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[spence]

Has anyone actually read her full quote?

[Slipknot]

yes

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by spence

Has anyone actually read her full quote?

First, you said we should forget what she said, because she dialed it back a bit. Now, you're saying that what she said wasn't all that bad, we are just mis-informed.

Which is it?

And more importantly, what are you afraid would happen exactly, if you said aloud, "boy that was a terrible thing she said"?

[spence]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

And more importantly, what are you afraid would happen exactly, if you said aloud, "boy that was a terrible thing she said"?

Politically it wasn't the best idea but as far as gross generalizations go she was pretty spot on. When I look at Trump's support I see a lot of hate and those that just don't care.

[buckman]

Originally Posted by spence

Politically it wasn't the best idea but as far as gross generalizations go she was pretty spot on. When I look at Trump's support I see a lot of hate and those that just don't care.

Pathetic response ! Now Trump supporters just don't care?
You're losing it my friend
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[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by spence

Politically it wasn't the best idea but as far as gross generalizations go she was pretty spot on. When I look at Trump's support I see a lot of hate and those that just don't care.

And when I say she's a c*nt, in my opinion, that is also spot on (and I could defend that a lot easier than she could ever defend her comment). Trump thinks that what he says is spot on. So again, what's the difference?

"I see a lot of hate and those that just don't care"

No, what you see, are people who say "she is a liar, she lied about sniper fire and lots of other things". You know you cannot make that wrong, but you also know that you can never concede that the other side has ever been right, so you dismiss it as hateful.

The elitism of your side...you couldn't do more to undermine, or to care less about, the values that allow normal Americans to live happy, successful lives.

In 2016, it is impossible, to be a liberal if you are thoughtful and honest. It's just not possible, and your posts could not make that point for me any better.

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by spence

Has anyone actually read her full quote?

"You know, just to be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic — you name it. And unfortunately there are people like that. And he has lifted them up. He has given voice to their websites that used to only have 11,000 people, now have 11 million. He tweets and retweets offensive, hateful, mean-spirited rhetoric. Now some of those folks, they are irredeemable. But thankfully they are not America."

Clinton then went on to explain that the other basket of Trump supporters

"are people who feel that the government has let them down, the economy has let them down, nobody cares about them, nobody worries about what happens to their lives and their futures, and they’re just desperate for change. It doesn’t really even matter where it comes from. They don’t buy everything he says, but he seems to hold out some hope that their lives will be different. They won’t wake up and see their jobs disappear, lose a kid to heroin, feel like they’re in a dead end. Those are people we have to understand and empathize with as well."