For all of you who are leaving...

[dan on the right]

Been here for over 15 years, Jim, probably a regular a few more before I registered.

Agree, Hillary must be beat at all costs.

Disagree that Trump can do it anymore. This is fatal unless he is absolutely brilliant Sunday (unlikely).

Assuming he doesn’t crush it on Sunday, we need to go with Pence. He will win in a landslide. Only way to beat Hillary.

What he said wasn’t stupid, it was incredibly over the line. My friends do NOT speak like that. Admiring a beautiful woman is one thing; bragging about grabbing them is another. We all understand locker room banter, but I believe what he said he has done - grab women in inappropriate places and kiss them whether they want it or not - and he does get away with it. I am sick over this. I’ll still vote for him, since Hillary is a bigger evil, but he is destined to lose now.

Pence 2016.

[dan on the right]

Been here for over 15 years, Jim, probably a regular a few more before I registered.

Agree, Hillary must be beat at all costs.

Disagree that Trump can do it anymore. This is fatal unless he is absolutely brilliant Sunday (unlikely).

Assuming he doesn’t crush it on Sunday, we need to go with Pence. He will win in a landslide. Only way to beat Hillary.

What he said wasn’t stupid, it was incredibly over the line. My friends do NOT speak like that. Admiring a beautiful woman is one thing; bragging about grabbing them is another. We all understand locker room banter, but I believe what he said he has done - grab women in inappropriate places and kiss them whether they want it or not - and he does get away with it. I am sick over this. I’ll still vote for him, since Hillary is a bigger evil, but he is destined to lose now.

Pence 2016.

[jmacusa]

And don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!!

[dainbramaged]

Darn right, Boss. A little locker room talk? Boo hoo. Trump still wins big.

[ReaganGeneration2]

If Trump uses a combination of both your opening statements, he wins

[VermithraxPejorative]

For all Trump’s failures as a man, he is making the sacrifice now. Things have needed to be said and done and cowardly Republicans have let it get to this point with no confrontation. I hope George Washington himself kicks those traitors to hell because there will be decades of suffering if Hillary gets in and no recovery in sight.

[SamAdams76]

Not only am I sticking with Trump but I’m doubling down on Trump. The media assault against him only reinforces my support. The pantywaisted concern trolls here make me sick to my stomach.

[eaglestar]

He needs to address her in third person during the debates.

Vader/Palpatine 2016

[Black Agnes]

The ‘never heard it’ must’ve skipped high school English altogether. Shakespeare is pretty raunchy.

[MarchonDC09122009]

That’s actual a very good response that shut up the matter.
Hope he uses that in the debate if need be.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Amanda and the rest of the girlfriends in the closet prevented the Cubanadian from going there.

[cardinal4]

It’s going to be fine. A strong showing tomorrow night while focusing on the beasts and her husband’s negatives (make no mistake, a Hillary victory means Bill in the White House, too), and this non story goes away..

[MulberryDraw]

I figure the crooked crony capitalists will pull out all the stops. Their very lively hoods may be at stake if Trump beats crooked Hillary.

[Mariner]

"Of course no one in the lsm will dare mention “pedophile island” that slick willie flew to with his buddy."

Trump will, tomorrow night.

[RKBA Democrat]

“There are freepers leaving over this??”

A few of the usual trolls and pearl clutters are having public conniptions. Jim has invited them to just leave. Thankfully.

[WalterSkinner]

..it has probably been mentioned, but Pastor Robert Jeffress said on Fox that he isn't supporting DJT because he wants him to be his child's 3rd grade Sunday School teacher, but because his policies are right for the country.

Well, I am a Sunday School teacher, and this teacher supports Mr. Trump--salty language notwithstanding...

[nathanbedford]

I for one am not throwing in the towel because to do so is to throw in the country.

Now is the time for us to rally to Trump but we should do so as an affirmative gesture without negative backhands to potential supporters. Trumpers have got to figure a way to pivot and go on the attack but the attack should be directed at Hillary. Likewise, we on Free Republic should take aim at the real enemy and not at those who might yet pull the lever for Donald Trump. Why do we want to help the Democrats divide us?

Trump can survive this and go on to win if he can pivot and make the debate and the subsequent campaign about saving America. He need not be strident, in fact he should not be because that sounds defensive, he should be passionate but always under control. He must modulate his voice, avoid smirking, and cite facts when he tells us how he will make America great and cite facts when he points out how Hillary has broken off pieces of America and sold them ever since Bill was the attorney general in Arkansas. He must do so by recounting facts, not conclusions, let the listener to the debate draw their own conclusions because that way they will believe them. Let his arguments have a beginning, a middle and end, let the end be the only logical conclusion from the beginning and the middle.

In other words, bring some order to the debate. After the debate, his surrogates can go on a strident attack, they can flesh out any positive programs, they can replicate his message over and over. All of this is not designed to win on specific issues rather it is to elevate the debate to Trump's vision for America and to disqualify Hillary. To do that, Trump must show himself an acceptable vessel for our hopes and dreams, the only available vessel to save the country. In other words, he must look presidential and overcome this self dealt image. He dare not become defensive, he must project gravitas. He has to do that even at the cost of winning points. If he does that he can win the election.

[Mozilla]

I don’t care at all about this. I wouldn’t have even known if nobody here had reported it. I am only interested in doing the best I can in life and in defeatingredients Hillary. The left is trying to throw the kitchen sink at Trump. This was a coordinated attempt to stop news of Wikileaks dump.

[phoneman08]

Jim, you sir are an oak.

Our very Republic is at stake in this election. Those who do not recognize this stone cold fact are complicit. In fact, our very lives may be dependent on people being to understand the peril that Hillary brings to this nation.

We are closer to war with Russia than we’ve been in decades. We are importing savages from the middle east as fast as possible. Are these two threats to our very survival insufficient for people of social conservative conviction to put aside purity considering what is at stake? I pray, only a few.

[JBW1949]

I really don’t think this is going to amount to very much....