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Ah, yes, the pinnacle of respect: grabbing them by the pussy
Still confused why that fiasco didn't end his political career forever.
It fucking blows my mind that trump continues to get away with what he has.
Comey came out days later and said Hillary was under Federal investigation while completely omitting that Trump was under federal investigation.
This fully eclipsed the grab them by the pussy tape.
The fact that it didn't is how we all know that his cultists will forgive anything he does. They have zero shame. The election is about appealing to independents and people who aren't paying attention. Nonvoters will decide this stupid election. You can see it in the astroturfing of "both sides are the same" and "our votes don't count anyway" and "if Biden wants my vote then he needs to stop supporting Israel". Trump will objectively be worse for you individually, America, and the world. If you want change, hammer it in the 2028 primaries. It also starts at local levels, so vote now to give chances to people who are trying to get experience to eventually run.
The cultists are mostly bankrupt and don't actually believe in anything they claim to believe in. Same as their christianity.
Men who are inferior to their fellow men, are always most anxious to establish their superiority over women. ~Mary Wollstonecraft
Let’s just say his followers are all of a type.
@Artyom @seaQueue The American political system is in many ways supposed to be self-correcting. There's no real mechanisms. Except that which are enforced. I always used to wonder about this when learning about politics in school. It seemed like anyone could do anything but I just assumed everyone was smarter than me. So what happens is people do things and they expect you to be so embarrassed you bow out. And that's fine for most people except extremely insane people like Trump.
@Artyom @seaQueue American politics is literally everything you see in every heist/longcon/grifter movie. If you act like you belong, people will just assume you belong. Donald Trump didn't act like he was guilty, so people just assumed he wasn't guilty. Doesn't matter how much evidence you throw at them. If he was wrong and guilty he would have left. And that's without getting into the financial incentives other people have to lie and play along.
@Artyom @seaQueue The only real surprise is that it never happened sooner. A probability so unlikely it probably happened sooner and it just got covered up.
Cuz it was locker room talk about whore women that let you do exactly what he said. (Definitely not defending this guy).