
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/NewsArticle" class="no-js" prefix="og: http://ogp.me/ns#" lang="en-CA">
	<head>
		<meta charset="UTF-8">

		
		
		<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
		<meta name="robots" content="noarchive">

		
		<title>
		Christie Blatchford: Clinton&#8217;s &#8216;deplorables&#8217; pull together in Hurricane Harvey aftermath | National Post		</title>

		<link rel="profile" href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11">
		<link rel="pingback" href="http://nationalpost.com/xmlrpc.php">

						<meta name="description" content="Some Trump supporters are also smart, remarkably self-sufficient and quick to help their fellow man, which counts for something" />
							<meta name="news_keywords" content="hillary clinton, hurricane katrina, racism and bigotry, social issues, texas" />
			<meta name="google-site-verification" content="gpwoEJPJUg3ROJCJdh57kfONPUShcZp639SqJs901Ko" />
		<script src='https://r-login.wordpress.com/remote-login.php?action=js&amp;host=nationalpost.com&amp;id=37979189&amp;t=1518512637&amp;back=http%3A%2F%2Fnationalpost.com%2Fopinion%2Fchristie-blatchford-clintons-deplorables-pull-together-in-hurricane-harvey-aftermath' type="text/javascript"></script>
		<script type="text/javascript">
		/* <![CDATA[ */
			if ( 'function' === typeof WPRemoteLogin ) {
				document.cookie = "wordpress_test_cookie=test; path=/";
				if ( document.cookie.match( /(;|^)\s*wordpress_test_cookie\=/ ) ) {
					WPRemoteLogin();
				}
			}
		/* ]]> */
		</script>
		<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s2.wp.com' />
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//platform.twitter.com' />
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s1.wp.com' />
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s0.wp.com' />
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//static.freeskreen.com' />
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//nationalpostcom.wordpress.com' />
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//cdn.mediavoice.com' />
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//maps.google.com' />
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//www.canada.com' />
	<script type="text/javascript">
		/* <![CDATA[ */
		function addLoadEvent(func) {
			var oldonload = window.onload;
			if (typeof window.onload != 'function') {
				window.onload = func;
			} else {
				window.onload = function () {
					oldonload();
					func();
				}
			}
		}
		/* ]]> */
	</script>
			<script type="text/javascript">
			window._wpemojiSettings = {"baseUrl":"https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/mu-plugins\/wpcom-smileys\/twemoji\/2\/72x72\/","ext":".png","svgUrl":"https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/mu-plugins\/wpcom-smileys\/twemoji\/2\/svg\/","svgExt":".svg","source":{"concatemoji":"http:\/\/s1.wp.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-emoji-release.min.js?m=1516999477h&ver=4.9.4"}};
			!function(a,b,c){function d(a,b){var c=String.fromCharCode;l.clearRect(0,0,k.width,k.height),l.fillText(c.apply(this,a),0,0);var d=k.toDataURL();l.clearRect(0,0,k.width,k.height),l.fillText(c.apply(this,b),0,0);var e=k.toDataURL();return d===e}function e(a){var b;if(!l||!l.fillText)return!1;switch(l.textBaseline="top",l.font="600 32px Arial",a){case"flag":return!(b=d([55356,56826,55356,56819],[55356,56826,8203,55356,56819]))&&(b=d([55356,57332,56128,56423,56128,56418,56128,56421,56128,56430,56128,56423,56128,56447],[55356,57332,8203,56128,56423,8203,56128,56418,8203,56128,56421,8203,56128,56430,8203,56128,56423,8203,56128,56447]),!b);case"emoji":return b=d([55357,56692,8205,9792,65039],[55357,56692,8203,9792,65039]),!b}return!1}function f(a){var c=b.createElement("script");c.src=a,c.defer=c.type="text/javascript",b.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(c)}var g,h,i,j,k=b.createElement("canvas"),l=k.getContext&&k.getContext("2d");for(j=Array("flag","emoji"),c.supports={everything:!0,everythingExceptFlag:!0},i=0;i<j.length;i++)c.supports[j[i]]=e(j[i]),c.supports.everything=c.supports.everything&&c.supports[j[i]],"flag"!==j[i]&&(c.supports.everythingExceptFlag=c.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&c.supports[j[i]]);c.supports.everythingExceptFlag=c.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&!c.supports.flag,c.DOMReady=!1,c.readyCallback=function(){c.DOMReady=!0},c.supports.everything||(h=function(){c.readyCallback()},b.addEventListener?(b.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",h,!1),a.addEventListener("load",h,!1)):(a.attachEvent("onload",h),b.attachEvent("onreadystatechange",function(){"complete"===b.readyState&&c.readyCallback()})),g=c.source||{},g.concatemoji?f(g.concatemoji):g.wpemoji&&g.twemoji&&(f(g.twemoji),f(g.wpemoji)))}(window,document,window._wpemojiSettings);
		</script>
		<style type="text/css">
img.wp-smiley,
img.emoji {
	display: inline !important;
	border: none !important;
	box-shadow: none !important;
	height: 1em !important;
	width: 1em !important;
	margin: 0 .07em !important;
	vertical-align: -0.1em !important;
	background: none !important;
	padding: 0 !important;
}
</style>
<link rel='stylesheet' id='all-css-0-1' href='http://s1.wp.com/_static/??-eJx9jtEKgzAMRX9oWSlszj2MfYvWoNVGg0mpn78o+DZ8CTfhHHJdYQjLrDirowycch9ncSlOKG5E5SZMcGz3IHJz//GwrGh34kZ3grCLDSYkw660Erse1XQ5MyhulwpxdT7a42D1LpsVNhrallcUAZsUM4EO1u3wvvTxj3dVv3z99OMP7qJkMw==?cssminify=yes' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='screen-css-1-1' href='http://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/plugins/taxonomy-images/css/style.css?m=1506960102h&cssminify=yes' type='text/css' media='screen' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='all-css-2-1' href='http://s1.wp.com/_static/??-eJytUstOAzEM/CFSqyqocED8AlKLekRu1k3NOnG0yXbp35Pu9kGpQAVx8zj2zNgOdNFYDZlChrwmTwk2HCFqyp4qRhOldRwSoIjhYDSQ2XBFaiLaGmxKUKPktsFRiW/gWrqvGROoS0I5U9OTnuB1vH3ShLiKfbvHHWW86PXt0UHHlaOcYIWWlqq1Ea5L8A4pb4Wu6UxqGctWSsk5+L1lwZRKwfPhERa0hMVe5yWzcN7Oyjo4uNQP2A6518HLPwvOCf3MalPWgU3V66UjHLQYguZh8kPw08pc+TCiFjNrOANmJciXN/7UWmRFXQldb+QE//rhivzRyo5xf86R5/Ad5foWnOgSZVfw5B/Hd+Pp/WT6MBm/fQC6DTuM?cssminify=yes' type='text/css' media='all' />
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var PostmediaVO = {"appServiceUrl":"http:\/\/app.canada.com\/video\/video.svc"};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var Postmedia = {"adConfig":{"site":"npo_opin","msite":"np.m","preroll":"on","networkId":3081,"keys":{"aid":["494952b0-4426-41a2-8a31-fed74f9cd6e6","76369953"],"author":"christie-blatchford","ciab":["sports","football"],"cinf":["hurricane-katrina","hillary-clinton","texas","social-issues","racism-and-bigotry"],"ck":"opinion","nk":"print","page":"story","pr":"np"},"async":true,"enablecasale":false,"zone":"opinion\/story"},"Urls":{"home_url":"http:\/\/nationalpost.com","stylesheet_directory_uri":"http:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/postmedia-theme-npfp","ajaxurl":"http:\/\/nationalpost.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php"},"Properties":{"domain":"","userAgents":["mozilla","msie","webkit","ipad"],"mobileAgents":["iphone","ipod","android"],"isMobile":false,"isIpad":false,"isModal":false},"Facebook":{"pageId":"110225254594","appId":"114466555268868","mobileId":"np.m"}};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://s1.wp.com/_static/??-eJylkmtugzAQhC9Uh0ZVlPZH1aNUG3shC37Va4PS03fJQ1XSKKFEQgKGb2aNPdUQFXlti0GuWrm+Cqbd8bZo+am6BShHTYKMC0f+BOvgM/o8si5syKIqjAka0SSoDle4GDg7ZBboytfzJZHvCYe7WIs5gu5UQqbvP6l5izKv6ikeZxsCFW1pyHNl6qjA7H82etUWHtetMrlHYnQIHT0SMCAIneYEibsng0GFHlOSp2PkQYwWdpj+FQjWjlsSPJ4yZKvH0A5sLglu9KZQpUM6K8x1aiDTYL7PuSD1uo9xSBk2dgJppKvNVDTEeIlOO5ILRcnJcGE16vshh/dJmXtR+VjH0aiNViWTnes1kGGGdYtgMH1qCzxn8m8/pY3i/3Dvy9Xz68tquV6/tT9ZIL4h'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://cdn.mediavoice.com/nativeads/script/postmedia/polarAd-npfp2.0-prod.js?1792760850&#038;ver=4.9.4'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://s0.wp.com/_static/??-eJyNzLEOgkAMgOEXEgok3kYII5uTe3M22Mtde6FV4tuLiYOj65/8H+y1iSpO4uB3KmTw5ApVzQvdGJuaHyuL/ZSVNGtEZxVIBjvhMW5tYWmTneBfEAXzyznat3ysKxu7bvNlOaipjP25H7oQQjekN4wAPsg='></script>
