OldLady
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You won't sully your hands. Admirable. Until he wins because so many people wouldn't support the one person who could stop him.Okay, anyone who was wondering is now sure of what kind of guy Trump is.
The question is, Does it really matter?
Is the election of a President supposed to be primarily a decision about what direction our country will take for the next four years? Or should it be a moral contest based on a candidate's private behavior?
It's not as if Trump's behavior is unusual. His victims didn't find it rose to the level of suing or having him arrested at the time. No one died. No one bled. Any woman reading this has probably had similar situations; I know I have. A landlord, a stepfather, a housemate's father and any number of first dates turned wrestling match. Shit happens.
Then the other side, which is easy for me to take since I was not a Trump supporter to begin with, ala Michelle Obama's rip roaring speech saying we cannot elect a man with such an offensive attitude toward women. We cannot hold him up as a role model for our children and as our representative, the "face of America" to the world. Not knowing what we know.
If possible, I'd like it if we could leave the bumper stickers and partisan talking points at the door on this thread and address the simple question, should Trump's behavior, in and of itself, be a deal breaker?
The finer points of policy and who's worse than whom can be discussed elsewhere. I'm just curious if anyone else wonders, should this be the one thing that turns voters off? Is the attitude toward women really that important?
I'm pretty certain that Trump is EQUALLY arrogant and abusive with BOTH men and women. So I'd discuss your premise from that standpoint. Wouldn't matter except for his vindictiveness, reliance on breaking folks with legal suits and public humilation and such.
So I HESITATE to hand over the keys to the IRS, SEC, OSHA, FTC, FCC, NSA, and the nuclear football to that type of individual. Do I have to EXPLAIN the ramifications of that further to anyone?