I am always concerned when articles state that women are upset with Trump's comments. Why not men? MEN are husbands, fathers, brothers, sons, nephews. How would they feel if their wives, daughters, sisters, aunts, mothers were discussed in the ways Trump does?. Is there such a divide between men and women, are men ok with these horrible words, these views of beauty only, of marrying "10"s? ---But the words used on appearances, sweating, disabilities, low energy are used on men too. Why? These are true distractions and unkindnesses. Why? Why do voters accept? And I am most concerned with the threats that are spewed almost daily when someone disagrees. What would happen if he were disagreed with at international meetings? Not attending debates because he disagrees.... And as a teacher, the bullying is truly unbelievably tragic. Is this what we want our students to do too if faced with something or someone they do not like?
So I hope these threats , distractions are addressed and we realize that men and women should view the above with disgust, sadness, for the future Also,
why isn't the reporting of Mr. Trump's products produced OUTSIDE of America stressed ? Does the public really and truly understand or are the distractions on appearance, threats, bullying taking over policy discussions?
So I hope these threats , distractions are addressed and we realize that men and women should view the above with disgust, sadness, for the future Also,
why isn't the reporting of Mr. Trump's products produced OUTSIDE of America stressed ? Does the public really and truly understand or are the distractions on appearance, threats, bullying taking over policy discussions?
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Of course the Republicans are worrying about the wrong thing. Again. They should be far more worried about Trump's strength with ignorant and angry white men of all ages. Those men are as bad for the future of America as Trump is for the future of the Republican party.
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Oh how low we have sunk - where a campaign for the President of the United States, which once was the highest honer one could acquire, has devolved into a cheap reality show (and a bad one at that) with an appeal to the worst instincts in us.
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"...many Republican women were entertaining a once unthinkable possibility: crossing party lines in November." They may be entertaining the idea but I doubt that many will actually do it.
His statements about women together with that side by side photo tweet are not only low rent sexist attacks - they are also indicative of how he would behave if he wins in the general election. Nuance is not in his vocabulary.
But even talking about him makes me feel ridiculous - tomorrow he will say he was joking and that Mrs. Cruz is a beautiful woman. Meanwhile he keeps winning more and more delegates...
His statements about women together with that side by side photo tweet are not only low rent sexist attacks - they are also indicative of how he would behave if he wins in the general election. Nuance is not in his vocabulary.
But even talking about him makes me feel ridiculous - tomorrow he will say he was joking and that Mrs. Cruz is a beautiful woman. Meanwhile he keeps winning more and more delegates...
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I went to high school with kids like Cruz and Trump. That's the mentality of both of these clowns - silly immature high school boys. It's pathetic. If either of these "men" win the WH, be prepared to be the laughing stock of the world.
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The scariest thing is how many men enjoy and agree wit Trump's characterization of women.
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Common sense dictates that if you have a great strategy for achieving an objective you don't go about blabbing about it. Yet the media predisposed to the Hillary cannot stop trying to convince anyone who is willing to listen that because of a few words here and there, the Donald must be a black-hearted misogynist, regardless of circumstance or any other facts in evidence to the contrary. If the inclinations of Mr. Trump are so obvious, is it not better to lay low and let Mr. Trump self-destruct. Otherwise, maybe some women who think like me may come to the conclusion that there is an agenda at work here, and all the blabbing is an effort to shape public opinion via "reporting".
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Kathy Potts is not unlike other Republicans duped by Trump. They shouldn't be thinking that Donald will keep anyone safe--if he gains office each and every one of us, civilian or military, will be more imperiled than ever due to his incautious and ill-advised bombast.
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Cruz and his henchmen started this feud with Donsld Ttump with a dual purpose. 1. An anti Trump campaign 2. To get Ted Cruz in the news on a constant daily basis. Cruz knew if he baited Trump with posting an old pic of Trump's wife suggesting she was not a decent woman and not First Lady material that Trump would hit back in a similar attack.
Unfortunately Cruz's bait worked. Now Trump is hated more and Cruz is constantly getting sympathy and on tv daily giving Cruz exposure in this campaign. Not to mention that the degradation of Trump's wife's morality gave Cruz Utah due to the Mormons not wanting Melania.
Cruz is not an angel and this feud started by Cruz has given him more votes most likely. Cruz deserves to be counter attacked yet this reficulius feud has destroyed the already waning of the Republican Party. After this year the Republican Party will be nonexistent and Cruz shoukd take the blame. Although Cruz will not take any blame and push all blame onto Trump. Cruz is committing political suicide for himself and the RNC
Unfortunately Cruz's bait worked. Now Trump is hated more and Cruz is constantly getting sympathy and on tv daily giving Cruz exposure in this campaign. Not to mention that the degradation of Trump's wife's morality gave Cruz Utah due to the Mormons not wanting Melania.
Cruz is not an angel and this feud started by Cruz has given him more votes most likely. Cruz deserves to be counter attacked yet this reficulius feud has destroyed the already waning of the Republican Party. After this year the Republican Party will be nonexistent and Cruz shoukd take the blame. Although Cruz will not take any blame and push all blame onto Trump. Cruz is committing political suicide for himself and the RNC
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He insults some men, fair game. He insults some women, he's a misogynist who does not respect women. Double standards. Has Clinton ever mentioned any male-specific issues during any of her rallies? Every single one seems centered around women.
"Women have always been the primary victims of war." - Hillary Clinton
"I just think women in general are better listeners, are more collegial, more open to new ideas and how to make things work in a way that looks for win-win outcomes." - Hillary Clinton
Who's the real sexist here?
"Women have always been the primary victims of war." - Hillary Clinton
"I just think women in general are better listeners, are more collegial, more open to new ideas and how to make things work in a way that looks for win-win outcomes." - Hillary Clinton
Who's the real sexist here?
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Trump's misogyny is not proving to be a big concern for the majority of Republican women. Women who vote for Republicans in current times have already shown that they have little respect for themselves, as well as other women and let's be frank, humankind. Most of them apparently don't care that no Republican candidate today has their best interests at heart. One can only assume that some American women must be thoughtlessly or narrow-mindedly beholden to their conservative and/or religious patriarchy, but there is certainly evidence of some whose own interests align with the heartless disregard that Cruz and Trump show for so many groups.
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Let's see, so all GOP woman will run en masse away from Mr. Trump and vote for Hillary Clinton, because she is a woman. Never the mind that a large number of independents, Democrats and Republicans see her as "untrustworthy", is not well liked, is seen as the champion of the status quo (which millions want changed), has baggage, including former impeached President Bill Clinton. What is wrong with this picture?
In 2008, Sarah Palin was chosen as the VP nominee, to get the woman vote. The thinking was woman en massee would vote for a woman VP. Never the mind that Sarah Palin was an not what you call VP material.
Thus, the writers here, are insulting woman, as much as Donald Trump is; by, insulting their intelligence. I have seen a number of posts, over the past few months, which support the argument; they will vote for Ms. Clinton, because she is a woman. Then, somehow make arguments to try to say she is the best candidate; but, are far from convincing.
Personally, I would like to see diversity, and a woman president should occur, over time. Like Ms. Palin, and Ms. Ferraro, Ms. Clinton is not presidential or vice presidential material.
Elizabeth Warren, as she shows qualities and aptitude to be president, would be my ideal choice.
Ms. Clinton has not really improved on her 2008 Resume; if anything, she has built upon the negativity of her image. Thus, she would never get my vote.
Choosing between Clinton, Cruz and Trump is like smelling rotting fish at Fresh Kills.
In 2008, Sarah Palin was chosen as the VP nominee, to get the woman vote. The thinking was woman en massee would vote for a woman VP. Never the mind that Sarah Palin was an not what you call VP material.
Thus, the writers here, are insulting woman, as much as Donald Trump is; by, insulting their intelligence. I have seen a number of posts, over the past few months, which support the argument; they will vote for Ms. Clinton, because she is a woman. Then, somehow make arguments to try to say she is the best candidate; but, are far from convincing.
Personally, I would like to see diversity, and a woman president should occur, over time. Like Ms. Palin, and Ms. Ferraro, Ms. Clinton is not presidential or vice presidential material.
Elizabeth Warren, as she shows qualities and aptitude to be president, would be my ideal choice.
Ms. Clinton has not really improved on her 2008 Resume; if anything, she has built upon the negativity of her image. Thus, she would never get my vote.
Choosing between Clinton, Cruz and Trump is like smelling rotting fish at Fresh Kills.
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How laughable. Trump's unPC language - mere words - compared to Hillary being part and parcel of the attack machine to intimidate and vilify Bill's victims? Bill and Hillary are exhibit A and B of the war on women.
Hillary likes to remind people that the majority of minimum wage workers are women. What did she do as a member of the board of directors for Walmart to help women?
Hillary likes to remind people that the majority of minimum wage workers are women. What did she do as a member of the board of directors for Walmart to help women?
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What has Ms. Clinton actually done for women? Well, she supported Obamacare, women being among those least likely to have employer provided healthcare. Millions of women who suffered and were frightened without healthcare now have it. She was a strong and vocal supporter in the Senate of equal pay for equal work for women. She has spent her entire life fighting for the protection and education of children--even as the Republicans laughed at Americans without healthcare and laughed as they cut funding for education at all levels. And what have the Republicans done for women? Crickets!
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Thoughtful article by Chris A r n a d e in the Guardian U.K. "Who Will Speak For..." He reminds me of the excellent sociological journalism of the 40's, 50's and 60's, before Republicans began to call it, denigratively, the liberal press.
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We Dems and progressives do not need to characterize or portray ANY of the repub POTUS candidates as anything or nothing.
Their actions and attitudes are on full display for the world and U.S. voters to see. And it IS a spectacle.
I like our chances in November. Keep on talking. boys, and make sure ALL of us get a chance to hear you.
Their actions and attitudes are on full display for the world and U.S. voters to see. And it IS a spectacle.
I like our chances in November. Keep on talking. boys, and make sure ALL of us get a chance to hear you.
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As a woman, I have to ask, what's to like about any of the Republican Presidential contenders, and why would any woman vote for any one of them? They all promise that I cannot control my own body. In their best paternalistic voice of authority they inform young women that pregnancies that result from rape are "a gift from God", even if that (woman) is 10 years old.. They want Planned Parenthood defunded despite the health care services they provide in addition to pregnancy termination. They say "no" (their favorite word) to birth control, and "no" to abortion which birth control would prevent. They do say "yes" to Viagra. The only government regulation they want applies to women's wombs and governmental control over women's bodies.
Donald Trump is the misogynistic voice of the Republican Party. He says out loud what the others veil. The other Republican contenders are absolutely no different in their message than Donald Trump. Women will not have a place at their table, that table is reserved for white, wealthy straight males.
Donald Trump is the misogynistic voice of the Republican Party. He says out loud what the others veil. The other Republican contenders are absolutely no different in their message than Donald Trump. Women will not have a place at their table, that table is reserved for white, wealthy straight males.
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Hoping to sway female voters, Democrats will push the portrayal of Donald J. Trump as an unabashed sexist.
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Good luck with that. Many Miss Universe contests, and 5000 or so female casino employees in Atlantic City, had nary a complaint about "sexism." Sure, some may now emerge from some rock in a bid for TMZ fame, but they'll lack all credibility. Donald's not Bill Cosby, or even Sen. John Edwards - two time and two-timing Democrat presidential timber, and lover boy. Like Bill Clinton.
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Good luck with that. Many Miss Universe contests, and 5000 or so female casino employees in Atlantic City, had nary a complaint about "sexism." Sure, some may now emerge from some rock in a bid for TMZ fame, but they'll lack all credibility. Donald's not Bill Cosby, or even Sen. John Edwards - two time and two-timing Democrat presidential timber, and lover boy. Like Bill Clinton.
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I am a life-long registered Democrat, but nonetheless, I would like to see solid candidates running on the Republican ticket because we should have real choices as voters and our democracy is weak without strength. Trump will lose the women's vote but it's also true that he, unlike Cruz Control, at least respect's a women's right to determine her reproductive decisions. Moderate Republican women really don't have a choice in this election between these two, and I've got news for you, RNC, the longer you threaten women's reproductive rights and hang on to that "base," the sooner you will become irrelevant to the growing majority of young women (and men) who prefer that our laws stop dictating to women, homosexuals and transgender individuals how they should behave when it comes to their sexuality. And come on, Lindsey Graham and John McCain, push Mitch McConnell to give our Supreme Court nominee his rightful hearing and confirmation. If you want your party to recover, that's the way to start.
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It's good to know that some Republican women recognize Trump for what he is -- a blustering, bullying misogynist. Not to mention condescending: "I cherish women". Let's hope that more women see his true character and vote accordingly in November. Women will not play an " outsized" role in election if you remember that they are 50% of the population. I
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I believe that behind the private curtain in the voting booth, there won't be many women voting for Trump, regardless of what they may say in front of family and workplace. If Hillary Clinton is the nominee, she only needs to be herself and let him spew at her - game over!
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It's no surprise that the leading republican candidate chooses the sensational and salacious over the substantive, he's a reality TV host! Once again, a reminder to everyone voting for Trump: You are voting to elect a reality TV host to the Presidency of the United States of America!!! Without "The Apprentice",Trump was merely a very successful real estate developer. He seems to have failed at every other type of business venture he has ever attempted. Trump's real estate and entertainment success owes much to his brash attitude and flamboyant personality. It's critical to understand that autocratic business executives have a losing record at governing in the "compromise required" world of politics. Trump has already demonstrated that his ego doesn't allow for give and take. It's the Trump way, or the highway. Ask yourself how well Michigan Governor Rick Snyder or Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner have been able to ride their business expertise to success in managing their states. Yes, they have entrenched interests to fight. They are also very much guilty of having Trump-lite, "my way or the highway" CEO attitudes. Trump has this attitude on steroids. He's likely to bring nothing but more paralysis to Washington, a feat previously thought impossible. On the world stage, he's much more that just a flamboyant egotist. He's a dangerous and destabilizing loose cannon.
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Trump has a complete lack of self-awareness. How could anyone want him to be in the position of negotiating with foreign powers or managing our presence in the larger world?
I guess some people believe that bombing can solve everything?
I guess some people believe that bombing can solve everything?
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I wish the polls would break results down by race. I suspect that the female support Trump and Cruz receive is mainly from White women who don't understand that voting Republican is voting against their reproductive interests. As an African American woman, I am clear what these men represent as are my friends and colleagues.
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Saw a reporter interviewing a young woman Trumpette (mostly he attracts older, tireder,angrier types) and when he said "Well these are the things Trump has said about women," and read the list, her first response, was that's not true.
When he showed her the sources, then she said "Well ,he's just kidding."
They idolize him -- he's a celebritee. He's on TV.
So don't look for critical thinking.
When he showed her the sources, then she said "Well ,he's just kidding."
They idolize him -- he's a celebritee. He's on TV.
So don't look for critical thinking.
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from Thomas B. Macaulay, The History of England, Vol. 1:
“In every age the vilest specimens of human nature are to be found among demagogues.”
Enough said.
“In every age the vilest specimens of human nature are to be found among demagogues.”
Enough said.
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Democrats? What happened to Americans first and foremost? Why are we being blocked by our Party affiliation? How long is it going to take for us to understand that we do not have a viable Republican candidate? This is not the time to weep but to agree that these Presidential elections are wanting. We were ill-prepared and now is the time to show some courage.
Never mind if Trump and Cruz are fools, there is no valid reason for the People of America to be their tools, and we are not being greeted at the polls by armed guards. Some of us will be first-time voters, and this is a choice between two imposters. There are good Republicans and Democrats, but above all, there are good Americans. While it is tempting to wish Trump and Cruz to the Merry Widow-Maker, this would not be right.
Vote for one of these unsavory men, who make some of us feel superior to them in every way, whether we have been to college or dropped out, whether or not we are in possession of an attractive spouse.
As for our journalists at the Times today, they deserve a break. Thanking Amy Chozick, Trip Gabriel, Gail Collins, Roger Cohen, Charles Blow, David Brooks, Nicholas Kristof and many more, for helping to make this American think.
Wishing all a Happy Spring celebration, the Editorial Board, and of course, the Team of Staff Workers, the daunting task of clearing the deck with our comments, to favorite commentators and to 'Concerned Citizen' wherever you are.
Never mind if Trump and Cruz are fools, there is no valid reason for the People of America to be their tools, and we are not being greeted at the polls by armed guards. Some of us will be first-time voters, and this is a choice between two imposters. There are good Republicans and Democrats, but above all, there are good Americans. While it is tempting to wish Trump and Cruz to the Merry Widow-Maker, this would not be right.
Vote for one of these unsavory men, who make some of us feel superior to them in every way, whether we have been to college or dropped out, whether or not we are in possession of an attractive spouse.
As for our journalists at the Times today, they deserve a break. Thanking Amy Chozick, Trip Gabriel, Gail Collins, Roger Cohen, Charles Blow, David Brooks, Nicholas Kristof and many more, for helping to make this American think.
Wishing all a Happy Spring celebration, the Editorial Board, and of course, the Team of Staff Workers, the daunting task of clearing the deck with our comments, to favorite commentators and to 'Concerned Citizen' wherever you are.
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His supporters do not care what kind of person he is. Raising their collective finger at the status quo, they could learn that he is -- what, a cannibal? -- and be unmoved.
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Why has it taken this long for women to hear Trump's dehumanizing messages about females? Being commander in chief of a beauty pageant is exactly what makes him so deplorable. He is only interested in beautiful, sexy women unless your his mother, or his nurse. His misogyny is unrelenting and his rhetoric against his male opponents is an attempt to turn them into mindless scatterbrained i.e. Women. Only he can be the Alpha dog in the race.
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Trump's latest feud is no shock. He is an unrepentant bully and name-caller for whom no target is off-limits: not the disabled, not a veteran, certainly not women.
The only surprise would be if Cruz et al found the wherewithal to say, unequivocally, that they cannot support Trump.
The only surprise would be if Cruz et al found the wherewithal to say, unequivocally, that they cannot support Trump.
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It is extremely Good News that so many women, and the men who love them, are confronting these outrageous attacks by shouting out that it is not acceptable. The Koch brothers and other billionaires and their operatives are so insulated from the real world that they think Americans will allow ourselves to be thrust back to the middle ages. They have another think coming.
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Donald Trump is truly a disaster for women, but then I can't see that Ted Cruz is much better. He is just better spoken. I could never vote for either one and I have heard it suggested that the conservatives think Ted Cruz would be a fine Supreme Court justice. That certainly gives me yet another reason to vote Democratic.
As a Democrat, I am proud that I could vote for either candidate. I will vote for Hillary, however, because I can see through all the misogyny being hurled at her since the day she appeared on the electoral stage. She is a candidate I can be proud of and she is a woman.
