(November 19, 2016 at 12:34 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: You clearly weren't paying attention to his campaign, then. Did you not hear his comments about Mexicans and rapists? He only backpedaled from that after he got called out on it ... which was his standard MO anyway. Those of his followers who were bigots loved him for saying that, and forgave him his "clarifying" because they knew his racism was unpalatable to the broader masses of voters.
At least, they thought it was. Turns out it was quite palatable.
More importantly, you don't get an endorsment from the KKK and David Duke for nothing. First candidate ever to draw them aboard. They got the message just fine. And before anyone comes along saying, the poor guy just couldn't help himself, a look at his staffers tells a different tale. Steve Bannon sticks out like a sore thumb.
I would say, if it walks like a duck and quaks like a duck .....