http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/us/politics/mike-pence-donald-trump-muslim-ban.html
“Because that’s not Donald Trump’s position now.”
lol.
That is fucking hilarious.
When Hillary flip flops every election cycle everyone commends her for evolving, but if Trump changes on any issue he is chastised for being a hypocrite. Am I the only one who notices.
As Trekky pointed out, Trump changes his mind far too quickly. Not only that but a ban on muslims was a major part of his campaign. It would be like if Hillary decided that, in order to help herself in the polls, she changed her position on gun control, saying that guns should now be more easily obtained by law abiding citizens with less restrictions. It would be out of character and totally out of base for the people who voted for her in the primary.
That doesn't make any sense. Accusing Russia of orchestrating the hacking only calls more attention to the revelations of those emails. The best thing to do if they wanted to downplay the scandal would be to simply never bring it up and hope that people forget about it over time. It's far more likely that Russia really is behind the hacking than that this is some weird, poorly thought-out political stunt.
Yeah but maybe it's a way to show that Trumps friend, Putin, is trying to help Trump win. Or it has nothing to do with politics and wasn't thought of in any political way.
In other news, what a class act:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/us/politics/donald-trump-women.html
Trump read a pre-prepared script as a response. And man was it in stark contrast. He looked like a presidential candidate.
Which should make his supporters lose their cool. I mean, this is Trump! He doesn't apologize! He tells it like it is. He's the every man (with billions of dollars). He is literally doing things he said he would never do in the primaries. He's apologizing, being politically correct, and reading from a teleprompter.
However, I will say that this isn't something that should have gone up. We all say shit like this (or similar) and frankly, it's not something we should throw around and say "See? See? Trump's an asshole". Well of course he is. But you don't need to bring up private conversations to show it nor should it be relevant. I'm sure Obama has said the word Fuck more than once. Should we show that on national TV with the words "Do you want a president who swears?" Granted, that's not AS bad but my point is, digging up ancient history of a private chat that reveals Trump is crude shouldn't be anywhere near the national news. Maybe in the tabloids but not mainstream.