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Charles Murray: Hillary's 'Deplorables' Comment May Have Changed The Course Of World History
RealClearPolitics ^ | April 26, 2017 | RealClearPolitics

Posted on 04/26/2017 8:05:37 AM PDT by i88schwartz

MURRAY: I think Jonathan Haidt, the social psychologist who started the academy was right. He was right. He had an interview a few weeks ago where he said the 'Deplorables' comment by Hillary Clinton changed the history of the world, and he may very well be right. That one comment by itself may have swung enough votes, it certainly was emblematic of the disdain with which the New Upper Class looks at mainstream Americans.

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KEYWORDS: charlesmurray; clintons; deplorables; donaldtrump; hillary2016; hillaryclinton; jonathanhaidt
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To: wrench

IMHO it was
“You’d be in jail”


21 posted on 04/26/2017 8:23:38 AM PDT by freedomlover
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To: PGalt

OK so Bill was below her. Still we all have talent that let’s us ‘encroach’ to other groups until found out. OJ was a perfect example.


22 posted on 04/26/2017 8:23:55 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: i88schwartz

Hillary is rethinking her Last Ditch / Scorched Earth Strategery


23 posted on 04/26/2017 8:26:04 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler
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To: Ancesthntr

“Team Deplorable 2016 - Trump for President”

Has the source of this ‘speech’(?) ever been determined?

The speech writer?

Everyone knows that 0bam was a better speechwriter than his paid staff; did the beast type this one out by herself?


24 posted on 04/26/2017 8:26:29 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Go Trump!)
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To: i88schwartz
We haven't heard the last of the Clintons... they are grooming that little toad, Chelsea for public office. She has been unsuccessful at everything else - like her mom.

We can put that little toad, Chelsea, into Congress

25 posted on 04/26/2017 8:33:30 AM PDT by Bon mots (Laughing at liberal tears!)
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To: All
Let's not dismiss the excitement Tim Kaine, Hillary's choice for VP, brought to the campaign.

Kaine on the campaign trail.....the enthusiasm was palpable (smirk).

26 posted on 04/26/2017 8:33:38 AM PDT by Liz (Shutting down conservatives' free speech IS a form of hate speech. samthemn)
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To: rayincolorado

“Captain Obvious” indeed!


27 posted on 04/26/2017 8:36:08 AM PDT by old school
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To: i88schwartz
Hillary Clinton Involved In Serious Incident En-route to Her Coronation


28 posted on 04/26/2017 8:38:09 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler
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To: i88schwartz

Human Relations 101 - You don’t curry favor with people, or win them over to your way of thinking, by insulting them.


29 posted on 04/26/2017 8:38:43 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: rayincolorado

He, (Murray), and they got the epistemology wrong. They left God out of the equation.


30 posted on 04/26/2017 8:39:39 AM PDT by old school
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To: Liz

I thought that the Veep picks of both candidates was telling. Trump picks a very competent man who could step into the POTUS spot, if necessary, and could run the country. HRC picks a blob, just a nobody. No charisma, no talent; and, IMHO, a little creepy looking. She does this because she wants no competition. She is so deficient in likability that she could not afford to pick someone who would outshine her every time they were on stage together. Not a single thought about the welfare of the country should something happen to her and Tim Kaine takes over. Yikes.


31 posted on 04/26/2017 8:48:12 AM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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To: i88schwartz

When she called us deplorables, the mask was off. She would put us in death camps, if she could.


32 posted on 04/26/2017 8:48:24 AM PDT by castlegreyskull
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To: i88schwartz

Not at all an unreasonable thesis.

The combination of being so smug about insulting your opponents aka THE VOTERS was very possibly a bridge too far. It showed a lot, in terms of arrogance. Particularly in this last campaign, we saw plenty of crap thrown both ways but that has always been directed at the other candidate. That’s been expected. To have directed “deplorables” at voters; and don’t forget, she had a pile of email crap piling up with serious rapidly and depth at the time...

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33 posted on 04/26/2017 8:52:07 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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To: Liz

Reminds me of: I Believe by Michael Kelly

I believe the president. I have always believed him. I believed him when he said he had never been drafted in the Vietnam War and I believed him when he said he had forgotten to mention that he had been drafted in the Vietnam War. I believed him when he said he hadn’t had sex with Gennifer Flowers and I believe him now, when he reportedly says he did.

I believe the president did not rent out the Lincoln Bedroom, did not sell access to himself and the vice president to hundreds of well-heeled special pleaders and did not supervise the largest, most systematic money-laundering operation in campaign finance history, collecting more than $ 3 million in illegal and improper donations. I believe that Charlie Trie and James Riady were motivated by nothing but patriotism for their adopted country.

I believed Vice President Gore when he said that he had made dunning calls to political contributors “on a few occasions” from his White House office, and I believed him when he said that, actually, “a few” meant 46. I believe in no controlling legal authority.