As a Democrat, I am proud that I could vote for either candidate. I will vote for Hillary, however, because I can see through all the misogyny being hurled at her since the day she appeared on the electoral stage. She is a candidate I can be proud of and she is a woman.
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Trump's next target is the husband.
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There is no need for anyone to "portray" Mr. Trump as sexist. He has taken care of that himself, right out loud, as with all of his other disgusting traits.
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Offering to shut down the government over lies about Planned Parenthood was the nail in the coffin for me. GOP and many right-wing church's lies about PP totally enabled the killer Robert Dear to get out the guns and gasoline and shoot a bunch of parents here.
Men aren't the only culprits:Carly Fiorina and Rep Blackburn of Tennessee repeated the absolute falsehoods that got David Daleiden indicted for his faked film. Blackburn has a congressional committee right NOW using this criminal's very words as the basis for her own committee's witch hunt about fetal tissue.
Men aren't the only culprits:Carly Fiorina and Rep Blackburn of Tennessee repeated the absolute falsehoods that got David Daleiden indicted for his faked film. Blackburn has a congressional committee right NOW using this criminal's very words as the basis for her own committee's witch hunt about fetal tissue.
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Weakness about women, LGBTs, Hispanics, African-Americans, Muslims, Jews, rational Americans, etc., etc. This all portends a landslide for the Democrats, maybe even taking the House back.
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Since the upper echelons of the GOP have publicly vowed to scuttle Donald Trump's candidacy in the General Election, why -- as this article claims -- "does Trump’s Weakness Among Women Have the G.O.P. Worried"?
If anything, Trump's weakness among women is likely reassuring to Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, George W. Bush, Karl Rove, Bill Kristol, Erick Erickson, Reince Priebus, Ted Cruz, George W. Bush, Neil Bush, and countless other GOP figures who loathe Trump.
As many journalists have reported, the upper echelons of the GOP want Trump to fail and, for this very reason, this article headline is misleading.
If anything, Trump's weakness among women is likely reassuring to Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, George W. Bush, Karl Rove, Bill Kristol, Erick Erickson, Reince Priebus, Ted Cruz, George W. Bush, Neil Bush, and countless other GOP figures who loathe Trump.
As many journalists have reported, the upper echelons of the GOP want Trump to fail and, for this very reason, this article headline is misleading.
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Why was the picture of Melania seen as an attack? She is a model and isn't this how she earns her living? It was not a photograph that was taken and shared without her consent. It was published in a magazine. The super PAC ad certainly did not warrant what was truly and attack on Heidi Cruz.
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Your failed to mention that Cruz yet again didn't know something that was happening in his camp and the ad that had Trumps wife in it came out. That is the third or fourth thing others have done for Cruz that benifits him. Also that picture of Cruz's wife was tweeted to Trump and he retweeted it. I am a Democrat, but please tell the story true, it makes you look lignorant Matt Flegenheimer, when you don't.
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Melanie Trump's nudes are fair game in my book. I could have purchased those same pictures in the checkout line at a London grocery store or at a newsstand. They weren't manipulated. She posed for them.
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Trump is ruining the good causes of _fair_ trade and allowing only _legal_ immigration. Thank a lot, Don.
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Yet again, zero mention of Bernie Sanders, as if he's not a Democrat. Or running for office. In a highly competitive race (yes, really it is).
Keep fawning over the car crash that is Trump, NYTimes, as if it's news. Keep lionizing Hillary because it's clear how you're willing to spin that in favor of something deeper and more on balance, until the proverbial cows come home.
Keep fawning over the car crash that is Trump, NYTimes, as if it's news. Keep lionizing Hillary because it's clear how you're willing to spin that in favor of something deeper and more on balance, until the proverbial cows come home.
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Hillary Record breaking ARMS SALES:
Unfortunately, arms sales is a pattern for Hillary Clinton who talks of how she has traveled the world to speak out for women and children when in fact she traveled over 1.2 million miles selling deadly weapons which are used to kill American Soldiers and our allies.
Hillary Clinton’s ,State Department sold $165 billion worth of commercial arms sales to 20 nations whose governments have given money to the Clinton Foundation. That figure — derived from the three full fiscal years of Clinton’s term as Secretary of State (from October 2010 to September 2012) — represented nearly double the value of American arms sales made to the those countries and approved during Bush presidency.
Unfortunately, arms sales is a pattern for Hillary Clinton who talks of how she has traveled the world to speak out for women and children when in fact she traveled over 1.2 million miles selling deadly weapons which are used to kill American Soldiers and our allies.
Hillary Clinton’s ,State Department sold $165 billion worth of commercial arms sales to 20 nations whose governments have given money to the Clinton Foundation. That figure — derived from the three full fiscal years of Clinton’s term as Secretary of State (from October 2010 to September 2012) — represented nearly double the value of American arms sales made to the those countries and approved during Bush presidency.
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If Trump wins the nomination, he'll pick a woman for vice-president. You can take that to the bank.
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People forget that a successful run in the Primaries does not equal success in the General Election. Right now -- and we're really talking about a small percentage of die-hard Republicans who take part in primaries -- those who are sexist, racist, homophobic, xenophobic, anti-immigrant and, apparently, anti-education have a voice.
Come Fall, their voice won't be strong enough to carry this crass, vulgar, deeply disturbed man into the White House.
Come Fall, their voice won't be strong enough to carry this crass, vulgar, deeply disturbed man into the White House.
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We get it. Trump is a racist, sexist, etc., etc. We also get that the democrats' strategy will be to pin every accusation it can on him like a tail on the donkey.
The man is not refined in any way. He is crude and bombastic. However, there is something entertaining about the democrats' normal identity politics tactics having little effect.
If women don't like Trump it certainly won't be because some democrat told them he's a sexist. If anything that will only drum up more and stronger support for him. For every Muslim they convince to be terrified of The Donald, there might be 3 others annoyed by the identity games being played.
Have at it, democrats.
The man is not refined in any way. He is crude and bombastic. However, there is something entertaining about the democrats' normal identity politics tactics having little effect.
If women don't like Trump it certainly won't be because some democrat told them he's a sexist. If anything that will only drum up more and stronger support for him. For every Muslim they convince to be terrified of The Donald, there might be 3 others annoyed by the identity games being played.
Have at it, democrats.
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GOP leadership is coming pretty late to the party when it comes to concern for alienating women. His sexist, Stone Age attitudes are simply expressed in the crudest possible way and without an ounce of concern for prettying them up. Republican electeds all over the country are bending over backwards to roll back gains women have fought for in the last century for women's healthcare and reproductive freedom. We still make less money than men for the same work, and pay scales drop in formerly male dominated professions. Sadly, I don't see female Republican lawmakers doing that much to change that, instead they often seem determined to lead the charge to upend out rights. The GOP outrage is both laughable and hypocritical.
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"In surveys and focus groups, Republican women say their top issue is national security and safety, which should help Mr. Trump."
Do Republican women really say that they support Trump because of his expertise in international affairs, national security and safety?
I know that the Republican candidates are inexperienced and simplistic, so the choices are consequently pretty awful. But are women really saying that they support Trump for his knowledge of national security issues?
If Republican women aren't saying this, and I'd like to think that they're not, then an apology is owed here.
Do Republican women really say that they support Trump because of his expertise in international affairs, national security and safety?
I know that the Republican candidates are inexperienced and simplistic, so the choices are consequently pretty awful. But are women really saying that they support Trump for his knowledge of national security issues?
If Republican women aren't saying this, and I'd like to think that they're not, then an apology is owed here.
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Hey ladies...come on in (to vote for the Democrat, whoever he or she is.) The water's great. I may be a guy but I am an ex Republican guy who changed after the Wily Horton thing, first to being an independent and then all the way to the Democratic thing, just so I could have a voice in the selection process.
You may not agree with everything about the democrats, but you will be surprised about how positive and open it currently is. You don't have to apologize for either of the candidates.
Both parties say they honor and follow the Constitution. Read the Preamble and ask yourself, which candidate, regardless, or party does more so than the other. It's a no brainer.
Voting for President is not a party thing its an American thing. Vote for the person that promotes what you want in America more.
If you want gutter talk and boisterous threats to our allies and various groups of your fellow Americans stay where you are. Your in the GOP and you fit right in.
If you want someone who treats the office and the American People with dignity and respect, make the switch. You will be glad you did.
You may not agree with everything about the democrats, but you will be surprised about how positive and open it currently is. You don't have to apologize for either of the candidates.
Both parties say they honor and follow the Constitution. Read the Preamble and ask yourself, which candidate, regardless, or party does more so than the other. It's a no brainer.
Voting for President is not a party thing its an American thing. Vote for the person that promotes what you want in America more.
If you want gutter talk and boisterous threats to our allies and various groups of your fellow Americans stay where you are. Your in the GOP and you fit right in.
If you want someone who treats the office and the American People with dignity and respect, make the switch. You will be glad you did.
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"Democratic strategy to defeat Mr. Trump in November: to portray him as an unabashed sexist."
It should be easy to implement that strategy. All anyone has to do is read Trump's quotes about women, compiled by Politico here: http://politi.co/1j8d2cf
This quote, from an Esquire magazine article in 1991, is particularly illustrative of his attitude: "You know, it really doesn't matter what they write as long as you've got a young and beautiful piece of a** "
That, was while he was married to first wife Ivana, and before he dumped her for Marla, with whom he had an out-of-wedlock child, and well before he abandoned Marla for trophy girlfriend Melania. He was quite proud of that trophy. He put her on exhibit, nude, on his plane, surrounded by cash, jewels and guns, in a 2000 GQ magazine article. They eventually got married in 2005.
One has to wonder what Trump teaches his sons about females, and how he would treat women's issues as the leader of the free world.
It is stupefying to realize that so many women have already voted for Trump, and that so many will do so in the future.
It should be easy to implement that strategy. All anyone has to do is read Trump's quotes about women, compiled by Politico here: http://politi.co/1j8d2cf
This quote, from an Esquire magazine article in 1991, is particularly illustrative of his attitude: "You know, it really doesn't matter what they write as long as you've got a young and beautiful piece of a** "
That, was while he was married to first wife Ivana, and before he dumped her for Marla, with whom he had an out-of-wedlock child, and well before he abandoned Marla for trophy girlfriend Melania. He was quite proud of that trophy. He put her on exhibit, nude, on his plane, surrounded by cash, jewels and guns, in a 2000 GQ magazine article. They eventually got married in 2005.
One has to wonder what Trump teaches his sons about females, and how he would treat women's issues as the leader of the free world.
It is stupefying to realize that so many women have already voted for Trump, and that so many will do so in the future.
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If to be a "winner "as suggested by some to describe Mr. Trump then this Republican taught her children all the wrong things about succeeding in life. I should have told them to think only of themselves and be as rude to anyone who doesn't think your way and you might someday be president of the United States. I fear for this country because the world may not like weakness but it certainly doesn't respect boorishness.
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I am starting to think we should bring back duelling. Frankly, pistols at dawn would be as sensible a way of winnowing this Republican field as any method tried so far. And it would burnish the NRA cred of whoever survives.
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Give Trump credit - he just says out loud what many other Republicans are thinking and wish they could say. Their history of trying to control women speaks volumes about real intentions.
So Trump is trying to grab the most powerful seat in democratic politics without being very politic about it. But whether you vote for him or Cruz, you're essentially getting the same thing.
So Trump is trying to grab the most powerful seat in democratic politics without being very politic about it. But whether you vote for him or Cruz, you're essentially getting the same thing.
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Some of the comments here make me afraid for our country.
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I KNOW!!! Can you believe that anyone thinks that Drumpf is qualified in any way, shape or form to be POTUS??
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Next to this in line you have an article about Sanders. Thank you for noticing 25% of the electorate, 50% of Democrats.
No comments allowed, of course.
This is the second time you have used bad pictures of Sanders in as many days. You show Hillary well groomed with botox and hair dye, in a portrait size photo, every time you write about her.
And you coin the word "hyperconsistency" (my editor underlines it in red) to describe Sanders.
He is simply consistent and squeaky clean, while Clinton changes positions daily and, as a consequence, is not trusted.
No comments allowed, of course.
This is the second time you have used bad pictures of Sanders in as many days. You show Hillary well groomed with botox and hair dye, in a portrait size photo, every time you write about her.
And you coin the word "hyperconsistency" (my editor underlines it in red) to describe Sanders.
He is simply consistent and squeaky clean, while Clinton changes positions daily and, as a consequence, is not trusted.
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I'd like to share that the antidote for what the GOP are shoveling daily is available to military families, through the Army Strong Program. Building better character into our country's service persons and aiding families in the same goal strengthens relationships and mission competency. It's amazingly helpful when you can demonstrate more skill than a fifth grader at drill, Sarge.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112717611
Just in case we begin to think all leadership is just for jerks...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112717611
Just in case we begin to think all leadership is just for jerks...
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Hillary Clinton is the most prepared candidate for the office of the President. Having a misogynist and inexperienced opponent will help her to demonstrate her value to the country.
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It seems the only thing that will give this election to Hillary Clinton is that Republicans seem determined to choose an even more disreputable nominee. November 2016 is shaping up as a classic example of a contest between the "lesser of evils."
It's pro-choice not pro-abortion-rights. It's about a woman's right to choose to have a child or not.
Abortion is just a surgical procedure. Language defines meaning use the correct words.
Abortion is just a surgical procedure. Language defines meaning use the correct words.
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Trump by his own words, Trump has "branded" himself as a sexist demagogue who is incredibly thin-skinned and believes he can bully and insult his way to the Presidency. His remarks on deliberately attacking innocent civilians goes against Christian beliefs, American principles, and the Geneva Convention. No. Just no. Although a life long Republican, I am looking closely at Secretary Clinton. Her abortion position is a tremendous negative as well as other policies but I would trust her with the nuclear codes.
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Perhaps the GOP should consider how they have treated women for decades, insisting on having control over reproduction, slamming shut clinics, threatening birth control, and the never ending punishment of women for unwanted pregnancies.
If the Republican Party wants to do better in big elections they might want to include more than rich white men when they think about how to make the country better.
If the Republican Party wants to do better in big elections they might want to include more than rich white men when they think about how to make the country better.
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"Donald Trump holds one core belief. It’s not limited government. He favored a state takeover of health care before he was against it. Nor is it economic populism. Despite many years of arguing the necessity of taxing the rich, he now wants to slice their rates to bits. . . . But there’s one ideology that he does hold with sincerity and practices with unwavering fervor: misogyny."
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/03/donald_...
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/03/donald_...
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All the vulgarity and obnoxiousness of Donald Trump I believe is a deliberate attempt on his part to hide the fact that he has absolutely qualifications to be president of the United States.
Not only has he no qualifications to be president, but his business record shows him to a total refutation of his claims to be a winner. To the extent he has been successful in business, it is due mainly to two factors: 1) financial help and shenanigans of his father, and 2) learning how to profit from hucksterism, exploiting others (both men and women), and bankruptcy laws that allowed him to escape debt.
All this will come out during the election campaign.
Not only has he no qualifications to be president, but his business record shows him to a total refutation of his claims to be a winner. To the extent he has been successful in business, it is due mainly to two factors: 1) financial help and shenanigans of his father, and 2) learning how to profit from hucksterism, exploiting others (both men and women), and bankruptcy laws that allowed him to escape debt.
All this will come out during the election campaign.
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The media keeps focusing on national polls. In the end, everything comes down to the Electoral College votes won. Wish they'd show how women poll in each state, and potential electoral share.
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I don't think Heidi Cruz and I would be friends. From my book she has a number of strikes against that ever happening, and I am sure there are people out there who would say I may be missing out on something, given the chance. Here is what I have trouble with: she is a banker at Goldman Sachs, was an economic policy adviser to the 2000 George W. Bush presidential campaign, and was an appointed government official in the Bush Administration, she is the wife of LUNATIC Republican Texas senator and has a strong background in fundamental Christianity. But Donald, come on. This is really inappropriate behavior, as Gail Collins aptly pointed out elsewhere in todat's edition.
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Trump fans say, "he says what he thinks." I think that's true. He has a knee jerk reaction against anyone who who even so much as questions him. His past comments about women are beyond the pale. He says he loves and respects women. If that's love and respect, I don't want it, and I don't want him.
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"Although Mrs. Clinton will present herself as a protector of women, the political strategy is more about math than morality."
Sentences like this make me think the Times just doesn't like Hillary. Are we to believe that she privately agrees with Trump's misogyny?
Sentences like this make me think the Times just doesn't like Hillary. Are we to believe that she privately agrees with Trump's misogyny?
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The Democrats are going to win this election in a landslide. I would be surprised if the Republicans win even one state. This lopsidedness of this election is going to put 1972 to shame.
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I hope you are right,
but I think there are enough people
that love the Donald that he will win some states-
but I think there are enough people
that love the Donald that he will win some states-
We are now treated to another pro-Hillary piece with quotes from David Brock, Debbie Schultz and Stephanie Schriock, all of whom are hyper Hillary partisans. This is hardly something that passes for mediocre journalism, given the NYT's continuing efforts, along with the leaders of the Democratic Party, to marginalize Bernie Sanders. To only focus on Trump's comments on women is an attempt to sensationalize the candidate and ignore the serious issues facing this nation and the revolt of the disenfranchised middle class. Where is the balanced reporting regarding Hillary's treatment of women when the going got rough? Mrs. Clinton does not support women, she only uses them for her own selfish needs.
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Baxter, you made a statement about Hillary, now support it. No more slinging words around without specifics. Trump is an animal demonstrating obvious pathology, if you don't recognize that, go consult a doctor.
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Women are also part of the "disenfranchised middle class" last we checked.
Having goofballs like the GOP candidates tell women about who can have contraception, who can plan their own families, that incest is a "blessed event", that rape is some kind of thing to be endured for 9 months plus the criminal act itself is just frankly bizarre to most American women.
Maybe look up Clinton's endorsement by Planned Parenthood for some sort of reality check.
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Facts, please. Trump's attitude toward women is his most egregious failing (among hundreds). As far as ignoring the serious issues facing this nation, Trump only avoids any substantive solutions for those issues. But, he will Make America Great Again! Where has Hillary "used [women] for her own selfish needs"?
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Trump is gilded Golden Gift to the Democratic Party. His protean nastiness, adolescent vulgarity, and all consuming ignorance about everything would disqualify him from leading a Boy Scout Troop.That he is where he is now speaks volumes about the degradation and dumbing down of both America and the Republican base in particular.
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Donald Trump's arrested development is obvious. But I can't decide if it happened at three years old or during adolescence.
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I am a woman, but as a human, I'm appalled by the crude, nasty Trump. Not one Republican candidate belongs on a long list for president, let alone a short list, so let's all make a left turn, and vote for Hillary Clinton, a truly great candidate.
