Wow.I don’t think I’m overstating things when I say that last night’s debate was the most sickeningly squalid spectacle in the history of US politics. To see the remaining two candidates for the presidency trading blows about sexual assault and rape was so unedifying it defies any parody Saturday Night Live might ever come up. Who won? Most polls so far say Hillary Clinton. But I think Donald Trump did, simply because he was still standing by the end – physically and metaphorically.
Sunday night's debate was the most sickeningly squalid spectacle in the history of US politics, but I think Trump won
Many predicted this would be Trump’s televised 90-minute political funeral following the leak of those indefensible Access Hollywood sex-charged tapes. The fact that he lived to fight another day says a lot about Teflon Don’s astonishing resilience under fire and his impenetrably shameless rhino hide. But it also says a lot about Hillary Clinton’s essential weakness too.
This should have been the night she landed the White House. After years of telling us she was the No. 1 candidate for women, she was handed a gold-plated gift enabling her to prove it once and for all. There was Trump, the man she’s always accused of being a sexist, misogynist creep, actually caught on camera being a sexist, misogynist creep. Worse than that, Trump appeared to be openly boasting about using his celebrity status to commit sexual assaults on women.
