Play Cohen's recording on TV and it'll blow over even more quickly than the Access Hollywood tape.

[Garrett78]

Trump supporters will cheer further confirmation that their cult leader has sex with models, Republicans in Congress will dismiss it as irrelevant (if they gave a damn about Trump breaking laws or lying, Trump would have been gone long ago), and the mainstream media will quickly move on to the next horror.

I'm not being cynical. I'm just stating what is pretty obvious based on the last 3 years of Trump stories/scandals.

It's all about November, folks.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. When nothing seems to help...

[OnDoutside]

5. Amen to that.

[karynnj]

7. Great quote - thanks

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. You're welcome.

[PatSeg]

17. Thanks, that does help

[dalton99a]

2. They think it's glamorous - They want to be like Donald Trump

Fuck them. GOTV!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. Well, they aren't Deplorable for nuthin.

[R B Garr]

3. I'm taking it as the slippery slope of leaks. A sign of things to come that will eventually

bury him. He lies so much in public, this looks like the beginnings of the comeuppance so when the FBI finally gets everything out, there will be no way to counter it.

[dalton99a]

8. +1

[Garrett78]

14. The fact that he lies so much is why another lie won't make any difference.

Thousands of lies have been documented, so every new lie gets lost in the sea of lies.

And breaking the law is also nothing new. Trump is violating federal records law, the emoluments clause, Sabraw's court order, the Flores Settlement, he ran a fake university, he's committed and bragged openly about sexual assault, and on and on and on.

[R B Garr]

16. Patience grasshopper. The FBI has to make sure all their bases are covered

so he has no way out. Congress won't hold him accountable, and there are probably many layers to the money laundering and campaign violations that the leaks are also a warning to others, not just Trump.

[Garrett78]

18. It's entirely possible that Mueller will prove his case and it won't matter. See this:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210899407

[R B Garr]

25. Trump will always have his base, and the same with the Fox News base,

but that's why these strategic leaks will help with public opinion. I also took this leak as a warning to others that Mueller is looking at the Americans involved now, not just the Russians.

I haven't read that whole article you linked, have to go, but will read later.

[Garrett78]

26. My hope is that these bits of news help our side GOTV.

And that maybe they will suppress Republican efforts to do the same.

But I'm not convinced these stories do that, partly because they don't remain in the public consciousness. Most people don't follow politics or current events the way we all on DU do. And the mainstream media will soon move on to the next horror. We've seen this happen time and time again.

[oberliner]

28. What could leak that they would care about?

[R B Garr]

30. LOL, sorry, but your question doesn't look so serious, i.e.,

look to the mad scramble for cover ups.

[oberliner]

32. Seems like it'd be hard to top the Access Hollywood tape

Which, as it turned out, wasn't enough to deter his voters.

[Garrett78]

33. Nor did it remain a story for very long. Because there's always another horror around the corner.

[Garrett78]

36. Evan McMullin spoke about this tonight on The Last Word:

The entire panel discussion (last 8 minutes) is worthy of discussion and McMullin's portion I'm referencing starts at around the 35:40 mark:

[OnDoutside]

4. Well the Pussygate tape would have done him in, but for Comey's intervention. The one I want a tape

of is Summer Zervos, which brings in abortion.

[Freethinker65]

10. Just play/quote it along side of his, and his defenders, numerous denials. Loop it. Make it a song.

Ridicule the fuck out of anyone that believes a word from this narcissistic asshole or those defending him.

Nail those fucking evangelicals and their Trump prayer circles. Nail the family values GOP members. Hell, I would even ask Melania about it as they did Hillary about Genifer Flowers.

[Garrett78]

20. The hypocrisy of evangelicals has been pointed out over and over and over and over and over again.

[MrsCoffee]

12. I think Mueller is more interested in how it plays in court. Not to mention, apples oranges.

One is a braggart bragging about his ability to harass women consequence free, the other is hard evidence of a cover-up.

[Garrett78]

15. Trump is actively breaking numerous laws and has a long history of doing so.

I fail to see how adding one more to the list will be the straw that breaks Republicans.

[ScratchCat]

13. And the leaks will keep coming

He taped everything. You'll have this, Daniels, Bechard and "Jane Doe" rape accuser being discussed. And who knows what else.... All made during the campaign and he will be stuck trying to argue it had nothing to do with the election but everything to do with a pre-nup with Melania.

Again, they're done with him - the people who matter, that is.

[LanternWaste]

19. Don't confuse polling data with the protocols of federal investigations.

Many things are about November. Many things are not. Ignoring the second set is irrational behavior.

Investigations often take place on a different schedule than we may desire. Patience is a powerful tool in avoiding knee-jerk reactions.

[Garrett78]

21. This is my concern:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210899407

[Zoonart]

27. I hear you.

Hope for the best, assume the worst.

[malaise]

22. +1,000

[BSdetect]

23. The tape may contain evidence of conspiracy etc

He ought to have been arrested on so many charges long ago.

[Garrett78]

24. Yes, he should have been...but he wasn't.

He should have been laughed right out of the race the moment he came down the escalator. But he wasn't.

This is a very, very sick society.

[Boomerproud]

31. It certainly is.

Patience is not called for when deregulation is happening every day and peoples rights are being trampled.

[Kingofalldems]

29. This one is a felony.

[bigtree]

34. no, this isn't about sex

...it's about illegal campaign contributions in the form of these payments to the model.

The salacious part keeps it in the news.

Link to tweet

[Blue Owl]

35. Somewhere McConnell's moving a goalpost

n-t