If Trump is the nominee, he will be radioactive by Election Day. Trump's habitual vulgarity, and especially his abusive treatment of women, is notorious. It is astonishing to see so many people here dismiss various Trump incidents as old news. (Not that the Dems won't make 20 year old transgressions an issue.) Trump's bad behavior has been the pattern of a lifetime. You can't dismiss 30 years of flagrant womanizing and philandering by a candidate who THIS YEAR mocked Carly Fiorina's appearance and indulged in truly cringeworthy vulgarity about a journalist's menstrual cycle. This is one of the few things in Donald's life about which he has been utterly consistent.
Hugh Hefner will still vote Democrat. Larry Flynt, however, may still be reachable. He's more Trump's type.
“How about a teeny tiny taste of what the dems will do to the Donald”
Trump has dealt with media accusations of rape to being basically Hitler the past 6 months just fine.
Cruz needs constant hand-holding and a gaggle of bloggers and talk radio to circle the wagons around him EVERY TIME he gets into hot water.
I just got PMing about this very same question. In short, the conclusion I have come to is that there are not nearly as many FReepers who share our Judeo-Christian values as I once assumed. To my mind, there is no other explanation for this massive outpouring of support for a man that represents the antithesis of almost everything our nation was founded upon.
I’m on the same page. I just can’t take him seriously as a possible CIC. He’s amusing in very small doses, but that’s it for me.