Posted on 09/12/2016 6:57:59 AM PDT by Kaslin
If you have ever suspected that leftist insiders in Washington see mainstream Americans as a bunch of ignorant rubes, Hillary Clinton’s comments to a fundraiser in New York on Friday evening should confirm your worst suspicions.
In a rare moment of candor, Clinton described half of Donald Trump’s supporters as a “basket of deplorables,” and went on with the old, tired accusations of “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic” and so on. Of course, the audience of leftist elites applauded, and her subsequent statement of regret was about as convincing as her FBI testimony.
Hillary Clinton, whose primary public accomplishment has been escaping a well-deserved indictment on multiple felonies, stood there boldly indicting the character of millions of voters who happen to disagree with her on policy issues. One begins to understand how the word “clintonian” became an adjective meaning “lying that is stunning in its audacity and scope.”
But let’s set the audacity aside for the moment and briefly consider the absurdity of lumping “homophobic” and “Islamophobic” in the same basket. It is bad enough that leftists label policy differences as mental disorders, but couldn’t they at least try to be consistent? Do liberals ever stop to consider that there might be potential conflicts between the LGBT movement’s agenda and the teachings of Islam? Do liberals actually think there are all-gender bathrooms in the local Islamic center?
Or do leftists see words less as vehicles for conveying ideas and more as rocks to throw at anyone who gets in the way of their agenda?
Either way, the far left’s condescending rhetoric about the rest of us is so overused that it risks becoming little more than an irritant, like background music in a big-box store. If Hillary Clinton wants to weigh in with further observations about Trump supporters, she might up her game a bit by mimicking the successful formula from Jeff Foxworthy’s classic “you might be a redneck” series. Of course, Foxworthy is funny and he likes the people he is teasing, but the formula would still work.
Here is a starter list for her consideration:
If you think the country is heading in the wrong direction, you might be deplorable to Hillary Clinton.
If you think the State Department should be run like a professional organization and not like a note-and-tote car lot, you might be deplorable to Hillary Clinton.
If you like your borders and your servers secure, you might be deplorable to Hillary Clinton.
If you think our immigration system should weed out people who despise America and might even want to kill Americans, you just might be deplorable to Hillary Clinton.
If you think that powerful elites who break the law should be treated the same as everyday Americans who break the law, you might be deplorable to Hillary Clinton.
If you suspect that, when Obama promised change, he really meant “chump change” for the middle class, you might be deplorable.
If you think it’s wrong to saddle our young people and their descendants with $20 trillion in debt, you might be deplorable.
If you value your firearms and trust your Bible, you might be deplorable to both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
If you think it’s racist to want America to be great again, you just might be deplorable to both Bill and Hillary Clinton.
If you think that everyone, regardless of race, wants to live in a safe and prosperous country, you might be deplorable.
If you don’t consider it a constitutional crisis for teenage boys and girls to have separate showers and locker rooms, you might be deplorable.
If you believe that all lives matter, you might be deplorable.
If you are offended by “What do we want? Dead cops. When do we want it? Now!” you just might be deplorable.
If you think that the American government should put the interests of American citizens above the agenda of a globalist elite, you too might be deplorable.
If you think our veterans deserve better than waiting lists at the VA, you might be deplorable.
If you think our military should respond quickly and decisively when terrorists attack an American embassy, you might be deplorable.
If you wonder how politicians become multi-millionaires from years of “public service,” you might be deplorable.
Of course, the daily news provides rich material, and the list could go on. But this starter list might provide some insight into who these “deplorables” really are, and why Donald Trump is speaking for Americans who have been ignored and demeaned by Washington insiders for so long.
In fact, if you are one of the people thinking that Washington isn’t working any longer and desperately needs a new approach, then #YouMightBeDeplorable.
If you think that, at a minimum, people should own property and pay income taxes in order to vote, you might be a deplorable.
Nice!
