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How far we have fallen.
JoeOtterbein
(7,700 posts)We can't expect the media to care any more than Dem leaders. Now is the time to show their stuff.
live love laugh
(13,104 posts)The media edits and minimizes the Democratic messaging constantly.
JoeOtterbein
(7,700 posts)What else do we need?
live love laugh
(13,104 posts)JoeOtterbein
(7,700 posts)Trump is a Brutal, Violent Rapist.
A perfect description with at least a kernel of truth.
It's what repugs do all the time.
sop
(10,167 posts)live love laugh
(13,104 posts)JoeOtterbein
(7,700 posts)Now use your power to speak it out loud:
Trump is an Evil, Brutal, Violent, Rapist.
Believe me it will garner attention if you believe it is true!
live love laugh
(13,104 posts)but recognizing that there are constraints and limitations when it comes to access is important too.
Just because I say it doesnt mean that the opposition-owned media will broadcast it. And that they dont broadcast it or edit or limit what is said doesnt make the message or messenger wrong, or weak.
JoeOtterbein
(7,700 posts)We need everyone! Please.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)How many more are in the wings? Most, we'll never hear about, but he doesn't know which ones will step forward. Seems the only time he's concerned is when he's running for POTUS.
Melania must have one hell of a good pre-nup to put up with all these women stepping forward.
BigmanPigman
(51,590 posts)shithole that he has put the country in. I ran a DU poll a few weeks ago and 2/3 of those who replied said that it will take over 30 years to get back to normal. One third voted for less than 5 years for a return to normalcy. I think it realistically will be 30+.
dlk
(11,561 posts)I also wouldnt be surprised if the Russian blackmail videos are of Trump raping women, maybe sex workers, maybe underaged girls from his beauty pageant. If ever a man belonged behind bars...
at140
(6,110 posts)however do not under-estimate the power of wealth to attract women. Do you think for a minute if Trump had a school teacher's income, Melania would have married him? Or for that matter his previous wives who were all attractive women.
dlk
(11,561 posts)The world is a very unfair place. Yet, women get blamed for anything awful a rich man does to them. They are called gold diggers and worse. What are the men who lie, cheat, steal and kill to get rich? There isnt even a similar perjorative word for it.
at140
(6,110 posts)He was fat, ugly, unshaven and fairly old. How many young & beautiful females he was able to molest?
It was all about money the females were after via careers in Hollywood.
dlk
(11,561 posts)Women who who want a better job and a better life dont deserve to be abused or raped, no matter how beautiful they are and how ugly the man may be.
at140
(6,110 posts)That is not the point.
The point is rich & powerful men attract lot of beautiful & young females.
And his pattern doing this is very clear he is a violent predator of women, and unless she was going to do something about what happened to her, she's allowing this pattern to continue to other women. Very disappointed she won't get rape charges against him going, and others should come out now and drag his ass to court , and have him put under oath . Putin knows what his weaknesses are , and you can bet he has him on tape hurting , and raping girls. Something that also stood out is this woman gives advice, and she can't be taken as credible doing that anymore if she refuses to stand up to a man after this happened to her. What kind of message does that send to other women.
mopinko
(70,090 posts)dlk
(11,561 posts)What about the other major media outlets?
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dalton99a
(81,475 posts)enough
(13,259 posts)bluestarone
(16,926 posts)I really really hope not! LOCK HIM UP!
dlk
(11,561 posts)Just when you think Trump couldnt get any more disgusting...
unblock
(52,208 posts)Donald the rapist has non-consensual intercourse and nothing will come of it.
Mr.Bill
(24,284 posts)unblock
(52,208 posts)AncientGeezer
(2,146 posts)unblock
(52,208 posts)Donnie will pay far less of a price than Clinton for a far worse offense.
Shaddox
(384 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,818 posts)The M.O. He told Billy Bush. Lying on Telemundo that Obama separated children. Taking America to the brink of war.
This is why I have zero patience for any attacks on Democratic candidates.
We have to Fucking WIN.
Don't kill the dog to get the puppy.
barbtries
(28,789 posts)maybe today it did, I don't know because i needed a news free day because of what's going on.
Raine
(30,540 posts)the situation gets more dire every day but not only does it not lead it rarely gets a mention at all. And no people being tortured wasn't on the news as a lead today or at all either.
trump's tweets. that leads the news.
right now the people at the border have me feeling pretty overwrought. but yes, climate change. and more and more.
hunter
(38,311 posts)Everyone knows our president is a pussy-grabbing rapist.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)We are on the decline, for sure - but not just America - human beings as a species. And we deserve whatever will happen.
No more critical thinking going on - just glomming into our bubbles of agreement, brainwashed, pretty pathetic really.
JoeOtterbein
(7,700 posts)Use it or lose it!
bdamomma
(63,845 posts)fascists are moving with their agenda and we are not. The election won't save us, we need impeachment inquiry now.
book_worm
(15,951 posts)every day--but once again a GOP president gets a pass.
JoeOtterbein
(7,700 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,490 posts)In addition, most boards of directors are probably loaded with profit-hungry right-wingers.
I believe most adhere to Reagan's 11th Commandment.
Could not find front-page coverage on the three main U.S. news network's internet sites. We might note that a quick scan of media outlets around the globe found several front-page mentions in Europe, at least one in India, but none in Asia.
Most news outlets around the globe today are saturated with coverage of the Trump-created Iran crisis....
dlk
(11,561 posts)When people have no conscience, they can do anything.
JoeOtterbein
(7,700 posts)we must strike now! Violent Rape is the worst ever.
Use it. And everything we can throw at Trump.
Or lose to them again if we are not perceived to be fighters.
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)She will do more TV shows I think.
JoeOtterbein
(7,700 posts)dlk
(11,561 posts)She was very credible. What was so striking was the obvious pain she is still experiencing, even after so many years. If you have ever known a woman who has been raped, you would see it. Joyce Vance was the next guest and she made it clear, Carroll was very credible and exhibited behaviors common with of rape survivors. BTW, no one makes snarky comments about men writers wanting to sell books.
certainot
(9,090 posts)dlk
(11,561 posts)Yet Trump will, no doubt, get a pass.
certainot
(9,090 posts)i don't know how long the dna evidence lasts or if a defense team could say it was faked, but it could create real fear for trump
dlk
(11,561 posts)I hope she stays safe.
certainot
(9,090 posts)dlk
(11,561 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)And Kimmel and Colbert and the Today show.
padah513
(2,502 posts)But he talked about Biden for fifteen or twenty. He spent more time on the Mannafort/Hannity connection than on Trump.