Red Mosquito

Birds in Hell wrote:

B wrote:Don't belittle state and local office, Bernie.

Nothing in that quote suggests that was his intent?

"Right out of the box, he goes after immigrants and how they’re drug dealers and they’re rapists. And everybody swallows hard. And they think, oh, well, somebody’ll take him aside and say, 'Don, don’t do that.' But it didn’t happen," Letterman continues. "And then, I can remember him doing an impression, behind a podium, of a reporter for The New York Times who has a congenital disorder. And then I thought, if this was somebody else — if this was a member of your family or a next-door neighbor, a guy at work — you would immediately distance yourself from that person. And that’s what I thought would happen. Because if you can do that in a national forum, that says to me that you are a damaged human being. If you can do that and not apologize, you’re a person to be shunned."

Strat wrote:https://theringer.com/six-reasons-conse ... .7vcvwz54n

McParadigm wrote:Today's episode of "how many bad choices can a candidate make in 24 hours": randomly insists that 5 exonerated prisoners are guilty anyway because, I guess, DNA evidence is bullshit. Warns that Mexicans are pouring over the border to vote and rig the election, because that's how that works, and has made history with zero newspaper endorsements. Still talking about that microphone.

This "rigged election" talk is beyond stupid. I genuinely expect some violence in the streets when he loses.

4/5 wrote:Is there anything left to say at this point?

I'm at a total loss for words.

What's even the worst of today's news? The white-guy-in-position-of-dominance rapey comments? The complete and utter rejection of DNA evidence? It has to be one of those two things, but the fiction of Mexicans pouring across the border to vote is absurd as well. But it's a distant third today.

A Pence aide insisted that it was normal procedure for the pool to leave at the end of such stops, and that the abrupt departure was not related to the breaking news.

Republican reaction
Reactions from GOP staffers and advisers to Trump ranged from astonished to apoplectic.
A close adviser to Trump told CNN the story is "flat out appalling" and at this point, they can't even begin to guess whether Trump can come back from this.
"This should have never happened. I wish it had never happened. I think I know that men talk this way sometimes, but it's nothing I would ever want to hear or condone or approve of," the adviser said. "My reaction is -- it's appalling. It's just flat out appalling."
The adviser also said Trump's apology does not go far enough.
"Doing anything other than to say it was a grievous error and he apologizes would be a mistake," the adviser said. "I would take it a step further and own to the words as being offensive -- not 'if.'"
The adviser, clearly exasperated, added: "Another day in Trump world ... I hate it."
Asked about the reaction at a campaign field office, a Trump field staffer told CNN there were "gasps. Collective gasps. We're trying to get our heads around it right now, but there's no way to spin this. There just isn't."
The staffer, who is also paying close attention to Senate efforts, also added, unsolicited: "Just think of the down-ballot effect. Brutal."
A GOP operative in Ohio voiced similar sentiments.
"This is bad. I think this thing is over," the staffer said.
Reached for comment, a top battleground state staffer told CNN he was "picking (his) chin off the floor."
"We want every suburban woman's vote in America. This doesn't help with that," the staffer said.
And a Trump campaign source said they were "dumbfounded," saying the remarks "could be a death knell."
The source had no predictions on how the article will impact the race, saying the next two days will be critical.
"I think the next 48 hours will be the most consequential of the entire election. Right here, right now, this is game time," the source said.
One senior Trump adviser said simply, "Ugh."

theplatypus wrote:Adam Baldwin. Alec plays Trump on SNL.