<link rel='stylesheet' id='all-css-0-2' href='http://s1.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/highlander-comments/style.css?m=1377793621h&cssminify=yes' type='text/css' media='all' />
<!--[if lt IE 8]>
<link rel='stylesheet' id='highlander-comments-ie7-css'  href='http://s1.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/highlander-comments/style-ie7.css?m=1351637563h&#038;ver=20110606' type='text/css' media='all' />
<![endif]-->
<link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="https://nationalpostcom.wordpress.com/xmlrpc.php?rsd" />
<link rel="wlwmanifest" type="application/wlwmanifest+xml" href="http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml" /> 
<meta name="generator" content="WordPress.com" />
<link rel="canonical" href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/christie-blatchford-clintons-deplorables-pull-together-in-hurricane-harvey-aftermath" />
<link rel='shortlink' href='http://nationalpost.com/wcm/494952b0-4426-41a2-8a31-fed74f9cd6e6' />
<link rel="alternate" type="application/json+oembed" href="https://public-api.wordpress.com/oembed/?format=json&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fnationalpost.com%2Fopinion%2Fchristie-blatchford-clintons-deplorables-pull-together-in-hurricane-harvey-aftermath&amp;for=wpcom-auto-discovery" /><link rel="alternate" type="application/xml+oembed" href="https://public-api.wordpress.com/oembed/?format=xml&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fnationalpost.com%2Fopinion%2Fchristie-blatchford-clintons-deplorables-pull-together-in-hurricane-harvey-aftermath&amp;for=wpcom-auto-discovery" />
<!-- Jetpack Open Graph Tags -->
<meta property="og:type" content="article" />
<meta property="og:title" content="Christie Blatchford: Clinton&#8217;s &#8216;deplorables&#8217; pull together in Hurricane Harvey aftermath" />
<meta property="og:url" content="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/christie-blatchford-clintons-deplorables-pull-together-in-hurricane-harvey-aftermath" />
<meta property="og:description" content="Some Trump supporters are also smart, remarkably self-sufficient and quick to help their fellow man, which counts for something" />
<meta property="article:published_time" content="2017-08-29T01:39:40+00:00" />
<meta property="article:modified_time" content="2017-08-29T01:39:40+00:00" />
<meta property="og:site_name" content="National Post" />
<meta property="og:image" content="https://nationalpostcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/840331564-e1503970428828.jpg" />
<meta property="og:image:width" content="200" />
<meta property="og:image:height" content="200" />
<meta property="og:locale" content="en_US" />
<meta name="twitter:site" content="@nationalpost" />
<meta name="twitter:text:title" content="Christie Blatchford: Clinton&#8217;s &#8216;deplorables&#8217; pull together in Hurricane Harvey aftermath" />
<meta name="twitter:image" content="https://nationalpostcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/840331564-e1503970428828.jpg" />
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary" />
<meta name="twitter:creator" content="@acoyne" />
<meta property="article:publisher" content="http://facebook.com/nationalpost" />
<meta name="twitter:title" content="Christie Blatchford: Clinton&#039;s &#039;deplorables&#039; pull together in Hurricane Harvey aftermath" />
<meta name="twitter:description" content="Some Trump supporters are also smart, remarkably self-sufficient and quick to help their fellow man, which counts for something" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/bf69214e83fdd5520e4b5d91ba3b7d64?s=32" sizes="16x16" />
<link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/bf69214e83fdd5520e4b5d91ba3b7d64?s=32" sizes="16x16" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/bf69214e83fdd5520e4b5d91ba3b7d64?s=114" />
<link rel='openid.server' href='http://nationalpostcom.wordpress.com/?openidserver=1' />
<link rel='openid.delegate' href='http://nationalpostcom.wordpress.com/' />
<link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://nationalpost.com/osd.xml" title="National Post" />
<link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="https://s1.wp.com/opensearch.xml" title="WordPress.com" />
<meta name="stats-full-init" value="0.012" />
<meta name="stats-postmedia_theme_pre_initialize" value="0.000" />
<meta name="stats-initialize" value="0.011" />
<meta name="stats-postmedia_theme_post_initialize" value="0.001" />
<meta name="stats-vip_load_plugins" value="0.002" />
<meta name="stats-load_plugins" value="0.007" />
<meta name="stats-register_widgets" value="0.001" />
			<meta property="fb:pages" content="110225254594" />
							<meta property="ia:markup_url" content="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/christie-blatchford-clintons-deplorables-pull-together-in-hurricane-harvey-aftermath?ia_markup=1" />
				                <script type="text/javascript">var AamGpt={strictEncode:function(a){return encodeURIComponent(a).replace(/[!'()]/g,escape).replace(/\*/g,'%2A')},getCookie:function(b){var d,a,f,e=document.cookie.split(';');for(d=0;d<e.length;d++){a=e[d].substr(0,e[d].indexOf('='));f=e[d].substr(e[d].indexOf('=')+1);a=a.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,'');if(a==b){return unescape(f)}}},getKey:function(a){var d=this.getCookie(a);d=this.strictEncode(d);if(typeof d!='undefined'&&d.match(/\w+%3D/)){var b=d.split('%3D');if(typeof b[0]!='undefined'&&b[0].match(/\w+/)){return b[0]}}},getValues:function(a){var e=this.getCookie(a);e=this.strictEncode(e);if(typeof e!='undefined'&&e.match(/\w+%3D\w+/)){var b=e.split('%3D');if(typeof b[1]!='undefined'&&b[1].match(/\w+/)){var d=b[1].split('%2C');if(typeof d[0]!='undefined'){return d}else{return null}}else{return null}}else{return null}}};</script>             <script type="text/javascript" src="//js-sec.indexww.com/ht/p/184635-225789216445563.js"> </script>
                        <script type="text/javascript"> var googletag=googletag||{};googletag.cmd=googletag.cmd||[];(function(){var a=document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],b=document.createElement("script");b.async=true;b.src="http://www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js";b.type='text/javascript';a.parentNode.insertBefore(b,a)}()); </script>
            
