re: #402 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Although it was a valid observation and obvious to any objective observer, it was nonetheless a mistake; it gave her opponents a rallying point. And face it, many of them were not truly deplorable, just misled or ill informed.

And yes, Hillary could ill afford mistakes, whereas Trump could make as many as he wanted.

I would also add “willfully ignorant”. Although ignorant isn’t even the right word - it isn’t that they didn’t know about how despicable Trump is; they just, well, willfully ignored his hateful rhetoric in the interest of voting for their pet social issue - abortion, guns, “good Christian morals”, etc.