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What Was Donald Trump’s Odd “Lurking” Behavior About At The Presidential Debate?

One thing I noticed during last night’s presidential debate was Donald Trump’s odd trailing of Hillary Clinton.

At one point during Hillary Clinton’s answer to a question about Obamacare, he wandered into her personal space in what appeared to be an attempt to intimidate Clinton. And stayed there.

Check this mashup of his lurking:

It seems I’m not the only person to notice.

Via Talking Points Memo:

When Clinton made herself available to reporters on her campaign plane after the debate, she was asked if she could tell that Donald Trump “was standing right behind her,” during her answer to a question about Obamacare. Clinton responded that she could, and that Trump “was very present.”

“It was a very small space,” Clinton said of Trump’s proximity. “And I tried to give him space whenever he was talking to people. I would go back and you know, lean up against my stool. But he was very present.”

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Donald Trump Hosts Panel Of Bill Clinton “Accusers” Before 2nd Debate

Just hours before he takes the stage for the 2nd presidential debate, he held a press event flanked by women who have accused Bill Clinton of sexual abuse decades ago.

This is wild, political drama, folks.

Donald Trump thinks he can defend his own boorish behavior by taking folks back decades.

It’s notable that President Clinton was impeached and found innocent back in the 90s.

The woman in the center of the above pic, Juanita Broaddrick, who initially accused Bill Clinton of a rape that she said occurred in 1978, but went on to sign an affidavit swearing no such event ever happened.

Years later, she recanted that affidavit.

How all of this relates to Hillary Clinton’s ability to serve as president I don’t know.

Flashback to when Donald Trump supported Hillary against these women.

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Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain” Featured In New Campaign Ad About Donald Trump

Carly Simon herself gave permission to use her 70s hit song, “You’re So Vain,” in a campaign spot that highlights the dangerous vanity and narcissism of Donald Trump.

She even rerecorded one line of the song, changing “your scarf, it was apricot,” to the new version of the song which now goes, “your face, it was apricot.”

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Updated: The List Of GOP Politicians Withdrawing Their Support For Donald Trump

The floodgates are breaking open as Republican politicians are dropping their support of GOP White House hopeful Donald Trump quicker than we can count.

Huffington Post is keeping track of the elected officials leaving Camp Trump:

Here’s a running list of the GOP members of Congress, senators and governors rescinding their endorsements for Trump or calling on him to step down, one month before the election, after seeing the video.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (Utah)

Rep. Martha Roby (Ala.)

Rep. Chris Stewart (Utah)

Rep. Bradley Byrne (Ala.)

Rep. Joe Heck (Nev.)

Rep. Cresent Hardy (Nev.)

Rep. Scott Garrett (N.J.)

Rep. Ann Wagner (Mo.)

Rep. Rodney Davis (Ill.)

Sen. Kelly Ayotte (N.H.)

Sen. Mike Crapo (Idaho)

Sen. John Thune (S.D.)

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.)

Sen. Deb Fischer (Neb.)

Sen. Dan Sullivan (Alaska)

Sen. Cory Gardner (Colo.)

Sen. John McCain (Ariz.)

Gov. Gary Herbert (Utah)

Gov. Dennis Dauggard (S.D.)

Gov. Robert Bentley (Ala.)

There’s also some GOP lawmakers who didn’t support Trump before but are now taking it a step further and saying he needs to drop out. They include Sens. Jeff Flake (Ariz.), Mark Kirk (Ill.), Mike Lee (Utah), Ben Sasse (Neb.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Reps. Mike Coffman (Colo.), Barbara Comstock (Va.), Fred Upton (Mich.) and Charlie Dent (Pa.).

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Robert De Niro On Donald Trump: “A Punk, A Pig, A Con, A Bozo”

Hollywood icon Robert De Niro says Trump is “so blatantly stupid,” and called him almost every name in the book, including a “punk,” a “pig,” a “con,” a “bozo” and an “embarrassment to this country.”

“He talks how he’d like to punch people in the face?” De Niro said. “Well, I’d like to punch him in the face.”

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Political World Responds To #PussyGate

(image via JoeMyGod)

You have to give it to the Clinton campaign – they have moved quickly on many, many moments in this campaign cycle.

Here’s the video response to the latest Trump scandal, #PussyGate.

Rightfully, the Clinton team sees this as just one more episode in a long line of demeaning, anti-woman dialogues from Trump. 

Meanwhile, it took Trump several hours to come up with a plan to deflect this new scandal, but he finally issued this video apology delivered with all the sincerity of a hostage reading a note from his captors.

Note that he asks you to ignore his behavior from ten years ago even as he brings up Bill Clinton’s alleged behavior from 20 years ago:

Other Republicans are not feeling Trump’s statement:

• Trump’s running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence: “As a husband and father, I was offended by the words and actions described by Donald Trump in the 11-year-old video released yesterday. I do not condone his remarks and cannot defend them. I am grateful that he has expressed remorse and apologized to the American people. We pray for his family and look forward to the opportunity he has to show what is in his heart when he goes before the nation tomorrow night.”

• Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois calls on Trump to drop out, says RNC should find “emergency replacement.”

• Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus: “No woman should ever be described in these terms or talked about in this manner. Ever.”

• Senator John McCain: “There are no excuses,” Trump “alone should suffer the consequences” for what he said about women.”

• Republican Congressman Mike Coffman of Colorado: “Mr. Trump should step aside. Put the country first and do the right thing.”

• And then there was this from CNN, when Republican strategist Anna Navarro spoke out to those defending Trump:

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New Trump Scandal: “Grab Them By The P***y”

The lead story in tomorrow’s New York Daily News:

Surprise, surprise: Donald Trump has exposed himself one more time — as a crude, sexist pig. The vilest example yet of the GOP presidential candidate’s noxious attitude toward women emerged Friday in an unedited 2005 conversation between Trump and then-“Access Hollywood” host Billy Bush.

“Grab them by the p—y,” Trump told Bush, explaining his not-so-subtle seduction style. “You can do anything.” The bilious billionaire later expounded on that unsettling thought: “When you’re a star, they let you do it.”

More from the Washington Post:

The video captures Trump talking with Billy Bush, then of “Access Hollywood,” on a bus with the show’s name written across the side. They were arriving on the set of “Days of Our Lives” to tape a segment about Trump’s cameo on the soap opera.

The tape includes audio of Bush and Trump talking inside the bus, as well as audio and video once they emerge from it to begin shooting the segment.

In that audio, Trump discusses a failed attempt to seduce a woman, whose full name is not given in the video.

“I moved on her, and I failed. I’ll admit it,” Trump is heard saying. It was unclear when the events he was describing took place. The tape was recorded several months after he married his third wife, Melania.

“Whoa,” another voice said.

“I did try and f— her. She was married,” Trump says.

Trump continues: “And I moved on her very heavily. In fact, I took her out furniture shopping. She wanted to get some furniture. I said, ‘I’ll show you where they have some nice furniture.’”

“I moved on her like a bitch, but I couldn’t get there. And she was married,” Trump says. “Then all of a sudden I see her, she’s now got the big phony tits and everything. She’s totally changed her look.”

At that point in the audio, Trump and Bush appear to notice Arianne Zucker, the actress who is waiting to escort them into the soap-opera set.

“Your girl’s hot as s—, in the purple,” says Bush, who’s now a co-host of NBC’s “Today” show.

“Whoa!” Trump says. “Whoa!”

“I’ve got to use some Tic Tacs, just in case I start kissing her,” Trump says. “You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait.”

“And when you’re a star, they let you do it,” Trump says. “You can do anything.”

“Whatever you want,” says another voice, apparently Bush’s.

“Grab them by the p—y,” Trump says. “You can do anything.”

“This was locker-room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago. Bill Clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course — not even close,” Trump said in a statement. “I apologize if anyone was offended.”

Billy Bush, in a statement released by NBC Universal, said: “Obviously I’m embarrassed and ashamed. It’s no excuse, but this happened eleven years ago — I was younger, less mature, and acted foolishly in playing along. I’m very sorry.”

After the video appeared online Friday afternoon, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton wrote on Twitter: “This is horrific. We cannot allow this man to become president.” Her running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.), told reporters, “It makes me sick to my stomach,” while campaigning in Las Vegas.

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Donald Trump Has Received Zero Endorsements From Newspapers

I was just thinking about this very idea a few days ago.

While Democrat Hillary Clinton has been getting endorsements from not only “left-leaning” newspapers, she’s also received the endorsement of several traditionally “right-leaning” newspapers. The Dallas Morning News, the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Arizona Republic – all have endorsed Hillary.

I realize that since I’m not a big fan of reading the hard right outlets, I’m not aware of any of Donald Trump’s endorsements.

Turns out it’s not me.

There aren’t any.

From Yahoo News:

With just a little over a month until election day, Donald Trump has racked up zero major newspaper endorsements, a first for any major party nominee in American history.

While newspaper endorsements don’t necessarily change voters’ minds, this year’s barrage of anti-Trump endorsements could actually move the needle come November, experts say.

“It’s significant,” Jack Pitney, professor of government at California’s Claremont McKenna College, told TheWrap. “The cumulative effect of all these defections could have an impact on moderate Republicans.”

Some conservative papers, which have endorsed Republicans for decades, are now breaking with tradition to endorse Hillary Clinton or, at the very least, urge their readers not to vote for Trump.

Several have taken a stand even at the expense of losing subscribers at a time when newspapers are barely staying afloat. Some papers have received death threats. But for a growing number of newspaper editorial boards, staying on the sidelines is no longer an option.

I just realized I am wrong. During primary season the New York Observer endorsed Donald. I guess I wasn’t counting that one since his son-in-law owns it.

Oh – and the National Enquirer endorsed the Trumpster. I think that says it all.

(h/t JoeMyGod)

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Sean Hannity: Trump Doesn’t Need To Win Debates To Win The White House

Fox News’ Sean Hannity has a new perspective on the presidential debates: Donald Trump doesn’t have to win the debates.

See, in this brilliant approach, Hannity prescribes that Trump just needs to let Trump be Trump, because the Trumpiest wins. And Hillary isn’t Trump. She merely has all those facts and figures at her finger tips.