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saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 12:45 PM Sep 2016

Kellyanne Conway, "A Bunch of Pigs"

Mother Jones' David Corn has published a fact filled summary of her bigoted behaviour. Ms. Conway's message is in my "basket of deplorables". Of course, we all have the freedom to walk in lock step with such nonsense, or stand up for ourselves and others. It is my belief that we Americans will stand against those who would return our nation to civil war, or worse.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/09/kellyanne-conway-trump-deplorables-bunch-of-pigs

The Time Trump's Campaign Manager Called Americans "a Bunch of Pigs"
Yet now Kellyanne Conway is upset Hillary Clinton said Trump voters are "deplorables"
David Corn SEP. 15, 2016

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Conway's outrage, though, was selective, because in the past she has slammed millions of Americans for acting like pigs. Yes, pigs. She called millions of people pigs.

In January 2008, Conway was a guest GOP talking head on Fox News. With the subprime mess wreaking havoc on the economy, then-Rep. Barney Frank, a Democrat, had written an article explaining the need for greater government intervention to preserve the integrity of financial markets and to reverse unacceptable levels of income inequality. Conway, not surprisingly, criticized Frank's call for more government regulation of the markets. When the host asked if Wall Street too often takes advantage of Main Street investors, Conway went on a tear:

I think that's unfair because these people bought houses they could not afford. I mean, Julie, if you go out tonight and you spend $10,000 on a credit card and you make $8,000 a year, you could do the math. So people bought houses they couldn't afford. They know that. This country spends money like a bunch of pigs. They buy things they say that they need...when they actually want them. That's their business. But they should be in charge of their own economic sovereignty.

The notion that Americans were pigs was apparently much on Conway's mind at that time. That same month, she was part of a panel discussion at the Council on Foreign Relations. When she was asked a question about the role of economic issues in the 2008 campaign, she suggested that the key factor was whether voters would blame the lousy economy on the Iraq War or acknowledge their own piggish actions were to blame:
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Kellyanne Conway, "A Bunch of Pigs" (Original Post) saidsimplesimon Sep 2016 OP
Kellyanne's new name... Cracklin Charlie Sep 2016 #1
so true, C C saidsimplesimon Sep 2016 #2
dee plorable. excellent. niyad Sep 2016 #4
meh... the "bunch of pigs" was in reference to spending habits taught_me_patience Sep 2016 #3
meh back at you saidsimplesimon Sep 2016 #5
Stupid metaphor anyway. Pigs spending money? DawgHouse Sep 2016 #6
Pigs at trough buying everything with no self control Justice Sep 2016 #7
Where can I order my "Pigs Against Trump" campaign button? spiderpig Sep 2016 #8

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
5. meh back at you
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 01:07 PM
Sep 2016

Please expand your comment to include an example of "equivalent". Money is power, it is an election about "spending habits".

Justice

(7,182 posts)
7. Pigs at trough buying everything with no self control
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 01:37 PM
Sep 2016

Versus blaming 2008 meltdown on Iraq war costs.

A real gem that Kellyanne.
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