by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, October 9. Also check out Saturday Night Live’s “cold open” last night…on the VP debate and Donald Trump’s “grab them by the p*ssy” comments/meltdown.
- Crisis grips GOP as more Republicans urge Trump to quit (“The fallout from the 2005 video of Donald Trump bragging in vulgar terms about groping women now threatens to endanger the GOP’s hold on both houses of Congress. Despite outside pressure, Trump said he had ‘tremendous support’ and vowed to ‘never withdraw’ from the race.”)
- We knew this Trump all along (“Republicans may be dismayed by the super-predator they saw and heard in the video, but they have no business being surprised.” Any Republican who acts “surprised” at this is either an imbecile or a liar.)
- Exclusive poll: GOP voters want the party to stand by Trump (“Nearly three-quarters of Republican voters, 74 percent, surveyed on Saturday said party officials should continue to support Trump. Only 13 percent think the party shouldn’t back him.” Good, stick with him – hahaha!)
- Only the willfully blind are shocked by Trump (“Political opportunism allowed leading Republicans to pretend that Trump was an acceptable presidential nominee.” That includes, first and foremost, Republicans like Mike Pence, Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell. All enablers of evil.)
- Trump Video Demolishes GOP Unity as Party Fears Easy Clinton Win (“The cascading events broaden what many analysts see as Clinton’s already-clear path to winning the election in 30 days.”)
- The Republican Party does the same pathetic dance with Trump (“Will GOP leaders continue to fool themselves?”)
- Will Climate Change Come Up In The Second Presidential Debate? (I mean, it’s only the future of the planet, humanity and every other species at stake. The corporate media says “meh.”)
- More Trump tapes surface with crude sex remarks
- Here Are All the Republicans Who Have Abandoned Trump’s Ship So Far
- Here Are 5 Outrageously Offensive Things That Didn’t Cause Republicans to Abandon Trump (“Deplorable”)
- The Horror Is Everything the GOP Could Tolerate About Trump, and Why (“Republicans supported his vision of a whites-only America until he posed a threat to the voters the party needs.”)
- Donald Trump the Showman, Now Caught in the Klieg Lights
- Clinton campaign waiting for debate to unleash on Trump (“The campaign has gone quiet and asked surrogates to do the same, waiting for Sunday night’s debate to pounce.”)
- The Reckoning Arrives For Trump, Fox News, And The GOP (They all badly need to go far, far away…for good.)
- List: Which Republicans are abandoning Trump and which are sticking by him? (But they all helped create him. In short, “you built this, Republicans like Barbara Comstock, now you own it!”)
- Donald and Billy on the Bus (“Women can grab Mr. Trump and Republicans where it hurts: at the ballot box.”)
- Kathleen Willey takes to Twitter to defend Donald Trump and attack Bill and Hillary Clinton (Bad pun alert: yes, this woman gives me the “Willeys” – heh.)
- With less than a month to go, a major party is walking away from its nominee
- Donald Trump just retweeted Juanita Broaddrick calling Bill Clinton a rapist. All bets are now off.
- Why Republicans Are Probably Stuck With Donald Trump
- GOP Scrambles to Salvage Election After Donald Trump’s Latest Imbroglio
- Defiant Trump waves to crowd outside Trump Tower
- Donald Trump Could Have Been President (“Let’s never forget what a terrifying thing we almost did.”)
- The Real Donald Trump (“Republicans who tried to pretend for months his vile misogyny was just an act can no longer hide from the truth.”)
- Virginia GOP disavows Trump’s words, not Trump (We will not forget – or forgive – their behavior the past few months, and especially now.)
- How McCain finally decided he couldn’t stomach Trump anymore (“Kirkpatrick, like other Democrats up against Republicans who bailed on Trump, said McCain was only opposing the nominee now out of ‘political calculation.'” Correct.)
- RNC lawyers look at options for replacing Trump
- Republican women are done with Trump (What’s amazing is that it took them this long; all the previous bigoted, nasty, horrible stuff Trump said and did was ok with them??? Seriously???)
- Republicans fear GOP voters will stay home after Trump comments (“Backlash among suburban voters could be a problem up and down the ticket in November.” Which could be politically deadly for Republicans like Barbara Comstock.)
- In Virginia, Republicans reacting to Trump are looking ahead to 2017 (Note: not what’s moral/ethical, but what benefits them politically. Barbara Comstock, who clearly wants to run for US Senate next year, epitomizes this cynical b.s.)
- Trump’s Virginia chair: Trump ‘acted like a frat boy, as a lot of guys do’ (Corey Stewart has gotta go.)
- Louise Lucas: You can afford college
- Clinton team girds for all-out assault (“With little to lose, Trump expected to tear into both Clintons at town hall debate.”)
- Turmoil reigns inside Trump Tower (“Sunday’s debate is a chance for Trump to survive, not win.”)
- Schapiro: Kaine embarrasses himself – and Virginia (Jeff Schapiro has been with the Republican Times-Disgrace too long, it’s really starting to get to him.)
- ‘Step Aside’ Trump: Comstock’s Early Exit Followed by More Exhausted Republicans (Cynical, calculated move by this long-time GOP “attack dog,” political operative and oppo researcher.)
- Buppert: Experts find pipelines aren’t needed (Environmentally damaging AND a massive waste of money, what a combo! And yes, Terry McAuliffe is totally wrong on this.)
- Local politicians react to Trump’s lewd comments (McAuliffe: “Really it’s hard to come up with words, it’s disgraceful, disgusting”)
- Editoral: Pipeline foes cite ancient traditions
- In safety and reliability, Metro ranks in middle of the pack of nation’s big systems
- Effort to recall Montgomery clerk headed for courtroom
- Autumn arrives on a stiff Sunday wind; dry through midweek
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