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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jeff, do you think Hillary Clinton's team dabbled in the same in the 2008 primary?[/quote]
You are deflecting from the OP's question. Why?

We can't know what Trump really thinks in terms of race and national origin. Is he genuinely a racist and xenophobe? I don't know what's in his heart or mind. But he makes racist and xenophobic statements and appeals to resentment in white people, so his behaviors are certainly bigoted. What more do we really need to know?[/quote]

I'd already answered above, so I wasn't deflecting. From reading here, I've come to appreciate that Jeff will answer a question like that honestly.

If you think what Trump is doing now is racist and have any honesty, you have to say that Hillary ran a racist campaign in the 2008 primary.

I think Trump's message resonates with racists, but his appeal is directly to Americans and against non-Americans.  Not something I'm gung-ho about, but being opposed to free trade wanting to restrict immigration isn't racist on its own.[/quote]
You seek to distract from what Trump is doing. We already know what Jeff thinks of the 2008 Clinton campaign.

Trump's direct appeals to racism and xenophobia, and the associated violence at his rallies, are new and frightening. [/quote]

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