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[proximoception]

Had somehow managed to not actually listen to Trump's Access Hollywood remarks till now, as part of my intentional avoidance of any video or audio of him, a resolve broken only by the debates. The remarks are presented more jocularly than I'd guessed from reading about them - which I can imagine would lead a number of men I've known to take them less seriously, as things just said rather than meant, but most women probably more seriously, for showing just how normal he found these notions. Which were then proved to have been actions. Hillary should probably release ads just playing that audio over images of Trump with women on the last couple days before the election, in certain areas. Not that her ad people need any advice - they're pretty masterful.

(I'd heard of the show but had no idea a Billy Bush existed. Which means I'm now less fortunate, but also bemused. Wtf? How many Bushes are there and how have they percolated into show business?)

I'd never gone near The Apprentice even after grudgingly caving about watching reality tv for the reason that Trump has always made me want to vomit. Even before knowing fact #1 about him he's pretty much the most unpleasant person I can think of. Was actually famous for being that, had always been my assumption. There's plenty of rich people, but only one who immediately and obviously stands for, pretty much caricatures, everything wrong with them as a class. There's no veneer hiding how he's nothing but veneer, as it were. Veneer and the urge to grab. To a looped soundtrack of Billy Bush giggling.

He's going to lose memorably and as a matter of principle I should stop dehumanizing them. But they started it.