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See, you were fine till your last sentence. Hillary may be many things, but a truly great candidate is certainly not one of them. She is an opportunist and a has-been. But she could be Satan and I'd still vote for her over t-Rump.
So this explains Cruz's antics of the last few days. They think he'll appeal more to women if he's seen defending the honor of his wife and daughters.
Nice try. Think again.
Nice try. Think again.
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I would not vote for Donald Trump under any circumstances.
But Ted Cruz is by far the more dangerous candidate to our democracy.
But Ted Cruz is by far the more dangerous candidate to our democracy.
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In the end, women will vote for him because he is the best leader for America (even though he can be a boor). In the end, women will put their country first, before their own emotions.
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Yes, we will put our country first. Hillary 2016!
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If you truly believe that, I pity you. I personally can't wait until trump loses, and then has to live with his legacy of finally being exposed for what he truly is... a (sore) loser. He will then hate himself so much, I personally think he might commit suicide. Lets hope so anyway.
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Trump's problem is HIS emotions.
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Wishful thinking. The author assumes that Trump's support is based on logic. It's clearly not. Any logical analysis of Trump and his statements and positions reveals that he would be a horrible leader with no cogent, consistent policy and a narcissistic personality. Nope. Trump's support is based on emotion. Mostly fear and hate. I truly doubt his attitude toward women will impact him much.
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You are exactly correct. In the Primaries. But when he gets to the General, it WILL effect him. Once September rolls around and people realize what a scary prospect t-Rump truly is, his core supporters may stay with him till the end but he will lose big-time in the end.
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While employed as a cater waiter in NYC, I worked at a medium sized cocktail party attended by Donald and Melania. When they arrived, I was positioned alongside the round entry area to offer glasses of wine. Donald walked in with Melania on his arm and escorted her to the center of the room, and then stood aside so that everyone could admire her frozen pose, while he smiled proudly. He then retrieved her and throughout the party, she remained on his arm, saying nothing.
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It's a tough decision regarding voting for Trump. He doesn't serve the dignity the Oval office deserves.
Yet he's not part of the establishment that I want destroyed in both parties.
Sanders clearly is the easy choice for me. But because of the establishment he wont be a nominee.
I would in the end probably ignore all the chatter and vote for Trump over any establishment politician. They are more dangerous to America then petty insults.
Yet he's not part of the establishment that I want destroyed in both parties.
Sanders clearly is the easy choice for me. But because of the establishment he wont be a nominee.
I would in the end probably ignore all the chatter and vote for Trump over any establishment politician. They are more dangerous to America then petty insults.
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I hope to god that not every one on the fence thinks the way you do. If they do, this country is doomed. The problem with Trump is not only the petty insults. It's his vacuousness when it comes to policy of any kind.
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Ari, please try to picture the thin skinned Trump presented with an insult and problem he cannot resolve. He would have the nuclear codes, and has said he would not hesitate to use them. This should give you food for thought, and perhaps you will rethink your position.
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Yes, there is something very appealing about an Administration that turns all the lobbyists and monied interests on their heads. They say they abhor his style, but what they really abhor is their own loss of power and influence.
At this point, the GOP would probably prefer a known but corrupt president to the unknowable Donald Trump. At least with the Clintons, they know exactly how the game is played and can pay to play.
At this point, the GOP would probably prefer a known but corrupt president to the unknowable Donald Trump. At least with the Clintons, they know exactly how the game is played and can pay to play.
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Not sure I gather what all the fuss is about. All Donald Trump has done is confirmed he is a deep fan of country music. Many of you will realize he is simply putting into practice “Everybody's Got To Have Somebody To Look Down On", popularized by the late Waylon Jennings among others. Donald Trump looks down on women, down on Mexicans, down on Muslims, gays, the disabled and the poor. One of of the really yuge aspects of Mr. Trump is his supply of contempt and dismissal for so many. He fawns, of course, on the wealthy and powerful. They get grand tax breaks while everyone else gets the back of his hand.
But the Stop Trump movement does NOT originate with his ridicule of women, his verbal abuse of minorities, or his distain for foreigners. First, while Trump embraces the rich and powerful he shows little respect for the political brokers in the Republican Party who transform the votes of the masses into cash and benefits for the elites. Trump cuts out the middle men and naturally they resent his mockery and fear he will leave them irrelevant. More important, however, in the drumbeat of anti-Trump articles in the New York Times and elsewhere is the real beneficiary of Stop Trump is not Hillary Clinton but Ted Cruz. Many Republicans are climbing into bed with Cruz with the expectation he will protect their interests. But Cruz is so odious and sleazy few wish to be seen in his political company so Stop Trump becomes an acceptable alternative, with Cruz the clear beneficiary.
But the Stop Trump movement does NOT originate with his ridicule of women, his verbal abuse of minorities, or his distain for foreigners. First, while Trump embraces the rich and powerful he shows little respect for the political brokers in the Republican Party who transform the votes of the masses into cash and benefits for the elites. Trump cuts out the middle men and naturally they resent his mockery and fear he will leave them irrelevant. More important, however, in the drumbeat of anti-Trump articles in the New York Times and elsewhere is the real beneficiary of Stop Trump is not Hillary Clinton but Ted Cruz. Many Republicans are climbing into bed with Cruz with the expectation he will protect their interests. But Cruz is so odious and sleazy few wish to be seen in his political company so Stop Trump becomes an acceptable alternative, with Cruz the clear beneficiary.
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Wait! Donald Trump looooooves women! He tells us that all the time! He even said he'd love to date his daughter! Help!
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"The ad, which...had no ties to the Cruz campaign..." Oh no, of course it didn't. It came from an independent super PAC, financed by...somebody...opposed to the Trump campaign. And of course Mr. Cruz denounced the ad as "completely inappropriate"...the day after the primary. Deep sleaze.
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The GOP is in a terrible mess. Ted Cruz is perhaps the dirtiest politician since Richard Nixon. He used dirty tricks against Iowa voters. He lied and stole Ben Carson's supporters in Iowa. He lied about Marco Rubio in South Carolina. In Utah, Ted Cruz and his supporters used a near nude picture of Mrs. Trump to drum up voter support for Cruz candidacy in Utah. Mrs Trump was a model before she married Mr. Tump. Ted Cruz and his supporters delivered the first low blow and opened the flood gates to this sleaziness.
Ted Cruz's fake righteousness is a cover for Ted's baggage of extremely dirty tricks. Don't be fooled by Ted Cruz.
Ted Cruz's fake righteousness is a cover for Ted's baggage of extremely dirty tricks. Don't be fooled by Ted Cruz.
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Would like to see more on how all this will influence the Senate races in November (and maybe the House).
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The GOP is in a terrible mess. Ted Cruz is perhaps the dirtiest politician since Richard Nixon. He used dirty tricks against Iowa voters. He lied and stole Ben Carson's supporters in Iowa. He lied about Marco Rubio in South Carolina. In Utah, Ted Cruz and his supporters used a near nude picture of Mrs. Trump to drum up voter support for Cruz candidacy in Utah. Mrs Trump was a model before she married Mr. Tump. Ted Cruz and his supporters delivered the first low blow and opened the flood gates to this sleaziness.
Ted Cruz's fake righteousness is a cover for Ted's baggage of extremely dirty tricks. Don't be fooled by Ted Cruz.
Ted Cruz's fake righteousness is a cover for Ted's baggage of extremely dirty tricks. Don't be fooled by Ted Cruz.
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If you think it's hard to stop Trump from criticizing women in public, just wait till he gets into the White House and has to receive the wives of leaders from around the world. Chancellor Merkel'd better never visit the US again. In Trump's eyes, women are just props or toys in his reality shows.
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We need to keep remembering that the problem is not Donald Trump, it's the millions of our fellow citizens who agree with him. Long after he is gone, they will remain, living lives that fulfill his bigotry, misogyny, his racism, his general mean-spirited hate.
We'll defeat him at the polls - what will we do with all of those who fueled his ugly rise?
We'll defeat him at the polls - what will we do with all of those who fueled his ugly rise?
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Trump is the face of ugly Americans. They found a leader for the group.
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You are absolutely correct. We need to recognize the extent of mindless prejudice and intolerance common within our country.
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Of all the comments i've read, you have nailed it.
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Surely the antics of DT and TC demonstrate, vividly, the default positions and emotions that these "men" will have under pressure. If either were elected they will encounter situations far more stressful than a few insidious slurs or remarks about their families and yet, their recently demonstrated behavior, portends significant risk to our country. If they react to a tense domestic or international situation the same way they are acting these days to a pre-election skirmish we face a potential calamity. Surely their advisors are not recommending this approach? If not, they are not even listening to them...
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Saying that Trump will lose votes among women is like saying the Titanic had a problem running low on dishware.
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Our fault, here in Wyoming we first let the dogs vote! Arf arf!
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Better in national security? Who caught Osama? A Republican? This is part of the folklore that Republicans are good housekeepers and good at national security. Who created the 2008 crisis? Who was in power when the Towers were blown up? Who is trying to destroy labour unions? Give Republican voters a history book!
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Not to mention, on whose watch was 9/11, despite the GOP pres & vp having been warned over a month before that something very much like what did happen would happen. Trump has refused to play nice with GOP mythology that the GOP was nowhere involved – Your brother was commander-in-chief and he was awol, again.
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The GOP is terrified of Mr. Trump's past insults towards women, but yet they don't think Toronto Rafael Cruz' extremist views on reproductive rights are a problem?
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THIS is what Presidential election politics have been reduced to? My embarrassment for our country is beyond description. Donald Trump is a "loser" not a winner. Ted Cruz is a bigoted religious zealot. Those are the top choices of the party of Abraham Lincoln? Really?
I am no big fan of Hillary Clinton. But to suggest that these bozos are even in the same league as her, is to reveal one's ignorance and stupidity.
I am no big fan of Hillary Clinton. But to suggest that these bozos are even in the same league as her, is to reveal one's ignorance and stupidity.
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Both Trump and Clinton are bad choices, but Clinton is a better kind of bad.
Substance over Rhetoric. Why Dems are crossing over to vote Trump. Hillary covered up Bills's treatment of women, underpays women on her staff, supports a economy that has been bad for minorities. You libs want equal rights, yet can't stand the heat, are you the fragile princess ? What have you said about men, Christians, called other women? Trump calls out people so he must hate white hetro men too. BTW no mention of Cruz degrading Trump's wife? Or only lib women matter?
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Of course, Trump is for women, but just for his own benefit. This guy doesn't even know women can be respected. You don't want to listen in during his dinner conversations at home really.
Once again, Cruz's supporters did not degrade Trump's wife. She was paid to pose nude for photos for publication in a magazine. She degraded herself, and this was no doubt part of her appeal to Donald Trump and leading to her becoming his latest Eastern European trophy wife.
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Once again, NYT shilling for HRC, assuming her coronation is inevitable. Yes, Trump is odious, and most women find him disgusting, But that does not mean that Hillary is automatically our candidate. Don't bother to report the percentage of women who prefer Bernie to Trump.
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You know what "most women" think?
As to the "percentage" who think Old Bernie is preferable to Trump? You don't know that, either.
Pie in the sky or a person who has actually accomplished something and who actually knows how to make deals with fellow human beings, male or female.
As to the "percentage" who think Old Bernie is preferable to Trump? You don't know that, either.
Pie in the sky or a person who has actually accomplished something and who actually knows how to make deals with fellow human beings, male or female.
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All this suspense is undeserved unless folks just love torturing themselves with ugly details like this one. I'm sorry you had to handle it, Amy and Trip.
I let the Irish handle my risk assesments. The Hispanics' revolt for Donald is enough to cinch the election for the Dems, so let's ride, Amigas! Stop acting like that gangster wannabe can do anything other than disgrace himself.
I let the Irish handle my risk assesments. The Hispanics' revolt for Donald is enough to cinch the election for the Dems, so let's ride, Amigas! Stop acting like that gangster wannabe can do anything other than disgrace himself.
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I will say first of all that I'm a Democrat and will vote for Hillary Clinton, and I really can't stand any of the Republican candidates.
This is only the beginning with the Gas Bag Trump, Trump has his friend the publisher of the National Enquirer releasing smears on Ted Cruz and his womanizing.
You know Trump is behind this, because this is the only time that Trump hasn't tweeted anything, Cruz is sleazy but Trump is just as sleazy and would be a national disgrace if he ever got elected to the White House.
Here we have a guy like Trump who has called woman pigs, slobs, insults and makes fun of people's disabilities, denigrates war pow's, has some weird obsession with Megyn Kelly of Fox News that is like a stalker, can't stop tweeting insults and tells everyone what a great guy he is, brags about male endowment, brags on Howard Stern about his sexual prowess, shows signs of being mentally unstable, a megalomaniac, etc. etc. etc.
Is this kind of bully and slob we want as President with his hand on the button?
This is only the beginning with the Gas Bag Trump, Trump has his friend the publisher of the National Enquirer releasing smears on Ted Cruz and his womanizing.
You know Trump is behind this, because this is the only time that Trump hasn't tweeted anything, Cruz is sleazy but Trump is just as sleazy and would be a national disgrace if he ever got elected to the White House.
Here we have a guy like Trump who has called woman pigs, slobs, insults and makes fun of people's disabilities, denigrates war pow's, has some weird obsession with Megyn Kelly of Fox News that is like a stalker, can't stop tweeting insults and tells everyone what a great guy he is, brags about male endowment, brags on Howard Stern about his sexual prowess, shows signs of being mentally unstable, a megalomaniac, etc. etc. etc.
Is this kind of bully and slob we want as President with his hand on the button?
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The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
--Winston Churchill
--Winston Churchill
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And we keep talking about a guy who has been elected to nothing, accomplished little that is relevant to the job, and is all talk with almost no facts. How his party even let him on to their stage was the biggest blunder of all. Republicans don't know how to lead.
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Also, I want to complain about your characterization of Emily's List -"Stephanie Schriock, the president of Emily’s List, which helps elect pro-abortion-rights female candidates and is supporting Mrs. Clinton’s bid...." Women who are pro-choice are NOT pro abortion --- please do not describe women as pro abortion.
I also believe people who claim to be pro life should be characterized as being anti- choice, not pro life!
I also believe people who claim to be pro life should be characterized as being anti- choice, not pro life!
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Thank you for pointing that out. Being pro-choice doesn't necessarily mean pro-abortion. You Re also correct that the so-called pro-life are more correctly called anti-choice. They believe a woman should bear a child no matter her circumstances, no matter the medical issues and no matter the circumstances of its conception (no exceptions for rape or incest). However,once the child is bborn, they wash their hands of any responsibility for its care. They want support programs cut back, no medical care for these "irresponsible" women, cut off access to contraception by defunding Planned Parenthood, and do away with the safety nets that help families survive. They use "balancing the budget" and "eliminating the deficit" as their rationale. Shame on them all. I
Donald Trump's objectification of women is problematic, especially with Hillary Clinton's candidacy. His audience's expectation to hear something outrageous will impel him to escalate his rhetoric to elicit the audience response he craves, and his narcissistic addiction to the spotlight demands.It's inevitable that at some point, despite his teflon history, his remarks will cross some nebulous line, and his candidacy will finally implode.
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If the only intention and material Hilary has as a reason to vote for her, is to bash her opponent, she is no more professional than he is. Stop acting all "holier than thou" and try outlining how you plan to lead the country. Sounds like bullying and name-calling is all she's got as well. I have yet to see a candidate who rises above dishonest schoolyard bully tactics and acts like a mature adult.
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I find the remaining choices for both the Democrats and Repblicans dismal at best. I am not going to comment about what I think of each of the "remainders" because it has been discussed in many NYT columns and will continue until the race is over.
More than ever I support term limits for the Presidential and for Congessional races. The amount of money time and energy spent for theses races is insane.
I believe voters are turned off by the vitriol coming from the mouths from these candidates. I can't stand listening to TV commentators from of the various cable news outlets. Of course once the nominees have been selected there will be the various TV spots and the ongoing robo calls.
We need a shorten election season and term limits.
More than ever I support term limits for the Presidential and for Congessional races. The amount of money time and energy spent for theses races is insane.
I believe voters are turned off by the vitriol coming from the mouths from these candidates. I can't stand listening to TV commentators from of the various cable news outlets. Of course once the nominees have been selected there will be the various TV spots and the ongoing robo calls.
We need a shorten election season and term limits.
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The presidency is already subject to term limits!! That's why Obama isn't running again (unfortunately....he would win in yet another landslide)
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This is also a backlash to women's rights and women in the workforce since the 1970s. Women are seen as a threat, even by many women in traditional roles, when the economy takes a hit. Men think women have "taken" their jobs when in reality, certain male-dominated industries have dissolved and corporate America, in many cases, has just minimized the worth of the average worker. The truth is most households need both incomes to survive (think college costs) and when men don't stick around or pay their share, single-mothers HAVE to work to support the kids.
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“The ad.. had no ties to the Cruz campaign” – Fascinating that the NYT would seek to perpetuate this fiction.
For far too long in the history of American politics, candidates like cheating Cruz have hidden behind various groups in spreading lies about opponents.
This happened in 2000 when groups linked to Bush spread horrific lies about John McCain during the South Carolina primary.
Likewise with the swift boating of John Kerry in 2004. Again, groups supportive of Bush destroyed Kerry’s reputation.
In both of the above cases, those being subject to those repugnant attacks either failed to respond or responded too late.
How refreshing then to see in the current cycle that Trump is not falling into the same trap as McCain and Kerry.
Trump responds by going straight to where responsibility lies for such vile tactics aka lying Ted Cruz.
And in typical deceitful fashion, lying Ted pretends that such vile attacks have nothing to do with him.
Sorry Ted. The American people now know that these special issue groups that are funded by the establishment work hand in glove with their puppet candidates.
Bravo to Trump for not allowing such vile tactics by Cruz to go unanswered.
McCain and Kerry paid a heavy price for not exposing such vile tactics.
Trump has learnt that lesson and Cruz is learning to regret engaging in his vile tactics having now seemingly gone totally insane with his bizarre statement the other day denying that he wanted to copulate with Trump.
For far too long in the history of American politics, candidates like cheating Cruz have hidden behind various groups in spreading lies about opponents.
This happened in 2000 when groups linked to Bush spread horrific lies about John McCain during the South Carolina primary.
Likewise with the swift boating of John Kerry in 2004. Again, groups supportive of Bush destroyed Kerry’s reputation.
In both of the above cases, those being subject to those repugnant attacks either failed to respond or responded too late.
How refreshing then to see in the current cycle that Trump is not falling into the same trap as McCain and Kerry.
Trump responds by going straight to where responsibility lies for such vile tactics aka lying Ted Cruz.
And in typical deceitful fashion, lying Ted pretends that such vile attacks have nothing to do with him.
