To say it's one of the worst things ever said by a presidential candidate is ridiculous and insanely wrong.
Calling half the country bums, which is what Romney did, is one of the worst things ever said in a presidential campaign.
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You do realize that there are organizations that monitor the media, don't you?
Fair enough. How have they determined that a candidate *would* get more or less coverage under any particular circumstance? I've seen some of these right wing "media monitoring" sites. They're run by people that can barely tie their shoes, much less detail how the media would hypothetically cover something that never happened.
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This scale of excuse-making takes being sycophantic to a whole new level, but it is amusing.
Romney said that half the country were leeches. That could include anyone. Of any background, gender, race, political leaning, income, what have you. That's why his comment was so polarizing and unpopular. People didn't know if he was talking about them.
Clinton referred specifically to Trump supporters. That means, anyone who's not a Trump supporter knows she's not talking about them. Therefore, her comments aren't nearly as polarizing. It only pissed off the Trump supporters. Everyone else agrees with her.
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