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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
1. We already know he has no ethics or sense of morality.
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 06:14 PM
Jan 2017

There is a smoking armory of guns.

The media will ignore it in hopes of continued access.

0rganism

(23,956 posts)
7. this
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 06:38 PM
Jan 2017

the shit that's already openly available about Trump would have sunk any other politician-wannabe before they got elected

now the shoe's on the other foot, and the media is triangulating access and obscene profits vs. decaying remnants of whatever semblance of journalistic ethics they may still pretend to have. any guesses how that calculation turns out?

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
11. As Leslie Monves said during the campaign:
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 07:14 PM
Jan 2017

Trump might be bad for America, but he is great for CBS.

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)
3. How is a consensual sex act "deviant"? It's not my thing, but it's not that atypical. I'm more conc
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 06:14 PM
Jan 2017

about his sexually assaulting women than urination.

Nevernose

(13,081 posts)
4. The stupidity of doing it
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 06:19 PM
Jan 2017

In a Russian hotel room is more concerning than the act itself. And most people are prudish enough that it would make effective blackmail, even if you, me, and Dan Savage couldn't care less about the act itself.

Maeve

(42,282 posts)
6. It does give an explanation as to why
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 06:21 PM
Jan 2017

he fould Hillary taking a restroom break 'disgusting', if he associates pee with sex. But the idea that it was really an insult to Obama who had at one time slept there is emotionally...deviant. But agree that assault is more concerning to normal people.

Still, the worst part is that he set himself up for blackmail.

Squinch

(50,954 posts)
8. The deviant part to me was the agreement to squash US discussion of Russia's incursion into Ukraine.
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 07:03 PM
Jan 2017

Now THAT'S deviant! Or, rather, treasonous.

nini

(16,672 posts)
13. Let us not forget he used Bill's issues against Hillary
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 07:31 PM
Jan 2017

That guy projects more than anyone I've ever seen.

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haele

(12,659 posts)
16. 50 Shades of Trump -
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 07:43 PM
Jan 2017

The Drumph of Wall Street...
Gerrymandering Morons managed to get a cartoon figure elected.

Ah well.

Haele

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