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Bill Pruitt, a former producer for The Apprentice whose NDA just expired after 20 years, writes in Slate that Donald Trump used the n-word during the production of the show — and there are tapes of him doing it.

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[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 105 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I think in a sane world, after the "grab 'em by the pussy" tape came out we'd have never heard from him again.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 101 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've posted this story many times.

After the 'pussy grabber' tape came out, a conservative woman went on the TV show The View to defend Donald.

One of the other panelists kept repeating the word 'pussy' over and over. The Trump defender asked her to stop using that offensive word.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 44 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Cognitive dissonance does not exist for conservatives.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They would first have to possess a mind in order for it to hold two opposing thoughts

[–] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 34 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

A reminder that there was a candidate who got too excited and yelled in a weird way then got erased because of it. Now we have Robert "brainworm" Kennedy still on people's radar sounding like he's gargled gravel everyday since he was 12.

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago

Poor Howard Dean, we could use that enthusiasm now.

[–] Iwasondigg@lemmy.one 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not to mention someone misspelled potato once, and his political career got torched from it.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago

His son is an ex-Congressman.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Quayle

Little swine was about 25 in 2001, and somehow decided he didn't need to join the military. Later he talked about saving the country from Obama

Apples and trees...

[–] sgtgig@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Iirc he didn't even get 'too excited' he just had the mic too close to his mouth.

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

That was after losing Iowa, it likely wasn't the deciding factor on its own.

[–] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 29 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In a sane world, yes.

In the real world, the people who support him are the ones who identify with him, and the ones who identify with him think that sexual assault is the pinnacle of masculinity.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 7 points 5 months ago

Or justifiable as a means to an end

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] acetanilide@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Upvoted before I clicked it because I knew exactly what you were talking about. Only clicked to verify.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I appreciate your thoroughness

[–] acetanilide@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago
[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Why is everyone talking about a hypothetical sane world? It's not. Maybe it never was. It's a mad mad mad mad world.

(No conscious reference to the movie, it's just a title that seems apt.)

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I didn't get the reference. All I could think of was mad mad mad mad mad Madam Mim from Sword in the Stone.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Now I have another movie on my list. That pilot is a man after my own heart.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The actor or the stuntman, or both?

FYI, it's a 1960s movie and runs long. You might want to break it into chunks.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Both, but mostly Thurston Howell III. I'd also like an old fashioned.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

A man ahead of his time!