by Ann Romano
![ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER Donald Trump? You haff been TUH-MIN-ATED! (Heh, heh.)]( "ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER Donald Trump? You haff been TUH-MIN-ATED! (Heh, heh.)")
Welcome back to One Day at a Time, dears—a column which has been tasked with charting the never-ending shitshow that is 2016. And so we shall—week by week, day by day, until the sun grows cold and the earth crumbles to dust. AND WHAT HAS US... in such an apocalyptic mood? Oh, just a horrific presidential election featuring two loathed candidates that has, by our calculations, been going on for 47,000 years. This week things got even worse, as more women alleged that they had been sexually assaulted by Donald J. Trump, with Jessica Leeds and Rachel Crooks telling the New York Times how he touched them without consent. “Their accounts echo those of other women who have previously come forward, like Temple Taggart, a former Miss Utah,” the NY Times reported. “In a phone interview on Tuesday night, a highly agitated Mr. Trump denied every one of the women’s claims,” the NY Times added, with Trump insisting, “None of this ever took place” before “shouting at the NY Times reporter who was questioning him.”“You are a disgusting human being,” Trump told NY Times reporter Megan Twohey—demonstrating, yet again, his profound respect for women, the press, and basic human decency. MEANWHILE...“The Republican party tumbled toward anarchy Monday,” the Washington Post reported, noting that House Speaker Paul D. Ryan will “no longer defend or campaign with Trump.”NOT TO BE OUTDONE...Arnold Schwarzenegger also waded into the fray, tweeting, “For the first time since I became a citizen in 1983, I will not vote for the Republican candidate for President.” He then pleaded with his fellow conservatives, “As proud as I am to label myself a Republican, there is one label that I hold above all else—American. So I want to take a moment today to remind my fellow Republicans that it is not only acceptable to choose your country over your party—it is your duty.” And those might just be the wisest words ever spoken by a homicidal terminator sent from the future.
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER"Donald Trump? You haff been TUH-MIN-ATED! (Heh, heh.)
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10
Welcome back to One Day at a Time, dears—a column which has been tasked with charting the never-ending shitshow that is 2016. And so we shall—week by week, day by day, until the sun grows cold and the earth crumbles to dust. AND WHAT HAS US... in such an apocalyptic mood? Oh, just a horrific presidential election featuring two loathed candidates that has, by our calculations, been going on for 47,000 years. This week things got even worse, as more women alleged that they had been sexually assaulted by Donald J. Trump, with Jessica Leeds and Rachel Crooks telling the New York Times how he touched them without consent. “Their accounts echo those of other women who have previously come forward, like Temple Taggart, a former Miss Utah,” the NY Times reported. “In a phone interview on Tuesday night, a highly agitated Mr. Trump denied every one of the women’s claims,” the NY Times added, with Trump insisting, “None of this ever took place” before “shouting at the NY Times reporter who was questioning him.”“You are a disgusting human being,” Trump told NY Times reporter Megan Twohey—demonstrating, yet again, his profound respect for women, the press, and basic human decency. MEANWHILE...“The Republican party tumbled toward anarchy Monday,” the Washington Post reported, noting that House Speaker Paul D. Ryan will “no longer defend or campaign with Trump.”NOT TO BE OUTDONE...Arnold Schwarzenegger also waded into the fray, tweeting, “For the first time since I became a citizen in 1983, I will not vote for the Republican candidate for President.” He then pleaded with his fellow conservatives, “As proud as I am to label myself a Republican, there is one label that I hold above all else—American. So I want to take a moment today to remind my fellow Republicans that it is not only acceptable to choose your country over your party—it is your duty.” And those might just be the wisest words ever spoken by a homicidal terminator sent from the future.