I believe Bruce Babbitt when he says that the $ 286,000 contributed to the DNC by Indian tribes opposed to granting a casino license to rival tribes had nothing to do with his denial of the license. I believed the secretary when he said that he had not been instructed in this matter by then-White House deputy chief of staff Harold Ickes. I believed him when he said later that he had told lobbyist and friend Paul Eckstein that Ickes had told him to move on the casino decision, but that he had been lying to Eckstein. I agree with the secretary that it is an outrage that anyone would question his integrity.

I believe in the Clinton Standard of adherence to the nation’s campaign finance and bribery laws, enunciated by the president on March 7, 1997: “I don’t believe you can find any evidence of the fact that I had changed government policy solely because of a contribution.” I note with approval the use of the word “evidence” and also the use of the word “solely.” I believe that it is proper to change government policy to address the concerns of people who have given the president money, as long as nobody can find evidence of this being the sole reason.

I believe the president has lived up to his promise to preside over the most ethical administration in American history. I believe that indicted former agriculture secretary Mike Espy did not accept $ 35,000 in illegal favors from Tyson Foods and other regulated businesses. I believe that indicted former housing secretary Henry Cisneros did not lie to the FBI and tell others to lie to cover up $ 250,000 in blackmail payments to his former mistress. I believe that convicted former associate attorney general Webster Hubbell was not involved in the obstruction of justice when the president’s minions arranged for Hubbell to receive $ 400,000 in sweetheart consulting deals at a time when he was reneging on his promise to cooperate with Kenneth Starr’s Whitewater investigation.

I believe Paula Jones is a cheap tramp who was asking for it. I believe Kathleen Willey is a cheap tramp who was asking for it. I believe Monica Lewinsky is a cheap tramp who was asking for it.

I believe Lewinsky was fantasizing in her 20 hours of taped conversation in which she reportedly detailed her sexual relationship with the president and begged Linda Tripp to join her in lying about the relationship. I believe that any gifts, correspondence, telephone calls and the 37 post-employment White House visits that may have passed between Lewinsky and the president are evidence only of a platonic relationship; such innocent intimate friendships are quite common between middle-aged married men and young single women, and also between presidents of the United States and White House interns.

I see nothing suspicious in the report that the president’s intimate, Vernon Jordan, arranged a $ 40,000-per-year job for Lewinsky shortly after she signed but before she filed an affidavit saying she had not had sex with the president. Nor do I read anything into the fact that the ambassador to the United Nations, Bill Richardson, visited Lewinsky at the Watergate to offer her a job. I believe the instructions Lewinsky gave Tripp informing her on how to properly perjure herself in the Willey matter simply wrote themselves.

I believe that The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Newsweek, Time, U.S. News & World Report, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, PBS and NPR are all part of a vast right-wing conspiracy. Especially NPR.


34 posted on 04/26/2017 8:54:26 AM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: LibertarianLiz

“I thought that the Veep picks of both candidates was telling.”

That, too, is a significant point. Though the Dem bench is quite remarkably thin. For a party dedicated to new ideas and progressivism, they sure have a gaggle of old smelly turds piled up.

And then there was Bernie. Lots and lots and lots of younger (stupider, unfamiliar with the realities but enchanted by the utopianisms of socialism) folks never forgave her for that bait and switch routine.


35 posted on 04/26/2017 8:58:24 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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To: Bon mots

That’s a great graphic. Yesterday a reddit member got banned from a political sub for posting the photo on the left. It really triggers Leftists.


36 posted on 04/26/2017 8:59:51 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: browniexyz
"She is not upper crust enough to talk like she is..!

Your assessment is accurate.

But from the Credit Where Credit Is Due Department.

I have long noted that Hillary is nearly flawless in her use of pronouns, particularly her use of I/me/myself.

She knows the rules and uses them correctly.

That is NOT something you see everyday coming from The Swamp.

37 posted on 04/26/2017 9:11:53 AM PDT by skimbell
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To: alternatives?

Great....thanks for posting.


38 posted on 04/26/2017 9:14:44 AM PDT by Liz (Shutting down conservatives' free speech IS a form of hate speech. samthemn)
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To: Zarro
Her rant about why she wasn’t 50 points ahead would have scared me off if I weren’t already not voting for her, for example. It reeked of insanity, not just narcissism.

That one was just downright mind boggling. I suspect that was related to her health issues. However, I don't think her bizarre comments got as wide a coverage as Mitt's 47% comment. Every little bit helped, IMO. The MSM made sure Mitt's leaked comment got full coverage.

39 posted on 04/26/2017 9:15:11 AM PDT by EVO X
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To: LibertarianLiz

Nice rant.


40 posted on 04/26/2017 9:15:33 AM PDT by Liz (Shutting down conservatives' free speech IS a form of hate speech. samthemn)
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