Grab them by the PUSSY

[RayThom]

I feel Drumpf is going to be a no-show for the town hall meeting/debate tomorrow night. "IF" he does chose to show up the ratings will be YUGE... it will be the YUGEST train wreck anyone has ever seen before.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/poli ... /91621948/

[Guinevere]

A hearing has finally (just yesterday) been ordered for the woman's suit charging that Trump raped her when she was 13:

Federal Judge Orders Hearing in Donald Trump Rape Lawsuit

by Rachel Stockman | 12:34 pm, October 7th, 2016

Federal Judge Ronnie Abrams has ordered a December status conference hearing after a woman, who calls herself “Jane Doe,” filed a lawsuit claiming that Trump raped her when she was 13 years old in the 1990s. This is the third attempt the plaintiff has made in filing this particular lawsuit. Last Friday, she filed an amended complaint, with a new “witness” named “Joan Doe.” The plaintiff and witnesses in the case are using pseudonyms, they say, to protect their identities.

“In the 1994-95 school year, I was told by the plaintiff in Jane Doe v. Trump and Epstein (1:16-cv-04642, SDNY) that the plaintiff was subject to sexual contact by the Defendants at parties in New York City during the summer of 1994,” one of the witnesses said in a declaration.

The complaint alleges billionaire convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein had a woman pickup teenage girls for his famous parties. One of these girls was “Jane.” Another witness, “Tiffany,” who also provided an affidavit in the lawsuit, said she witnessed Trump and Epstein rape the plaintiff several times. Trump has repeatedly denied the allegations.

“As I have said before, the allegations are categorically untrue and an obvious publicity stunt aimed at smearing my client,” Alan Garten, Trump’s attorney, told LawNewz.com last week, “In the event we are actually served this time, we intend to move for sanctions for this frivolous filing.”

Judge Abrams (who also happens to be the sister of LawNewz.com founder Dan Abrams) has called for a status conference hearing on December 16, 2016 at 11:30 am at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. She’s asked for both sides to provide information that could assist the Court in advancing the case to settlement or trial.

http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/federal ... suit-case/

I'm going to reserve judgement on that one, but in general I personally have had an inclination to treat as credible other sexual harassment and assualt allegations against him, based just on what I knew about his words and conduct well prior to the release of the tape yesterday...

My point is more about the political implications than my personal view. Because of that tape, a lot more people are likely to view these types of allegations against him more credibly than they might have previously.

And also because of that tape, the media antenna will now be fully up about this, (I saw the earlier charge from Jill Harth getting re-publicized on cable news today) and these types of allegations will now get much more media attention than they would have before.

A status conference is a 5 minute non-event, typically. And just lawyers wrangling over process. Snooze-fest.

[rubato]

MSNBC has just reported that the number of current GOP office holders now calling for Trump to step down has reached 15...

MSNBC has just reported that the number of current GOP office holders now calling for Trump to step down has reached 15...

Assorted GOP "Leaders"
Senators .............54
Congress members ..247
Governors .............31
total............. 332

15/332 4.5% Against Trump

95.5% For Trump; cynics, idiots or cowards.

Not evidence of intelligence or morality.

Burn down the GOP and start over. Boehner screwed you when he said "The tea party are not really different from the rest of the GOP."


yrs,
rubato

[Guinevere]

Yes, but that doesn't matter because as you know when it comes to the Presidency, people don't really vote for the name on the ballot...

Yes, I understand how it works. But it doesn't matter, Trump is the name on the ballot and that alone will keep people from voting for the "Republican Party." Plus do you really think the average American understands the electoral college, or trusts the electors (or Trump) to actually go away if he should get the most votes in any particular state.

[Lord Jim]

By mid-afternoon Saturday, more than two dozen Republican lawmakers had called on Trump to leave the race in favor of vice presidential nominee Mike Pence.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... story.html

ETA:

Woo Hoo!