        <script type="text/javascript">
           
         googletag.cmd.push(function(){  googletag.pubads() 
                     .setTargeting(
                        'aid'
                        , ["494952b0-4426-41a2-8a31-fed74f9cd6e6","76369953"]                     )

                   
                     .setTargeting(
                        'author'
                        , "christie-blatchford"                     )

                   
                     .setTargeting(
                        'ciab'
                        , ["sports","football"]                     )

                   
                     .setTargeting(
                        'cinf'
                        , ["hurricane-katrina","hillary-clinton","texas","social-issues","racism-and-bigotry"]                     )

                   
                     .setTargeting(
                        'ck'
                        , "opinion"                     )

                   
                     .setTargeting(
                        'nk'
                        , "print"                     )

                   
                     .setTargeting(
                        'page'
                        , "story"                     )

                   
                     .setTargeting(
                        'pr'
                        , "np"                     )

                   

           ; if( typeof AamGpt.getCookie( "aam_dfp" ) != "undefined" ){ googletag.pubads().setTargeting( AamGpt.getKey( "aam_dfp" ),AamGpt.getValues( "aam_dfp") ); };

                
            if( typeof AamGpt.getCookie("aam_uuid") != "undefined" ){ googletag.pubads().setTargeting( "aamId", AamGpt.getCookie("aam_uuid") ); };


            if ( document.referrer )
                googletag.pubads().setTargeting( "r" ,document.referrer.split('/')[2] )
            
                if ( 'undefined' != typeof pnWeatherCookieHandler && null != pnWeatherCookieHandler ) {

                    var pn_weather = pnWeatherCookieHandler.setPostmediaAdConfig();
                }

                if ( 'undefined' != typeof pn_weather ) {

                    if ( null != pn_weather ) {

                        if ( null != pn_weather.wc ) {

                            googletag.pubads().setTargeting( "wc" , pn_weather.wc );

                            googletag.pubads().setTargeting( "wt", pn_weather.wt );

                            googletag.pubads().setTargeting( "ww", pn_weather.ww );

                        }

                    }

                }

                if(  'undefined' != typeof I10C ) {
                    if ( 'undefined' != I10C.Morph ) {
                        if ( null != I10C.Morph ) {
                            if ( 1 == I10C.Morph ) {
                               googletag.pubads().setTargeting( "shield" , "1" );
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs();
 	 googletag.pubads().disableInitialLoad();
 	 googletag.enableServices();});        </script>
    
		 <!-- Amazon Ad Tag --> 
            <script type='text/javascript'>
                ! function(a9, a, p, s, t, A, g) {
                    if (a[a9]) return;

                    function q(c, r) {
                        a[a9]._Q.push([c, r])
                    }
                    a[a9] = {
                        init: function() {
                            q("i", arguments)
                        },
                        fetchBids: function() {
                            q("f", arguments)
                        },
                        setDisplayBids: function() {},
                        _Q: []
                    };
                    A = p.createElement(s);
                    A.async = !0;
                    A.src = t;
                    g = p.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
                    g.parentNode.insertBefore(
                        A, g)
                }("apstag", window, document, "script", "//c.amazon-adsystem.com/aax2/apstag.js");apstag.init({
                        pubID: '3528',
                        adServer: 'googletag',
                        bidTimeout: '2e3'
                    });
            </script>

