Conservatives: Where is the moral outrage over Trump's extramarital affair with a porn star?

Lovebug said:

or priorities? We have come a long way since we complained about potus being catholic. Since everyone knew that Trump is no saint, having been divorces ? times, I guess the right was more interesting in his campaign promises than his private life.
All else is nothing more than an attempt to beat up on Christians and it is getting old. Christians aren't saints, Christ didn't die for saints but for sinners. Some recognize the fact, some don't.
Hillary, she surely wasn't setting an example of moral fortitude. Elections are over, priorities matter.
With Kim and other enemies at our doors, of course it is more important to discuss waist size and love life.
Moving on.

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ataraxia said:

Conservatives, especially the "moral" evangelical Christian ones, tell us that one of the biggest reasons they didn't like Hillary was that her husband had had an extramarital affair with a whitehouse intern while president. Evangelical leaders like Jerry Falwell were literally losing their mind, saying that they can't imagine living in a country where the president would have an extramarital affair. Bill Clinton was impeached over this.

Well, now we have a woman, a porn star at that, telling us about an extramarital affair with Donald Trump, soon after he had married his current wife. She says he was a gentleman, and told her she reminded him of Ivanka.

And not a peep of outrage. Why? I thought you guys were the guardians of morality and traditional values in this country. Is it because you really aren't, or because there is just such a flood of other moral outrages, from all the p**ssy grabbing, to overt racism and bigotry, that has just made you numb to this.

It's just very interesting how this whole story has just faded into the background. Where is all the righteous moral outrage and scriptural quotes? The calls for impeachment? Telling us how you cannot tolerate to live in a country where the president has an extramarital affair, WITH A PORN STAR?

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...bed-affair-donald-trump-2011-magazine-n838441
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You have lost all credibility in your claims to holding the moral high ground. Your religion and scripture clearly are not very good guides to any morality, except maybe hypocrisy and two-facedness.

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Josie said:

My question ever since Trump chose to run was how on God's green earth true conservatives -- politically and personally -- could be on board with him let alone vote for him. I thought he had ZERO chance of winning when this all began.

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Rogue Valley said:

If Trump is all that and a bag of chips, why is he paying prostitutes for sex?

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Rogue Valley said:

I wonder if Doc Jackson tested Trump for STDs.

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SonOfDaedalus said:

The Christian Right have the wrong priorities. I'm not saying they should not have voted for Trump because of his sex life. I'm saying they should not have voted for Trump because of his policies.


Let's not forget that Trump mocked a disabled man in front of a crowd and then lied about it. Why would any Christian vote for such a man? It's the same people who supported Roy Moore.

Many Mormons didn't vote for Trump because of his racist remarks. That's why Romney and many Mormons are against him. But southern Christians have a long history of not caring about racism. Hence my claim that they are fake. These are the same people who brought us Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker.

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SonOfDaedalus said:

The Christian Right have the wrong priorities. I'm not saying they should not have voted for Trump because of his sex life. I'm saying they should not have voted for Trump because of his policies.


Let's not forget that Trump mocked a disabled man in front of a crowd and then lied about it. Why would any Christian vote for such a man? It's the same people who supported Roy Moore.

Many Mormons didn't vote for Trump because of his racist remarks. That's why Romney and many Mormons are against him. But southern Christians have a long history of not caring about racism. Hence my claim that they are fake. These are the same people who brought us Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker.

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calamity said:

The bold, totally true. I lived there.

BTW, this is what replaced those two.

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Rogue Valley said:

No **** Sherlock. I wonder if Melania wrote the check.

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calamity said:

William Kristol gets it



Conservative values? :lol: Hardly.
Money laundering? Absolutely.

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Money laundering is the process of transforming the profits of crime and corruption into ostensibly "legitimate" assets.[1][2] The dilemma of illicit activities is that it is often a problem spending the proceeds of such activities without raising the suspicion of law enforcement agencies. Accordingly, considerable time and effort is put into devising strategies which enable the safe use of those proceeds without raising unwanted suspicion. Such strategies are generally called money laundering. After money has been suitably laundered or “cleaned”, it can be used in the mainstream economy for accumulation of wealth, such as acquisitions of properties, or otherwise spent. Law enforcement agencies of many jurisdictions have set up sophisticated systems in an effort to detect suspicious transactions or activities, and many have set up international cooperative arrangements to assist each other in these endeavours.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_laundering

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eohrnberger said:

In the given example the money was already legal, so no money laundering was needed.

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SonOfDaedalus said:

Many Mormons didn't vote for Trump because of his racist remarks. That's why Romney and many Mormons are against him. But southern Christians have a long history of not caring about racism. Hence my claim that they are fake. These are the same people who brought us Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker.

