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‘Such a nasty woman’

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I guess that’s how you summarize Donald J. Trump’s view of the candidate who’s about to defeat him in one of the most miserable presidential campaigns in most folks’ memory.

“Such a nasty woman,” he said while Hillary Rodham Clinton was explaining her proposed tax policy.

It was a revealing moment in a debate full of them.

Trump had just said that “no one has more respect for women” than he does, eliciting laughter from some in the audience attending the third presidential debate.

Then came the “nasty woman” rejoinder.

Sigh …

Trump said he’ll accept the results of the election “if I win.” Then he took some of that back, saying he would accept the result — no matter who wins — barring any questionable returns.

My strong hunch, though, is that a lot of women heard what he said out loud to the first female major-party presidential nominee and will not like it.

I sense that a landslide may be in the making.

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Men should take offense, too, at Trump’s words

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Media commentators are wondering about the impact that Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump’s ghastly references to women will have on the females who’ll vote for president.

Sure, that’s an important story to cover. Trump was caught saying some pretty hideous things about women 11 years ago on that bus. He talked about seeking to have sex with a married woman, grabbing someone in her “wherever,” and making other disparaging remarks about women’s appearance.

OK, he has surrendered much of the female vote.

I’m wondering, though: What about the men who are offended by this clown?

Men across the America should be equally offended on behalf of, oh, let’s see:

Their daughters, their sisters, their wife, their aunts, their granddaughters, their girlfriends, their mother, their grandmothers, their great-grandmothers, their favorite teacher, their godmother, their daughters-in-law, their sisters-in-law, their mother-in-law.

They should be offended on behalf of every woman who’s ever had a positive impact on their lives.

This story should anger not just women. It should infuriate men who must explain the meaning of Trump’s comments to their young children or grandchildren, or to a young sister.