		<script type="text/javascript">
			/* <![CDATA[ */
			var adSlots = [];
			/* ]]> */
		</script>
            <script type="text/javascript">
                /* <![CDATA[ */
                var pn_Gpt_Weather = {"wc":"a-few-clouds","wt":"1","ww":"1"};
                /* ]]> */
            </script><meta name="ROBOTS" content="NOARCHIVE" /><script type="text/javascript">
function janrainSignOut() {
	janrain.capture.ui.endCaptureSession();
}
(function() {
	if ( typeof window.janrain !== 'object' ) {
		window.janrain = {};
	}
	window.janrain.settings = {};
	window.janrain.settings.capture = {};

	// capture settings
	janrain.settings.capture.redirectUri = "https://nationalpostcom.wordpress.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=janrain_capture_redirect_uri";
	janrain.settings.capture.appId = "ztcpr5854s8kyh93khrgw44sv9";
	janrain.settings.capture.clientId = "bh6fmkjbm3j3qj82zemw7jm64tckeb6z";
	janrain.settings.capture.responseType = 'token';
	janrain.settings.capture.captureServer = "https://postmedia.us.janraincapture.com";
	janrain.settings.capture.registerFlow = 'socialRegistration';
	janrain.settings.packages = ["capture","login"];

	janrain.settings.capture.setProfileCookie = true;
	janrain.settings.capture.keepProfileCookieAfterLogout = true;
	janrain.settings.capture.setProfileData = 'true';

	janrain.settings.capture.federateEnableSafari = true;

	// styles
	janrain.settings.capture.stylesheets = ["http://s2.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-plugins/postmedia-library/classes/Postmedia/Web/Plugins/JanrainCapture/janrain-capture-screens/stylesheets/styles.css?m=1515678437h","http://nationalpostcom.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/janrain-capture-screens/stylesheets/styles.css?m=1516039928h"];
	janrain.settings.capture.mobileStylesheets = ["http://s2.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-plugins/postmedia-library/classes/Postmedia/Web/Plugins/JanrainCapture/janrain-capture-screens/stylesheets/mobile-styles.css?m=1515678437h","http://nationalpostcom.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/janrain-capture-screens/stylesheets/mobile-styles.css?m=1516039928h"];
	janrain.settings.capture.recaptchaPublicKey = '6LeVKb4SAAAAAGv-hg5i6gtiOV4XrLuCDsJOnYoP';
	
		// engage settings
		janrain.settings.appUrl = "https://login.canada.com/";
		janrain.settings.tokenAction = 'event';
			
		// federate settings
		janrain.settings.capture.federate = 1;
		janrain.settings.capture.federateServer = "https://postmedia.us.janrainsso.com";
		janrain.settings.capture.federateXdReceiver = "http://s2.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-plugins/postmedia-library/classes/Postmedia/Web/Plugins/JanrainCapture/xdcomm.html";
		janrain.settings.capture.federateLogoutUri = "https://nationalpostcom.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?loggedout=true";
	
	function isReady() {
		janrain.ready = true;
	}
	if (document.addEventListener) {
		document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', isReady, false );
	} else {
		window.attachEvent( 'onload', isReady );
	}

	var e = document.createElement( 'script' );
	e.type = 'text/javascript';
	e.id = 'janrainAuthWidget'
	var url = document.location.protocol === 'https:' ? 'https://' : 'http://';
	url += "widget-cdn.rpxnow.com/load/login.canada.com";
	e.src = url;
	var s = document.getElementsByTagName( 'script' )[0];
	s.parentNode.insertBefore( e, s );
})();
</script>
					<meta name="google-site-verification" content="ryJYjEHNyNzMUhMyJ8vBr_Ii7-S6pUIXdKWA6I7HH1g" />
						<meta itemprop="genre" content="News" />
					<script type='text/javascript'>
			/* <![CDATA[ */
			 				var pn_theme_piano_app_id = "SE0WzqlbUG";
 						/* ]]> */
		</script>
								<meta property="fb:pages" content="110225254594" />
												<meta property="fb:pages" content="168282878593" />
												<meta property="fb:pages" content="7561650675" />
												<meta property="fb:pages" content="7116517082" />
												<meta property="fb:pages" content="20654027008" />
												<meta property="fb:pages" content="141888329160971" />
												<meta property="fb:pages" content="164697223559731" />
												<meta property="fb:pages" content="207513175076" />
												<meta property="fb:pages" content="100429659640" />
												<meta property="fb:pages" content="42682032028" />
												<meta property="fb:pages" content="6533373917" />
												<meta property="fb:pages" content="273805206181" />
												<meta property="fb:pages" content="150969458282586" />
												<meta property="fb:pages" content="57540727364" />
												<meta property="fb:pages" content="189526659635" />
												<meta property="fb:pages" content="166378686727483" />
												<meta property="fb:pages" content="150969458282586" />
												<meta property="fb:pages" content="48139565306" />
										<script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':
				new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],
				j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src=
				'//www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);
				})(window,document,"script","dataLayer","GTM-P7HPNP6");</script>
				<meta property="fb:app_id" content="114466555268868" />
<meta property="fb:page_id" content="110225254594" />
<meta property="fb:admins" content="100002625504753" />
		<style type="text/css">
			.recentcomments a {
				display: inline !important;
				padding: 0 !important;
				margin: 0 !important;
			}

			table.recentcommentsavatartop img.avatar, table.recentcommentsavatarend img.avatar {
				border: 0px;
				margin: 0;
			}

			table.recentcommentsavatartop a, table.recentcommentsavatarend a {
				border: 0px !important;
				background-color: transparent !important;
			}

			td.recentcommentsavatarend, td.recentcommentsavatartop {
				padding: 0px 0px 1px 0px;
				margin: 0px;
			}

			td.recentcommentstextend {
				border: none !important;
				padding: 0px 0px 2px 10px;
			}

			.rtl td.recentcommentstextend {
				padding: 0px 10px 2px 0px;
			}

			td.recentcommentstexttop {
				border: none;
				padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;
			}