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reinoe said:

Prostitutes are paid for their time. :roll:

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trouble13 said:

I voted for him because he was the best option on my ballot. He has turned out to much more conservative in his policies than I ever dreamed he would be. As of right now, he has my vote in 2020

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ataraxia said:

Those guys were all ostracized and lost their careers when they were outed. Conservatives are still screaming themselves hoarse with enthusiasm for Trump and Roy Moore.

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ataraxia said:

Conservatives, especially the "moral" evangelical Christian ones, tell us that one of the biggest reasons they didn't like Hillary was that her husband had had an extramarital affair with a whitehouse intern while president. Evangelical leaders like Jerry Falwell were literally losing their mind, saying that they can't imagine living in a country where the president would have an extramarital affair. Bill Clinton was impeached over this.

Well, now we have a woman, a porn star at that, telling us about an extramarital affair with Donald Trump, soon after he had married his current wife. She says he was a gentleman, and told her she reminded him of Ivanka.

And not a peep of outrage. Why? I thought you guys were the guardians of morality and traditional values in this country. Is it because you really aren't, or because there is just such a flood of other moral outrages, from all the p**ssy grabbing, to overt racism and bigotry, that has just made you numb to this.

It's just very interesting how this whole story has just faded into the background. Where is all the righteous moral outrage and scriptural quotes? The calls for impeachment? Telling us how you cannot tolerate to live in a country where the president has an extramarital affair, WITH A PORN STAR?

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...bed-affair-donald-trump-2011-magazine-n838441
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You have lost all credibility in your claims to holding the moral high ground. Your religion and scripture clearly are not very good guides to any morality, except maybe hypocrisy and two-facedness.

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calamity said:

Not if it was campaign cash. :doh

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eohrnberger said:

Wasn't the situation described years ago? And so far, no one has confirmed that it actually happened, but pardon me if I'm not following this story that closely.

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calamity said:

He paid her off in 2016, right before the election season, to keep her quiet over an arrangement they had in 2006 or so.

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eohrnberger said:

Or at least so the accusation goes. I know that this is an often repeated question in response to a number of other investigations, but here goes anyway.

Is there any evidence yet?

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eohrnberger said:

Or at least so the accusation goes. I know that this is an often repeated question in response to a number of other investigations, but here goes anyway.

Is there any evidence yet?

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calamity said:

No, so the money trail leading through Trump's personal lawyer goes. :lol:

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ataraxia said:

Conservatives, especially the "moral" evangelical Christian ones, tell us that one of the biggest reasons they didn't like Hillary was that her husband had had an extramarital affair with a whitehouse intern while president. Evangelical leaders like Jerry Falwell were literally losing their mind, saying that they can't imagine living in a country where the president would have an extramarital affair. Bill Clinton was impeached over this.

Well, now we have a woman, a porn star at that, telling us about an extramarital affair with Donald Trump, soon after he had married his current wife. She says he was a gentleman, and told her she reminded him of Ivanka.

And not a peep of outrage. Why? I thought you guys were the guardians of morality and traditional values in this country. Is it because you really aren't, or because there is just such a flood of other moral outrages, from all the p**ssy grabbing, to overt racism and bigotry, that has just made you numb to this.

It's just very interesting how this whole story has just faded into the background. Where is all the righteous moral outrage and scriptural quotes? The calls for impeachment? Telling us how you cannot tolerate to live in a country where the president has an extramarital affair, WITH A PORN STAR?

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...bed-affair-donald-trump-2011-magazine-n838441
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You have lost all credibility in your claims to holding the moral high ground. Your religion and scripture clearly are not very good guides to any morality, except maybe hypocrisy and two-facedness.

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Lursa said:

Please, that ship has sailed. He was a known cheater on his former wives. Then the Billy Bush Bus interview.

Morality works for conservatives only when they can use it to control individuals.

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trouble13 said:

Im not religious so the observation does not offend me but I have raised this type of question with religious people before. The way it was explained to me is that they don't hate the person, they hate the sin. Judgment is reserved for the person and their maker. Even jess famously said "let he without sin, cast the first stone"

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ataraxia said:

No, it's more than even that. I think you had forgotten all the moral outrage with Clinton's extramarital affair. They were telling us how the godless liberals had no moral compass, and the conservatives were going to fix it. Then we heard about Newt Gingrich's extramarital affair (while he was pursuing impeachment against Clinton!), and now this business with Trump, and their deafening silence in response: speaks volumes as to their true motivations and character.

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