Sorry Ted. The American people now know that these special issue groups that are funded by the establishment work hand in glove with their puppet candidates.
Bravo to Trump for not allowing such vile tactics by Cruz to go unanswered.
McCain and Kerry paid a heavy price for not exposing such vile tactics.
Trump has learnt that lesson and Cruz is learning to regret engaging in his vile tactics having now seemingly gone totally insane with his bizarre statement the other day denying that he wanted to copulate with Trump.
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Mike Strike:
"Bravo to Trump for not allowing such vile tactics by Cruz to go unanswered."
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Yes, democrats would have preferred if Trump responded more thoughtfully to images of his wife being published or like Obama, which means not at all.
If I were a wife whose photos were published like that, I know who I'd want as a husband defending me.
"Bravo to Trump for not allowing such vile tactics by Cruz to go unanswered."
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Yes, democrats would have preferred if Trump responded more thoughtfully to images of his wife being published or like Obama, which means not at all.
If I were a wife whose photos were published like that, I know who I'd want as a husband defending me.
Women are too smart to fall for Trump's schoolyard boasts. They want brains in the White House, not just the "large hands" that get small men in big trouble. It's not only the misogyny. Women understand male bluster, and are not so easily triggered by puerile posturing like their own sons going through puberty. I wish more men were as smart.
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Indeed Trump is an insane, self-righteous, guy constantly insulting individuals, religious groups, or entire countries. He is free to do so as per US laws of free expression. The worrisome issue though is not Trump as an individual but the many followers he has collected. It shows an insane country having no self respect and common sense judgments. That really is the issue and should be addressed
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It's all about contempt, that most destructive emotion. Donald can get away with anger and hostility against a system that has failed people. But he can't seem to stop there. He always tips over into contemptuous, snarling, dismissive attacks. That poison will kill his candidacy. Or us.
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While Trump clearly seems to be a misogynist, I question these democrat representatives who are letting him know that this would be used against him in a general election. they are boasting now, with no idea this is equal to campaign advice for Trump. Soon his stump speeches will be filled with canned women's rights platitudes. He's a misogynist. Yes, this is not a good thing. If you are a democratic representative, no, you don't let everyone know six months before the election that this will be used against him in a competitive election.
Interesting comment at the end of this piece re Republican women crossing over to Clinton because of Trump's negatives on women.
Something I haven't yet heard discussed: after the events in Belgium, Mr. one note (income inequality) Sanders should be through. Few, on the left or the right, will trust him on national security.
Commenters have said that Belgium had favored Trump, but another, perhaps more important aspect, is that national security issues also favor Clinton.
Timing is everything.
Something I haven't yet heard discussed: after the events in Belgium, Mr. one note (income inequality) Sanders should be through. Few, on the left or the right, will trust him on national security.
Commenters have said that Belgium had favored Trump, but another, perhaps more important aspect, is that national security issues also favor Clinton.
Timing is everything.
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Calling Bernie Sanders "Mr. One Note" is inaccurate and isn't far above the level of Donald Trump.
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All thinking people regardless of gender see Trump as an ideologue and the least Presidential candidate in modern times. I don't really feel one needs to target women voters unless they've been incommunicado in Antartica for the last year about Dumpf the candidate. Hillary really needs to step up her "Presidential" demeanor and somehow increase her sincerity factor.
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What is "unpresidential" about her? She looks pretty presidential to me.
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As a woman and a democratic leaning voter, I take no pleasure in anything taking place on the republican side. I am sad and disappointed in the candidates and the media coverage. Our attention is being diverted from the real issues. Our education system, environment, voting and reproductive rights are under assault from all levels of government. The best thing to come out of this election process is the new found enthusiasm among many voters who would otherwise have been disengaged. It might be for all the wrong reasons, but it's a start toward a stronger democracy in the future.
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Trump being a genuine contender for the nomination - and thus the office - feels like Bizarro World. How did we get here?!
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Regardless whether one is anti-Trump or pro-Trump, this issue of his approval by women is of no import. Women will be voting overwhelmingly for Hillary and will turnout to vote in record numbers regardless who her opponent is. Their votes make it certain that Hillary will be the next president. 99+% of Democrat partisan women will vote for her. 80% of independent women will vote for her. Even a substantial minority of Republican partisan women will vote for her (but never admit it). Therefore, she will get about 80% of a swelled number of women's votes. She therefore needs only 20% of male votes to win and since more than 20% of men are Democrat partisans, she is assured of election.
It will be the simple phenomenon of women voting for her because she is the first female candidate for president, no different than Catholics voting for Kennedy or blacks voting for Obama. After Hillary's presidency, women will return to voting on some other basis than gender.
It will be the simple phenomenon of women voting for her because she is the first female candidate for president, no different than Catholics voting for Kennedy or blacks voting for Obama. After Hillary's presidency, women will return to voting on some other basis than gender.
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I would never vote for any of the Republican candidates, and as much as I dislike Trump's misogynistic rhetoric and bullying I do believe he would be the least likely to diminish a woman's reproductive rights.
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He criticized Mrs. Fiorina’s face and said listening to the former tech executive gave him a “massive headache.”
A candidate's face is irrelevant. Listening to Carly "Baby Parts" Fiorina has given a lot of people of both genders headaches, though.
A candidate's face is irrelevant. Listening to Carly "Baby Parts" Fiorina has given a lot of people of both genders headaches, though.
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Substance over Rhetoric. Why Dems are crossing over to vote Trump. Hillary covered up Bills's treatment of women, underpays women on her staff, supports a economy that has been bad for minorities. You libs want equal rights, yet can't stand the heat, are you the fragile princess ? Trump calls out people so he must hate white hetro men too. BTW no mention of Cruz degrading Trump's wife? Or only lib women matter?
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If the ticket reads Trump vs. Clinton, we can expect to see and hear Trump go after Hillary for being just another despicable post-menstrual crone he will liken unto a witch.
The media has already laid the groundwork for this strategic mode only resuscitating what's deeply embedded in the ancient culture from which we spring. All Trump need do is portray the archetypical images at their extreme and find traits and actions in HC's repertoire to support his projected image.
The medieval occult view of old women as dangerous spiritually and prone to evil spells and incantations is revived to cast Hillary as disgusting repulsive and uncannily deceptive hag whose principle motive is to dominate and control men, young boys and women.
Trump will put the poisoned apple in Hillary's hand and paint her as offering it to the entire USA. He will expose her "trickery", her ulterior motives and her sinister side that we should distrust and reject. He will demean her loss of sexual allure, her failure keep her man satisfied, and her unattractiveness. IF he can call out a shrill, hysterical, hateful response, he wins.
What a fine line Hillary must walk! What will be said? How best to respond? We can't expect Bill to defend Hillary more than she defends herself with the truth about Donald. It might be best to treat Trump as a mental case whose obsession with the disgusting and vile but necessary plumbing of ovulating women and his Barbie doll world just does not fit who we are.
The media has already laid the groundwork for this strategic mode only resuscitating what's deeply embedded in the ancient culture from which we spring. All Trump need do is portray the archetypical images at their extreme and find traits and actions in HC's repertoire to support his projected image.
The medieval occult view of old women as dangerous spiritually and prone to evil spells and incantations is revived to cast Hillary as disgusting repulsive and uncannily deceptive hag whose principle motive is to dominate and control men, young boys and women.
Trump will put the poisoned apple in Hillary's hand and paint her as offering it to the entire USA. He will expose her "trickery", her ulterior motives and her sinister side that we should distrust and reject. He will demean her loss of sexual allure, her failure keep her man satisfied, and her unattractiveness. IF he can call out a shrill, hysterical, hateful response, he wins.
What a fine line Hillary must walk! What will be said? How best to respond? We can't expect Bill to defend Hillary more than she defends herself with the truth about Donald. It might be best to treat Trump as a mental case whose obsession with the disgusting and vile but necessary plumbing of ovulating women and his Barbie doll world just does not fit who we are.
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Thank you, Discernie! It struck me the same way, and not just from Trump but from Clinton detractors on both sides. They paint her as so unredeemedly evil and selfish that she becomes mere caricature -- the archetype of the crone, no longer maiden or mother, no longer revolving around men and children, but possessing independence and power that is not based on reproductive ability.
In stories, these are the wicked stepmothers, sorceresses and witches, always portrayed as extravagantly power-hungry, selfish, pitiless connivers.
And despite Clinton's long factual record as a liberal who has fought since college for the oppressed, everything she does is chalked up to ambition or avarice, and successes to corruption or trickery. Her foibles are sinister rather than human. It reminds me of the people who believed Obama's achievements were entirely due to affirmative action, white guilt or pandering to black voters -- because they could not accept, despite all evidence, that a black man could be smarter, more competent, or more hard-working than a white one.
The archetype of dangerous older women is alive and well, in places I never thought I would find it. Which reminds me, I've been planning to lay a wreath at the memorial in Danbury, Massachetts, which was once named Salem Village.
, woman who is past the time revolves around men or children and
In stories, these are the wicked stepmothers, sorceresses and witches, always portrayed as extravagantly power-hungry, selfish, pitiless connivers.
And despite Clinton's long factual record as a liberal who has fought since college for the oppressed, everything she does is chalked up to ambition or avarice, and successes to corruption or trickery. Her foibles are sinister rather than human. It reminds me of the people who believed Obama's achievements were entirely due to affirmative action, white guilt or pandering to black voters -- because they could not accept, despite all evidence, that a black man could be smarter, more competent, or more hard-working than a white one.
The archetype of dangerous older women is alive and well, in places I never thought I would find it. Which reminds me, I've been planning to lay a wreath at the memorial in Danbury, Massachetts, which was once named Salem Village.
, woman who is past the time revolves around men or children and
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I teach in a middle school in the city and feel my 7th graders have more emotional, empathetic maturity than Trump. Let's just think for a moment about the embarrassing, pathetic model Trump has been in the eyes of our young, especially for young women. It makes me want to cry.
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The size of Trump's misogyny is waaaaaay bigger than the size of his "hands." Women are nothing but objects of lust or loathing, as far as he's concerned. The notion that any woman would vote for this woman-hater is just very sad, because it so clearly reflects women's self-loathing -- acquired from an American culture that devalues females virtually from birth.
Hillary Clinton is the most qualified candidate for the presidency, by a mile, and the fact that she would be the first female American president would be the perfect antidote to Trump and his ilk.
Hillary Clinton is the most qualified candidate for the presidency, by a mile, and the fact that she would be the first female American president would be the perfect antidote to Trump and his ilk.
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Of the three Republican candidates, Trump is the least misogynist.
Which says something about the other two.
And it ain't pretty.
Which says something about the other two.
And it ain't pretty.
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Scarier even than Trump are the Bernie zealots who say they'd vote for Trump over Hillary in the general election or sit it out so that Trump can wn by default. There is your misogyny, no matter how shrillly they deny it.
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I am no Trump fan but neither am I a Cruz fan. In the playground of politics we are in now, it was Cruz's posse who threw the first stone. This may have been a super pact not associated with Cruz but if he is so sanctimonious about family he should have renounced it STAT! It was obviously a wide spread ad in Utah.
I must say though, no one plays sanctimonious like Ted Cruz. It just oozes out of his pores making me want to shower upon hearing him speak.
I must say though, no one plays sanctimonious like Ted Cruz. It just oozes out of his pores making me want to shower upon hearing him speak.
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I don't like either of them either, actually loathe them both, but to be fair Cruz did denounce the ad calling it "completely inappropriate" on Wednesday the day after it hit national news. Cruz also disavowed any connection with the organization that put the photo out in Utah.
The ad was paid for by "Make America Awesome," a Super PAC dedicated solely to defeating Donald Trump. This particular Super PAC did urge Republican voters to support Cruz over Trump in Utah, but it's mission is anti-Trump versus supporting Cruz. A representative from Make America Awesome appeared on the Lawrence O'Donnell show on MSNBC last week and ducked questions about its motivations and whether the MAA was proud of the brouhaha it had started. MAA is the creation of Republican strategist, Liz Mair, claims the ad was the first it has run supporting a political candidate (in this case Cruz) in an effort to defeat Trump in Utah. She justified the ad saying that Utah and Arizona polls showed Cruz had a much better chance over Kasich of beating Trump in those two states' Republican primaries, according to Buzzfeed.
Cruz is a complete jerk in my book, but in this case he appears to be blameless and did indeed denounce the ad shortly after it came to light.
The ad was paid for by "Make America Awesome," a Super PAC dedicated solely to defeating Donald Trump. This particular Super PAC did urge Republican voters to support Cruz over Trump in Utah, but it's mission is anti-Trump versus supporting Cruz. A representative from Make America Awesome appeared on the Lawrence O'Donnell show on MSNBC last week and ducked questions about its motivations and whether the MAA was proud of the brouhaha it had started. MAA is the creation of Republican strategist, Liz Mair, claims the ad was the first it has run supporting a political candidate (in this case Cruz) in an effort to defeat Trump in Utah. She justified the ad saying that Utah and Arizona polls showed Cruz had a much better chance over Kasich of beating Trump in those two states' Republican primaries, according to Buzzfeed.
Cruz is a complete jerk in my book, but in this case he appears to be blameless and did indeed denounce the ad shortly after it came to light.
A friend and I were watching him on TV the first time he got mad at Trump weeks ago -- it might have been about his Canadian birth. It was amazing --the sanctimony dropped away for a moment, and suddenly he was not performing but being human, voicing ordinary honest human anger. And then the mask dropped again and the sincerity vanished. My friend and I looked at each other in astonishment, both of us recognizing what we had seen for the first time -- and unfortunately, the only time.
Relax everyone stop listening to the lying Media who only feeds you negative, dis empowering, written, directed, produced & extremely edited into sound bites that are less than truthful. I don’t mind that kind of reporting as long as you give me an alternative on the more positive side. That way I can have a better understanding than just Tabloid news. War against women, let start with that. His daughter & wife are amazing, as are the rest of his family which include alot of women. His employees and co workers. They say he respects women & have only seen him respect women. So we really have to go with that. He is a counter puncher said nothing unless someone starts in on him. He needs to focus on Terror, taking America out of Bankruptcy like he did his companies. He has 500 companies and builds buildings 90 stories high. That’s the kind of leadership we need. He will keep Jobs here in America and make great trade deals. He will be a good President. He is a good man. Look at his family. Ignore the Lame Street Media, they want ratings and write, direct, produce and edit content that is less than truthful. Thanks for reading. Love to all. XOXO
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There are none so blind as those who can and will not see. This seems to be the case here.
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I am a Democrat and pretty centrist thinking. Hillary is the best choice because she embodies so much of what the Repbulicans want- safety and security. She is pretty Republican on these issues and rightfully so. So expecting Republican women to cross over and vote for her is not such a stretch considering the bullying and misogyny that spews out of Trump's mouth every single day. it amazes me that even one single person could vote for him!
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It would be justice at its greatest if every man and woman voted for the most honest candidate regardless of gender, race, religion, and so on. Had this been so women would have been elected to the presidency years ago.
To favor someone who is as much like oneself as possible, regardless of his or her character, is the basis of racism, sexism, and bigotry. A woman voting for Clinton just because she is a woman is doing essentially the same thing. If Clinton were as honest as Warren and not Wall Street’s candidate, voting for HRC would likely do a lot of good. As it is, any sensible person can see through her persistent flip-flopping and acceptance of ridiculously large speaking fees that Hillary is really only out for Hillary, not the American people. At this crucial time in our history to vote for Clinton is a mistake of serious proportions, and for any man or woman to vote for her just because she is a woman is to make a mockery of equality.
Four more years of the same old Wall Street dominance under Clinton will only help degrade democracy more in favor of the ultra-rich in a more covert fashion than under a Republican, making it even harder to combat.
It will also, under the TPP’s copyright provisions, the trade deal she said for years was the gold standard of trade deals, severely curtail the use of social media for free political expression. How anyone can vote for someone who was so recently ready to give away a crucial part of our freedom of speech?
To favor someone who is as much like oneself as possible, regardless of his or her character, is the basis of racism, sexism, and bigotry. A woman voting for Clinton just because she is a woman is doing essentially the same thing. If Clinton were as honest as Warren and not Wall Street’s candidate, voting for HRC would likely do a lot of good. As it is, any sensible person can see through her persistent flip-flopping and acceptance of ridiculously large speaking fees that Hillary is really only out for Hillary, not the American people. At this crucial time in our history to vote for Clinton is a mistake of serious proportions, and for any man or woman to vote for her just because she is a woman is to make a mockery of equality.
Four more years of the same old Wall Street dominance under Clinton will only help degrade democracy more in favor of the ultra-rich in a more covert fashion than under a Republican, making it even harder to combat.
It will also, under the TPP’s copyright provisions, the trade deal she said for years was the gold standard of trade deals, severely curtail the use of social media for free political expression. How anyone can vote for someone who was so recently ready to give away a crucial part of our freedom of speech?
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Men deal with testosterone; a woman past menopause doesn't have to worry if her hormones are affecting her judgment. It's not because Hillary is like me, but I expect her to be less belligerent than her opponents, including Sanders. He may say he's socialist, but I've never heard him mention government or worker-owned businesses. If you can't explain the importance of who owns the means of production, what kind of socialist are you? I have spent a lifetime of hearing resentment at how things are but on paper, every kibbutznik in Israel is a millionaire.
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You seem to be evaluating people based on their hormones. I have seen ample evidence that a pre-menopausal woman can be both very kind and necessarily very aggressive in behalf of something good and that young men can do likewise. I have learned from some very wise men and women, and then seen it for myself, that what defines a person is her ethics, the ability to take care of herself by being fair to others. The main thread of Hillary Clinton’s life has been taking care of number one. Great women like Eleanor Roosevelt who suffered at least as much as a woman as Clinton has, chose to care for other people as a means of self-respect. She endured out of love for the American people, not out of a narrow ambition just for herself.
It is true that Bernie Sanders is not the type of Socialist you describe, but he is someone who wants to have all Americans treated fairly. Considering he has been this way, at least all of his political life, it is very strong evidence that he is the type Socialist who sincerely wants socialist type institutions such as the Post Office, prisons, Social Security and Medicare, U.S. Parks to remain under government control, i.e. owned by the American people not just sold to interests controlled by few multi-billionaires.
It is true that Bernie Sanders is not the type of Socialist you describe, but he is someone who wants to have all Americans treated fairly. Considering he has been this way, at least all of his political life, it is very strong evidence that he is the type Socialist who sincerely wants socialist type institutions such as the Post Office, prisons, Social Security and Medicare, U.S. Parks to remain under government control, i.e. owned by the American people not just sold to interests controlled by few multi-billionaires.
