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canetoad

(17,160 posts)
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 12:22 AM Oct 2016

Trump promises to be 'a better man tomorrow'

Source: Politico

Donald Trump has apologized for making lewd and sexually aggressive comments in a leaked tape from 2005, pledging to be “a better man tomorrow.”

“I’ve said and done things I regret,” Trump said in a video statement released just after midnight on Friday. “I said it, I was wrong, and I apologize.”

Trump’s campaign was sent reeling on Friday after a private tape was published in which the reality TV star bragged about groping, kissing and attempting to have sex with married women — and said he was entitled to do so because he’s a “star.” The comments threaten to envelop, if not sink, his candidacy just days before his second presidential debate with Hillary Clinton.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/trump-wapo-229299



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Trump promises to be 'a better man tomorrow' (Original Post) canetoad Oct 2016 OP
Tweet storm in three hours DUgosh Oct 2016 #1
'A better man'. Aristus Oct 2016 #2
Right, it doesn't take much to be "better". George II Oct 2016 #13
One cannot tarnish a shit stained rusted blade. 47of74 Oct 2016 #23
Exactly, Aristus.. and it's not true anyway. you saw that hostage tape.. Cha Oct 2016 #50
nothing there to work with MFM008 Oct 2016 #3
IT'S THAT EASY! retrowire Oct 2016 #4
Funny if it marble falls Oct 2016 #43
Comment on CNN just now.... Stonepounder Oct 2016 #5
Right, and Bill isn't even running. Beartracks Oct 2016 #51
I still say the republicans leaked the tape - asiliveandbreathe Oct 2016 #6
There is one disturbing line in there about HRC. JudyM Oct 2016 #18
"I still say the republicans leaked the tape" - BumRushDaShow Oct 2016 #41
Doubled down and tried to move the focus on the Clintons. onehandle Oct 2016 #7
Took a couple of minutes to remember the song canetoad Oct 2016 #8
Why didn't he say this last year? The_Casual_Observer Oct 2016 #9
“Anyone who knows me knows these words don’t reflect who I am,” he said. elleng Oct 2016 #10
When people show you... 3catwoman3 Oct 2016 #25
Saying it wasn't the offense. It was the admission of behavior that disgusts. Rose Siding Oct 2016 #11
Uh, ok.... Liberal Veteran Oct 2016 #12
Who knew the S.O.B can read?!! agingdem Oct 2016 #14
Another Rick Roll bigbrother05 Oct 2016 #15
Many evangelicals will accept that he's "saved" now, despite evidence to the contrary. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2016 #16
Yep, you're right. hamsterjill Oct 2016 #17
Yep. More independents will surely run from him! Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2016 #19
He is a republican Cosmocat Oct 2016 #55
A better man tomorrow, as said by every abuser and addict and criminal ever. Midnight Writer Oct 2016 #20
I'm sorry, sweetheart - I'll never hit you again, I promise! The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2016 #32
LOL canetoad Oct 2016 #36
I would say "Ground him for a month", but that would keep him from hurting himself more world wide wally Oct 2016 #21
Here's the Statement uppityperson Oct 2016 #22
Thank you canetoad Oct 2016 #24
It's quite something. uppityperson Oct 2016 #26
See how his eyes are all squinty and pained? canetoad Oct 2016 #28
He should have stopped... 3catwoman3 Oct 2016 #31
Aw, sounds so sincere and unscripted! Helen Borg Oct 2016 #40
I hope this causes alot of Republicans to lose their elections cstanleytech Oct 2016 #27
Lose their erections... longship Oct 2016 #52
Not gonna happen. He can't be better. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2016 #29
he didn't just *say* he assaulted women arithia Oct 2016 #30
As the song says catrose Oct 2016 #33
Yeah, sounded more like he promised to be an asshole on Sunday. Coyotl Oct 2016 #34
I finally got around to watching "the" video... C Moon Oct 2016 #35
"The tongue will come out.... tomorrow. You can bet your bottom that tomorrow... 4lbs Oct 2016 #37
Who is going to pay the ransom angrychair Oct 2016 #38
Anyone out there with techno skills King_Klonopin Oct 2016 #39
This? BumRushDaShow Oct 2016 #42
That's it! Thanks, amigo... nt King_Klonopin Oct 2016 #47
A chameleon can change its colors... sofa king Oct 2016 #44
Hard to believe a pathalogical liar, but he certainly can't become a worse man. olddad56 Oct 2016 #45
"I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today." displacedtexan Oct 2016 #46
Trump's promise about "tomorrow" reminds me of a bar I used to go. They had a sign on the wall Raine Oct 2016 #48
Dude has 1 'out', and 1 out only ... and it's going to HAVE to be completely FAKED ... brett_jv Oct 2016 #49
Trump’s own bankruptcy lawyers say he lies so much they could only meet with him in pairs KewlKat Oct 2016 #53
He's 70 years old and has bragged all his life about the man he is. He ain't changin Monk06 Oct 2016 #54
He was sixty when he did that. krispos42 Oct 2016 #56

