(09-25-2018, 08:04 AM)Jagwired Wrote: The ironic thing is that both the left and right side of the isle cannot see that this type of activity is the very reason that the hated Trump is even in office. Tax paying citizens are tired of the same ole D.C. Trump was elected because of this type of display of political pettiness and insincerity. The whole damn thing is a blatant waste of tax payer dollars and a complete affront to sensible people.

Your error here is assuming that the way you remember feeling back in November 2016 is the same way others felt and the same way they feel now. 
"Voters in key swing States preferred Trump" is a fact. 
"They did it because... " is an opinion.
"Sex sells" is a fact.
"The American media is focused on profits and will amplify any sex scandal to be more than it really is," is another fact.
In light of these two facts, our elected officials will always have to feign concern about any sexual allegation until the American public either becomes less facsinated with sex or the media becomes less craven in how they seek profits, regardless of what some guy on a sports message board thinks the "message" of a given election was

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