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Originally Posted by ERCougar
Is his quote taken out of context? Was he talking about the issues that people choose to vote on immediately prior to this? If so, it's an extremely stupid way of making his point that's much too easily turned into an offensive soundbite in a presidential election (and not the first of his political gaffes).
If not, well then I think you're making a very favorable interpretation of what he said, to say the least. To say that people have "pet" issues (likely true in any state of the economy) is very different from "clinging to guns, religion, and antipathy". Supporting immigration reform is very different from "antipathy towards people not like [you]".
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So now you are just saying he has made presidential gaffes? Which candidate that you support hasn't? The sentence comes across poorly, but only if you intentionally give it the least favorable reading possible, and then several inferences from that reading.