I am nauseated by the Stormy account...

[CTyankee]

I wish I could unsee it.

This whole story is so awful on what this country has become after we had the loveliness of the Obamas. Reminds me of the old song "You don't know what you've got till it's gone. They paved paradise and put up a parking lot."

The way I am feeling post bronchitis on a rainy day and trying to get more energy to do some errands...

[Botany]

1. Please! Who hasn't had their lawyer set up a LLC to pay hush money to a porn star?

BTW where are all the republicans who dragged us through the slime of
Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky now?

[CTyankee]

3. Those were puny compared to what we've got now.

Clinton should have never do what he did with Monica but Clinton learned and he also did such great things for our country...

[getagrip_already]

22. and it wasn't a 1-off....

There is at least one other porn star who had her story buried for a $150k payment by the natl enquirer. There are likely others as well. Some may be dead now however.

And then there are the other potentially ongoing affairs.

[Whiskeytide]

31. I wonder if Stormy feels ...

...slighted that she got less than McDougal? I suppose he worked some art of the deal mojo on her for a discount? That’s what his supporters would say.

[CrispyQ]

2. The fall has been spectacular so far & this is just the first act.

[CTyankee]

4. I try to get myself up and say "eyes on the prize" but it's a nauseating process meanwhile.

Sometimes I wonder "how could this have happened???"

[Vinca]

5. I agree with you completely. Why doesn't this seem to bother the evangelicals????

As a demon atheist, I'm horrified that he would do this at all, but to do it around the time his child was born is taking it to a new level. To think he exposed his wife to who knows what from unprotected sex. Why is the GOP okay with this?

[CTyankee]

7. There's prolly too much at stake moneywise so they turn their heads away. I'll bet many

of them are just trying hard not to barf....like that paper bag bit that Colbert did after the Stormy account surfaced. Trump is one sick bastard...

[Mariana]

10. The evangelicals have decided he has "repented" and is "forgiven".

That is what they want to believe, so that is what they do believe.

It's nice to see the evangelicals getting exposed, again, as the foul hypocrites that they are. The flock will refuse to see it either in their leaders or in themselves, as usual.

[BobTheSubgenius]

33. I fail to see even a tiny amount of contrition,

let alone repentance...but I bet that's exactly what the T****kins believe.

In a way, it's kind of an ecclesiastical milestone - achieving forgiveness for a major transgression, or two, with no mitigating acts between.

[minidriver]

35. Nope, they have literally given Drumpf a "Mulligan"

link:https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/23/tony-perkins-evangelicals-donald-trump-stormy-daniels-216498|

[Mariana]

37. They do that with everyone whose policies they like.

Newt Gingrich is the most obvious example I can think of. They never had any problem with all his adultery and shitty behavior toward his wives. They don't even mind that he became a Catholic, even though as far as they are concerned, Catholics aren't really Christians.

It is true that Trump has achieved cult leader status. I suspect they'd let it go even if they find out he'd had gay sex. I don't think they would have let Gingrich off the hook for that.

[Ilsa]

42. Franklin Graham said nothing about repentence. He said that

DOTUS has not admitted to the claims, so he doesn't believe them, even in the face of hard evidence of hush money.

[NewJeffCT]

12. Didn't they admit that they didn't care what Trump has done

because he is going to appoint judges to reverse Roe v Wade.

[Eyeball_Kid]

29. Evangelicals: If you've got goodies for them, then you can be forgiven for your "mistakes."

If you've got nothing for them, you're a shunned sinner.

See how easy that is? It's so easy, evangelicals can master it in less than a minute. (others may take longer)

[VOX]

34. Evangelicals IDOLIZE their *Imperfect Vessel whos doing Gods work in fulfilling Biblical prophecy*

It’s enough to make one retch non-stop. These cultists will tie themselves into pretzel-knots before dissing their Great White Savior.
http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/israel/2017/december/mike-evans-we-rsquo-re-in-the-middle-of-prophecy
CBN News, 12/10/2018
<snip>

[Evangelical leader] Mike Evans compares [Trump] to King Cyrus in the Bible who helped Israel in ancient times. Evans also says we’re in the middle of prophecy.

"I will see President Trump Monday. I will be in the White House on Monday and the first word I'm going to send to him, 'Cyrus, you're Cyrus. Because you've done something historic and prophetic,' and he promised us he would do it," Evans said.

"He (Cyrus) saved the Jewish people. He was used as an instrument of God for deliverance in the Bible and God has used this imperfect vessel, this flawed human being like you or I, this imperfect vessel and he's using him in an incredible, amazing way to fulfill his plans and purposes. We are so happy. We couldn't be happier and as somebody who has wanted and prayed and hoped for this for more than forty years, I see us in the middle of prophecy right now," he said.

