I am disgusted by Trump's abuse of power and position... actually, I always have been. And the recent revelations of his abuse of women, not to mention his abuse of suppliers and others with whom he had financial dealings, just confirms my dis-ease with having that man as president of the US.
But given his history, his bullying tactics in the early primaries, his blatant lying, and his use of sexual innuendo and machismo so often during the past year and a half, who didn't expect it? This is a man who seeks more power and who will surely abuse it... blatantly.
Did the republican voters not see this early on? Why not? Because he would be "our bully" and would stand up to the rest of the world on behalf of us? I think they saw it and applauded it. Fortunately at least some are having second thoughts.
That's the voters I'm talking about. But what about the politicians and other people who publicly supported Trump? Does it take tapes of confessions of sex abuse to get them to see what a scary man he is?
There is no excuse for their continued support of Trump, and there is no excuse for their having supported him before the sex-abuse interview was disseminated.
Here's to people like Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, et alia, who refused to support Trump early on. As for the others? okay, they saw some virtue in party loyalty.... but that betrays a serious lack of integrity on their part --- a serious lack of integrity coupled with a serious blindness to what the man is like. Phhhht.
That having been said, Clinton scares me, too. She's a power-hungry person who will continue to sell favours and will continue to increase the size of gubmnt, with the effect of distorting incentives toward the seeking of gubmnt benefits and away from productive activity.
My choice: Vote for Johnson and Weld.