			.rtl td.recentcommentstexttop {
				padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
			}
		</style>
		<style type="text/css">
.widget_twitter li {
	word-wrap: break-word;
}
</style>
<meta name="application-name" content="National Post" /><meta name="msapplication-window" content="width=device-width;height=device-height" /><meta name="msapplication-tooltip" content="Canadian News, World News and Breaking Headlines" /><meta name="msapplication-task" content="name=Subscribe;action-uri=http://nationalpost.com/feed;icon-uri=http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/bf69214e83fdd5520e4b5d91ba3b7d64?s=16" /><link rel="amphtml" href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/christie-blatchford-clintons-deplorables-pull-together-in-hurricane-harvey-aftermath/amp" /><style type="text/css" id="syntaxhighlighteranchor"></style>
<script type="text/javascript">var Postmedia=Postmedia || {};Postmedia.Analytics=Postmedia.Analytics || {};Postmedia.Analytics.PublishedDate = "2017/08/28 21:39:40";Postmedia.Analytics.ModifiedDate = "2017/08/28 21:39:40";Postmedia.Analytics.GlobalSlug = "0829 col blatchford";Postmedia.Analytics.NLP = {"entities":[],"categories":[],"key_topics":[]};Postmedia.Analytics.Authors = "cblatchford";</script>
	</head>
	
	<body id="" class="post-template-default single single-post postid-494952b0-4426-41a2-8a31-fed74f9cd6e6 single-format-standard mp6 customizer-styles-applied site-np highlander-enabled highlander-light" >
		<!-- Google Tag Manager Postmedia-Global - Needs to be inserted immediately after body tag NEED CODE -->
		<!-- Google Tag Manager The Province - Needs to be inserted immediately after Postmedia-Global snippet NEED CODE -->
		
					<!-- Needs to be the first ad rendered on the page -->
			<div id="gpt-nulladslot" style='height:0; display:none;'>
				<!-- Null Ad Slot for bug DAS-265-->
				<script>
					googletag.cmd.push(function() {
						var gpt_nulladslot = googletag.defineSlot('null', [66, 6], 'gpt-nulladslot').addService(googletag.pubads());
						googletag.display('gpt-nulladslot');
						googletag.pubads().refresh( [ gpt_nulladslot ], {changeCorrelator: false} );
					});
				</script>
				<!-- Null Ad Slot ends -->
			</div>
				
		<!-- Start of DoubleClick Floodlight Tag: Please do not remove NEED CODE --> 

		<div id="fb-root"></div>
		
				<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization">
		<meta itemprop="url" content="http://nationalpost.com/">
		<meta itemprop="name" content="National Post">
		<meta itemprop="logo" content="http://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/images/logo-header-np.svg">
					<link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://www.facebook.com/NationalPost">
						<link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://twitter.com/nationalpost">
						<link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://www.pinterest.com/nationalpost/">
						<link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://www.youtube.com/nationalpost">
						<link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://www.instagram.com/nationalpost/">
						<link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://plus.google.com/+NationalPost">
						<link itemprop="sameAs" href="http://nationalpost.tumblr.com/">
						<link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://www.reddit.com/domain/news.nationalpost.com/">
							<link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Post">
				<link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nationalpost&hl=en">
				<link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.newspaperdirect.nationalpost.android&hl=en">
				<link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/national-post-mobile/id409444645?mt=8">
				<link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/national-post-epaper/id629410892?mt=8">
				<link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/store/p/national-post-epaper/9wzdncrdczl0">
						</div>
						<!-- Out of Page ad -->
				<div class="out-of-page">
				            <div id="gpt-oop" class="pn_dfpads adslot">
                        <script type="text/javascript">
            
                    jQuery( document ).ready( function() {
            apstag.fetchBids({
                slots: [{
                    slotID: 'gpt-oop',
                    sizes: [ 
							[ 1,1 ]
					 ]
                }]
            }, function( bids ) {
                /* trigger the first request to DFP */
                googletag.cmd.push( function() {
    
				var gpt_oop = googletag.

			 defineOutOfPageSlot ("/3081/npo_opin/opinion/story" , 'gpt-oop'); gpt_oop.addService( googletag.pubads() ) 
                     .setTargeting(
                        'loc'
                        , "top"                     )

                   

            ;                 apstag.setDisplayBids();
                pnJustInTime.route( 
    { 
                            ad_id: '"#gpt-oop"',
                            pixels_away:100,
                            pixels_away_count:1,
                            mode:'down',
                            lazy_loading_enabled:'"on"',
                            refresh_enabled:'"on"',
                            refresh_count:5,
                            refresh_time:62,
                            block_these_ads:'"#gpt-bigboxtop, #gpt-wallpaper, #gpt-leaderboard, #gpt-leaderboard-mobile, #gpt-oop, #gpt-bigboxtop-mobile, #gpt-impulse, #gpt-impulse-mobile"',
                            admode:'""',
                            ad_data:'null',
                            adslot: gpt_oop
                    } 
                    );
                 });
            });
         });
                 </script>
                </div>
        

    				</div>
				<!-- Wallpaper Ad -->
				<div class="wallpaper-container" style="position:absolute">
				            <div id="gpt-wallpaper" class="pn_dfpads adslot">
                        <script type="text/javascript">
            
                    jQuery( document ).ready( function() {
            apstag.fetchBids({
                slots: [{
                    slotID: 'gpt-wallpaper',
                    sizes: [ 
							[ 4,4 ]
					 ]
                }]
            }, function( bids ) {
                /* trigger the first request to DFP */
                googletag.cmd.push( function() {
    
				var gpt_wallpaper = googletag.

			 defineSlot ("/3081/npo_opin/opinion/story", [[4,4]] , 'gpt-wallpaper');  adSlots.push( gpt_wallpaper ); gpt_wallpaper.addService( googletag.pubads() ) 
                     .setTargeting(
                        'loc'
                        , "top"                     )

                   

            ;                 apstag.setDisplayBids();
                pnJustInTime.route( 
    { 
                            ad_id: '"#gpt-wallpaper"',
                            pixels_away:100,
                            pixels_away_count:1,
                            mode:'down',
                            lazy_loading_enabled:'"on"',
                            refresh_enabled:'"on"',
                            refresh_count:5,
                            refresh_time:62,
                            block_these_ads:'"#gpt-bigboxtop, #gpt-wallpaper, #gpt-leaderboard, #gpt-leaderboard-mobile, #gpt-oop, #gpt-bigboxtop-mobile, #gpt-impulse, #gpt-impulse-mobile"',
                            admode:'""',
                            ad_data:'null',
                            adslot: gpt_wallpaper
                    } 
                    );
                 });
            });
         });
                 </script>
                </div>
        

