{"id":51665,"date":"2016-10-09T17:09:27","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T21:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=51665"},"modified":"2016-10-09T17:09:27","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T21:09:27","slug":"an-independent-voter-explains-how-the-trump-tape-scandal-changed-his-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=51665","title":{"rendered":"An Independent Voter Explains How &#8220;The Trump Tape&#8221; Scandal &#8216;Changed&#8217; His Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>While the mainstream media does its best to make &#8220;The Trump Tapes&#8221; the biggest thing since, well the last thing they thought would &#8216;kill&#8217; Trump, it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-10-09\/snap-poll-finds-vast-majority-gop-voters-stand-behind-trump-after-lewd-comments\">appears that Republican voters (not the politicians themselves) are indifferent and unsurprised<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the lifelong Democrets, Washington <em>establishmentarians<\/em>, and Hillary sycophants are also indifferent and unsurprised: their vote is known from day one.<\/p>\n<p>Which leaves The Independents, such as Zero Hedge reader <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-10-09\/snap-poll-finds-vast-majority-gop-voters-stand-behind-trump-after-lewd-comments#comment-8238637\">LetThemEatRand, who earlier opined<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote_start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"quote_end\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>This whole thing has pretty much taken me off the fence of deciding whether to vote 3rd party or stay home.\u00a0<\/strong> Seeing the incredible push by all of the DC power-brokers to have Trump withdraw over this has convinced me that it&#8217;s not an act.\u00a0 TPTB really are scared of him and desperately want Hillary to win.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>That&#8217;s good enough to convince me to vote for Trump.\u00a0 <\/strong>I wonder if any others like me who didn&#8217;t really buy the hype had a similar reaction.\u00a0 I would guess yes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>T<a href=\"http:\/\/ramrants.com\/2016\/10\/yesterday-reason-can-no-longer-support-donald-trump\/\">he following from Richard Armande Mills<\/a> will provide some thought-provocation for those of &#8216;independent&#8217; mind: Here are a few (of the many) reasons why I\u2019ve decided to stop supporting Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote_start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"quote_end\"><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Let\u2019s face it. Enough is enough!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VeGPzk8Oca8\">First of all, he has\u00a0racist supporters. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/clinton-byrd-photo-klan\/\">His mentor was a former KKK grand-wizard. When he passed, Trump honored him with a filmed\u00a0tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2014\/may\/5\/grossu-margaret-sanger-eugenicist\/\">Another one of his mentors was a famous eugenicist who sought to rid the world of any nationality that isn\u2019t white.<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dBFEyN0sAqQ\">He even received an award in that mentor\u2019s honor, proclaiming that he admired their \u201cvision.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/1579833\/Barack-Obama-tribal-photo-sent-to-Drudge-Report-by-Hillary-Clinton-staff.html\">His multiple ties to the witch hunt\u00a0to dispel\u00a0President Obama\u2019s American heritage.<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2008\/08\/penn-strategy-memo-march-19-2008\/37952\/\"><strong>Multiple ties.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1992\/03\/23\/us\/1992-campaign-democrats-club-where-clinton-has-golfed-retains-ways-old-south.html\">The fact that he appropriated the\u00a0spending of $20,000\u00a0for access\u00a0to a white-only golf course.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y-H9BOIYhgc\">When speaking to a crowd of black people, he started mocking their accents.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eY9zpv7nZYo\">He told a Black Lives Matter supporter that he would\u00a0\u201ctalk only to white people.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IsSDqbot-EI\">Donald Trump has likened people of urban culture\u00a0to dogs.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/429138\/hillary-clinton-feminist-bill-clinton-sexual-assault\">He calls women that have upset his personal relationships \u201ctrailer trash.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-politics\/wp\/2013\/03\/18\/hillary-clinton-comes-out-in-support-of-gay-marriage\/\">Up until three years ago, he was anti-gay and strongly opposed gay marriage.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politifact.com\/arizona\/statements\/2016\/jul\/11\/donald-trump\/did-hillary-clinton-take-money-countries-treat-wom\/\">Extending upon being anti-gay, he has also accepted campaign contributions from donors that strongly oppose the LGBT community.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/08\/21\/huma-abedin-worked-at-a-radical-muslim-journal-for-10-years\/\">His closest aide strongly opposed female equality up until recently.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/news\/how-the-world-failed-haiti-20110804\">In 2010, Haiti had an earthquake. Donald Trump went down there and promptly steered all of the reconstruction bids to his businesses friends. Those friends then under-delivered, pocketed the difference, and left Haiti further in debt.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/wikileaks-emails-show-dnc-favored-hillary-clinton-over_us_57930be0e4b0e002a3134b05\">During\u00a0the recent primary race, it was revealed that sources behind Donald Trump conspired to improperly ensure his party nomination.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=4&amp;v=k4aIIpCDsLU\">Donald Trump is willing to wage a war against Russia based on speculation.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fgcd1ghag5Y\">He has laughed about the war killings of foreign dignitaries.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/361459-secretary-clinton-drone-assange\/\">Trump joked about using government resources to murder someone who doesn\u2019t favor him.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/wikileaks-hillary-clinton-private-speeches-released-2016-10\">During a speech to businessmen and businesswomen, Trump\u00a0proclaimed,\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m kind of far removed from the struggles of the middle class.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/01\/21\/us\/politics\/90s-scandals-threaten-to-erode-hillary-clintons-strength-with-women.html\">Multiple women claim that he\u2019s tried to silence them when they were assaulted, raped, and abused.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jJ03Nw7ohww&amp;spfreload=10\">He also helped the rapist of\u00a0a 12 year old girl get out of jail on reduced\u00a0sentencing, later\u00a0laughing about it during a recorded interview.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2016\/05\/13\/flight-logs-show-bill-clinton-flew-on-sex-offenders-jet-much-more-than-previously-known.html\">He ignores the fact that people extremely close to him have made frequent visits to a place known as \u2018Orgy Island,\u2019 owned by a convicted pedophile.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-fix\/wp\/2016\/09\/02\/the-many-things-hillary-clinton-couldnt-recall-in-her-fbi-interview\/\">Donald Trump categorically lied to the FBI.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/election-us-2016-37595047\">Donald Trump compromised national security by revealing government secrets to his Wall St. friends, <em>who paid him for them<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3620742\/Hillary-triggered-suicide-President-Bill-Clinton-s-counsel-Vince-Foster-attacked-humiliated-White-House-staff-one-week-death-FBI-agents-claim.html\">He also instigated the suicide of one of his closest aides.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/two-benghazi-parents-sue-hillary-clinton-wrongful-death-defamation-n625861\">People have died because of Donald Trump\u2019s professional incompetence.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Just kidding. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7LYRUOd_QoM\">This was all Hillary Clinton<\/a>. Trump 2016.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>(Each claim above is linked to an article or video supporting the validity of itself.)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p>It appears the media is missing the point:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All of my friends are still backing Trump. <\/p>\n<p>This movement is beyond Trump. We are voting against the establishment. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StillWithHim?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StillWithHim<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottPresler\/status\/784971044440399872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-10-09\/independent-voter-explains-how-trump-tape-scandal-changed-his-mind\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-10-09\/independent-voter-explains-how-trump-tape-scandal-changed-his-mind<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"node-links\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}