2016 Postmortem

qwlauren35

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30. Look at the other half of her statement

Sat Sep 10, 2016, 12:03 PM

Sep 2016

And make sure others do to. She says that HALF of Trump's supporters are deplorable. And if the people you know fit her description, you're not going to flip them. But if they are NOT bigots, then you can point to her description of the other half, those who want change. And you can work on them.

"But the other basket -- and I know this because I see friends from all over America here ... but that other basket are people who feel that the government has left them down, the economy has let them down, nobody cares about them, nobody worries about what happens to their lives and their futures -- they're just desperate for change. ... Those are people we have to understand and empathize with as well."

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As long as they play the follow-up right, Hillary's "deplorables" comment was BRILLIANT. [View all] RBInMaine Sep 2016 OP

Totally agree. She needs to stand her ground. MirrorAshes Sep 2016 #1

Absolutely. Bring up David Duke and Brietbart and all the rest and MAKE HIM OWN IT. RBInMaine Sep 2016 #5

This ^ world wide wally Sep 2016 #33

It's incendiary enough to be talked about for some while, Hortensis Sep 2016 #37

T-rump's racists, etc. are already proving her point. Iliyah Sep 2016 #2

Expose ths hypocrisy of the anti-"safe space"/not PC crowd now with this smorkingapple Sep 2016 #3

It seems pretty accurate to me... even generous C_U_L8R Sep 2016 #4

Just reading this story. I think it could sure to divide them underpants Sep 2016 #6

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

Comment I saw elsewhere - the message is to the middle/undecideds underpants Sep 2016 #8

The poll amoung dipshit supporters duncang Sep 2016 #9

The poll I saw said 59% of Trump supporters believe Obama wasn't born in the US. SunSeeker Sep 2016 #29

I was concerned last night (I know), but SaschaHM Sep 2016 #10

and if they don't then she should make an ad out of it. Ligyron Sep 2016 #11

I loved her deplorable statement, it fits them perfectly Stellar Sep 2016 #12

She may have been a little politically incorrect Kber Sep 2016 #13

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

Agreed Uponthegears Sep 2016 #15

Agreed. They need to stick to both aspects of what she said. nolabear Sep 2016 #16

Agree with you, absolutely. Paladin Sep 2016 #17

If I might add, there should be mention of Clinton's appeal to the non-deplorables voting for Fred Sanders Sep 2016 #18

All true except the media will spin it negatively book_worm Sep 2016 #19

And its a great way to get some exposure in the M$M! ooky Sep 2016 #20

I think that this will help her in the long term DemonGoddess Sep 2016 #21

You do realize that he humbled_opinion Sep 2016 #22

its not surprising to me drray23 Sep 2016 #24

Latest polls giving him humbled_opinion Sep 2016 #28

what poll? JustinL Sep 2016 #36

There are MORE than 20 million racist homophobic slimebags. Your estimate is low, and RBInMaine Sep 2016 #26

Trump's Nazi supporters are now into Pokeman Go - to attract the children keithbvadu2 Sep 2016 #23

Deplorables Links Yallow Sep 2016 #25

Majority of us know family/friend who is trump supporter kcjohn1 Sep 2016 #27

Look at the other half of her statement qwlauren35 Sep 2016 #30

if you read the full statement drray23 Sep 2016 #31

The family members I know who support Trump are in fact racist. SunSeeker Sep 2016 #32

It's obviously deliberate strategy. Fits with alt right attack. Word choice too deliberate. Mayberry Machiavelli Sep 2016 #34

What's amazing is GWC58 Sep 2016 #35