    				</div>
						
		
		<div id="page" class="hfeed site desktop" >
	
		
<header class="l-header full-width   ">
	<div class="header-wrapper">
				<div class="top-bar">
			<div class="l-constrained">
				<ul class="subscriber-links track_event" data-event-tracking="Header - Subscription">
					<li class="signin"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="pn_janrain_render_screen('signIn')">Sign In/Register</a></li>
					<li class="subscribe"><a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/subscribe/index.html">Subscribe</a></li>
				</ul>
			</div>
		</div>
		<div class="masthead">
			<div class="logo-wrap track_event" data-event-tracking="Header - Logo">
				<a class="logo" href="http://nationalpost.com">
									<img src="http://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/images/logo-header-np.svg" alt="National Post" />
				</a>
			</div>
			<div class="track_event" data-event-tracking="Header Mobile - Nagigation Open Close">
				<a href="javascript:void(0)" class="nav-button"></a>
			</div>
							<a href="javascript:void(0)" class="share-nav-button"></a>
					</div>
		<div class="nav-wrap">
			<div class="search track_event" data-event-tracking="Header - Search">
				<div class="l-constrained">
					<a class="start-search" title="Open Search" href="javascript:void(0)"></a>
					<form class="search-form" action="/?" method="get" >
												<label class="search-label">Search NationalPost.com ...</label>
						<input id="main-searcher" type="text" name="s" class="search-box" autocomplete="off" />
						<a class="close-search" title="Close Search" href="javascript:void(0)"></a>
					</form>
				</div>
			</div>
			
			<nav id="primary-nav" class="navigation">
				<ul id="menu-primary" class="main-nav track_event" data-event-tracking="Header - Main Navigation">
				<li id="menu-item-76014932" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children news"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/news">News</a><div class="subnav"><ul class="subnav-menu"><li id="menu-item-76016415" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category news"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/news">All News</a></li><li id="menu-item-76014933" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category national"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/news/national">National</a></li><li id="menu-item-76014934" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category world"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/news/world">World</a></li><li id="menu-item-76023453" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category toronto"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/news/toronto">Toronto</a></li><li id="menu-item-76024651" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category politics"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/news/politics">Politics</a></li></ul></div><li id="menu-item-76015762" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category opinion"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/opinion">Full Comment</a></li><li id="menu-item-76014958" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children sports"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/sports">Sports</a><div class="subnav"><ul class="subnav-menu"><li id="menu-item-76016416" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category sports"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/sports">All Sports</a></li><li id="menu-item-76014959" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children nhl"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/sports/hockey/nhl">NHL</a><div class="subnav"><ul class="subnav-menu"><li class="menu-item menu-item-object-category nhl"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/sports/hockey/nhl">All NHL</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-object-category vancouver-canucks"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/sports/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks">Vancouver Canucks</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-object-category calgary-flames"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/sports/hockey/nhl/calgary-flames">Calgary Flames</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-object-category edmonton-oilers"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/sports/hockey/nhl/edmonton-oilers">Edmonton Oilers</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-object-category winnipeg-jets"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/sports/hockey/nhl/winnipeg-jets">Winnipeg Jets</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-object-category toronto-mapleleafs"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/sports/hockey/nhl/toronto-mapleleafs">Toronto Maple Leafs</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-object-category ottawa-senators"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/sports/hockey/nhl/ottawa-senators">Ottawa Senators</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-object-category montreal-canadiens"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/sports/hockey/nhl/montreal-canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a></li></ul></div></li><li id="menu-item-76014968" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category baseball"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/sports/baseball">Baseball</a></li><li id="menu-item-76014969" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children basketball"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/sports/basketball">Basketball</a><div class="subnav"><ul class="subnav-menu"><li class="menu-item menu-item-object-category nba"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/sports/basketball/nba">NBA</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-object-category ncaa"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/sports/basketball/ncaa">NCAA</a></li></ul></div></li><li id="menu-item-76014972" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children football"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/sports/football">Football</a><div class="subnav"><ul class="subnav-menu"><li class="menu-item menu-item-object-category cfl"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/sports/football/cfl">CFL</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-object-category nfl"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/sports/football/nfl">NFL</a></li></ul></div></li><li id="menu-item-76014967" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category soccer"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/sports/soccer">Soccer</a></li><li id="menu-item-76948283" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children golf"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/sports/golf">Golf</a><div class="subnav"><ul class="subnav-menu"><li class="menu-item golf-videos"><a href="http://nationalpost.sportstonews.com/">Golf Videos</a></li></ul></div></li><li id="menu-item-76131789" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category tennis"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/sports/tennis">Tennis</a></li><li id="menu-item-76131780" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category olympics"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/sports/olympics">Olympics</a></li></ul></div><li id="menu-item-76014936" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children entertainment"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/entertainment">Culture</a><div class="subnav"><ul class="subnav-menu"><li id="menu-item-76016418" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category entertainment"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/entertainment">All Culture</a></li><li id="menu-item-76014937" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category books"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/entertainment/books">Books</a></li><li id="menu-item-76014938" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category celebrity"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/entertainment/celebrity">Celebrity</a></li><li id="menu-item-76014939" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category movies"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/entertainment/movies">Movies</a></li><li id="menu-item-76014940" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category music"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/entertainment/music">Music</a></li><li id="menu-item-76023474" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category theatre"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/entertainment/theatre">Theatre</a></li><li id="menu-item-76014942" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category television"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/entertainment/television">Television</a></li></ul></div><li id="menu-item-76014943" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children life"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/life">Life</a><div class="subnav"><ul class="subnav-menu"><li id="menu-item-76016423" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category life"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/life">All Life</a></li><li id="menu-item-76014944" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category health"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/health">Health</a></li><li id="menu-item-76014951" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category homes"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/life/homes">Homes</a></li><li id="menu-item-76023489" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category food"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/life/food">Eating &amp; Drinking</a></li><li id="menu-item-76014954" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category fashion-beauty"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/life/fashion-beauty">Style</a></li><li id="menu-item-76014955" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category travel"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/travel">Travel</a></li><li id="menu-item-76480986" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category life-by-design"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/life/life-by-design">Life By Design</a></li><li id="menu-item-76023494" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category parenting"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/life/parenting">Parenting</a></li></ul></div><li id="menu-item-76027861" class="menu-item menu-item-has-children more"><a href="">More</a><div class="subnav"><ul class="subnav-menu"><li id="menu-item-76014978" class="menu-item menu-item-object-category horoscopes"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/life/horoscopes">Horoscopes</a></li><li id="menu-item-76014979" class="menu-item contests"><a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/contests/index.html">Contests</a></li></ul></div><li id="menu-item-76014980" class="menu-item driving"><a href="http://driving.ca/">Driving</a></li><li id="menu-item-76014981" class="menu-item menu-item-has-children classifieds"><a href="http://classifieds.nationalpost.com/">Classifieds</a><div class="subnav"><ul class="subnav-menu"><li id="menu-item-77022595" class="menu-item local-directory"><a href="http://local.nationalpost.com">Local Directory</a></li></ul></div><li id="menu-item-76014982" class="menu-item jobs"><a href="http://working.com/toronto">Jobs</a></li><li id="menu-item-76014983" class="menu-item subscribe"><a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/subscribe/index.html">Subscribe</a></li><li id="menu-item-76014984" class="menu-item financial-post"><a href="http://www.financialpost.com/index.html">Financial Post</a></li>				</ul>
			</nav>
					</div>
	</div>
</header>
	