This just happened in the last few minutes:

STATEMENT FROM JOHN McCAIN WITHDRAWING SUPPORT OF DONALD TRUMP

Phoenix, AZ– John McCain issued the following statement today withdrawing his support of Donald Trump:

“In addition to my well known differences with Donald Trump on public policy issues, I have raised questions about his character after his comments on Prisoners of War, the Khan Gold Star family, Judge Curiel and earlier inappropriate comments about women. Just this week, he made outrageous statements about the innocent men in the Central Park Five case.

“As I said yesterday, there are no excuses for Donald Trump’s offensive and demeaning comments in the just released video; no woman should ever be victimized by this kind of inappropriate behavior. He alone bears the burden of his conduct and alone should suffer the consequences.

“I have wanted to support the candidate our party nominated. He was not my choice, but as a past nominee, I thought it important I respect the fact that Donald Trump won a majority of the delegates by the rules our party set. I thought I owed his supporters that deference.

“But Donald Trump’s behavior this week, concluding with the disclosure of his demeaning comments about women and his boasts about sexual assaults, make it impossible to continue to offer even conditional support for his candidacy. Cindy, with her strong background in human rights and respect for women fully agrees with me in this.

“Cindy and I will not vote for Donald Trump. I have never voted for a Democratic presidential candidate and we will not vote for Hillary Clinton. We will write in the name of some good conservative Republican who is qualified to be President.”

http://www.johnmccain.com/statement-fro ... ald-trump/

Really happy to see this one...

[Scooter]

Hey wes, pussy got your tongue?

[dales]

I'm sure wesw is fine, only a touch of cunningliguist.

[RayThom]

[Bicycle Bill]

There are some times when a man has to do what a man has to do, and if Donald Trump or any other so-called 'man' were to speak about my mother, my aunt, my sister, my girlfriend, or my (non-existent) wife in those sort of terms — and I found out about it — that would be one of them.  They would very quickly learn a very hard lesson about manners and respecting women that, if they were fortunate, would only result in a brief visit to the hospital.

Yes, I'd probably be arrested, charged, and maybe even sent to jail; but I'd consider it a small and honorable price to pay.  When one acts with integrity, he will have no regrets.

-"BB"-

[liberty]

There are some times when a man has to do what a man has to do, and if Donald Trump or any other so-called 'man' were to speak about my mother, my aunt, my sister, my girlfriend, or my (non-existent) wife in those sort of terms — and I found out about it — that would be one of them.  They would very quickly learn a very hard lesson about manners and respecting women that, if they were fortunate, would only result in a brief visit to the hospital.

Yes, I'd probably be arrested, charged, and maybe even sent to jail; but I'd consider it a small and honorable price to pay.  When one acts with integrity, he will have no regrets.

-"BB"-

How do you feel about the way that Bill Clinton treated women? And how do you like the references in rap music referring to women as bitches , sluts and whores?

[Bicycle Bill]

How do you feel about the way that Bill Clinton treated women? And how do you like the references in rap music referring to women as bitches , sluts and whores?

Seriously, you really feel that you need to ask?

-"BB"-

[Lord Jim]

How do you feel about the way that Bill Clinton treated women? And how do you like the references in rap music referring to women as bitches , sluts and whores?

I tell you what lib...

Just as soon as as Bill Clinton or a misogynist rapper get the Republican nomination for President, I'll want them off the ticket too...

[Lord Jim]

Condoleezza Rice: Trump 'should withdraw'

Former secretary of state Condoleeza Rice, who served in the Bush administration, said Donald Trump should withdraw from the race for president.

"Enough! Donald Trump should not be President. He should withdraw," Rice wrote Saturday on her Facebook profile. "As a Republican, I hope to support someone who has the dignity and stature to run for the highest office in the greatest democracy on earth."

Rice's condemnation of Trump comes in light of a resurfaced video from 2005 that showed him making vulgar comments about women.

Rice joins dozens of other GOP leaders and lawmakers who have called on Trump to withdraw from the race, just about a month before the election.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/condo ... le/2604023#!

Rob Portman rescinds endorsement of Donald Trump

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- GOP U.S. Sen. Rob Portman rescinded his endorsement of his party's presidential nominee late Saturday night, becoming the latest Republican to do so in the aftermath of the release of a 2005 video showing Donald Trump making vulgar and sexually aggressive comments about women.

