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I think in a sane world, after the "grab 'em by the pussy" tape came out we'd have never heard from him again.
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.
Cognitive dissonance does not exist for conservatives.
They would first have to possess a mind in order for it to hold two opposing thoughts
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.
Poor Howard Dean, we could use that enthusiasm now.
Not to mention someone misspelled potato once, and his political career got torched from it.
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...
Iirc he didn't even get 'too excited' he just had the mic too close to his mouth.
That was after losing Iowa, it likely wasn't the deciding factor on its own.
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.
Or justifiable as a means to an end
As god as my witness I don't know why this wasn't the end of it
Upvoted before I clicked it because I knew exactly what you were talking about. Only clicked to verify.
I appreciate your thoroughness
For sure
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.)
I didn't get the reference. All I could think of was mad mad mad mad mad Madam Mim from Sword in the Stone.
https://youtu.be/i415QwSj0Og
One scene from a great movie
Now I have another movie on my list. That pilot is a man after my own heart.
The actor or the stuntman, or both?
FYI, it's a 1960s movie and runs long. You might want to break it into chunks.
Both, but mostly Thurston Howell III. I'd also like an old fashioned.
A man ahead of his time!