		<div id="content" class="site-content">

<div class="story-content  l-content">
		<section class="l-top-content">
		<div class="adunit">
			
	<div class="widget-advertisement advertisement pnLeaderboard">
		<div id="gpt-billboard"></div>
		<div id="pn-leaderboard-ad-large">
			            <div id="gpt-leaderboard" class="pn_dfpads adslot">
                        <script type="text/javascript">
            
                    jQuery( document ).ready( function() {
            apstag.fetchBids({
                slots: [{
                    slotID: 'gpt-leaderboard',
                    sizes: [ 
							[ 728,90 ], [ 970,90 ], [ 970,250 ], [ 1200,90 ], [ 1200,250 ]
					 ]
                }]
            }, function( bids ) {
                /* trigger the first request to DFP */
                googletag.cmd.push( function() {
    
				var gpt_leaderboard = googletag.

			 defineSlot ("/3081/npo_opin/opinion/story", [[728,90],[970,90],[970,250],[1200,90],[1200,250]] , 'gpt-leaderboard');  adSlots.push( gpt_leaderboard ); gpt_leaderboard.addService( googletag.pubads() ) 
                     .setTargeting(
                        'loc'
                        , "top"                     )

                   

            ;                 apstag.setDisplayBids();
                pnJustInTime.route( 
    { 
                            ad_id: '"#gpt-leaderboard"',
                            pixels_away:100,
                            pixels_away_count:1,
                            mode:'down',
                            lazy_loading_enabled:'"on"',
                            refresh_enabled:'"on"',
                            refresh_count:5,
                            refresh_time:62,
                            block_these_ads:'"#gpt-bigboxtop, #gpt-wallpaper, #gpt-leaderboard, #gpt-leaderboard-mobile, #gpt-oop, #gpt-bigboxtop-mobile, #gpt-impulse, #gpt-impulse-mobile"',
                            admode:'""',
                            ad_data:'null',
                            adslot: gpt_leaderboard
                    } 
                    );
                 });
            });
         });
                 </script>
                </div>
        

    		</div>
	</div>
		</div>
	</section>
		<div class="l-constrained site-container contentbody">
				<div class="l-main active" id="main">
						<div class="fluid-holder ">
			
<article id="post-494952b0-4426-41a2-8a31-fed74f9cd6e6" class="l-article three-col-post post-494952b0-4426-41a2-8a31-fed74f9cd6e6 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinion tag-hillary-clinton tag-hurricane-katrina tag-racism-and-bigotry tag-social-issues tag-texas opinion">
			<div itemprop="copyrightHolder" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization">
			<meta itemprop="name" content="National Post"/>
			<meta itemprop="url" content="http://nationalpost.com"/>
		</div>
		<div itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization">
			<div itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject">
				<meta itemprop="url" content="http://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/images/logo-schema-np.png">
				<meta itemprop="width" content="400">
				<meta itemprop="height" content="60">
			</div>
			<meta itemprop="name" content="National Post">
			<meta itemprop="url" content="http://nationalpost.com"/>
		</div>
				<div itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject">
			<meta itemprop="url" content="https://nationalpostcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/840331564-e1503970428828.jpg">
			<meta itemprop="width" content="1000">
			<meta itemprop="height" content="752">
		</div>
				<meta itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/christie-blatchford-clintons-deplorables-pull-together-in-hurricane-harvey-aftermath">
			<header class="entry-header">
		<h1 itemprop="headline" class="entry-title">Christie Blatchford: Clinton&#039;s &#039;deplorables&#039; pull together in Hurricane Harvey aftermath</h1>
		<h2 class="excerpt">Some Trump supporters are also smart, remarkably self-sufficient and quick to help their fellow man, which counts for something</h2>	</header><!-- .entry-header -->

	<div class="entry-featured-media-container below-content">
	<figure class="entry-featured-media align-none wp-caption post-img featured-image" id="post-76370323media-76370323" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemid="https://nationalpostcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/840331564-e1503970428828.jpg" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject">

		<img itemprop="url" class="wp-post-image" alt="" src="https://nationalpostcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/840331564-e1503970428828.jpg" width="780" height="439" />

					<figcaption class="wp-caption-text" itemprop="description">
				<span class="img-caption">An evacuee is helped to dry land after her home was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 28, 2017 in Houston, Texas.</span><span class="img-author"><span itemprop="creator">Joe Raedle/Getty images</span></span>			</figcaption>
		
	</figure>
	</div><!-- THREE COL CHANGE GOES HERE -->
			<div id="left-rail" class="fixed-holder first left" >
				<div id="entry-details-container">
					<section id="entry-details" class="entry-details byline native-sticky clearfix">
						
		<div class="story-details">

		
		<div class="author-wrap">

		
			<div class="author-container main-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/person">
				<meta content="cblatchford" />

			<meta itemprop="name" content="Christie Blatchford" /><a class="author" itemprop="sameAs" href="http://nationalpost.com/author/cblatchford"><img itemprop="image" class="avatar" src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c6cc0591cee25cfc85fcf253118efe2d?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g" width="90" alt="Christie Blatchford" /><br/>Christie Blatchford</a>			</div>
					</div> <!-- /author-wrap -->
		
		<div class="byline-dates">
			<p><time itemprop="datePublished" class="entry-date published pubdate" datetime="2017-08-28T21:39:40-04:00">August 28, 2017<br />9:39 PM EDT</time></p><meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2017-08-28T21:39:40-04:00">		</div>

		<div class="filed-under">Filed under<div class="breadcrumb-wrap"><ul class="breadcrumb-list" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BreadcrumbList"><li data-event-tracking="Parent Breadcrumbs" itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem">Full Comment</li></ul></div></div>		</div><!-- story-details-->

