and, you know, they re incredible patriots, they would never say a thing, but i know what they re thinking. it is not it is not for them, believe me. all right. so the trump campaign, we ll tell you what he was talking about was the commander-in-chief issue, could she be commander-in-chief, they can t imagine that, but a lot of people who saw that last night and her the words her being their boss and were thinking perhaps more along gender lines. now, trump during this peach, it was to a huge crowd, praised the bravery of veterans. want to bring in cnn s jim acosta for the latest. reporter: john and christine, donald trump continued to try to make a comeback in this last week of the campaign at a rally here in north carolina. he once again attacked hillary clinton for her e-mail controversy. he also saluted military veterans at one point, talking about his own bravery. here is what he had to say. they re so much more brave than me, i wouldn t have done what they did. i m brave
war within the gop but the hot, white war and debate within the party on gender lines. megyn kelly is the face for it. it start with her questions. all right. the former washington university president picks a fight with an anchor woman and gets blown away. why do they pick fights with someone who is popular and trusted? i don t think it is deliberate. you can t defend trump s behavior or comments. at least on this issue. the taped stuff, you mean. so the knee jerk is to impugn the person asking the question. and this is an effective strategy for the most part when you re dealing with nonconservative media. right? this is what republican dozen all the time. this it s what trump and his
she went after them direct and got him. by complaining to his employer? you think calling somebody else a name is okay? i think he loses and she looks like a jerk. he started it and she finished it. it would be easier to defend her and say you shouldn t be using that language. there is no word that does more damage to you than losing your livelihood does. like as bad as you feel because somebody called you a shut, it somebody called you a slut. i love it. are we dividing along gender lines, joanne? who do you feel is in the wrong here? i think she was. i like sluts, but not snarky snarkysluts. sticks and stones can break my
people on ashley madison were men but in the cruel light of day, women cheat. and they cheat for the same reasons men cheat. some sympathetic, some you won t. and we can t judge these things necessarily down gender lines. it doesn t work like that in reality. glenn, one of the notes that doesn t fit the overall stereotype of the story was in the new york post where a man gave his firsthand account of discovering his wife using ashley madison only because of this hack and that helped to rip apart his marriage. his marriage was already in trouble, but this notion that when this story came out and this information came out that we have a right to this information. we have a right to search it. the washington post had a headline saying here s how you search this thing. we all have this right to play around with other people s privacy.
there are so many elements of this. i want to talk about the puritanical nature of the general media s reaction. it is overwhelmingly puritanical and judgmental. what i was struck by when i read the letter that gwen posted this is the story no one is considering. everyone thinks the story is bad, self indulgent guys who are constant liars. that s the point that everyone missed along the way which is women have affairs, too. i think although it has come to light that the vast majority of people on ashley madison were men but in the cruel light of day, women cheat. and they cheat for the same reasons men cheat. some sympathetic, some you won t. and we can t judge these things necessarily down gender lines. it doesn t work like that in reality. glenn, one of the notes that doesn t fit the overall stereotype of the story was in