>>>>>>Trump appears to believe that the law doesn't apply to him, that because he's rich, he's entitled to a private law.
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>>>>He and all his fellows, many of whom will be creating an extra layer of privileges/protections for themselves and thanking their lucky stars/hoping there's no lurking footage to sour their own aspirations.
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>>>>>>consent is the key distinction here.
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>>>>Yes, but in the end don't you think "consent" as described to a third party, comes down to veracity and motivation? We weren't there, so we make external judgments about "consent" through a glass darkly. As I said, the rich and powerful need to record their own lives 24/7 which ought to end this overnight- either because bad behavior no longer can be evaded, or because you can't be accused for gain.
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>>>As I expected, there are now a whole group of women claiming Trump did to them exactly what he says in the tape he does. By my count, last night, 4 articles in different print media told the stories of 5 different women making quite similar claims. Pretty clear now that this was #NotJustWords.
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>>....yes I expected the same thing - and the number if still growing - think it was up to 7 now when I woke up this morning. I was assuming this would be another Bill Cosby thing where now that these women feel they will actually be believed that more will come forward. Trump will still have his supporters though - as he once said, he could stand out on the street on Park Ave and shoot someone and not loose any supporters. Sadly this appears to be one of the FEW things this bozo has said that is actually true.
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>Those women coming forward now after umpteen years should be disregarded for Trump in the same manner they were and should be no real issue with Bill Clinton.
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>The Cosby thing might be the exception of the rule, as drugs given without knowledge seem to have been always part of the action, making personal judgement faulty and reports problematic back at the time it happened. Even more if the girls were well under age.
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>But for normal, grown up, sober women not to ball him on the spot (or at least cry out to the press or police within 3 days) but to cry foul years later - that looks to me more like keeping the cash register full, back then jobwise and perhaps with some windfalls now.

I find this attitude disgusting. These women were in a situation where a powerful man abused them. They had no good options at the time. Now because he admitted on tape that he does this, there's a chance they'll be believed.

Tamar