In a statement posted to his campaign website, Portman said he instead will be voting for Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who is serving as Trump's running mate. Trump said earlier Saturday he will not be dropping out, and even if he did, it's unclear that Republicans could replace him. So Portman, who had maintained distance with Trump despite previously endorsing him, would likely be casting a protest vote.

"I thought it was appropriate to respect the millions of voters across the country who chose Donald Trump as the Republican Party nominee," Portman said. "While I continue to respect those who still support Donald Trump, I can no longer support him. I continue to believe our country cannot afford a Hillary Clinton presidency."

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf ... rseme.html

I heard Crazy Rudy Giuliani (Many people are calling him Crazy Rudy; not me, but many people are) saying that the idea of Trump withdrawing was "just wishful thinking from the Clinton campaign"...



Earth to Crazy Rudy...

The group of people on the planet most fervently praying that Pussy Grabber Don (Many people are calling him Pussy Grabber Don; not me, but many people are) NOT withdraw, are the members of Team Clinton...

The Clintonistas have fanned out all over the tube and social media to frantically insist that it's impossible to replace Pussy Grabber Don...(it isn't)

"No no no!!! You can't do it! It's impossible! It's too late! Trump MUST stay as the Republican nominee!!!"

[Guinevere]

Not exactly, LJ, but nice try: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/p ... 4?cmpid=sf

A wave of Republican officials abandoned Donald Trump Saturday, but, at least for now, rank-and-file Republicans are standing by the party's presidential candidate, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted immediately after audio was unearthed Friday that had the GOP nominee crudely bragging about groping women and trying to lure a married woman into an affair.
Overall, fewer than four-in-10 voters -- 39 percent -- think Trump should end his presidential campaign, while only slightly more voters, 45 percent, think he should not drop out.

But voters are largely viewing Trump's comments through their own partisan lens: 70 percent of Democrats say Trump should end his campaign, but just 12 percent of Republicans -- and 13 percent of female Republicans -- agree.

As of now, GOP voters largely want the party to stand behind Trump. Nearly three-quarters of Republican voters, 74 percent, surveyed on Saturday said party officials should continue to support Trump. Only 13 percent think the party shouldn’t back him.
Still, Hillary Clinton leads Trump in the four-way race for the White House by four points, 42 percent to 38 percent, with eight percent supporting Gary Johnson, three percent supporting Jill Stein and nine percent undecided. Clinton also leads by four in a two-way race, 45 percent to 41 percent.
Operatives in both parties say they believe it will take several days -- and Sunday night's debate at Washington University in St. Louis -- to have the video bake into the public consciousness.

But the new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll is the first scientific survey to gauge voters’ immediate reactions to Trump’s comments. The technology of Morning Consult’s web-panel survey allowed respondents to view both the video in which Trump, off-camera, explicitly describes women who allow him to kiss them and grab their genitals with impunity because of his celebrity – and Trump’s subsequent midnight apology video posted early Saturday morning.

All poll respondents were showed the video in which Trump converses off-camera with then-“Access Hollywood” anchor Billy Bush (coincidentally, a cousin of Trump's former GOP rival, Jeb Bush). Respondents were asked, following the video, to describe how they felt about the clip, on a scale from zero (very negative) to 10 (very positive), with 5 defined as “neutral.”

A 74-percent majority of all voters had a negative reaction to the video – including 47 percent who said their feelings were a zero (very negative). But there’s a partisan element to voters’ reactions to the video: 69 percent of Democratic voters said they had a very negative impression after watching it, but only 22 percent of Republicans gave it a zero rating. Ten percent of Republicans said the video gave them a positive feeling.
An even sharper partisan dynamic exists when voters were asked whether the video gives them a more or less favorable impression of Trump. Among all voters, 61 percent say it makes them feel either somewhat or much less favorable toward Trump, while 28 percent say it doesn’t affect their view of Trump; 8 percent said it makes them feel more favorably toward Trump.
But just 48 percent of GOP voters said it makes them feel less favorably toward Trump, while 36 percent said it doesn’t affect their opinions of Trump.

