Red Mosquito

Stupid thing to say maybe, but i wish these women spoke out right when Trump announced his candidacy. I also wish the media had jumped on trump from the beginning instead of waiting till the final few months.

Or maybe the 15 other candidates during the primaries? I think it's one of those things where you have 16 people to research so you have a lot of threads to follow. As each person dropped out the threads get smaller but the resources to research grow. By the time you're at this point, you have all those people researching one person.

As for the women coming forward earlier, I think that was referenced in one of the articles: She thought it was her fault, that she led him on, and was ashamed at what happened. When she saw that it happened to other people she decided to do something becuase it was no longer "her" fault.

bune wrote:Or maybe the 15 other candidates during the primaries? I think it's one of those things where you have 16 people to research so you have a lot of threads to follow. As each person dropped out the threads get smaller but the resources to research grow. By the time you're at this point, you have all those people researching one person.

As for the women coming forward earlier, I think that was referenced in one of the articles: She thought it was her fault, that she led him on, and was ashamed at what happened. When she saw that it happened to other people she decided to do something becuase it was no longer "her" fault.

yea, and i understand that this is how most victims react and respond to such things.

I just hate that the Donald can even attempt to demean them further.

I hope he ends up in jail sometime next year. President or not.

I heard the guy who was head of opposition research for Jeb! on NPR today, and when asked of they looked into stuff like this, they said they did--and they tried to bring it up in the debates and stuff, but it didn't really stick as a story.

Simple Torture wrote:I heard the guy who was head of opposition research for Jeb! on NPR today, and when asked of they looked into stuff like this, they said they did--and they tried to bring it up in the debates and stuff, but it didn't really stick as a story.

A lot of court cases aren't good stories.

LetMeSleep wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:I heard the guy who was head of opposition research for Jeb! on NPR today, and when asked of they looked into stuff like this, they said they did--and they tried to bring it up in the debates and stuff, but it didn't really stick as a story.

A lot of court cases aren't good stories.

Yeah, that seemed to have been the case. Plenty of those other candidates bungled it, too, letting that primary devolve into a literal dick-measuring contest.

Also, it's not surprising that these sorts of stories are sticking when he's one-on-one with a woman.

How many more days of this shit? 25?

Strat wrote:yea, and i understand that this is how most victims react and respond to such things.

I just hate that the Donald can even attempt to demean them further.

Did you see what he was saying today? FFS Donald.

This election coupled with a brand-new boss who is used to a much larger staff than he has now are driving me up the wall lately.

Simple Torture wrote:I heard the guy who was head of opposition research for Jeb! on NPR today, and when asked of they looked into stuff like this, they said they did--and they tried to bring it up in the debates and stuff, but it didn't really stick as a story.

yeah none of this stuff would have worked against him before the tape. If anything, it would have helped.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2016/10/13/people-are-so-stressed-by-this-election-that-the-american-psychological-association-has-coping-tips/?tid=pm_local_pop_b

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article107975577.html

Fucking stress.

Thousands of people chanted "Lock her up" about a woman for daring to expose her sexual abuser today.

McParadigm wrote:Thousands of people chanted "Lock her up" about a woman for daring to expose her sexual abuser today.

Hopefully, this will be us soon:

McParadigm wrote:Thousands of people chanted "Lock her up" about a woman for daring to expose her sexual abuser today.

He's made America great for sure.

The moral compass of some people and crowds leaves me despairing.

Maybe just stop watching / reading the election news. What benefit is it at this point other than to make u hate humanity?

What if your goal is to hate humanity as much as possible? (i.e., What if you're Burt?)

Simple Torture wrote:

McParadigm wrote:Thousands of people chanted "Lock her up" about a woman for daring to expose her sexual abuser today.

Hopefully, this will be us soon:

We'll meet again on some sunny day.

tragabigzanda wrote:I've been checking in with Politico, 538, etc through two distinct phases of fear and curiosity:

1. Is anyone actually buying this shit?
2. Has anyone been assassinated yet?

By "this shit," do you mean Trump's current line of attack, i.e. "I'll sue those ugly ladies!" and "The media is making it all up so I'll lose"? Or do you mean, like, buying the fact that this is actually reality and they're we're all not having some sort of communal fever dream?

Bi_3 wrote:Maybe just stop watching / reading the election news. What benefit is it at this point other than to make u hate humanity?

I was working and broadcasted the 2nd debate. This campaign though will be talked about for decades.