I’m a Deplorable Zionist Hoodlum
Wrong comedian. That is Bill Engval; another very talented individual.
“If you think the country is heading in the wrong direction, you might be deplorable to Hillary Clinton.
If you think the State Department should be run like a professional organization and not like a note-and-tote car lot, you might be deplorable to Hillary Clinton.
If you like your borders and your servers secure, you might be deplorable to Hillary Clinton.
If you think our immigration system should weed out people who despise America and might even want to kill Americans, you just might be deplorable to Hillary Clinton.
If you think that powerful elites who break the law should be treated the same as everyday Americans who break the law, you might be deplorable to Hillary Clinton.
If you suspect that, when Obama promised change, he really meant “chump change” for the middle class, you might be deplorable.
If you think it’s wrong to saddle our young people and their descendants with $20 trillion in debt, you might be deplorable.
If you value your firearms and trust your Bible, you might be deplorable to both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
If you think it’s racist to want America to be great again, you just might be deplorable to both Bill and Hillary Clinton.
If you think that everyone, regardless of race, wants to live in a safe and prosperous country, you might be deplorable.
If you don’t consider it a constitutional crisis for teenage boys and girls to have separate showers and locker rooms, you might be deplorable.
If you believe that all lives matter, you might be deplorable. “
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That’s one amazing list... thanks for posting.
If I advocate "All Lives Matter" rather than "Black Lives Matter" then they call me a racist - OK, I'm a racist.
If I know that Men are different from Women (vive la difference!), with different abilities, strengths & weaknesses and require different toilet, changing and bathing facilities then they call me a sexist - OK, I'm a sexist.
If I read about God's judgement on Sodom & Gomorrah and I read about the children's lives ruined by homosexuals and I fear for my nation and its children then they call me homophobic - OK, I'm homophobic.
If I believe that we must stop the unhindered immigration of foreign peoples who have not been screened for criminal history, disease, attitudes toward America & her Constitution or for their lack of skills beneficial to this nation then they call me xenophobic - OK, I am xenophobic.
If I read portions of the Quran, if I study 1400 years of history of Islamic attacks on anyone not their particular brand of Islam, if I remember the atrocities committed over the past 50 years in the name of Islam, Allah & Mohammad and do not want this evil form of government (which uses religious aspects to justify its evil) to replace the Constitutional Republic that is the United States of America then they call me Islamophobic.
OK, I am 100% Islamophobic.
If you work for a living ... you might be a deplorable
If you save for your retirement rather than depending on the government to take care of you...you might be a deplorable
If you have to search your TV listing to find CNN...you might be a deplorable
Is it me? am I reading this one wrong? or is it saying that I think it’s racist for someone to want America to be great again?
“If you think it’s racist to want America to be great again, you just might be deplorable to both Bill and Hillary Clinton.”
The leftist have chosen to believe - - in their paranoid low IQ minds - - that ‘Making American Great’ means going back to Jim Crow days. Vile projection on their part... it's certainly NOT what we mean.
Some idiot on MSNBC was told that Bill Clinton ALSO used the term “make America Great Again’ and the hater said it was OK for Bill Clinton to use the term ... but NOT for Trump to use the term. That's got to be the most biased prejudiced ugly hateful thing I've heard in years.. and the stupidest. No one challenged the guy... just smiled and moved on. The racism of low expectations...
Hillary is a Basket Case supported by groups of Deportables.
I frankly wondered if I was....that list shows I’m really deplorable.
You missed the line that Bill Clinton used a few days ago basically saying that in the old days of the South, making America great again, was essentially wishing that blacks had stayed in their place. BClinton didn’t say that, but he implied it.
If you complain that millions of dollars in charity money earmarked to provide food and shelter for Haitian refugees should not be redirected to rich donors, then you might be deplorable.
I’ve never seen this guy’s work before, but he kicks @ss.
If you think a candidate who suffered a concussion/brain clot should submit to a neurological test then you might be a deplorable.
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