Cha

(297,240 posts)
50. Exactly, Aristus.. and it's not true anyway. you saw that hostage tape..
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 05:07 AM
Oct 2016

he was reading scripted words off a teleprompter. trump didn't mean one word of it.

Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
5. Comment on CNN just now....
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 12:24 AM
Oct 2016

"He looks like someone making a hostage video".

"He said this over 10 years, so it is no longer relevant. Bill Clinton 'abused' women and that is inexcusable." So, how come 10 years ago, forget about it. But 20 years ago it is inexcusable?

JudyM

(29,250 posts)
18. There is one disturbing line in there about HRC.
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 12:46 AM
Oct 2016

"The Flip does not require that McConnell and Ryan emasculate themselves by endorsing Hillary Clinton."
"Emasculate?" This giveaway by the author is loaded with the sexism that some here complain vehemently about.

BumRushDaShow

(129,018 posts)
41. "I still say the republicans leaked the tape" -
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 06:47 AM
Oct 2016
ryan and McConnell and their sinister ways


You avoid the obvious. The BFEE.

Note that in the tape, the one who Trump was saying this to and the one who had the "hot mic" is the 1st cousin of Shrub & JEB (yes "Billy Bush" IS a Bush). Patriarch Poppy Bush is still around and most likely pulling strings behind the scenes.

The Bush family is "old money" and the Trump family is tacky "nouveau riche" and an embarrassment to the true wealthy elite.

agingdem

(7,850 posts)
14. Who knew the S.O.B can read?!!
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 12:36 AM
Oct 2016

Let's see if I understand your non apology Donald...you're not the same person you were 12 years ago and only you can save white America from the Clintons...Got it

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
17. Yep, you're right.
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 12:44 AM
Oct 2016

This will not deter from his base of fervent idiots who strongly support him. But it will affect his ability to add to his numbers.

His "apology" came across as insincere and condescending.

canetoad

(17,160 posts)
28. See how his eyes are all squinty and pained?
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 12:53 AM
Oct 2016

That because KellyAnne's arm is up his arse, moving his mouth.

Helen Borg

(3,963 posts)
40. Aw, sounds so sincere and unscripted!
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 05:40 AM
Oct 2016

In 2005 this bozo was 60-year old. Really? He was a juvenile asshole at 60 and now is gonna suddenly change? What lessons did he fail to learn by 60?

longship

(40,416 posts)
52. Lose their erections...
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 05:57 AM
Oct 2016

Oh! Sorry! You said elections. That is a different matter entirely.

Nevermind!

Too bad the idiot fools at NBC don't allow any Emily Litella on YouTube, or I would have posted a video.

arithia

(455 posts)
30. he didn't just *say* he assaulted women
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 12:54 AM
Oct 2016

he actually *DID*. I've seen so many people defend Trump by reducing what he did to "talk". It wasn't just talk.

