I think it would freak out a very small segment of the population who wasn’t already freaked out by him—affluent, middle-of-the-road women (same small portion of the population whom the leaked video finally pushed over the edge). But, I agree that it wouldn’t affect his base support.

Think of it not as a tool to change reasonable minds. Think of it as a way to ruin Rudy Giuliani’s day.

I was never comparing the admission of sexual assault to his racist behavior. . . . .didn’t even bring up the admission of sexual assault (I definitely think it’s pertinent—just saying I didn’t bring it up in my comment). All I brought up was that we have had plenty of evidence that he is a racist for a long time

Oh, I totally agree. We saw the power of the video medium on Friday—all that info was already out—but the video did make it much more “real.”

Here’s what’s frustrating about this: We already knew he was a racist. He’s already dehumanized black americans, latino americans, muslim americans. He’s a racist.

I think you should read up on domestic violence. From the articles on this case:

I hope many in the media encourage people to stay engaged in politics beyond presidential years. . . . . the GOP would be aging out of existence even if it weren’t currently imploding. But progressives and left-centrists are not gonna make the kinds of inroads we want (AND CAN) make if we keep letting the GOP beat us…

People on twitter are reacting to this video in an appropriate manner: they are saying Trump is describing sexual assault.

Did anyone else out there with an eating disorder try to influence other peoples ways of eating?

Actually, all of the polling analysis shows Gary Johnson either pulling more votes from Clinton or equally from both of them. In addition to that polling data, we also know he’s pulling a substantial portion of the youth vote—a traditionally democratic bloc. In a normal world, yes, the libertarian would be pulling…

Randilyn, you are the best!

but unfortunately she did make herself a target

I am so sorry this happened to you. . . .

The French police, in my experience, can be both shitty and great.

they targeted her precisely because she made herself a soft target.

Human beings love to deny other human beings the right to their suffering and/or their trauma. We deny it to ourselves and deny it to others. It’s one of our least nice traits.

It’s a demand for the right to be an asshole without consequences.

O’Reilly and Watters excel at dehumanizing people. They have been doing it for years. And it is disgusting.

I’ll add that a lot of the generational splits have to do with cultural conservatism and/or religious conservatism. The GOP would have a much better future ahead of it in terms of appealing to different demographics if the party weren’t so freaking racist. But then, the very core of the modern GOP is built on…