Originally Posted by
Dacien
Mean culpa over what, exactly? Being doubtful of Trump-Russia? Criticizing Trump when he does something bad but encouraging the things he does that are good? What exactly is the apology supposed to be aimed at?
As for voting for him, I explained it this way: Trump was a gunman ready to shoot 5 people and Hillary was the gunman aiming at 6 people, and I get to vote which one to shoot. If I don't vote, a group gets picked at random.
So I vote for the 5 people, and the criticism pours forth about, "How could you support killing 5 people?"
And this whole idea that if you vote for a candidate you support everything they do, it's ridiculous. It would be ridiculous just the same if I approached an Obama supporter and said, "I can't believe you support drone striking American citizens!" It's just silly.
And listen, I think this Stormy Daniels situation has infinitely more legs than Trump-Russia; I'm not bending over backwards to defend Trump in that, because I don't think the facts support any defense. I think he slept with her, had a conversation with Cohen about it, and purposefully distanced himself from the payment. I don't think he was unaware of the payment at all.
What's right is right and what's wrong is wrong, I call them as I see them. And if I'm wrong, such as in the Williamson thread you mentioned or if Trump-Russia is revealed to have substance, I'll man up eat crow.