LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘Deplorables’ may not forgive

OPINION:

Before Hillary Clinton castigates Donald Trump’s supporters as a “basket of deplorables,” perhaps she should take a closer look at her own political base as well as her own political machine — not to mention her candor and the Clinton Foundation (“Hillary Clinton backpedals as ’deplorables’ threatens to become her own ’47% moment,’” Web, Sept. 11).

Voters gave candidate Barack Obama a pass when he similarly depreciated a class of his fellow Americans in 2008 as “cling[ing] to their guns and religion.” Perhaps this time around voters may not be so similarly inclined.

GORDON E. FINLEY

Professor of psychology emeritus

Florida International University

Miami