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| Clinton says half of all Trump supporters belong in ' basket of deplorables' | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 10 2016, 06:35 AM (1,252 Views) | |
| Copper | Sep 10 2016, 06:35 AM Post #1 |
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I understand that she was being "grossly generalistic", but is 'basket of deplorables' a thing? http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/10/clinton-says-half-all-trump-supporters-deplorables.html
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Sep 10 2016, 06:40 AM Post #2 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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It's a decent enough turn of phrase. |
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| George K | Sep 10 2016, 07:06 AM Post #3 |
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Finally
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Nothing like offending |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Catseye | Sep 10 2016, 07:07 AM Post #4 |
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Pisa-Carp
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This very minute I'm reading a year-old article that discusses possible obstacles to her victory that are much more serious than the email flap. Two in particular. The greatest hurdle is what political scholars and watchers, etc, call the "time for a change" factor. "[P]residential candidates of the party in power for more than two terms consistently suffer an electoral penalty. In 2008, with George W Bush stepping aside after two terms, it was Republican John McCain hamstrung by this trend. In 2016, it is the Democratic Party nominee for president who will be on the wrong side of voter fatigue with the incumbent administration." Another variable is voter perceptions of President Obama. His approval rating will carry a great deal of influence on who succeeds him. "[T]he well-documented relationship between economic conditions and the performance of the incumbent president's party in the year of the election . . . were the economy to enter a slump during 2016, that development would tip the electoral playing field in favor of the eventual GOP nominee." And the issue of, is America ready for a woman president. More at https://theconversation.com/emails-wont-decide-clintons-fate-in-2016-46963. As for the "deplorables" remark, I'm happy. A third-grader running for class president would be smart enough not to issue widespread insults to a "basket" of his/her voter base. Once again, she demonstrates the political deftness of a rhinoceros in a tea shop*. And then, she highlights her awareness that she is making a boo-boo by describing it as grossly generalistic. Like the listener who's in her basket is supposed to go, Oh, she's not referring to me then. Shoulda stopped at "gross"; at least that would have been honest. Come on, Hil; show us some of the luv you've got deepsixed in that stone-cold heart of yours for America and Americans. *Not my phrase. |
| "How awful a knowledge of the truth can be." -- Sophocles, Oedipus Rex | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Sep 10 2016, 07:16 AM Post #5 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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Well I wasn't speaking to the insulting tone or the stupidity of the statement, just at the construction. |
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| Steve Miller | Sep 10 2016, 07:17 AM Post #6 |
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Bull-Carp
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"Basket of deplorables" doesn't hold a candle to "Nattering nabobs of negativism".
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Wag more Bark less | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Sep 10 2016, 07:18 AM Post #7 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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Gotta love consonance. |
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| Copper | Sep 10 2016, 07:37 AM Post #8 |
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Shortstop
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Decent enough I think Mr. Krauthammer has a good point. Charles is saying that this tidal wave of insults from the Clinton camp has set expectations so low for Mr. Trump that if he shows up at the debates as acts in a manner that is even remotely civil he could look wonderful. |
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| George K | Sep 10 2016, 07:37 AM Post #9 |
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What is, a classic wasn't it? But Spiro Agnew wasn't trying to get elected was he? And, if I recall correctly, he was referring to the press. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Sep 10 2016, 07:45 AM Post #10 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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Pretty sure if you read the papers, Trump's not exactly Mr. Positivity. |
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| Steve Miller | Sep 10 2016, 07:56 AM Post #11 |
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Bull-Carp
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The press and liberals in general. How times change. |
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| Horace | Sep 10 2016, 09:44 AM Post #12 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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The famous "legion of horribles" sentence from Blood Meridian:
I suppose if one were being kind, one could describe Trump supporters in that way. |
| As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good? | |
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| George K | Sep 10 2016, 11:01 AM Post #13 |
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Hillary tweeted this today.![]() No sense of irony. None. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Renauda | Sep 10 2016, 11:10 AM Post #14 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Yes it is the entry level version of the deluxe cornucopia of degenerates. |
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| Catseye | Sep 10 2016, 11:25 AM Post #15 |
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Pisa-Carp
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Wow, that's what I call writing! I still think Renauda's should be POTD, though, Mr. McCarthy not being a TNCR'er.
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| "How awful a knowledge of the truth can be." -- Sophocles, Oedipus Rex | |
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| TomK | Sep 10 2016, 11:49 AM Post #16 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Nailed it, Horace. |
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| Luke's Dad | Sep 10 2016, 12:14 PM Post #17 |
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Emperor Pengin
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3/4 of the electorate belong in a basket of deplorables, including her supporters. |
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| TomK | Sep 10 2016, 12:28 PM Post #18 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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As Marx would call them the Trumpenproletariat. (Repeating a joke I made earlier.) |
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| jon-nyc | Sep 10 2016, 12:40 PM Post #19 |
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Cheers
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Could have been worse. She could have insulted 47%. |
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| Mikhailoh | Sep 10 2016, 12:47 PM Post #20 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Larry | Sep 10 2016, 12:54 PM Post #21 |
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
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She might as well have, given the damage it has done to her candidacy. She's on the way out anyway. Here's a picture taken two days ago at the National Baptist Association Convention, where she was the keynote speaker. So many people left that they had to move everyone forward and close off half the hall, and even after doing that, there was hardly anyone left: ![]() The next day (yesterday) she held a press conference where she looked so tired and worn out that even the press were wondering if she was going to be able to stay awake through it.. ![]() Then today, the latest polls show she's losing her electoral college lead. She's on the ropes, and headed down hill fast. She can't work more than 3 days in a row, then she has to take 4 or 5 days off. Her coughing is getting worse, and she's starting to look like a hag. (well... more than usual)... I'll be surprised if the woman makes it until November without ending up in intensive care or a nursing home somewhere. |
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| Larry | Sep 10 2016, 12:58 PM Post #22 |
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
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Oh - as you look at the pitiful turnout at the National Baptist Convention, bear in mind that the National Baptist Association is an african american organization. |
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Of the Pokatwat Tribe | |
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| jon-nyc | Sep 10 2016, 01:00 PM Post #23 |
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Cheers
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President Romney frowns at your prognostications. ![]() |
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| George K | Sep 10 2016, 01:08 PM Post #24 |
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Actually, if you look at what Mitt said, it was a fact - he acknowledged that no matter what he did/said, 47% of the electorate wasn't going to vote for him. He was right. If you want to claim that his comments are an insult, I suppose you can. I choose not to.
Not that it makes much of a difference, that comment was not intended for public consumption either, unlike Clinton's. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Larry | Sep 10 2016, 01:08 PM Post #25 |
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
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Here's what I have to say to Romney and all the other whiny GOP elites:![]() ![]() |
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