I think we've reached the point in this election cycle when the Republican voters who don't support Trump stopped voting. The moderates wouldn't vote for Cruz anyway...

http://www.salon.com/2016/05/03/lets_al ... _and_true/

This article is pretty funny. There are some parts I'm not totally on board with, but I agree Trump is an easy target for Clinton. I giggle every time I hear men on television or the radio wondering if he'll be too much for her, as if there's a strong woman on the face of the planet who hasn't spent her entire life dealing with assholes exactly like Trump. Hell, I learned how to handle guys like him when I was in elementary school and while technically I don't think a presidential candidate can lock another presidential candidate in a closet, the theory is the same.

Basically, there ain't a strong, aggressive woman on the face of the planet who can't deal with a bully. That's how she BECAME a strong, aggressive woman--because she had to crack some skulls when she was a kid just to get her effin lunch.

And Hillary has had to deal with more sexist bullshit than pretty much ANYONE. Like, it is completely fucking nuts how much of this stuff she still has to deal with, even in 2016.

I know!

It's a good way to use Trump's words against him.

I expect to see a lot of attacks from Trump's people about Bill's infidelity. Normally those kinds of attacks would only come from campaign surrogates, but knowing Trump he'll probably be leading the charge. This line of attack might work with some men, but it'll be a disaster with women.

A lot of women have had an experience of being wronged by a man and then being blamed for it, as if their partner's problems are a result of her failings as a woman. This is all based in the incredibly sexist idea that a woman is obligated to address someone else's sexual needs. And while unfortunately some women are still vulnerable to this insane notion, the vast majority of us are totally over it.

Trump's rise to prominence has been insanely depressing. I find I am less distressed by his personal horribleness than I am by the fact that not only are there people who support him in spite of his horribleness, there are people who support him because of it. And we aren't talking about a trivial, tiny number of people; we are talking about a large portion of America's population.

The devisiveness, the in-group mentality, the hatred, even the violence... these are what make his campaign, perhaps even him, Evil.

Kipkn, we couldn't agree more. One of the things I've taken great comfort in over the last few months is his 70% disapproval rating with women.

That is a historic statistic. No presidential candidate has EVER been so reviled--not even his racist predecessors like Barry Goldwater (who was the GOP candidate in 1964). Women make up over half of general election voters. With numbers like that, there's extremely little chance Trump can win.

It may seem naive, but I really hope we'll all emerge from this better and wiser than we were. Maybe this time of darkness will lead to a greater understanding, just as the unrest of the 60s led to greater racial and gender equality. And sometimes I feel like an idiot for holding onto this hope, but at other times its the only thing that keeps me from despairing, so I want to share it with you.

A Thought:

I think a lot of the Hillary attacks from Trump's team will backfire with women, because even though a lot of women do not like Hillary Clinton it is very important to the vast majority that the first major party candidate who is also a woman is treated with respect.

So I'm watching the news and I'm noticing a lot of moments where a male commentator will start to say something like "NO ONE likes Hillary!" and a female commentator will say something like, "no, if NO ONE liked her no one would vote for her, so yes some people do like her." And then the next second that woman carefully explains the issues she has with Clinton, but all the while managing to keep a respectful tone.

So I think the Trump people are going to find out that the women of America are not going to tolerate a female presidential candidate being humiliated or patronized, regardless of their political affiliations.

Pwale wrote:It may seem naive, but I really hope we'll all emerge from this better and wiser than we were. Maybe this time of darkness will lead to a greater understanding, just as the unrest of the 60s led to greater racial and gender equality. And sometimes I feel like an idiot for holding onto this hope, but at other times its the only thing that keeps me from despairing, so I want to share it with you.

While I dread that this might not occur until there is some kind of cataclysmic peak or climax with a nasty falling out, I truly hope you are right, and my inner idealist thinks that surely we will all be ready to do better once we get past November.