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Timshel, two points:
First, if Clinton is so in favor of the ultra-rich, why on earth are Republican billionaires trying to pound her flat, even as they praise Sanders for his honesty. Shouldn't they be working to get Clinton nominated instead of Sanders? How do you explain that?
Second, I'd like to point out that Jimmy Carter was probably the most honest President of my lifetime. It did not, however, make him the most effective President to carry forward my values, and it led to his loss to Ronald Reagan.
In fact, it's because Clinton is effective that you're repeating a bunch of distortions and lies made up by her opponents to discredit her. They haven't bothered to do it with Sanders, and that should tell you something. Assuming that women vote for Clinton simply because "she is like them" is patronizing. I'm Jewish too -- if I supported Bernie instead, would you imply that affinity was the only reason?
I support Clinton because the Republicans have told us very clearly, by whom they have singled out for attack, that Clinton is the one they fear and that she is not on their side. They do not attack Sanders because they want to run against him. They have no fear he will win, presumably because they have a devastating negative campaign planned for him. If you have better explanations for their behavior, I'd be happy to listen, but I don't see any.
First, if Clinton is so in favor of the ultra-rich, why on earth are Republican billionaires trying to pound her flat, even as they praise Sanders for his honesty. Shouldn't they be working to get Clinton nominated instead of Sanders? How do you explain that?
Second, I'd like to point out that Jimmy Carter was probably the most honest President of my lifetime. It did not, however, make him the most effective President to carry forward my values, and it led to his loss to Ronald Reagan.
In fact, it's because Clinton is effective that you're repeating a bunch of distortions and lies made up by her opponents to discredit her. They haven't bothered to do it with Sanders, and that should tell you something. Assuming that women vote for Clinton simply because "she is like them" is patronizing. I'm Jewish too -- if I supported Bernie instead, would you imply that affinity was the only reason?
I support Clinton because the Republicans have told us very clearly, by whom they have singled out for attack, that Clinton is the one they fear and that she is not on their side. They do not attack Sanders because they want to run against him. They have no fear he will win, presumably because they have a devastating negative campaign planned for him. If you have better explanations for their behavior, I'd be happy to listen, but I don't see any.
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I quite detest this ubiquitous marketing approach to politics.
Segmenting women, evangelists or immigrants as targets to appeal to.
Professional political consultants make certain you never see the "real" candidate, if there is such a thing. They label, libel and sound bite you into numbness, trying plant negative impressions which will appeal to your emotions rather than your logic about opposing candidates.
They do it because it works. Most voters are ignorant not knowledgeable, emotional, not logical. but like armchair quarterbacks after the game, like to expound as if they were experts, regurgitating the phrases of media commentators.
Segmenting women, evangelists or immigrants as targets to appeal to.
Professional political consultants make certain you never see the "real" candidate, if there is such a thing. They label, libel and sound bite you into numbness, trying plant negative impressions which will appeal to your emotions rather than your logic about opposing candidates.
They do it because it works. Most voters are ignorant not knowledgeable, emotional, not logical. but like armchair quarterbacks after the game, like to expound as if they were experts, regurgitating the phrases of media commentators.
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Trump is very electable. He has cross over appeal to Reagan democrats. The woman I know are interested in the same things men are. Jobs, immigration, security. A few off color comments about Rosey Odonnel or Megan Kelly are irrelevant. The fact is he hasn't even started on Hillary. She is a treasure trove of scandals. Negative campaigning works. Not to engage in it is political malpractice. This is the world we live in. Sorry.
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That's why the latest polls show him losing to her in a general election.
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Olivia:
Reagan was 30 points behind Carter at a similar point. By all means, believe in those polls.
Reagan was 30 points behind Carter at a similar point. By all means, believe in those polls.
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Pundit, Trump may be electable, but only because there is still a sizable minority of voters who lack the intelligence to make a proper decision.
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Trump is a marketing genius and knows how to sell his brand. I hope the Democrats do not underestimate him the way the Republicans have. He's a mastermind. Despite all his ugly and hateful comments, he could still get elected president because he knows how to manipulate people. He is truly terrifying.
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Cruz said it best: "Real men don't go around attacking women." But what do expect from a guy with little hands.
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In in this article the comment by a Republican county chairwoman caught my eye. She was offended by Donal Trump's language about women, but with a son in Iraq she thought he would be the best commander in chief. How can Trump who is not a studiest or thoughtful be even a fair commander of chief?
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Trump does not give women enough thought to be called a misogynist. Women are fodder for Trump's self-promotion as is everybody and everything that happens to pop into his head at any given moment. Women, just as his hapless employees, are just puppets to be commanded and manipulated to suit his needs: take care of the kids, look good or bye-bye, don't confront me, and above all don't get in my way. Trump only has a use for people, whether male or female, who serve his purpose at the moment. That's really the beginning and end of the story.
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Let me say first that I don't wish to disparage either of Mr. Trump's wives. Both of them have accomplished much in their lives outside of his influence and I believe they are smart, ambitious and lovely women in their own right.
The problem I have is with Mr. Trump himself. He seems only to value women with beauty and youth, and then only when they agree with him. I find the position Mr. Trump takes on immigration at odds with the fact that he's stood at the side of two women who have gained their citizenship by virtue of marriage to him!
At one point in my life I felt that single-issue voters were short sighted. That was when Republicans actually had a platform that welcomed a broad spectrum of people. Now I find myself pretty much a single issue voter. I cannot, in good conscience, vote for anyone who would oppress women. And by that I mean limit women's access to reproductive rights. (I mean, birth control, for God's sake...I thought my mother fought this fight in the '60s!) Let alone the constant drumbeat that threatens to make abortion illegal once again and potentially force my children and grandchildren into back alleys...because they couldn't get birth control in the first place.
The problem I have is with Mr. Trump himself. He seems only to value women with beauty and youth, and then only when they agree with him. I find the position Mr. Trump takes on immigration at odds with the fact that he's stood at the side of two women who have gained their citizenship by virtue of marriage to him!
At one point in my life I felt that single-issue voters were short sighted. That was when Republicans actually had a platform that welcomed a broad spectrum of people. Now I find myself pretty much a single issue voter. I cannot, in good conscience, vote for anyone who would oppress women. And by that I mean limit women's access to reproductive rights. (I mean, birth control, for God's sake...I thought my mother fought this fight in the '60s!) Let alone the constant drumbeat that threatens to make abortion illegal once again and potentially force my children and grandchildren into back alleys...because they couldn't get birth control in the first place.
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Three wives, not two.
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I agree with your sentiment, and there have been 3 wives.
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Women midlife and older also prefer younger and attractive partner. Visit any online dating site to find out women are almost as bad as men on that issue. And just like men they stay alone because they are very unrealistic.
I have a comment and a theory. Comment: David Brooks hit the nail on the head on last evening's "The Newshour." He described Trump's obsession with women as nothing less than "creepy." He's absolutely right. Theory: This is deliberate, sick behaviour by an even sicker individual who has reached a pre-planned point in the election process where he wants out. Bottom line: it's all been about show business publicity. So for me and, tens of millions of others, the sooner the ignorant, arrogant Trump goes the better. Creep--yes, that about sums him up.
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Theory: Trump has been trying to get out since the beginning by saying ever more outrageous things. And each time he gets a more positive response. He goes home at night and asks himself,"What the H do I have to do to get them to hate me? This is unbelievable!"
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So a presidential campaign has boiled down to pictures of the candidates wives?
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That is pretty much what the GOP is offering as substance this go-round.
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"The ad, which was aimed at Utah’s Mormon population and had no ties to the Cruz campaign..." Why does the media keep repeating this statement? Super Pacs by definition are not supposed to have ties to a campaign. Or have we just accepted that they do, in which case, why is the media giving Cruz a break on that? What's the evidence that there are no ties?
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The title of this article is a joke, right? The Republicans have the problem with women. But, women, don't feel singled out.
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Fine, good plan except talking about it, sharing it with the media is the equivalent of Ike sending the Germans the plans for D-Day.
Why can't politicians learn to shut up once in a while when it is actually in their interest to do so. The Clinton campaign really doesn't have to tell Trump and the Republicans everything it is thinking and doing. It really does not advance the chance of winning to announce your strategy and tactics.
Why can't politicians learn to shut up once in a while when it is actually in their interest to do so. The Clinton campaign really doesn't have to tell Trump and the Republicans everything it is thinking and doing. It really does not advance the chance of winning to announce your strategy and tactics.
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The current Mrs. Trump might well have been a "successful" model. But to apply the adjective "tremendous" to the noun "career" in this context is, to say the least, "oxymoronic".
Which is not a reflection on Mrs. Trump herself, but on the warped priorities of those who choose to support her husband.
Which is not a reflection on Mrs. Trump herself, but on the warped priorities of those who choose to support her husband.
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While I have not liked admitting it, Hillary Clinton has increasingly taken progressive positions, has extensive credentials, worked very hard, is very intelligent, and has great endurance, even as she has suffered as a public official. Yet there is something central missing without which all these qualifications do not have much meaning. St. Paul described it so well.
“If I speak with the tongues of men, and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.”
I am not a Christian, but I have learned over the years from the wisdom of other men and women that what St. Paul said is crucial to what a person is, and that charity also means love or good will.
Clinton’s life, especially in recent years, has not been about having good will, but rather, like so many of us, much more about advancing and protecting herself without much regard for others. Being fair to the people of America has not been the main purpose of her work as a public official. For that crucial reason she is not a good choice for President.
We need someone progressive, experienced, hardworking, intelligent, and tough, AND who cares for the American people and can beat whatever evil clown the Republicans nominate. That person is Bernie Sanders.
“If I speak with the tongues of men, and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.”
I am not a Christian, but I have learned over the years from the wisdom of other men and women that what St. Paul said is crucial to what a person is, and that charity also means love or good will.
Clinton’s life, especially in recent years, has not been about having good will, but rather, like so many of us, much more about advancing and protecting herself without much regard for others. Being fair to the people of America has not been the main purpose of her work as a public official. For that crucial reason she is not a good choice for President.
We need someone progressive, experienced, hardworking, intelligent, and tough, AND who cares for the American people and can beat whatever evil clown the Republicans nominate. That person is Bernie Sanders.
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Hillary's "increasingly taken progressive positions" has come about entirely as a response to Bernie Sander's pull from the left. We really don't know what Hillary stands for as she has shown an ability to shift positions as she gauges the political winds blowing. I happen to favor the Trans Pacific Partnership and should be concerned about Hillary's recently declared opposition to this deal that she had labored in support of. But, my guess is that her current position is primarily a response to Sanders than to a sudden change of heart on the bill and she will have no problem supporting it once elected.
It's becoming clear to me that many Sanders supporters not only believe fervently in their candidate, but, at the same time, under no circumstance would consider voting for Hillary Clinton should she happen to gain the Democratic Nomination instead. I'm curious as to whether some might choose to sit out the general election, while, alternatively, others might vote Republican. How this all shakes out could be highly consequential should this scenario come to pass, I suspect.
Trump relegates women to one of three categories: Fat pigs, dogs, or "I'd date her."
The first two are merely grade school playground insults. The third is a terroristic threat.
The first two are merely grade school playground insults. The third is a terroristic threat.
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They may not always voice it in public, but most men hold women in those categories...or worse.
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The Republican Party has been anti-women for a while now. I don't view the current numbers as being insurmountable for Trump.
One has only to look at history to see that the electorate is entirely capable of poor choices. The Republican primary season demonstrates that anything is possible. It's all about turnout.
The reporting in the Democratic race has been disappointing, with establishment media showing a definite bias.
The whole thing is disheartening, and I wonder what the founders of our country would say about what we have become.
One has only to look at history to see that the electorate is entirely capable of poor choices. The Republican primary season demonstrates that anything is possible. It's all about turnout.
The reporting in the Democratic race has been disappointing, with establishment media showing a definite bias.
The whole thing is disheartening, and I wonder what the founders of our country would say about what we have become.
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I wonder how any rational woman could vote for any of the Republicans, but they've been doing so for years.
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It is curious that Donald Trump apparently thinks non-beautiful women are of little value and worth. Trump, himself, is one of the least physically attractive men and his grooming emphasizes that point; yet he considers himself a valuable and worthy person. This discrepancy in his attitude towards male and female pulchritude emphasizes his dislike of women and what they are -- equal human beings who come in many shapes, sizes and appearances, not just the decorative type he marries and then replaces as they age.
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Would you prefer he was unfaithful to his wife and pursued his employees/interns like Mrs. Clinton's hubby?
Brenda- he WAS unfaithful to his wife- several of them. lol.
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For my personal gratification the best result is Donnie as the republican nominee against either democrat, but preferably Sanders. Trump will be defeated in a landslide of historic proportions, and somehow, he will not show humility, but demand a recount, or suggest fraud.
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Trump is no sexist. He is an equal opportunity insulter.
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He consults with all the best counter-intelligent insult comics.
I am afraid he's taken the Positive Psychology Handbook and used it for unfit purpose. He's positive delusional to the Max, Clifford.
I am afraid he's taken the Positive Psychology Handbook and used it for unfit purpose. He's positive delusional to the Max, Clifford.
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Hey Mrs. Potts, you want to protect your son in the army? Ask him to get discharged. He's a soldier. President's don't protect soldiers. Their platoon seargents and company seargents and First Seargents and lieutentants and company captains do. The president has nothing to do with keeping one soldier alive. Abe Lincoln couldn't do it, FDR couldn't do it, Ike couldn't do it as commander of SHAEF or later as President. You want your son safe from dying in a war, ask him to leave the Army. And this is how this woman makes a choice for the presidency? On that basis we would have lost the Revolution in the first place. And by the way, I know these things because I served in the Army. Trump didn't. He has no clue, none, zero, zilch about what it means to be a soldier and who, ultimately, is looking out for soldier. It is first, last and always, the soldier right next to him. So unless Trump is going to share your son's foxhole and he isn't and neither are his sons, what a tragically stupid way to decide to vote for president. I hope Jason is fine, but it will not be Trump who keeps him fine, it will be circumstances of battle if he's in one and the guys he's with. They're looking out for him. He's looking out for them. The only one in the world a GI has is the GIs with him.
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I've read the most telling character trait of a good soldier is Love. Of country, of his company and of his buddy. That's what holds the system together, but racism, sexism and elitism are not part of that equation. Those are character defects.
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Well put.
I've always been a pacifist - having come of age during the dog days of the Vietnam "conflict" - but I appreciate that every nation requires a military with which to defend itself when under direct and imminent threat.
Surely it is the Commander-in-Chief's primary role, aided by his/her Sec'y of State, to protect the nation by all means possible short of warfare and thus ensure that the lives of soldiers, seamen and airmen are not put at risk unless absolutely necessary.
Military action should be the last resort when and only when diplomacy has failed.
I've always been a pacifist - having come of age during the dog days of the Vietnam "conflict" - but I appreciate that every nation requires a military with which to defend itself when under direct and imminent threat.
Surely it is the Commander-in-Chief's primary role, aided by his/her Sec'y of State, to protect the nation by all means possible short of warfare and thus ensure that the lives of soldiers, seamen and airmen are not put at risk unless absolutely necessary.
Military action should be the last resort when and only when diplomacy has failed.
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In this schoolboy row, perhaps the elephant in the room is less Trump's lack of respect for women, which is quite evident, than it is the supposed "lack of coordination" between a PAC's discrediting of Trump's wife and Cruz's umbrage at Trump's taunt that 'you started it first.' It's that dark linkage that allows this nonsense to occur in the first place (although I have no doubt that these two children would continue their sibling rivalry in other ways--did I just say "sibling?"--I,ll leave it --nice metaphor). We need to cut that linkage. No PACs. We simply must insist on the public regulation of elections. What this might ultimately look like, I don't know, but we need to get the ball rolling by talking more about it. This nonsense has to stop.
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How does Donald Trump think he came into this world? Who does he think carried him in her belly for nine months? What ever he thinks, he must apologize his mother and all other women of this world for his gross statements about our mothers, grandmothers, sisters, aunts and the like.
Americans better vote for "Donald Duck," rather than for Donald Trump.
Americans better vote for "Donald Duck," rather than for Donald Trump.
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Now, kidz, this was gonna be so much more classy the way Murdoch saw it going down. He as gonna throw this Punch and Judy Bowl with Hillary and Petraeus, but someone hacked his emails and discovered Petraeus was a cheating, loose email. Benghazi failure, too.
I wanted to slap that clown around myself, but Hillary had the FBI do it for her threatened State Department asset.
I wanted to slap that clown around myself, but Hillary had the FBI do it for her threatened State Department asset.
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Misogynist-in-Chief?
Well, if an independent or Republican woman just cannot bear to pull the lever for such an outspoken and long-time insulter and demeanor of women--- she does have an alternative--- of her own gender.
Hillary may not be conservative, but she's not a knee-jerk Democrat, a fact that infuriates many Democrats. In fact, there is much to the argument that she resembles a plausible pre-Goldwater Republican: she, in other words, is a moderate.
Her résumé, obviously, is stellar...
Well, if an independent or Republican woman just cannot bear to pull the lever for such an outspoken and long-time insulter and demeanor of women--- she does have an alternative--- of her own gender.
Hillary may not be conservative, but she's not a knee-jerk Democrat, a fact that infuriates many Democrats. In fact, there is much to the argument that she resembles a plausible pre-Goldwater Republican: she, in other words, is a moderate.
Her résumé, obviously, is stellar...
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Any woman who would give even a second to consider voting for the right wing extremists disguised as Republicans, Trump or not, is a lost soul.
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Great. The Republican women can choose between a knuckle-dragger and a religious zealot who would send women's rights back to the 1950s. And please, do not tell me John Kasich is a "moderate". Please.
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It was just a matter of time.
Before Donald insulted 50% of the population of the United States.
As if his inflammatory, baseless, hostile, mean spirited and vacuous rhetoric about a myriad of other Americans, whether they be Muslim, or Hispanic, recently arrived, or not, was not already grounds.
Hey Americans:
We all arrived here, at some juncture, from somewhere else.
Yet, our reputation, internationally, is suffering.
Europeans, among others, are incredulous that many Americans appear to think that a former bankrupt, game show host, with a butler, —whose use of the English language is, on a good day— is rudimentary, is capable of nuanced international strategy and policy.
Before Donald insulted 50% of the population of the United States.
As if his inflammatory, baseless, hostile, mean spirited and vacuous rhetoric about a myriad of other Americans, whether they be Muslim, or Hispanic, recently arrived, or not, was not already grounds.
Hey Americans:
We all arrived here, at some juncture, from somewhere else.
Yet, our reputation, internationally, is suffering.
Europeans, among others, are incredulous that many Americans appear to think that a former bankrupt, game show host, with a butler, —whose use of the English language is, on a good day— is rudimentary, is capable of nuanced international strategy and policy.
