The Question Facing Women: Should We Vote Based On Trump's Actions Or Clinton's Choices?

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The Question Facing Women: Should We Vote Based On Trump's Actions Or Clinton's Choices?

By Carrie Lukas and Heather R. Higgins

a day ago

 

Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton: whose behavior is worse - and does heinous behavior matter more if it is strictly individual or if it involves corrupting the institutions that are central to Americans’ trust in government?

 

If the Democratic candidate had been hit with a video of lewd comments about women, a set-up question during a debate, and then an orchestrated media dump of assorted allegations of groping and kissing, then (given past observations) what would be the liberal talking points?

• He apologized! Why are you talking about this? It’s time to move on to real issues that matter to the American people.
• It's old news - this is a conspiracy to avoid covering real topics.
• The women are bimbos, trailer trash and partisans – and probably making it up.
• If their allegations are true, this is just boorish behavior, not rape.
• If the women had come forward before the debate set-up question, maybe they would have been credible, but this is clearly a timed political hit designed to distract from news damaging to our opponent.
• It’s a private matter - merely a dispute between two individuals - and has nothing to do with his public job.

And if they got desperate:

• We’ve already had a president who did much worse and we all survived it.

Here, though, is what many American women are considering: