Trump's Locker Room Talk

If we are talking about Donald Trump’s comments on women, which were caught on an open mic some 11 years ago, the transcript sounds bad, but not as bad as the media is making it out to be. I’m not condoning the remarks, and if I was there, I’d probably have said something like, “hey, don’t you have wives, sisters or daughters? Would you like to hear someone say that about them? Then STFU and sit down" or something along those lines.

Trump admitted that he said these words 11 years ago. And he’s apologized for them immediately they were made public.

But for the media to imply that this is The. Worse. Thing. Ever. and that this should disqualify Trump to be President is asinine. If that were the case, then Hillary Clinton should be disqualified as well. But we’re not going there. Not yet, at least.

During the 2nd presidential debate, what Donald said was very true when he said that his words were just that: words. Bill Clinton, who hopes to occupy the White House as First Gentlemen if his wife becomes President of the US, did far worse than words. From the time he was Attorney General in Arkansas, to when he was Governor of Arkansas, and to when he was in the White House, what he did was way worse, because it shows a pattern of abuse, both physical and mental. And Hillary helped him destroy the women. Whereas Bill destroyed their souls, Hillary destroyed their characters. How is this not worse? Their actions caused numerous women untold anguish. Hillary said, “the victims should be believed” but only until there is a reason not to believe them. And yet her husband has been accused constantly over the years of groping, sexual harassment, and even rape. Where was Hillary’s belief in the victims then? They were all later disproved to be in the wrong? So many women?

With the situation in Trump’s case, his comments appear to be typical locker room talk in 2005. Of the two, if there were any true misogynistic remarks, it came from Billy Bush. These were alpha male posturings. Unacceptable, to be sure, but not enough to disqualify him.

If you put Trump’s remarks on women up against Hillary’s remarks on anything, well, then, let’s take a look at the following:

Benghazi: "With all due respect, the fact is, we had four dead Americans! Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they'd go kill some Americans? What difference at this point does it make?” Sec State Clinton to Congressional Hearing. It took her almost 40 days for Hillary, who, as Secretary of State, to take control and inform the media on what happened and then take responsibility for the fact that 4 Americans (including an Ambassador) were murdered.

Email server:

“What, like with a cloth or something?" Hillary Clinton – when asked about reports that her server had been wiped to remove its prior contents, including her emails, Clinton suggested she had no idea what that would even mean

"Those messages disappear all by themselves." Hillary Clinton - Clinton jokingly compared her account on Snapchat to her emails in a Friday night appearance at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding dinner in Clear Lake.

"No more secrecy. No more zone of privacy. After all, what good did that do for me?" Hillary Clinton - In March, a month before she officially announced her candidacy for president, Clinton joked at Syracuse University's Toner Prize dinner about her emails -- and, more broadly, about her desire to improve her relationship with the political press.

“The White House wouldn't have been hacked ‘had they been using my server.’ " Hillary Clinton - According to a New York Post report, Clinton addressed the ongoing controversy at a private fundraiser in June after reports of a major cybersecurity breach at the Office of Personnel Management.

Hillary Clinton did a work-around the State Department rules on exchanging work emails on her private server. There’s a reason most agencies and organizations have a separate Department of Technology (some call it Information Technology Department). And this is because keeping emails and websites safe from hacking or cyberterrorism disrupting your service or stealing valuable information. From her comments above, Hillary believed she was beyond the law, and should be allowed to use what she wants, regardless of state security. And everyone was proven correct when DNC emails were hacked.

This woman should not be president of the United States. She is unqualified to protect the health and safety of the American people. She is a dividing force, and believes the law applies to everyone but herself. This is not the America we know. We need to make America great again.

Source: New York times

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