Not as Stormy as you'd think

The sky is falling...

There's been a lot of angst this week in Democratic circles because Donald Trump's approval ratings have climbed to a robust (sarcasm alert!) 42% this week despite the rather unflattering 60 Minutes interview with Trump's alleged (sarcasm alert II!) mistress, porn star Stormy Daniels.

Democrats would do well to remember that Bill Clinton's approval ratings took very minor hits in the aftermath of his affair with Monica Lewinsky.  While I wouldn't want to conflate the two--Clinton's indiscretion didn't involve personal threats, possible campaign finance illegalities, or the religious right's repugnant picking and choosing of who gets their forgiveness--Americans as a whole tend to see such situations, regardless of the open book nature of a President's time in office, as a private family matter.  Yes, I know Trump is a shit heel, but even shit heel's have wives who are being publicly embarrassed and young son's who have to go to school five days a week knowing their classmates have heard that Daddy got spanked on the ass with a magazine by a porn star.  For the most part we Americans are an empathetic lot, and I'd be willing to bet that some of the improvement in Trump's approval ratings can be attributed to such.

It would also do us well to realize that, considering the relatively decent shape of the economy, Trump's approvals should probably easily be 10-15 points higher.  I've seen some teeth gnashing this week because Trump is only four points behind President Obama's worst number of 46%--without the context of Obama's coming in the midst of a 10% unemployment rate and a stock market that had sunk to under 10,000.  Heaven forbid the economy should collapse, but if it were to, it's hard to see Trumps approvals getting out of the thirties.

So take a chill pill--Americans still think Trump regally sucks and we still have every reason to be cautiously optimistic heading into this November.

Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee