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tblue37

(65,357 posts) Fri Oct 7, 2016, 08:49 PM Oct 2016

A reminder that Trump's language is similar to what we've heard before from a GOP presidential

candidate. This is how W answered a question from a newspaper reporter in 2000:

Question: "When you're not talking about politics, what do you and your father talk about?"
Bush: "Pussy."

To David Fink of the Hartford Courant, at the 1988 Republican Convention, Salon, 9th April 2000

The main difference is the admission of sexual assault by Trump.

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A reminder that Trump's language is similar to what we've heard before from a GOP presidential (Original Post) tblue37 Oct 2016 OP

That's a bit different, there is no assault implied Foggyhill Oct 2016 #1

True--I added that caveat just before reading your reply. tblue37 Oct 2016 #2

This is, however, the first time we've heard a presidential candidate The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2016 #3

Yes--I added that point before reading the replies. nt tblue37 Oct 2016 #4

Foggyhill

(1,060 posts)

1. That's a bit different, there is no assault implied

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Fri Oct 7, 2016, 08:52 PM

Oct 2016

Being a "pussy" lover is not the question
Though making it a regular conversation piece is pretty weird

tblue37

(65,357 posts)

2. True--I added that caveat just before reading your reply.

Reply to Foggyhill (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 7, 2016, 08:52 PM

Oct 2016

I just wanted to remind people--becaus eBush said it to a reporter, not in front of a supposedly dead mic, and that cavalier crudeness in public is awful in its own way.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,695 posts)

3. This is, however, the first time we've heard a presidential candidate

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Fri Oct 7, 2016, 08:53 PM

Oct 2016

brag about sexually assaulting women. The mere use of the word "pussy," while offensive, isn't the worst part of this. It's that Trump thinks it's OK to grab women sexually whether they want it or not because he's famous. Even W wasn't that bad.