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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: As long as they play the follow-up right, Hillary's "deplorables" comment was BRILLIANT. [View all]humbled_opinion
(4,423 posts)22. You do realize that he
is polling with about the same support as she is, roughly, so half meaning about 20 million Americans fit into her narrative? I don't think so, sure their are racists but not to the extreme that she is painting it, in fact they will argue racism in both sides of the aisle so to me this is not a smart move. Insult the candidate that is one thing, insult broad swaths of Americans, not good.
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As long as they play the follow-up right, Hillary's "deplorables" comment was BRILLIANT. [View all]
RBInMaine
Sep 2016
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Absolutely. Bring up David Duke and Brietbart and all the rest and MAKE HIM OWN IT.
RBInMaine
Sep 2016
#5
Yup. She and her people just need to stand by it and pin hate mongering to Trump as she did in Reno.
RBInMaine
Sep 2016
#7
The poll I saw said 59% of Trump supporters believe Obama wasn't born in the US.
SunSeeker
Sep 2016
#29
Good for her. It's not as if she'll lose any votes. Who would want racist drunken thugs in your
Laser102
Sep 2016
#14
If I might add, there should be mention of Clinton's appeal to the non-deplorables voting for
Fred Sanders
Sep 2016
#18
There are MORE than 20 million racist homophobic slimebags. Your estimate is low, and
RBInMaine
Sep 2016
#26
It's obviously deliberate strategy. Fits with alt right attack. Word choice too deliberate.
Mayberry Machiavelli
Sep 2016
#34