politician, then I could see how this video might lead to his downfall. But Trump has weathered storm after storm, scandal after scandal, and this one just doesn't seem to be any worse than what has come before.
No matter. If this is what sinks his campaign, then that's good.
But all of the things that he's said and done that are more obviously relevant to his ability to hold public office, to negotiate with others, to have basic empathy, all of these things that we've known for months just didn't matter.