Until he admits to that behavior, his apology means f*ck all.

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
34. Yeah, sounded more like he promised to be an asshole on Sunday.
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 01:02 AM
Oct 2016

He's a different man now, yeah just look at everything he said this year.

C Moon

(12,213 posts)
35. I finally got around to watching "the" video...
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 01:27 AM
Oct 2016

Gleefully horrible for Trump.
But I gotta say, Billy Bush is quite the sycophant. He did everything but lick the bottom of Trump's shoes in that clip.
I'd hate to have that guy's job.

4lbs

(6,857 posts)
37. "The tongue will come out.... tomorrow. You can bet your bottom that tomorrow...
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 02:19 AM
Oct 2016

there'll be tongue."

King_Klonopin

(1,306 posts)
39. Anyone out there with techno skills
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 03:13 AM
Oct 2016

Please post a link of South Park Saddam Hussein singing
"I Can Change" song from the movie Bigger, Longer, Uncut.

It would be the perfect campaign song for this abuser.

olddad56

(5,732 posts)
45. Hard to believe a pathalogical liar, but he certainly can't become a worse man.
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 03:04 PM
Oct 2016

unless he gets his hands on the nuclear trigger.

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
46. "I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today."
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 03:19 PM
Oct 2016

In all those years of Popeye comic strips and cartoons, Wimpy never paid for a single hamburger.

No one believes the Donald any more than audiences and readers ever believed Wimpy.

And those who claim to believe Donnie are lying.

Raine

(30,540 posts)
48. Trump's promise about "tomorrow" reminds me of a bar I used to go. They had a sign on the wall
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 04:43 AM
Oct 2016

that said "Free Beer All Day Tomorrow". Well like the song says "tomorrow's always a day away", the sign was just an obvious joke.

brett_jv

(1,245 posts)
49. Dude has 1 'out', and 1 out only ... and it's going to HAVE to be completely FAKED ...
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 04:52 AM
Oct 2016

He's going to need a 'respected' Religious figure to come out and say that Drumpf has majorly 'Come To Jesus' over the past ... I dunno ... year or two ... that he's supposedly kept 'under wraps' ... something akin to Billy Graham teaching 'The Word' to GWB back in the 90's ... or whoever supposedly did that, with walks on the beach and shit.

That is literally the ONLY SHOT the guy has at this point ...

So everyone better expect the GOP are going to take a stab at the whole 'Salvation through Jeebus' angle ... expect some prominent preacher ... like, heck ... Billy Grahams KID ... how perfect ... to come out and tell the world how he's been counseling Drumpf for the past X years, and that he's FOUND GAWD, and is A CHANGED MAN.

Step 1 will be some overtly religious symbol on his lapel at the debate tomorrow night ...

BOOK IT ... it's gonna be all how Jay-zus has been his salvation from here forward. It's his ONLY play.

KewlKat

(5,624 posts)
53. Trump’s own bankruptcy lawyers say he lies so much they could only meet with him in pairs
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 07:18 AM
Oct 2016
“We tried to [meet in pairs] with Donald always if we could because Donald says certain things and then has a lack of memory,” he says in the deposition."


Since his memory is no good, one can only wonder just how much crap he's said that's out there on tape. I doubt he remembers this promise to be a better man tomorrow or any other day.

Monk06

(7,675 posts)
54. He's 70 years old and has bragged all his life about the man he is. He ain't changin
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 07:21 AM
Oct 2016

now

He's proud of who he is

His son's have come up thinking the same

Low class boors, all of them including their trophy wives

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
56. He was sixty when he did that.
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 12:13 PM
Oct 2016

Probably been doing that kind of behavior for 4 decades.

He's not going to have changed in the last decade.

He's a pig, plain and simple. Fueled by money and power.

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