"This is the beginning of wonderful things. Finally we have a leader with moral clarity who will do the right thing and the righteous thing. And by the way, he's told us over and over only two forces put me in the Presidency, God and the Evangelicals and I'll never forget that," he continued.

[JI7]

41. because the Republican White Evangelical Base are actually White Supremacists

[IluvPitties]

6. America needs to face its demons.

Trump embodies our societal and spiritual flaws. Either we come out of this redeemed, or we perish.

[MyOwnPeace]

8. Dear CTyankee...............

if you're sick about all of this and having sorrow with the absence of the Obamas, do NOT watch the Letterman interview of President Obama.

It would put you over the edge!

What a great man - truly our loss.

[CTyankee]

11. Oh, I know what you mean!

But I might just to fondly recall those days and find out what he's doing now. His daughter Malia was at the Harvard -Yale Game this fall. I didn't see her but the Yale Bowl is big. I also missed seeing Paul McCartney there (his grandson attends Yale). Malia is a freshman at Harvard.

[MFM008]

9. Feel better!

I have to beat back bronchitis regularly.

[brooklynite]

13. Is your objection that Trump had an affair (not surprising)...

...or that he had it with a porn star (nor relevant).

[CTyankee]

15. I don't much like the idea of a President who has an affair with a porn star, yes.

Then she had to go tell everyone what sex with him was like. Gross.

[itcfish]

27. Don't Forget

He married a porn star too. So what do you expect?

[bdamomma]

30. yuk who wants those

gory details, yuk

[IluvPitties]

17. People voted for that. The world knows what Trump is all about.

That's the sad part.

[rzemanfl]

28. Without a condom with a porn star is relevant to Drumpf's judgment. n/t

[Skittles]

38. LOL, WTF

how about the fact that repukes hold themselves up as the PARTY OF FAMILY VALUES

[Frustratedlady]

14. Well, I'm just amazed that his Willie can still whoop!

She must be awfully good at her "skill" and have a strong stomach. Just sayin'.

[CTyankee]

16. I think this was awhile back. Before he even ran for President...

[Frustratedlady]

19. But aren't they saying he has a current one?

If it's who they are rumoring it is, I suppose she's a bit more age-appropriate and the whoop is gone.

[CTyankee]

21. Well, yes, but I don't want to hear about that either...

[cab67]

26. the wonders of modern pharmaceuticals....

[Initech]

18. What floors me even more is that the Christian right doesn't fucking care!

This is the same bunch who raked Bill Clinton over the rails for an alleged affair. The same bunch who brags that they protect the "sanctity of marriage". Yet Trump had not only an affair, but many affairs and multiple accounts of sexual harassment and assault, and this all but confirms it, and they're like "it's all good". Fucking hypocrites!

[MyOwnPeace]

20. Yes, sir!

You have nailed it - HYPOCRITES - each and every one!!!!!

[Javaman]

23. on a side note...

those lines from that song refer to a place in Hollywood that was called The Garden of Allah.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_of_Allah_Hotel

[CTyankee]

24. The song is titled "Big Yellow Taxi" and I thought it was just a pro environmentalist song.

Thanks for the fun back story!

[Javaman]

25. I was on a jag several years ago about researching old Hollywood and came across that reference.

the garden of allah was quite a place.

[Willie Pep]

32. People knew Trump lived a playboy lifestyle.

But they didn't care. I get that a lot of the men actually saw that as a plus since he lived a life they fantasize about. But how so many Christians see Trump as this great hero I will never know. I have seen Christians argue that Trump is similar to King David in that he is morally flawed but still an instrument of God. But if I remember my Bible correctly the history of the Israelite monarchy was not a happy one so I don't see how this argument makes any sense.

[CTyankee]

36. But David has only one sinning with Bathsheba, I think...

I don't know the Bible very well. Trump is trash. King David is morally able to see what his mistake was and repent.

[Dave Starsky]

40. King David was a war hero who had some good qualities.

Trump is a five-time draft dodger with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

[Scurrilous]

39. K&R

[mnmoderatedem]

43. oh come now

you know Michelle Obama wearing a sleeveless dress is far worse.

[ksoze]

44. Then you must of been vomiting from the Monica account...

[CTyankee]

45. I was angry about that too. But he and Hillary put their marriage back together.

I remember that Bill was actually impeached (not convicted) over the lie he told. It was a huge embarrassment, IMO.