Posted on 10/09/2016 2:36:37 PM PDT by Rockitz
In December 2010, I was a guest at a cocktail party in Washington, D.C. for incoming Republican members of the House of Representatives. I had lost my own congressional race in Illinois, but had made enough friends among fellow GOP candidates that they graciously allowed me to join the festivities.
Inside, there was excited talk about the new Tea Party class, about fixing Washington, about finding places to live in high-rent D.C. And there was also talk about women that kind of talk.
Some of the new members, many of whom had spent the day surrounded by young, attractive, ingratiating, dressed-to-the-nines female would-be staffers, wondered aloud how they were going to avoid the temptations of being surrounded every day by such creatures.
The details do not matter: suffice it to say the language used was not that much better than the newly-surfaced lewd chat that Donald Trump had with Billy Bush on a live mic, eleven long years ago.
Not every man talks that way about women. But plenty do in the locker room, on the golf course, and on Capitol Hill. I was once taken aback when one congressman praised my wifes looks, in rather lurid terms.
Some of the same Republicans are beating a disgraceful retreat from Trump, acting as if they have never heard such language before.
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If they are willing to lose the country for that is what may be at stake over a decade-old joke, they might deserve to lose.
And if Trump wins regardless, look out: he will have done it on his own.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
And Trump showed why he’s the best choice during the debate - wiped the floor with Clinton.
AMEN
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