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It's the economy, it's the economy, it's the economy.
Women will vote the economy.
Establishment politicians provided the means for the income/wealth divide.
Long before the general election a kinder, gentler Trump will emerge.
If Trump is the Republican nominee, he will win.
Unless Bernie somehow becomes the Democratic nominee.
Women will vote the economy.
Establishment politicians provided the means for the income/wealth divide.
Long before the general election a kinder, gentler Trump will emerge.
If Trump is the Republican nominee, he will win.
Unless Bernie somehow becomes the Democratic nominee.
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I'm a broken record. Every poll with a Clinton-Trump match up says she wins,he loses.
Sanders beats him too. But so does HIllary.
And SOME women will vote the economy and put their self-esteem aside -- but not all. Look at the polling numbers of women and Trump. L for loser.
Finally -- what does have a sometimes successful business "empire" built on Daddy's millions have to do with making macro and micro-economic decisions and policies? A rich president doesn't mean anything other than he has money.
Sanders beats him too. But so does HIllary.
And SOME women will vote the economy and put their self-esteem aside -- but not all. Look at the polling numbers of women and Trump. L for loser.
Finally -- what does have a sometimes successful business "empire" built on Daddy's millions have to do with making macro and micro-economic decisions and policies? A rich president doesn't mean anything other than he has money.
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Trump has been in the public eye for forty years. There has never been a "kinder, gentler Trump,' nor will there be. Ever. People do not change their character as they grow older; they grow more so, and Trump, having bought and sold two previous wives and countless mistresses, bankrupted four companies to get out of paying his debts, and lied and blustered about such things as the president's birth certificate, is not going to turn into GHW Bush, no matter how much wishful thinking and self-delusion you suffer from.
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As the parent of two successful 30-ish daughters--both doctors--I make no apologies for stating that of all the hateful, spiteful, ill-informed (if not utterly ignorant), buffoonery spewing from The Donald's mouth on a daily basis, the stuff that absolutely incenses me the most is his rampant, serial misogyny.
Can you imagine President Drumpf in high-level security meetings with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and insulting her the way he has O'Donnell, Kelly, Fiorina, or Heidi Cruz? For those of you who continue supporting Drumpf because he'd be "tough" on national security, think about what it means when he's alienated our most important allies in the fight against international terrorism. It scares the daylights out of me!!!
Can you imagine President Drumpf in high-level security meetings with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and insulting her the way he has O'Donnell, Kelly, Fiorina, or Heidi Cruz? For those of you who continue supporting Drumpf because he'd be "tough" on national security, think about what it means when he's alienated our most important allies in the fight against international terrorism. It scares the daylights out of me!!!
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How in the world can 35% of women favor Trump, in light of his comments about and attitude toward their gender?
Who are these women?
I could only imagine that they are either ignorant or intoxicated by money, infamy, bombast and vitriol.
Who are these women?
I could only imagine that they are either ignorant or intoxicated by money, infamy, bombast and vitriol.
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It's even simpler.
They see him on the tee-vee set.
He's a celebrity.
They'd vote for Brittany Spears or Kim Kardashian if they could.
And then people help them make up real reasons so they don't sound shallow.
They see him on the tee-vee set.
He's a celebrity.
They'd vote for Brittany Spears or Kim Kardashian if they could.
And then people help them make up real reasons so they don't sound shallow.
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I believe with this latest dustup over wives that the Trump rogue wave is beginning to recede. I don't see him walking away with any ore primary victories. The establishment has accomplished its goal.
Now the Democrats should be planning to deal with a true snake in Ted Cruz. This guy is slick; he's ambitious; and he's dirty. He has managed to get his senate colleagues and former opponents to endorse him as an alternative to Trump.
Now the Democrats should be planning to deal with a true snake in Ted Cruz. This guy is slick; he's ambitious; and he's dirty. He has managed to get his senate colleagues and former opponents to endorse him as an alternative to Trump.
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Abortion rights are never about being for or against life. Everybody is for life.
They are about being for or against women having choices.
Pro-choice and anti-choice is the correct way to label those on both sides of the issue.
They are about being for or against women having choices.
Pro-choice and anti-choice is the correct way to label those on both sides of the issue.
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"Although Mrs. Clinton will present herself as a protector of women, the political strategy is more about math than morality." Can't it be about both?
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All year long we have seen many reasons to run screaming from that man. This is only one in a very long line of offenses, and it is hardly news at this point.
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It might be a mistake to think women (or men) will tell pollsters the truth about whom they intend to vote for.
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The size of Trump's misogyny is waaaaaay bigger than the size of his "hands." Women are nothing but objects of lust or loathing, as far as he's concerned. The notion that any woman would vote for this woman-hater is just very sad, because it so clearly reflects women's self-loathing -- acquired from an American culture that devalues females virtually from birth.
Hillary Clinton is the most qualified candidate for the presidency, by a mile, and the fact that she would be the first female American president would be the perfect antidote to Trump and his ilk.
Hillary Clinton is the most qualified candidate for the presidency, by a mile, and the fact that she would be the first female American president would be the perfect antidote to Trump and his ilk.
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Unfortunately as with other groups he's offended, there are plenty of women willing to vote against their own self interests by supporting Trump - hopefully not enough to carry him to victory - outside of the primaries.
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Trump and Cruz need to step back and let Kasich become the nominee.
With their nasty remarks about each other's wives they have really lost credibility.
With their nasty remarks about each other's wives they have really lost credibility.
The GOP gets what they deserve for creating this madness. There must be a way to blame President Obama for this as well.
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Ted Cruz's wife suffered a bout of depression when they moved to Texas. Though their politics are anathema to me, I fully understand anyone becoming depressed moving to Texas.
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Women don't want someone to lead this nation who demonstrates lack of a grown up thinking process. Politics is not a playground and being POTUS is not like running a "business." It's Public Service. Trump isn't interested in serving the public. Women know this. Besides his flashy talk throughout his life along with his actions treating women like "trophy" pieces is reflective of his immature speech about winning without knowledge of the work involved. The US still wins; no one is talking about overthrowing this government. Yet, a growing number of people are in decreasingly worse shape because big business is taking more and giving less. Why people who need more economic stability think Trump is the answer is not why they are attracted to him. They are drawn to his speech that connotes subliminally that they can win again by getting back what they lost during the Bush years.
Trump's work is running his mouth and out-maneuvering others with his crafty negative comebacks. Others do the work for him. Women suspect, correctly I believe, that Trump would be an authoritative figure-head in government. He can't govern his mouth. His comment that he and "Ivana never argued because she did exactly what I told her to do" kind of says it all. Just like he thinks the US military will do what he tells it to do.
Women have a wise sense about men. Trump's a disaster. He won't make anything better. He's manipulative, cynical and self-absorbed. Not the kind of man women choose to know.
Trump's work is running his mouth and out-maneuvering others with his crafty negative comebacks. Others do the work for him. Women suspect, correctly I believe, that Trump would be an authoritative figure-head in government. He can't govern his mouth. His comment that he and "Ivana never argued because she did exactly what I told her to do" kind of says it all. Just like he thinks the US military will do what he tells it to do.
Women have a wise sense about men. Trump's a disaster. He won't make anything better. He's manipulative, cynical and self-absorbed. Not the kind of man women choose to know.
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Trump didn't invent the "trophy" opportunities women seem to enjoy participating in. Every female thinks of themselves as a trophy.
Get real, Hanan. All men enjoy the sexuality of the female, to say it ain't so is simply untrue.
Get real, Hanan. All men enjoy the sexuality of the female, to say it ain't so is simply untrue.
I don't see much daylight between Trump and his GOP competitors for the nomination -- they all think they have some right to dictate women's personal medical and reproductive decisions. Given that Trump at least admitted Planned Parenthood does some good, he might, as offensive as he is, be the least misogynist of the crew. He just, as his supporters like to say, speaks what they're all thinking; and he doesn't gloss his misogyny the way Cruz, Kasich do.
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So true. Trump is terrifyingly awful, but Cruz is evil and much, much worse. Kasich was a disaster for Ohio's education system and he has tried to get rid of Planned Parenthood. All three of them see women as chattel and property. I am horrified to say it, but Trump is the best of the three of them. For the record, I despise that man and always have.
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Agreed. Trump's words may annoy and insult. Cruz' (or any of the other exremists in the GOP) beliefs and actions can kill.
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You start seeing little daylight but end up seeing a lot of daylight. I accept your conclusion that there is no there there but cannot imagine why any woman would hire a political party to decide personal, family matters. The GOP is the party of families who submit to politicians. A current controversy is on the one hand the Constitution provides for a right of privacy, and on the other Republicans deny a right of privacy to families who have women. One does not see why there is a struggle. One does not see why women submit to the Republican Party. It ought to be the other way around.
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For a year I have been pointing out the misogyny of the Republicans.
One more time: Sexism is the gateway drug to all hate.
It's the most common, socially-acceptable, form of hate, worldwide.
It is the Rock, the Foundation of all hate. Those who bash women, both literally and figuratively, just can't wait to get a chance to bash men, too.
Hating women= hating Mexicans = hating Muslims = hating poor = hating... whoever is next on the List.
That list is endless. The newest group for Trump is Native Americans: "That Indian", he said this week with a sneer.
Trump is the most obvious, but Trump has never yet said anything that I haven't already heard from another Republican or seen in their voting pattern (which Trump lacks, and that should stagger this nation, that this man has never even run for dog-catcher before... but we're probably lucky there since he seems to be confused on what a "dog" is - to him it is a female citizen).
No woman should vote for a Republican. That's a fact. They are haters.
Ms. Potts is delusional. She thinks that just because Trump hates and sneers at women, that that makes him strong on national security. She doesn't see that Trump is just aching to bash someone, put them on a stretcher. She doesn't understand that she is the gateway drug to torturing and killing other men.
Boko Haram or ISIS could explain all this to her, for they understand it perfectly, except she is a woman, inferior, unclean, only to be bred or sold for slavery.
Delusional.
One more time: Sexism is the gateway drug to all hate.
It's the most common, socially-acceptable, form of hate, worldwide.
It is the Rock, the Foundation of all hate. Those who bash women, both literally and figuratively, just can't wait to get a chance to bash men, too.
Hating women= hating Mexicans = hating Muslims = hating poor = hating... whoever is next on the List.
That list is endless. The newest group for Trump is Native Americans: "That Indian", he said this week with a sneer.
Trump is the most obvious, but Trump has never yet said anything that I haven't already heard from another Republican or seen in their voting pattern (which Trump lacks, and that should stagger this nation, that this man has never even run for dog-catcher before... but we're probably lucky there since he seems to be confused on what a "dog" is - to him it is a female citizen).
No woman should vote for a Republican. That's a fact. They are haters.
Ms. Potts is delusional. She thinks that just because Trump hates and sneers at women, that that makes him strong on national security. She doesn't see that Trump is just aching to bash someone, put them on a stretcher. She doesn't understand that she is the gateway drug to torturing and killing other men.
Boko Haram or ISIS could explain all this to her, for they understand it perfectly, except she is a woman, inferior, unclean, only to be bred or sold for slavery.
Delusional.
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Nothing new here. Now we have an accusation that Ted Cruz has five mistresses. The Republican Party is a disaster and going down like the Titanic. The iceberg is decades of pandering to the worst in this country. It's telling to note that the GOP has had a majority of the Presidential vote once since George HW Bush's 1988 campaign. There is a reason why.
Let this farce play itself out. Probably with flying chairs in Cleveland. The only candidate worth considering is John Kasich, but that won't stop the right wing lug nuts from going with Trump. This is no joke; it is dead serious and scary.
Let this farce play itself out. Probably with flying chairs in Cleveland. The only candidate worth considering is John Kasich, but that won't stop the right wing lug nuts from going with Trump. This is no joke; it is dead serious and scary.
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It's not as though Kasich or Cruz would protect women's health care or reproductive rights. They'd repeal Obamacare and defund Panned Parenthood completely in a heartbeat. All women and any man who truly cares about the welfare of women need to be concerned for all women.
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Let's not get overconfident that Donald Trump's well-documented sexism alone will defeat him in November. There's a long and growing list of things he's said that would have been career ending for other candidates. He has a keen instinct for throwing his opponents off-balance by attacking their most vulnerable points, and Hillary Clinton has plenty of those for him to exploit, as he has already begun to do.
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Edie, Clinton has twenty-five years of practice dealing with bullies. Did you see the 9-hour Benghazi hearing? My money's on her.
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I hope enough of us (both male and female) are sufficiently offended by this buffoon to defeat him by a wide margin in the general election. But I am struck by a couple of points:
1) That only 31% of Republican women would be upset with having Trump as the Republican nominee... That is rather sad since it means that 69% of Republican women would be OK with it.
2) The woman who thought that Trump (a blustering bully with no experience in foreign policy) would keep her son in the military safe. The last time we had a blustering buffoon (GW) in the White House we invaded Iraq (which the majority of Americans now realize was an entirely unnecessary debacle) which led to thousands of young Americans being killed and maimed. [I am still dumbfounded by the fact that Trump could label McCain a "loser" for being shot down over Vietnam and still have the support that he has. Go figure...]
1) That only 31% of Republican women would be upset with having Trump as the Republican nominee... That is rather sad since it means that 69% of Republican women would be OK with it.
2) The woman who thought that Trump (a blustering bully with no experience in foreign policy) would keep her son in the military safe. The last time we had a blustering buffoon (GW) in the White House we invaded Iraq (which the majority of Americans now realize was an entirely unnecessary debacle) which led to thousands of young Americans being killed and maimed. [I am still dumbfounded by the fact that Trump could label McCain a "loser" for being shot down over Vietnam and still have the support that he has. Go figure...]
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Historically, the party out of office most often wins the Presidency. That trend will continue if Hillary is elected this November. We can plan on being eternally at war and the nation's wealth being concentrated upward to the already obscenely rich.
Hillary is the obvious choice for any dyed-in-the-wool Republican.
Hillary is the obvious choice for any dyed-in-the-wool Republican.
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But Hillary is a Democrat, not a Republican. I am sure that you know that; your comment is confused, and seems to be premised on the assumption that there is not difference between the Republicans and the Democrats. Hillary is certainly supportive of the Obama Presidency. Is Obama also a Republican in your eyes? If so who represents "the party out of office"? What is the name of that party? Have they ever been "in office"?
Yet another article influenced by the corrupted political establishment to discredit Trump. The more they attack Trump ahd Sanders who reject Wall Streets money and power, the more I want to vote against main-tream politicans.
Trump gives back exactly what he gets. First by starting out being nice and then continuing on to give back what is given. Its called tic for tac, which is a practice needed to change how America does business internally and externally.
Trump gives back exactly what he gets. First by starting out being nice and then continuing on to give back what is given. Its called tic for tac, which is a practice needed to change how America does business internally and externally.
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When did Trump "start out by being nice"? His announcement of his candidacy began with attacks on Mexicans as rapists and murderers. Since that day last summer he has not said or done anything nice about any subject or any of his competitors.
And for future reference: it's NOT called "tic for tac." It's called "tit for tat." And Trump doesn't just give back exactly what he gets; when he gets a question he gives an angry rant instead of an answer; when he gets a challenge to a false statement he screams that the questioner is a liar, a loser, or is menstruating.
That's not tit for tat or tic for tac; it's pathetic.
And for future reference: it's NOT called "tic for tac." It's called "tit for tat." And Trump doesn't just give back exactly what he gets; when he gets a question he gives an angry rant instead of an answer; when he gets a challenge to a false statement he screams that the questioner is a liar, a loser, or is menstruating.
That's not tit for tat or tic for tac; it's pathetic.
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It all depends on how many women will "keep their place" "mind their manners" "be silent" "accept the inevitable" "resign themselves to their fates" "bite their tongues" "pretend to ignore" "be afraid of the denigration" "wait for the slap in the face" and say "that's just the way of all men".
All our history of men on top - women on bottom is the misogynist base that Trump exploits. As much as it lives in a subjugated field of women who accept, the power goes to Trump to promote his virile, cruel agenda against the weak losers of our world. If he gets away with it, he will win the presidency.
Moreover, it is the men who must take up the cudgel against this brutishness and warn Trump that HE is looking for a punch in the face for talking trash about our lovely kind motherly and constant who bore us and sustained us each and every one as best each could. Good American women of valor and grit far outnumber the sleazy, hysterical, unclean creatures Trump depicts for us as typical womanhood.
Trump's view is projectionist. He has allowed himself to be enchanted and overwhelmed by women the way "he sees them". He has made them all noxious and repellant by the way he treats his own. Trump can never seem to get his women to behave. What can he teach us of a new way to left woman up to her rightful egalitarian position?
Can we look at where we really are in the USA? Then use Trump as a clarion call to stand firm against gender and racial discrimination for fear and hate baiting?
All our history of men on top - women on bottom is the misogynist base that Trump exploits. As much as it lives in a subjugated field of women who accept, the power goes to Trump to promote his virile, cruel agenda against the weak losers of our world. If he gets away with it, he will win the presidency.
Moreover, it is the men who must take up the cudgel against this brutishness and warn Trump that HE is looking for a punch in the face for talking trash about our lovely kind motherly and constant who bore us and sustained us each and every one as best each could. Good American women of valor and grit far outnumber the sleazy, hysterical, unclean creatures Trump depicts for us as typical womanhood.
Trump's view is projectionist. He has allowed himself to be enchanted and overwhelmed by women the way "he sees them". He has made them all noxious and repellant by the way he treats his own. Trump can never seem to get his women to behave. What can he teach us of a new way to left woman up to her rightful egalitarian position?
Can we look at where we really are in the USA? Then use Trump as a clarion call to stand firm against gender and racial discrimination for fear and hate baiting?
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This whole incident is, as usual, poorly portrayed by the media. Cruz attacked Trump's wife first by posting a nude photo of her; should Trump just not respond to that? Any decent man would take that as an insult, and no response from Trump would make him seem weak. That is why Trump made remarks on Cruz's wife and he is not sexist for doing so.
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Just shows they are two birds of a feather. I mean no insult to birds who are much more beautiful than either one of them.
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Your main point is correct. However, it was a Republican PAC that started this by posting the nude photo of Trump's wife. Trump insinuated Cruz had some complicity in this, and then Cruz accused Trump of complicity in the Enquirer article about Cruz's affairs. Bottom line is that all forces interested in taking Trump down, from the media controlled by their corporate interests to the old school money bags GOP patriarchs, all have their own agendas, so the mud-slinging will unfortunately continue.
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Technically, it wasn't Cruz who posted the photo.
Trump may have his weaknesses, but Hillary has to date depended on low information voters. This is a double weakness because as the voters are getting more informed she is losing support and the voters she gets as a result have no enthusiasm because low information voters depend on name recognition. She has lost the rest because of her lack of credibility. For now she has the super delegates because they want to secure their positions in her potential administration.
