Politics is a cold and dirty business. No doubt the release of the tapes from 2005 was timed to be as damaging as possible - soon enough to let it sink into the public consciousness, but late enough that the Trump campaign has to scramble to try and repair the damage - but Trump hasn't characterised Clinton any differently to any other politician. Sure, she's untrustworthy, but what politician isn't? Trump can try to take the high road as often as he likes, but he has played the same cynical game as she has.
There is one possible good that may come out of his campaign - this election will most likely decide the fate of women in politics. A vote for Trump is a vote for everything he represents; to vote for Clinton is to accept the idea that women can legitimately be in politics.
Never mind Trump. What about scores of millions of angry people? Will they lay aside their anger and join together to support the new president? Or will the populist movement continue under new leadership to gather steam? Surely there will be a strong effort to impeach the new president with so much evidence of corruption - depending on sufficient numbers in the Congress. Sometimes I think about the French Revolution and wonder if its like will come again?
Today conditions are somewhat akin to those that inspired the French Revolution.
I don't see the nation unifying under Hillary. Far from it. I see more conflict and turmoil. New leadership will emerge to co-opt the allegiance of the angry millions. The only sure way to stop it is to put a check for a million dollars in everybody's mailbox tomorrow.
I doubt that it will come to anything as radical as a revolution. An uprising against tyranny is deeply rooted in the mythos of the American Revolution, so any subsequent revolution is invariably going to be compared to it. As such, if there is no tyranny to rise up against, said revolution is going to be find it almost impossible to succeed. It's very difficult to launch a revolution against a democratically-elected government simply because the global community will recognise that government as the legitimate one. You could only really do it if a government that got into power was subsequently proven to be rotten to the core and abused its powers to maintain power.
When the wages of political sin and the price of economic injustice comes due, when war and debt are upon us, the left and right - liberal and conservative - will suffer alike.
Note it says she wanted to work with him, not that she was working with him after the alleged abuse.
"I'm going to mock Trump in a form that presents his view as I see fit."
Anyone who has paid even just an hour of attention knows that is exactly true unless you're watching Fox News. The media has not commented on allegations against Hillary, only Trump.
Adolf Hitler couldn't really do anything either until he had his goon squad, the Brown Shirts, killed in 'The night of Long Knives'. It is how he reacted to the situation that is how he ascended to become the Führer. Just keep in mind that if there is a mad man wanting power, and he has goons, he will use them to their fullest potential until they become politically convenient to get rid of.
