**** Elections thread *****

[JKDS]

I remember hearing about it years ago.

[BananaStand]

I remember hearing about it years ago.

I kinda remember I did too. If I'm being totally honest, I believe this tape exists, and I believe it contains everything they say it does. Trump dodged a bullet by saying it off-camera. That's all. At the same time though, I really don't care at this point. Trump has said plenty of stuff that *should* have been his undoing, and it wasn't. Unless he says something treason-ish, it's water under the bridge now.

In 2017, the N word is radioactive. If you reached adulthood, say, before 1975, then you probably remember a time when it wasn't. So I actually do give Trump a little latitude here.

My grandfather said the N word ALL THE TIME. He didn't hate black people. He never showed me anything that says he values anyone less because of their skin color. It was just a word to him. I mean, he grew up, went to war, survived, and when he got back stateside, he found that pro baseball was still entirely white. So if he held on to some old-school vocabulary, that's not exactly troubling.

It's more troubling in Trump's case considering his responsibilities and position at the time, but I'm not losing sleep over it.

Sometimes I sing this song alone in my car. Disqualified!

Life tip: train yourself to substitute the word "fella". Eliminate the chance of any slip-ups at parties.