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Not really.
Regurgitated and ancient Fox "news" about Clinton is simply not believable.
Sorry.
Regurgitated and ancient Fox "news" about Clinton is simply not believable.
Sorry.
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D.R. Van Renen, your argument would be stronger if there was an iota of truth to any of it.
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I think you have it backwards. Trump supporters depend on NO information voters.
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Interesting that the National Enquirer story about Cruz hits the presses shortly before the "all important" Wisconsin primary. Having lived through the Nixon dirty tricks stuff, this is ringing some bells. This all starts, supposedly, because of a picture of Trump's missus on a rug? This was a picture that she voluntarily posed for, printed in a magazine, and I'm sure there are more out there. People, we are caught in a food fight between two completely unqualified barbarians, and they are just warming up.
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This article is nonsense, on the same page with an article reporting:
"Gov. Rick Scott of Florida signed a law on Friday that cut state funding to clinics that perform abortions.
State funding of abortion was already prohibited in Florida, but the law signed by the Republican governor also cut off funding for preventive services at clinics that also provide abortions."
The GOP is fiercely anti-woman. Trump makes silly statements while the rest of the GOP takes concrete, vicious action.
"Gov. Rick Scott of Florida signed a law on Friday that cut state funding to clinics that perform abortions.
State funding of abortion was already prohibited in Florida, but the law signed by the Republican governor also cut off funding for preventive services at clinics that also provide abortions."
The GOP is fiercely anti-woman. Trump makes silly statements while the rest of the GOP takes concrete, vicious action.
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"I want Donald Trump to talk every single day for the rest of this election,” said Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. “He just needs to keep spewing what he has been spewing.”
This is what's wrong with establishment Democrats, including Hillary. They are happy to play the gender card to political advantage but have no sincere record of supporting women. In the quote above, Wasserman Schulz is willing Trump to keep denigrating women for her party's political advantage. Um, what about the women? I guess any humiliation they might suffer doesn't really matter.
I do not consider Hillary Clinton to be a feminist alternative to Trump. Her public vitriol for the women involved in her husband's affairs showed her true colors many years ago. I also dislike that she uses her husband as an attack dog and gets him to campaign for her. A true feminist candidate would stand on her own two feet to campaign and not get a man to do her dirty work for her. I don't see any other candidates using their spouses in such a way.
Donald Trump's misogyny is vile but the best feminist alternative choice is Sanders, not Clinton. Sanders advocates true equality for all and doesn't shamelessly pander to women or any other group just to court their votes.
This is what's wrong with establishment Democrats, including Hillary. They are happy to play the gender card to political advantage but have no sincere record of supporting women. In the quote above, Wasserman Schulz is willing Trump to keep denigrating women for her party's political advantage. Um, what about the women? I guess any humiliation they might suffer doesn't really matter.
I do not consider Hillary Clinton to be a feminist alternative to Trump. Her public vitriol for the women involved in her husband's affairs showed her true colors many years ago. I also dislike that she uses her husband as an attack dog and gets him to campaign for her. A true feminist candidate would stand on her own two feet to campaign and not get a man to do her dirty work for her. I don't see any other candidates using their spouses in such a way.
Donald Trump's misogyny is vile but the best feminist alternative choice is Sanders, not Clinton. Sanders advocates true equality for all and doesn't shamelessly pander to women or any other group just to court their votes.
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Right. Hillary Clinton should have been "nicer" to cheaters. That is original.
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The vitriol and blatant inaccuracies for and about Hillary are disgusting. You don't have to "like" Clinton, but one misstatement after another is unforgivable.
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Every male political candidate since time immemorial has used his wife as a political asset. Your assertion that Hillary is using her husband inappropriately to her political advantage is just wrong-headed. She has every right - and would be unwise not to - to use her husband as a campaign asset. This is not "doing her dirty work," any more than any campaigning is "dirty work." Your remarks serve to illustrate the double standard that women are held to in our American society.
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Unfortunately many of the Trump supporters I've spoken with, including women, believe he is the GOP's best bet to beat Hillary. They fear and/or hate her. They, like Ms. Potts, have children in the military. They hold her responsible for the deaths in Bengazi. Their fear and anger with her can't be soothed. They believe in him against all reason.
I believe that Trump's attacks on Megyn Kelly and Carly Florin have been a proxy for Hillary Clinton. His attacks on women strength his supporter's beliefs that he can beat her.
Unfortunately, any media attention at all, positive or negative just feeds Trump's support. Any social media posting or retweeting in outrage against his latest offensive remark simply provides him with more reach, to more people. Who, when election day comes, will vote for him. Simply because they've heard his name. They know he is a business man. They know he is "tough" on "losers". They know he is a "winner. They know he is not part of the establishment. They will vote for him out of vague familiarity, having not paid close attention to the preceding months, and it will be too late to undo the damage.
I believe that Trump's attacks on Megyn Kelly and Carly Florin have been a proxy for Hillary Clinton. His attacks on women strength his supporter's beliefs that he can beat her.
Unfortunately, any media attention at all, positive or negative just feeds Trump's support. Any social media posting or retweeting in outrage against his latest offensive remark simply provides him with more reach, to more people. Who, when election day comes, will vote for him. Simply because they've heard his name. They know he is a business man. They know he is "tough" on "losers". They know he is a "winner. They know he is not part of the establishment. They will vote for him out of vague familiarity, having not paid close attention to the preceding months, and it will be too late to undo the damage.
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A Manhattan land developer is not part of the establishment?
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Psychopaths act this way and we don't need one in the White House. It's not just that Trump comes from the privileged class. Good people like Warren Buffet come from this class too. It's not privilege that makes Trump behave this way. The answer may well be reflected in the size of his hands, revealing a neurological disorder. That is, psychopaths lack empathy, which neuroscience is showing as a deficit in the brain both in the cerebellum and other parts of the brain responsible for empathy skills. Small hands, small cerebellum. Without empathy the psychopath believes that the rest of us are stupid and that he can do and say as he pleases. He continues this theme indefinitely and is so convincing that others follow him to the grave. It is amazing to me that he has any female staffers left on his campaign. He will never learn because that would require empathy. I am certain that Trump will ignore the numbers and continue to bash women, perhaps even stepping it up against Hillary. The only real pleasure psychopaths have in life is controlling other people and making them squirm. So don't expect Trump to change his MO.
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The Republican Party had a women's right problem long before Donald J. Trump arrived on the presidential candidate scene.
To understand the history of misogyny in the contemporary Republican Party, all a person has to do is review Republicans' attempts to undermine the health care rights of women in Virginia, here: http://tinyurl.com/rights-of-women and in Texas, here: http://tinyurl.com/women-rights-Texas-style.
Should attempts to nullify women's health care rights become successful, then the Republicans would be freed up to work fulltime on rolling back the voting rights of minorities, increasing personhood rights for corporations, repealing the Affordable Care Act and enacting new laws that make religious laws, like the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the supreme laws of the land.
To understand the history of misogyny in the contemporary Republican Party, all a person has to do is review Republicans' attempts to undermine the health care rights of women in Virginia, here: http://tinyurl.com/rights-of-women and in Texas, here: http://tinyurl.com/women-rights-Texas-style.
Should attempts to nullify women's health care rights become successful, then the Republicans would be freed up to work fulltime on rolling back the voting rights of minorities, increasing personhood rights for corporations, repealing the Affordable Care Act and enacting new laws that make religious laws, like the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the supreme laws of the land.
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Donald Trump buries himself with his own ugly insults and childlike antics, and not a single Democratic campaign strategist is needed to further explain this. I am squarely in the camp of voters he wants to entice--white, male, and working-class--and yet he has no chance of winning my vote.
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The GOP is anti-woman, not just Trump. The Republicans are on a quest to end a woman's ability to make her own health care decisions. And some elected Republicans believe that rape isn't a big issue because, they say, women don't get pregnant from that level of violence. McConnell will trot out a woman to stand by her man if the issue at hand has anything remotely to do with a woman -- otherwise, they are rarely seen. Trump does objectify women because he doesn't care about them beyond how they look. I do not believe Trump would pursue an anti-choice agenda. Cruz would.
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Abortion is not the only health care decision that women make.
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Yes, CC, but reproductive choice is also about ready access to effective birth control, which many GOP politicians also oppose. And deciding when or whether to have children may not be the "only" medical decision women make -- but it is often the most significant and life-altering one.
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Let's not forget this discussion of women's issues is happening in a POLITICAL campaign. Long time ago, when the media was speculating if Jeb Bush would run. I thought if he didn't, the election would be about gender (I say gender instead of women. Women are people, gender is an issue). I also wished that, in case he did run, it would open up opportunities for other candidates since many were weary of the notion of dynasty. Bush did run, and unintentionally helped Trump. Now that he has dropped out and left Clinton in the race, the campaign is about gender again. The actual happenings are way more interesting. Now that it is about gender again, let's give women their due by acknowledging their full range: women are supporting various candidates and making all sorts of choices on all sorts of issues.
NYT's, you don't get it. Stop steering towards Cruz.... Trump is a buffoon but Cruz is a truly frightening man who will woo the unsuspecting with his nonsense like so many Republicans before him... who is advising you? You are setting Cruz up as a "victim" with these new articles and people will go to him in droves. This man is no victim
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You miss the strategy. The goal is to keep Trump from getting enough delegates to be assured of the nomination.
So vote for ANYONE else -- just deny him the automatic nomination -- and then the GOP convention, the few sane ones left in this pathetic party, can drag in someone like Romney or Kasich, who will lose but at least will not embarrass the party every single day. It's not going to be Cruz -- he's just needed to take away votes,and delegates, from Trump.
So vote for ANYONE else -- just deny him the automatic nomination -- and then the GOP convention, the few sane ones left in this pathetic party, can drag in someone like Romney or Kasich, who will lose but at least will not embarrass the party every single day. It's not going to be Cruz -- he's just needed to take away votes,and delegates, from Trump.
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It is genuinely bizarre, if you loathe and detest Mr. Trump (as the NYT clearly does) to then pump relentlessly for Ted Cruz. Cruz is by far the more doctrinaire of the two men, and the most extremely conservative.
My only conclusion is that the NYT is very, very sure that Candidate Cruz would lose in a landslide -- but they are not AT ALL sure about The Donald. In fact, they must think he has a very serious chance of winning not merely the nomination but the election, because they are near-hysterical fever pitch lately attacking him.
My only conclusion is that the NYT is very, very sure that Candidate Cruz would lose in a landslide -- but they are not AT ALL sure about The Donald. In fact, they must think he has a very serious chance of winning not merely the nomination but the election, because they are near-hysterical fever pitch lately attacking him.
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I like your point!
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This was the party that would be offended if someone cursed when carrying out business in the House or Senate. It was professional, dignified, and orderly. It was in stark contrast to the beatniks and hippies associated with the Democrats. Now it has fallen into chaos and insanity.
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Believing that women can't be trusted to make their own reproductive decisions has been a litmus test for Republican politicians for a couple of decades now, but they still get lots of support from women. Which just tells me that a lot of women, like a lot of men, can be manipulated into voting for anyone.
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Is it possible that this latest crass dialogue was Trump's attempt (via proxy) to divert attention from Brussels? Trump has always uttered a provocative comment to focus on himself and to get free air time. Why else are we even talking about him during a week of bombing and deaths and injuries?
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The Republican PAC that originally posted the 15 year-old photos of Trump's wife are actually the instigators here, but the press has largely chosen to begin the narrative from the point of Trump's (poorly executed) attempt at a rebuttal.
Nobody wins from Donald Trump's serially deep coarsening of the national discourse, least of all the country as a whole. This presidential campaign seems like treading water in a cesspool, and The Donald is hardly alone infilling it up.
www.endthemadnessnow.org
www.endthemadnessnow.org
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Does anyone seriously think Donald Trump would better protect their son in Iraq? This mother is a victim of her own ideology.
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"Does anyone seriously think Donald Trump would better protect their son in Iraq?"
Yeah, that was a rather appalling line in an article pointing out that Trump has neither self-awareness nor control over his mouth.
Yeah, that was a rather appalling line in an article pointing out that Trump has neither self-awareness nor control over his mouth.
What's truly scary is the idea, implied in the article, that the only thing that might be standing between Mr. Trump and the Presidency is his misogyny. While it is odious, to say the least, it's no where near as dangerous as his ideas on torture, trade and foreign policy.
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In response to Seldoc: NO. Trump's misogyny is potentially lethal to more than half of the human race. As such, it is in fact MORE dangerous than any other of his "ideas."
Since this reply will be separated from Seldoc's original comment, here it is in full: "What's truly scary is the idea, implied in the article, that the only thing that might be standing between Mr. Trump and the Presidency is his misogyny. While it is odious, to say the least, it's no where near as dangerous as his ideas on torture, trade and foreign policy.
Since this reply will be separated from Seldoc's original comment, here it is in full: "What's truly scary is the idea, implied in the article, that the only thing that might be standing between Mr. Trump and the Presidency is his misogyny. While it is odious, to say the least, it's no where near as dangerous as his ideas on torture, trade and foreign policy.
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I don't agree with that. Misogyny is extremely dangerous.
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Thank you for that great post, Carla. What's sad is how almost all kinds of discrimination are abhorred today, except misogyny. We women are supposed to overlook misogyny, and some women are happy to oblige. I suppose it make some women feel more likable and socially acceptable to say that they care more about the rights of Mexicans, immigrants, torture victims, and men who lose their jobs than they do about their own rights. Such posts, of course, get lots of recommendations, since what can possibly be more pleasing to a sexist man than a woman who would give up her own interests to please him? To achieve a world that is truly post-sexist, we women need to stop caring more about being likable than we do about achieving equality.
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"In surveys and focus groups, Republican women say their top issue is national security and safety, which should help Mr. Trump."
What?!
What?!
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They love a good blusterer. He can fake anything but he's best at making claims about magic walls that build themselves. Who doesn't want a Brawny clean up man like that?
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Yes, women would rather stay alive than voting for their private parts.
Yet many conservative women will say, That's the man we need for president.
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The ignorant are easily led.
“He’s had a lot of success degrading and belittling his male rivals.”
Isn’t there a double standard here? The Times doesn’t challenge this statement made by a Hillary Clinton supporter. And yet, one would have thought that referring to his opponents as “Lyin’ Ted”, “Little Marco” and “low energy” Jeb would be viewed as equally offensive as his comments about women.
What’s also missing is some recognition that others campaigning have also been detrimental to women. It was a Republican PAC supporting Ted Cruz that ran the ad showing Donald Trump’s wife and it was someone from the Rubio camp who provided the ammunition for the recent National Enquirer article about Mr. Cruz’ alleged affairs, which has to be offensive to Mrs. Cruz.
The issue surely is how women will fare under a Trump or Cruz Presidency. One thing we can be certain of is that Ted Cruz would close all Planned Parenthood locations; whereas with Donald Trump, we could make a deal. Let’s hope it’s an amazing one.
Isn’t there a double standard here? The Times doesn’t challenge this statement made by a Hillary Clinton supporter. And yet, one would have thought that referring to his opponents as “Lyin’ Ted”, “Little Marco” and “low energy” Jeb would be viewed as equally offensive as his comments about women.
What’s also missing is some recognition that others campaigning have also been detrimental to women. It was a Republican PAC supporting Ted Cruz that ran the ad showing Donald Trump’s wife and it was someone from the Rubio camp who provided the ammunition for the recent National Enquirer article about Mr. Cruz’ alleged affairs, which has to be offensive to Mrs. Cruz.
The issue surely is how women will fare under a Trump or Cruz Presidency. One thing we can be certain of is that Ted Cruz would close all Planned Parenthood locations; whereas with Donald Trump, we could make a deal. Let’s hope it’s an amazing one.
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No, there's no double standard. He belittles men as individuals, but he belittles women simply for being women.
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Trump is an equal opportunity bully. As a woman, I am no more or less offended by his comments about Megan Kelly's period than I am about him calling Mexicans "rapists". In fact, it insults my intelligence to have Democratic strategists isolate comments regarding women and serve them up to me with the expectation that I'll find them more egregious than all the rest. Show him for the bully he is to both men and women alike, and women will flock to Hillary.
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MBCNY: I'm sure you realize that Democratic strategists will also isolate Trump's egregious comments about Mexicans to garner support from the Hispanic community; and his disparaging remarks about African Americans to energize black voters; and his nasty swipes at Islam to get out the vote among Muslims.
It's not a question of insulting your intelligence; it's a question of finding the message that might reach people who are otherwise hesitant about crossing party lines, or unsure of the candidate's policies, attitudes, temperament, etc.
The former county Republican chairwoman quoted in the article as supporting Trump despite his odious behavior toward women because she has a son in the armed forces and thinks Trump will keep him safe better than any other candidate illustrates why the messaging has to be tailored and targeted. That woman doesn't get that Trump's words and actions and likely policies will make her son an even greater target for ISIL radicals in the Middle East; so the Democratic party will try different messages to get through to her.
I'm not a woman; I'm a gay male feminist who also finds Trump's comments about women no more egregious than all the rest. But to win an election you have to get a broad coalition of people on your side, and if other women, less enlightened or, perhaps, more personally offended than you, can be "gotten" by that message, isn't it worth putting out there?
It's not a question of insulting your intelligence; it's a question of finding the message that might reach people who are otherwise hesitant about crossing party lines, or unsure of the candidate's policies, attitudes, temperament, etc.
The former county Republican chairwoman quoted in the article as supporting Trump despite his odious behavior toward women because she has a son in the armed forces and thinks Trump will keep him safe better than any other candidate illustrates why the messaging has to be tailored and targeted. That woman doesn't get that Trump's words and actions and likely policies will make her son an even greater target for ISIL radicals in the Middle East; so the Democratic party will try different messages to get through to her.
I'm not a woman; I'm a gay male feminist who also finds Trump's comments about women no more egregious than all the rest. But to win an election you have to get a broad coalition of people on your side, and if other women, less enlightened or, perhaps, more personally offended than you, can be "gotten" by that message, isn't it worth putting out there?
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Why is it considered such a shame for a woman to support women that we have all these women proudly declaring that they are not offended by sexism? If you were a Black person talking about Trump's racism, rather than a woman talking about Trump's sexism, your post would be ridiculous. Why is it OK for Black people to be disgusted by racism, indeed for any minority to be disgusted by discrimination against their own group, but not OK for women to be disgusted by sexism?
Enough is enough. As a woman, I want a smart, experienced, and capable woman as president. I will not support a misogynist for president. I am a feminist who is proud to support strong women. Any woman who cannot say the same should ask herself why she is so ashamed of standing up for her gender.
