The Talk of the Town
By now, unless you are one living in a different universe, we’ve all heard about the leak from the the Washington Post pertaining to Trump and the lewd comments that were made about Women. I couldn’t scroll through my Facebook feed this past Friday without seeing something in regards to that video leak and the feelings and emotions that were brought about, especially from women, on this particular topic. You certainly have to wonder what must be going through Trumps head at this point in the game. We’re a month out from election day and something this extreme could have the potential to sway undecided voters in a direction Trumps personnel don’t want to see stray away. Many Republicans voiced their complaints about these comments, including former Republican Presidential Nominee John McCain who revoked his endorsement of Trump after hearing oft these comments.
Trump’s Response
While Trump did post an apology, a lot of people seemed to be taken back by the underwhelming sense of urgency and care that’s brought about in his apology. His use of the term “it’s just locker room” talk sparked an outrage on social media. But what’s more interesting and intriguing to me is how Trump rallied together a group of apparent women who claimed to have been raped or assaulted by Bill Clinton, Hilary’s husband and former President. While it’s hard to tell if anything will actually come of that rebuttal from Trump, I’d argue it was a a pretty strategic move on his part because it helps shed light on another issue that may not be brought to the forefront at all given the climate that the media is taking towards Trump at this stage in the race. Many people will argue that “oh well Bill isn’t the candidate who is running, so why are we pinning Hillary by association?” While I do see where voters come from with that, I think it’s important that we shed light on how much of a “team” Hilary and Bill have been all these years. Bill has had a large influence on Hilary and she has always “stood by his side” even through all the scandal. Dr. James Dobson, in my opinion, shares great perspective and insight on this particular situation and really helps back up the argument I’m trying to make here.
So what will come of this?
While I in no way condone Trump’s actions and words from the 2005 video (it’s actually very revolting and disgusting to hear from a potential commander in chief), I think it’s important that we examine how much of this issue is going to be strictly driven by the power and appeal to emotion, especially from a media standpoint. We’ve already seen how much the media has blown this topic up. Just look at the debate from last night! Within 5 minutes of the debate, Anderson pulls out the machine gun and fires right at Trump with the tape question and spends the next 25 minutes of the debate questioning him on that. Now don’t get me wrong again, I’m not condoning his actions at all, but it was astonishing to me how much time was spent on this topic in last nights debate. And the moderators certainly were not going to give up on it, especially when he kept trying to steer the question in another direction.
So, what do the voters think now?
A recent poll shows Clinton increasing her lead by 11 points. It’ll be interesting folks.
For the record, I’m just going to leave this article from someone I look up to, Jerry Falwell Jr. who’s the President of Liberty University. He makes a very interesting and what I saw as a thought out opinion towards this. Both Jerry and Dobson throw out some intriguing and what a lot would say, shocking insight on the current state of Trump.
