ANyone else notice that media are now playing the Deplorables clip from the beginning

[malaise]

This is what she fucking said

"To just be grossly generalistic, you can put half of Trump supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables," Clinton said. "Right? Racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic, you name it."

And to be grossly specific, it's way more than half of them

[sarae]

1. I'm sure the media is surprised by all the editorials written in support of what Clinton said.

I think they've started believing the shit they say about no one liking her. They probably thought they'd have free reign to finish her off with that statement.

And yes, it's way more than half, I agree.

[malaise]

2. What I don't get is ReTHUGs have publicly stated that they are not endorsing him

because he is 'deplorable' so why is anyone shocked. They are way worse than deplorable.

[sarae]

3. Yep...

they are masters at manufactured outrage (especially the Trump campaign!).

Trump's deplorable supporters can't even fight back against this characterization without proving how deplorable they are, by hurling racist and sexist slurs every time they "defend" themselves. It makes me wonder if this was all a brilliant strategic plan on Clinton's part – if it was, it seems to be working.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. The print media have been the only ones stepping up to the plate

and this has made it obvious that the television gas bags are the ones who are far out of the mainstream. They are the ones who create all the false equivalencies, grading on a curve, and horse race nonsense.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. They need to be playing the next 2 or 3 paragraphs that came after.

Those are the important ones that tell it like it is.

[napkinz]

6. 60% of Trump supporters think President Obama is "A MUSLIN!"

so you're right, it is MORE than half of them

[muntrv]

9. And 20% of Trump supporters thought Lincoln was wrong to free the slaves.

[tblue37]

7. Trump surrogates are being allowed to lie on TV and say she insulted half of the

entire population, when she referred only to half of his supporters who amount only about 15% of the voting population not 50% of the US population. Some supposedly nonpartisan reporters and pundits are also pushing that lie.

[malaise]

8. But but but

You can't say that if you want to leave the impression that half the population supports you - what would you scream after you lose?

They are all deplorable including most of the corporate media

[bigbrother05]

16. Let's see, think it's fair to classify "supporter" as his primary voters and endorsers

Most others now saying they'll vote for him are often either GOP stalwarts or Clinton haters, but one could argue he's consolidated all the "deplorable" voters from other candidates, but won't count them right now.

So, some back of the envelop calculations (swagging from my memory):

In the primaries he got ~15-25% early on, then ~35-45% later, so maybe 30% of GOP primary voters

Assume GOP turnout in the primaries was a generous 60%, Trump got maybe 18-20% of registered GOP voters in the primary.

The GOP makes up between 30-40% of registered voters that would imply that his "supporters" are ~5-8% of registered voters, so half would be ~3-5% of registered voters.

Given the surveys we see on attitudes of the public, think she may have underestimated the percentage when it comes to his "supporters".

[MadDAsHell]

17. It's probably not a good idea to insult swaths of the country regardless of how big they are.

Trump's campaign is paying the price for that now...

[Cryptoad]

10. we must remember

63% of the Trump supporters have not a clue as to what "grossly generalistic" means.

[malaise]

11. From the day she said it I asked why did media deliberately omit the beginning

of the sentence. It is now back-firing on them. Yesterday Tweety said HRC in her response mentioned grossly generalistic. He appeared more concerned with the word 'generalistic' and it was clear that his lazy ass did not watch her original comment.

I started a thread about the deliberate omission of the beginning the same day she said it. The truth is the vast majority of them starting with Don the Con are all fucking deplorable.

[world wide wally]

12. I have to admit, it is pretty funny watching Trump's feigned outrage.

He is such a bad actor.
The only thing that may be more grating on the nerves would be his "indoor voice" when trying to show he is not always a raving lunatic. I guess he thinks it's presidentialh

[cilla4progress]

15. So funny...

What kills me is she's finally politically incorrect and he jumps all over her for it!

[Denzil_DC]

13. The campaign missed a trick.

She should have adopted the tactic of UK MP Dennis Skinner in Parliament a few years ago:

Skinner: "Half the Tory Members opposite are crooks"

Speaker: "The honourable member MUST withdraw that remark"

Skinner: "OK, half the Tories are NOT crooks"

[malaise]

14. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

[AwakeAtLast]

18. She was being generous

No good deed goes unpunished.....