I think punishing people for things they said in private is nothing more than thought policing. Imagine people seeing the thoughts about women the majority of men had in their life Most men would probably be in jail if their thoughts equated to actions. As would be a lot of women.

I still think that we should punish people's actions alone and not their words or thoughts.

Private is you are at your home with your buddies and you all are talking lewed and someone bugged your house and posted the audio.  Its not private when you are sitting on a Access Hollwood bus, miked up and you are dumb enough to not check if you are being recorded before you say something stupid.  This is no different then if you were a tech support person, on a call with a customer, thought you were on mute and said something dumb that gets you fired.  Saying dumb stuff to people you do not know and being in a situation where boasting about taking advantage of women where the posibility it could be recorded is just plain stupid.  

The other sad part is people making excuses for that stupid person.  I do not totally condemn Trump on that statement because I know guys just like him.  The fact is that he would not be a person I would Trust around my daughter, wife or women friends if I knew his nature.  Its just another part of his character that make his unfit for me to consider as a leader or someone I would follow.  It's never just one thing with Trump, its a freaking list a mile long.

And I like jokes. I just don't automatically assume that he was joking, like you are. Because there was no indication of it being a joke.
The natural conclusion anyone would make in this regard would be to assume it was most likely not a joke because there was no indication of it. The only reason to believe the opposite is because you want to believe it.

Private is you are at your home with your buddies and you all are talking lewed and someone bugged your house and posted the audio.  Its not private when you are sitting on a Access Hollywood bus, miked up and you are dumb enough to not check if you are being recorded before you say something stupid.  This is no different then if you were a tech support person, on a call with a customer, thought you were on mute and said something dumb that gets you fired.  Saying dumb stuff to people you do not know and being in a situation where boasting about taking advantage of women where the posibility it could be recorded is just plain stupid.  

The other sad part is people making excuses for that stupid person.  I do not totally condemn Trump on that statement because I know guys just like him.  The fact is that he would not be a person I would Trust around my daughter, wife or women friends if I knew his nature.  Its just another part of his character that make him unfit for me to consider as a leader or someone I would follow.  It's never just one thing with Trump, its a freaking list a mile long.

Ok, do you ask a woman to kiss everytime you do so?

No, what is plain stupid is the notion that you should only attack someone based on their actions, and never on what they say. Rational people hold someone accountable for both. And I do. I've attacked Trump's actions on many occasions as well. I'm sure I don't need to give you any of the millions of examples where people can go to jail, get fired, etc, purely based on what they said. So yes, we do rightfully hold people accountable for what they say as well in our society. And that's just when it comes to the law. Even more so in everyday situations.
And especially in cases where someone brags about criminal acts (in the cases where women don't appreciate being groped), you don't want to wait for them to do it again and again and hope they get caught before you react to it. He has a large trail of sexual misconduct alegations against him to give further credence to his statement.

And it is more reason to believe that someone was telling the truth when there is less indication that they weren't. In this case, there was no indication of a joke, and he didn't think anyone else would hear their conversation. So leaning in the opposite direction, albeit possible, is still reaching.

And I like jokes. I just don't automatically assume that he was joking, like you are. Because there was no indication of it being a joke.
The natural conclusion anyone would make in this regard would be to assume it was most likely not a joke because there was no indication of it. The only reason to believe the opposite is because you want to believe it.

Except, you know, the other guy giggling like a little schoolgirl. Trump saying this with a big smile on his face, putting on a show. Like, you know, what you do when you tell a joke.

I can't believe NO ONE EVER talks about what actually happened. Didn't anyone watch the clip?

He's laughing because he finds it amusing. That does not mean he percieves it as a joke. But he also reacted by saying "That's huge news" to the story he told him just before that about trying to f**k a married woman, so he sure seemed to take this string of stories seriously.
I told my friend about my co-worker dropping the water cooler today. I had a smile on my face. My friend laughed. It was not a joke, and he didn't take it as such.
Also, there was no camera filming Trump's expression at the time of the conversation, so I don't know where you got "a big smile" from. But even if he did, that only means he finds it amusing. Which again does not equate to a joke.