Enough is enough. As a woman, I want a smart, experienced, and capable woman as president. I will not support a misogynist for president. I am a feminist who is proud to support strong women. Any woman who cannot say the same should ask herself why she is so ashamed of standing up for her gender.
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Let's do this for all the candidates. The serial career criminal and incompetent politician who is married to someone who is married to a person who is guilty of more than any other candidate can be accused of.
When did the Times start using the phrase "pro-abortion" rather than pro-choice or pro-abortion rights?
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Right! My body is mine, not anybody else's. I will hurt, if not kill, anybody who tries to take that right away from me. I have nothing to lose!!!!
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When you cover Sloppy Joe, things are gonna get so.
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@Katy
Very good question. I can only think it's a mistake since the NYT is generally careful about its language and is a strong supporter of women's reproductive rights.
Very good question. I can only think it's a mistake since the NYT is generally careful about its language and is a strong supporter of women's reproductive rights.
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Not surprising that among female voters, Mrs. Clinton was favored 55% to 35% in NYT/CBS poll this week. We know that polls aren't seamless and are often wrong prognosticating future events, but in this case, women are so against Donald Trump (may he bloviate and speechify himself into oblivion like the frog that exploded because he became so yuge). A misogynist is not a great ticket to ride to the White House. In short, the Donald is not popular among women who think. Mr. Trump has called women bimbos, dogs, and fat pigs. Other epithets for Ms. Kelly of FOX News and Carly Fiorina, his GOP colleague in the run for the White House. Outrage re the latest twitter hissy fit about Donald Trump's smear of Heidi Cruz, and Cruz's snapping back about Melania Trump are the stuff of hilarity, not serious political discourse. Bullying isn't popular with women, either, and it wouldn't be surprising at all - after this presidential campaign lasting from here to eternity (20 months from April 2015 - Nov 2016, count'em) - if enough Republican women will cross party lines to vote for Hillary Clinton in November, when they're in the privacy of the voting booth.
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@Nan Socolow
"Republican women will cross party lines to vote for Hillary Clinton in November, when they're in the privacy of the voting booth."
You are exactly right. Few self-respecting women will vote for Trump and Republican women will definitely cross over for Hillary because the Republican ticket is so mind-bendingly offensive.
"Republican women will cross party lines to vote for Hillary Clinton in November, when they're in the privacy of the voting booth."
You are exactly right. Few self-respecting women will vote for Trump and Republican women will definitely cross over for Hillary because the Republican ticket is so mind-bendingly offensive.
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Privilege means there are no consequences.
For Trump, and those who have lived as he has lived, who from his first breath could do or say nothing which brought any real harm to himself, he simply cannot understand why his frat boy language and thoughts about females might be a problem. It obviously hasn't been before.
He is a moral midget, condemned by his privilege to a stunted, archaic, less-than-fully-human consciousness. One way in which this still grossly imperfect world has become better is just the area into which he is now blundering. He has no radar for this, and therefore cannot help himself.
His life experience, surrounded as it has always been by the reality-warping aura of way too much money, and constantly hobnobbing with the hyper competitive (read abusive jerks) Wall Street/dealmaking world of men, has reinforced his view that such actions, ideas, and speech is what (?) funny, macho, courageous??
What we see is a person locked in an idea time warp. Much of this would have passed unremarked and unremarkable when he was a child. And so, since he still is, he continues.
The first task of culture is to make most things invisible, and the Trump culture, such as it is, means that for him and many of his culture sharers, this all seems entirely insignificant (essentially invisible). When he becomes the nominee and runs in the Fall in the fuller glare of the national audience, we shall discover a few things about just what kind of a people we actually are.
For Trump, and those who have lived as he has lived, who from his first breath could do or say nothing which brought any real harm to himself, he simply cannot understand why his frat boy language and thoughts about females might be a problem. It obviously hasn't been before.
He is a moral midget, condemned by his privilege to a stunted, archaic, less-than-fully-human consciousness. One way in which this still grossly imperfect world has become better is just the area into which he is now blundering. He has no radar for this, and therefore cannot help himself.
His life experience, surrounded as it has always been by the reality-warping aura of way too much money, and constantly hobnobbing with the hyper competitive (read abusive jerks) Wall Street/dealmaking world of men, has reinforced his view that such actions, ideas, and speech is what (?) funny, macho, courageous??
What we see is a person locked in an idea time warp. Much of this would have passed unremarked and unremarkable when he was a child. And so, since he still is, he continues.
The first task of culture is to make most things invisible, and the Trump culture, such as it is, means that for him and many of his culture sharers, this all seems entirely insignificant (essentially invisible). When he becomes the nominee and runs in the Fall in the fuller glare of the national audience, we shall discover a few things about just what kind of a people we actually are.
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Yes. In other words, he is still a privileged middle school bully from Queens in the 1950's and has been enabled to not mature past that his whole life.
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Now the Times should turn its journalistic prowess to seriously digging into this subject, beyond this quickly drawn summary of Trump as a "sexist." There are many men who are sexist, but Trump obviously has a deep-seated loathing for women that goes bbeyond misogyny into a pathology. His remarks about a woman using the toilet as "disgusting, I can't even talk about it," and his choice of words to attack Megan Kelly -- "she was bleeding from her . . .everywhere" are symptomatic. His true obsession with female faces and bodies -- the worst epithet he defaults to when stressed is that a woman is ugly -- is frightening. Women should not only dislike Trump, they should fear him and fight his unique brand of oppressing and putting women firmly in their place -- as arm candy, appendages, validators (by their beauty) of a man's power, potency and worth. His tasteless remark that he could have slept with Princess Diana reflects a man who relates to women only as objects of conquest. Think what he would do to our country's reputation on a world stage.
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Let's not forget that he also said that if Ivanka were not his daughter, he would be dating her. That qualifies him as an outright creep.
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Donald J. Trump portrays himself as an unabashed sexist. Limited persons like that. Not so much the rest of us. The naive, childish mob says it votes for Trump fancying, thinking not being the correct word, what he would do to our country's reputation on a world stage.
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And yet he has effectively handed over to his daughter the keys to his real estate empire. How odd this man who has such disregard for women.
Your headline is a blatant lie. How can you distort the FACTS and get away with such nonsense? Mr Cruz posted Trump's wife seminude modeling pic on a flyer in Utah just before the primary. Trump retorted with a "spill the beans" comment(passive enough?) on Cruz' wife. Cruz' wife, Heidi has a history of mental illness, ie. and incident in Austin, Tx.
It is obvious your editorial staff has an "anyone but Trump" bias, but to publish blatant lies is borderline criminal, and pathological.
It is obvious your editorial staff has an "anyone but Trump" bias, but to publish blatant lies is borderline criminal, and pathological.
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Trump had to know about the photos of Melania, if not when he married her, certainly shortly thereafter. If he really is the highly intelligent person he thinks he is, he would have known those photos would come back to haunt both of them, and especially if he ever did anything political. So, why didn't he take measures to make sure they were destroyed forever? He certainly has the money to pay for that. I think he is such a misogynist that he wanted them found and published. He doesn't care about the effect on his wife or family members, much less anybody else. He is truly a horrible person in all respects, both physically and mentally. I don't think women need to be afraid of him--we just need to keep demeaning him at every possible opportunity. After all, he is only a man.
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He's probably proud of Melania's nude photos and doesn't mind that they are all over the media.
I wouldn't be surprised if he's actually TAKEN some of the photos.
This is the man who until recently owned the Miss Universe pageant. He likes seeing women as undressed as possible.
He's probably attracted to Megyn Kelly as well.
I wouldn't be surprised if he's actually TAKEN some of the photos.
This is the man who until recently owned the Miss Universe pageant. He likes seeing women as undressed as possible.
He's probably attracted to Megyn Kelly as well.
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"Cruz' wife, Heidi has a history of mental illness"
The depths that Republicans will sink continue to astound me.
The depths that Republicans will sink continue to astound me.
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So, here you have it!!...The media is feverishly reporting on what must be the controversial statement that has crossed the line!! The latest blunder that will most definitely cause the downfall of the Donald!! Voters are really going to be running for the hills this time!!!....meanwhile Donald Trump will continue winning handedly while his poll numbers go up. Listen, guys, you tried. It didn't work. The media is now a parody of itself.
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Poll #s of women show him dropping like a rock, and he has NEVER YET gotten a majority vote, even with only two opponents. He cannot carry his own party.
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Is it your view that if people truly believe something is profoundly wrong and destructive, they should be quiet because they haven't convinced everyone yet?
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Please, it is not just women who find Trump appalling! This male is totally on board with defeating Trump and his outrageous public behavior, bigotry/racisim, and ignorance!
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Second the motion to defeat Trump. Furthermore, as a life-long Republican I see no Republican presidential candidate the nation needs and a crew-worth the nation cannot afford. We have enough see-saw, let us vote a recession every eight years between Democratic administrations, give those new guys a chance, foolhardy political thinking. Stop it. This nation is not ready for losers known today as the GOP who want to take down the nation for a minority, destructive ideology.
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I'd like to hope that every time he opened his mouth about women that Trump would dig his own grave a little deeper, but dealing with him is like trying to wrestle with Antaeus: every time he gets in the dirt he seems to come out stronger. Moreover, even as a woman, I have to admit there are plenty of stupid women out there, like the Iike the one who thinks he would be strong on national security.(More like he'd be the one to create more chaos and send more troops to fight pointless wars considering the crazy things that come out if his mouth.)
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Am I being overly optimistic in thinking that Trump is going to get trounced no matter who is the Democratic nominee is? (I am assuming that sanity will prevail over petulance among Democrats).
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I don't know. I think a lot of us thought Trump would be long gone from the campaign before we got to January 1, 2016.
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Clinton better wise up to the pounding she's going to take at the hands of Trump, if he becomes the GOP nominee. It'll have nothing to do with gender and everything to do with corruption.
Trump's going to say, sure, Clinton's experienced and smart and eloquent, but she's corrupt, deeply corrupt. He'll frame the match-up as between the consummate, corrupt, self-enriching insider (Clinton) vs the unbeholden outsider (Trump). (Full disclosure: I personally abhor Trump.)
Whitewater. Serving on the board of directors of Walmart while Bill was governor. The so-called Clinton Foundation which has taken in hundreds of millions of dollars, much of it from anonymous foreign sources, and which has enabled Chelsea to live the high life in a condo worth over ten million dollars. Her brother's exploits in Haiti while she was Secretary of State. The tens of millions of dollars she reaped in "speaking fees" from big-moneyed interests when everyone knew Clinton would soon be running for president.
Unfortunately, too many things that Clinton has done in her life play directly into the corruption narrative that Trump would likely focus his entire campaign on. That's why I think Trump would beat Clinton in the general election (and why I'm very worried for our country).
Trump's going to say, sure, Clinton's experienced and smart and eloquent, but she's corrupt, deeply corrupt. He'll frame the match-up as between the consummate, corrupt, self-enriching insider (Clinton) vs the unbeholden outsider (Trump). (Full disclosure: I personally abhor Trump.)
Whitewater. Serving on the board of directors of Walmart while Bill was governor. The so-called Clinton Foundation which has taken in hundreds of millions of dollars, much of it from anonymous foreign sources, and which has enabled Chelsea to live the high life in a condo worth over ten million dollars. Her brother's exploits in Haiti while she was Secretary of State. The tens of millions of dollars she reaped in "speaking fees" from big-moneyed interests when everyone knew Clinton would soon be running for president.
Unfortunately, too many things that Clinton has done in her life play directly into the corruption narrative that Trump would likely focus his entire campaign on. That's why I think Trump would beat Clinton in the general election (and why I'm very worried for our country).
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@ "fact or fiction?"
Your slander of Hillary Clinton is pure fiction. And that's a fact.
Your slander of Hillary Clinton is pure fiction. And that's a fact.
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Not one poll shows Trump beating Clinton -- Cruz, yes, and Kasich, a lot -- but NEVER Trump. That's why GOP is so worried.
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I think Nicki Scarfo is a fine character witness for The Don! But Donald sports himself more a Gotti. Hillary is resprung well of hope to the Hot Springs Hot Foot crowd. Can't you tell the organized are switching horses? It's the Dems turn to get rode rash, again.
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Anything but Trump will turn into anything but GOP. Then God will smile on America with reasonable taxes for Wall Street, no insane military intervention and whatever else a political consultant can come up with to sell to America.
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Only Republican women can stop Trump in the voting booth: they must vote for Hillary and stand-up for woman-hood.
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I would NOT ever vote for a do nothing and liar like Hillary or a socialist. It's difficult to imagine that as a lawyer she was fired for lying and continued the lies as she moved up.
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Jacrene, please stop spreading falsehoods. And start getting your news from an actual news source, rather than the right-wing propaganda machine. Hillary Clinton was not fired -- indeed, the person who claims he fired did not even have the authority to fire her and has contradicted himself on numerous occasions. Here is the actual truth:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/zeifman.asp
http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/zeifman.asp
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If the Times or the Democrats wanted to dig deeper, they can go find episodes of ABC's daytime talk show The View from December 2006 and watch Rosie O'Donnell and Donald Trump's "celebrity feud." Rosie mocked his hair and mentioned his bankruptcies one day and Trump went ballistic, predictably focusing on the comedienne's looks. Then we saw Trump all over the gossip shows, demeaning Rosie. The last comment I remember him saying was something about Rosie going to Trump's wedding and eating a lot of cake. By that time, it had really gone into the gutter -- or so I thought until I watched Rubio and Trump compare "hands" during the recent debate.
My point is that Trump has been doing this for a long time -- and even the frontrunner mentioned Rosie during the first debate when Megyn Kelly E questioned him on his sexism. "Only Rosie O'Donnell," he replied, insinuating that it was OK to be sexist against an overweight lesbian.
The media wants Trump to apologize to Megyn Kelly and Carly Fiorina but not Rosie O'Donnell. There are a lot more people who look like Rosie O'Donnell in this country than Megyn Kelly.
My point is that Trump has been doing this for a long time -- and even the frontrunner mentioned Rosie during the first debate when Megyn Kelly E questioned him on his sexism. "Only Rosie O'Donnell," he replied, insinuating that it was OK to be sexist against an overweight lesbian.
The media wants Trump to apologize to Megyn Kelly and Carly Fiorina but not Rosie O'Donnell. There are a lot more people who look like Rosie O'Donnell in this country than Megyn Kelly.
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As a former military pilot and retired major airline pilot, I associate with many fellow retired pilots who are in their 70s and even 80s. As might be expected they are also all white. One thing I've noticed is that they mostly watch Fox News and they have a high regard for Megyn Kelly. Now that the GOP front runner has denigrated Ms. Kelly and desires to initiate a feud with her, I have been curious if this affects their opinion of Mr. Trump. I would bet that they would take Ms. Kelly's side due to her looks and intelligence.
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And the GOP thought women voters were interested in what they had on offer? This is a party that has gone from anti-women policies of every stripe from healthcare to equal pay and become one whose leading candidate is outright insulting. Just so we know, this is a perfect example of Trump's disregard for political correctness.
Ms. Matthews, please, join us to elect Clinton this fall. We'd love to have your vote and America will be better for it.
Ms. Matthews, please, join us to elect Clinton this fall. We'd love to have your vote and America will be better for it.
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How is an insecure bully going to improve national security? Can you imagine if Trump had been president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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Democrat's formula for success in November.
Donald Trump - 50 lbs - combover + southern drawl = Ross Perot
Donald Trump - 50 lbs - combover + southern drawl = Ross Perot
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Your headline is a little off. I'm no Trump fan, but let's be fair in pointing out that this particular incident began when Trump's opponent trashed his wife.
Yes, schadenfreude is a temptation when seeing the Donald hoist on his own misogynist petard. But Melania did not ask for this. Why is she fair game here and the respectable Mrs. Cruz a protectable interest?
Yes, schadenfreude is a temptation when seeing the Donald hoist on his own misogynist petard. But Melania did not ask for this. Why is she fair game here and the respectable Mrs. Cruz a protectable interest?
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No Pauline--a silly super PAC called "Make America Awesome" trashed Trump's wife, not Cruz.
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But if they mentioned that it wouldn't the desired effect. For some reason the democrats are very afraid of this man. I am afraid of both Bernie & Hillary for a different reason. They are destroying our country.
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Facr check: some PAC created of the stop Trump movement created the Melania ad. Cruz immediately denounced it. And Donald's response is right in character -- NOT defending his wife's character or career, but saying mine is prettier than yours. It's all about arm candy.
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Please use the term "pro abortion rights" rather than "pro abortion"! No one is pro abortion...
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Great point.. Also that is what makes me exasperated about the ant- abortion right people's attack on Planned Parenthood. Without the PP, unplanned pregnancy will rise and desperate women will find ways to abort anyway. I wish both sides can work together and reduce unplanned pregnancies as much as possible therefore reducing abortion.
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Pro Choice is even more appropriate.
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Actually, we're pro choice. Abortion is only one choice.
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The Republicans' concern is actually cause for concern. What Republicans are thus saying is they are worried that women will not vote for the very candidate that they themselves are more and more admittiing they find coarse and vulgar. But instead of disavowing him altogether and putting country ahead of party, they somehow want women to be, what, cajoled, manipulated?, into voting for him. Better that they take their angst one step further and say he's crossed one line too far and there is no other hand, to quote Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof." Time to declare they will not support him.
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So Donald Trump will make America great again?
From my point of view he diminishes this country every time he opens his mouth and is given credibility by even a single one of us.
Woman should certainly be concerned about the way he speaks about them. But so should everyone else who does not hate others based upon their gender, religion, political affiliation or choice of lifestyle.
From my point of view he diminishes this country every time he opens his mouth and is given credibility by even a single one of us.
Woman should certainly be concerned about the way he speaks about them. But so should everyone else who does not hate others based upon their gender, religion, political affiliation or choice of lifestyle.
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Sisters, please remember that women have faced discrimination and even subjugation for millennia. Republican candidates echo the old fashioned nonsense that women should be controlled by men, especially their uteri.
Vote for equality for women, for sensible rational policies that allow women to grow and live with dignity for themselves, by themselves, in their families, in the work place, and in and for our nation.
Vote for equality for women, for sensible rational policies that allow women to grow and live with dignity for themselves, by themselves, in their families, in the work place, and in and for our nation.
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Don't diminish women's roles in many families. My husband votes the way I tell him, otherwise he wouldn't think to!
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affordable child care
including Rx birth control as an insurance covered Rx
equal pay
parental leave
paid sick days
access to high-quality Pre-K
seat-belts on school buses/ funded EPA water testing in schools
protecting women from gun crazy ex-husbands
access to effective sex ed in all public schools
allowing women and their doctors decide if pregnancy termination is necessary
etc.
PS.ditto NYTimes on comments about the term pro-abortion that is Cruz-speak and does not function in the female lexicon.