Trump has been calling Mexicans rapists for weeks but the thing that will finally sink him with journalists is being mean to John McCain.
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To be fair to Trump though, his comments were taken out of context.
It is interesting to me how some public figures can be multifaceted douchebags but the public will only care about one of those facets. For example, no one cares about Denny Hastert’s crooked land deals but the pedophilia is a showstopper. Similarly, Bill Clinton sells out pretty much everyone who ever supported him politically but it’s the blowjob from the intern that generates outrage. Go figure.
UPDATE 7/25/2015: Stewart on Trump.
UPDATE 8/22/2015: It’s now a month after the fact and no one seems to care that Trump insulted McCain. If they do it’s not obvious from his poll numbers. On the poll numbers, I want to know how it is that nearly half – half! – of registered Democrats in OH, PA, and FL haven’t heard enough about Bernie Sanders to have formed an opinion of him. For comparison, 90-95% of Democrats surveyed say they know enough about Clinton and Biden to have an opinion – so for those who have an opinion – and opinions are mostly favorable – please tell me what informs your opinion. What is it that causes you to like or not like them?
It’s not the BJ. It’s the lying about the BJ under oath. File under: all politicians are lying egomaniacal freaks.
My view is that no one had any business asking him about the BJ under oath while he was in office. It had nothing to do with the execution of his duties as President. Someone using their power as President to affect the political process for personal gain is public corruption. Clinton’s dalliance with Lewinsky was additional evidence that he’s a shitty human being – which was already public knowledge – but it was not public corruption. It had nothing to do with governing, proposing or enacting legislation, conducting foreign policy, etc. He should never have been compelled to testify while he was in office.