“As soon as the news broke, we designed a survey that not only tested voter opinion on Trump's comments, but also allowed more than 1,500 voters to react in real time to the video and his apology," said Morning Consult co-founder and Chief Research Officer Kyle Dropp. "The results show that nearly all voters have heard about the video and most rate it negatively, but Trump's supporters are not abandoning him right away.”
Voters completed the survey on Saturday, as GOP lawmakers – some facing challenging campaigns this fall and others in safe seats or not on the ballot this year – raced to announce they either wouldn’t support Trump in November or urged him to withdraw from the race and be replaced on the ballot.
But not only do three-quarters of Republican voters want the party to stand behind Trump, there’s a potential warning in the data for GOP officeholders like Sen. Kelly Ayotte (N.H.), who announced Saturday she wouldn’t vote for him: Fewer than a third of voters are willing to give greater consideration to a candidate who un-endorses Trump.

[Bicycle Bill]

I heard Crazy Rudy Giuliani (Many people are calling him Crazy Rudy; not me, but many people are) saying that the idea of Trump withdrawing was "just wishful thinking from the Clinton campaign"...



Earth to Crazy Rudy...

The group of people on the planet most fervently praying that Pussy Grabber Don (Many people are calling him Pussy Grabber Don; not me, but many people are) NOT withdraw, are the members of Team Clinton...

The Clintonistas have fanned out all over the tube and social media to frantically insist that it's impossible to replace Pussy Grabber Don...(it isn't)

"No no no!!! You can't do it! It's impossible! It's too late! Trump MUST stay as the Republican nominee!!!"

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump declared in an interview Saturday that he would not drop out of the race under any circumstances, following calls from several prominent members of his party to do so.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... quote]“I’d never withdraw.  I’ve never withdrawn in my life,” Trump told The Washington Post in a phone call from his home in Trump Tower in New York.  “No, I’m not quitting this race.  I have tremendous support.”
(emphasis mine)[/quote]
So says the man who has been divorced twice and declared bankruptcy at least four times.....

-"BB"-

[Lord Jim]

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump declared in an interview Saturday that he would not drop out of the race under any circumstances

I know...

That's what gives me hope that he might do it....

[Guinevere]

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump declared in an interview Saturday that he would not drop out of the race under any circumstances

I know...

That's what gives me hope that might do it....

Pence will drop off the ticket before the Trumpanzee quits.

[Lord Jim]

If Trump won't step down, I think Pence should...

There's some serious talk within the RNC about having Pence do that to ramp up the pressure on Trump to quit:

One of the scenarios being played out by GOP party elders is convincing Pence to leave the ticket. Vin Weber, a former Jeb Bush supporter, says he would "absolutely" call for Pence to leave the ticket as a way to put "immeasurable pressure" on Trump to leave the race.
"Pence is the anchor that keeps Trump in the race," so without him it would be over for the candidate, Weber said.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/08/politics/ ... index.html

Weber's the only one to say this publicly but I've seen reports that behind the scenes there are other RNC types exploring this possibility (especially if Trump screws the pooch tonight)

Another thing that's apparently being looked at behind the scenes at the RNC is the possibility of buying Trump off to get him to quit, by agreeing to reimburse him for all the money he's personally put into the campaign if he steps down...

I'd be perfectly happy with that too...

I'm in favor of getting Trump off the ticket, even at this late date, both as an American and as a Republican...

As an American, I don't want even the slightest chance that this manifestly unfit malevolent clown could become President Of The United States...Getting him off the ticket eliminates that possibility completely...

As a Republican, even though it's clusterfuck of historic dimensions, I have no doubt that at this point we will perform better down ballot without Trump at the top of the ticket...

[Big RR]

I agree Jim; hi withdrawal would signal the end of any chance of him winning, so I'd like to see it as well. I doubt it has any chance of happening, but we can hope.

[Lord Jim]

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Jim -

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