Throughout that grueling 90 minutes, this was all I could think of as I watched that creep loom over Hillary Clinton and threaten her both with jail and with his constant lurking behind her. Creepy.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Dial M For Murder (Google Image)
Spoiler Alert: Grace Kelly survived.
So did Hillary.
And I’m starting to think even Melania is gonna vote for Hillary. Did you hear about what she wore to the debate last night?
I got the picture indirectly from Huffington Post.com. I personally couldn’t afford this blouse because it is truly priceless. 😉
You all know what’s happened tonight. The yuge video of Donald Trump being an asshole. Talking about women disrespectfully. Claiming that, because he is a star, he can get women to put up with him being sexually abusive.
Right now, I’m waiting for Trump to put out a video apology. Or something.
But how can he apologize for who he is. Who we — including the folks who planned to vote for him — always knew he was?
Every day it seemed, there was a statement from this woman or that, saying that he hit on them or disrespected them.
Still, most of the GOP went along with him. Endorsed him. Sighed and signed on.
Paul Ryan. Mitch McConnell. John McCain. Kelly Ayotte. Ted Cruz. Marco Rubio.
Right now, folks are lining up to say “he’s a bad man.” “I can’t support him.”
Donald Trump is the same, vile man he was yesterday, before this film came out. They always knew it.
If Trump releases a video where he assures us, with the deepest sincerity, that he respects women, he will of course leave lots of folk out: Hispanics. Muslims. Blacks. Everybody but rich white men.
Me? I’m not ready to make nice. Go to Hell, Donald Trump. And don’t let the screen door hit you on the way out.
When it happened, it was barely in the news. I tried to write about it, but couldn’t. I still can’t. What more can be said that wasn’t said before. The fact that it still happens says it all.
It could just as easily have been somebody I care about. Or somebody you care about.
It WAS somebody named Jacob, which is eerie for me since I have a son named Jacob.
Another shooting of children. Another death. Another funeral.
If there was ever a way to fight back, though, to show that the guns don’t really win, this was the way to do it. With superheroes.
A young superhero is dead. At his funeral, his mother encouraged everybody to come dressed as a superhero, because Jacob was a superhero and wanted to save people. It was a touching tribute to Jacob, and a wonderful, heartfelt gesture by his Mom.
His family, his community is devastated. We are all diminished.
Because we do nothing. Again and again and again.
Fucking guns. Fucking second amendment. FUCKING NRA.
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Who is Mike Pence?
I mean besides Donald Trump’s VP candidate who gets almost no coverage in the press.
He’s the guy who decided to defund Planned Parenthood!
So tonight, when (if) you watch the VP Debate being held here in Virginia, remember that misogyny comes in quieter forms too. Like from those gentlemen who simply want to make sure that women have lots of babies and no access to healthcare screening for breast and ovarian or for sexually transmitted diseases.
It’s a health issue.
It’s an economic issue.
It’s common sense — keep public funding of organizations who serve the public.
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Elections Matter. Vote on November 8. And not for Pence!
In case you need any more convincing, or more likely need to demonstrate to someone else the difference between the seriousness and ramifications of scandals involving Clinton versus the ones involving Trump, John Oliver has your answer.
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