					<div class="shortcut shortcut-comment">
				<a href="#comments-area"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="30" height="30" viewBox="0 0 30 30" class="icon"><path d="M29.6 13C29.6 5.8 23 0 14.8 0 6.6 0 0 5.8 0 13c0 7.2 6.6 13 14.8 13 2.1 0 4.1-0.4 6-1.1 1.8 1 3.9 2.7 4.8 5.1 0 0 1.6-2.6 0.5-8.5C28.3 19.2 29.6 16.3 29.6 13" class="a"/></svg>Comment</a>
			</div>
					<div class="shortcut share-button share-facebook">
				<a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnationalpost.com%2Fopinion%2Fchristie-blatchford-clintons-deplorables-pull-together-in-hurricane-harvey-aftermath" data-share-url="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/christie-blatchford-clintons-deplorables-pull-together-in-hurricane-harvey-aftermath" target="_blank"><img class=icon src=https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/images/icon-facebook.svg />Facebook</a>
			</div>
			<div class="shortcut share-button share-twitter">
				<a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Christie%20Blatchford%3A%20Clinton%27s%20%27deplorables%27%20pull%20together%20in%20Hurricane%20Harvey%20aftermath&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fnationalpost.com%2Fwcm%2F494952b0-4426-41a2-8a31-fed74f9cd6e6&#038;related=financialpost,fullcomment&#038;via=nationalpost" data-share-url="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Christie%20Blatchford%3A%20Clinton%27s%20%27deplorables%27%20pull%20together%20in%20Hurricane%20Harvey%20aftermath&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fnationalpost.com%2Fwcm%2F494952b0-4426-41a2-8a31-fed74f9cd6e6&#038;related=financialpost,fullcomment&#038;via=nationalpost" rel="nofollow external"><img class=icon src=https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/images/icon-twitter.svg />Twitter</a>
			</div>
			<div class="shortcut share-button share-reddit">
				<a href="https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnationalpost.com%2Fopinion%2Fchristie-blatchford-clintons-deplorables-pull-together-in-hurricane-harvey-aftermath&#038;title=Christie+Blatchford%3A+Clinton%27s+%27deplorables%27+pull+together+in+Hurricane+Harvey+aftermath" rel="nofollow external" target="_blank"><img class=icon src=https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/images/icon-reddit.svg />Reddit</a>
			</div>
			<div class="shortcut share-button share-email">
				<a href="mailto:?subject=National%20Post%3A%20Christie%20Blatchford%3A%20Clinton%27s%20%27deplorables%27%20pull%20together%20in%20Hurricane%20Harvey%20aftermath&#038;body=I%20wanted%20to%20share%20a%20story%20with%20you%20from%20National%20Post%3A%0A%0AChristie%20Blatchford%3A%20Clinton%27s%20%27deplorables%27%20pull%20together%20in%20Hurricane%20Harvey%20aftermath%0ASome%20Trump%20supporters%20are%20also%20smart%2C%20remarkably%20self-sufficient%20and%20quick%20to%20help%20their%20fellow%20man%2C%20which%20counts%20for%20something%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fnationalpost.com%2Fopinion%2Fchristie-blatchford-clintons-deplorables-pull-together-in-hurricane-harvey-aftermath%0A" rel="nofollow external" target="_blank"><img class=icon src=https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/images/icon-email.svg />Email</a>
			</div>
			<div class="shortcut share-button share-more">
				<a href="#"><img class=icon src=https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/images/icon-share.svg />More</a>
				<div class="share-more-popup"><div class="close-button">			<img class="icon" src='https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/images/button_close_black.svg' /> 
			</div><div class="share-menu-wrap"><div class="title">Share this story</div><div class="post-title">Christie Blatchford: Clinton&#039;s &#039;deplorables&#039; pull together in Hurricane Harvey aftermath</div><div class="share-menu"><div class="shortcut share-button share-tumbler"><a href="https://tumblr.com/widgets/share/tool?canonicalUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fnationalpost.com%2Fopinion%2Fchristie-blatchford-clintons-deplorables-pull-together-in-hurricane-harvey-aftermath&#038;name=Christie+Blatchford%3A+Clinton%27s+%27deplorables%27+pull+together+in+Hurricane+Harvey+aftermath&#038;description=Some+Trump+supporters+are+also+smart%2C+remarkably+self-sufficient+and+quick+to+help+their+fellow+man%2C+which+counts+for+something" rel="nofollow external" target="_blank">			<img class="icon" src='https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/images/icon-tumblr.svg' /> 
			Tumblr</a></div><div class="shortcut share-button share-pinterest"><a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnationalpost.com%2Fopinion%2Fchristie-blatchford-clintons-deplorables-pull-together-in-hurricane-harvey-aftermath&#038;media=https://nationalpostcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/840331564-e1503970428828.jpg&#038;description=Christie+Blatchford%3A+Clinton%27s+%27deplorables%27+pull+together+in+Hurricane+Harvey+aftermath" rel="nofollow external" target="_blank">			<img class="icon" src='https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/images/icon-pinterest.svg' /> 
			Pinterest</a></div><div class="shortcut share-button share-googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnationalpost.com%2Fopinion%2Fchristie-blatchford-clintons-deplorables-pull-together-in-hurricane-harvey-aftermath" rel="nofollow external" target="_blank">			<img class="icon" src='https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/images/icon-googleplus.svg' /> 
			Google+</a></div><div class="shortcut share-button share-linkedin"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fnationalpost.com%2Fopinion%2Fchristie-blatchford-clintons-deplorables-pull-together-in-hurricane-harvey-aftermath&#038;title=Christie+Blatchford%3A+Clinton%27s+%27deplorables%27+pull+together+in+Hurricane+Harvey+aftermath&#038;summary=Some+Trump+supporters+are+also+smart%2C+remarkably+self-sufficient+and+quick+to+help+their+fellow+man%2C+which+counts+for+something" rel="nofollow external" target="_blank">			<img class="icon" src='https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/images/icon-linkedin.svg' /> 
			LinkedIn</a></div></div></div>			</div>
							</section>
				</div>
							</div>
		
	  <!-- THREE COL CHANGE GOES HERE -->
		<div id="story-main-content" class="fixed-fluid-holder right active last" >
			<div class="fluid-holder right">
		<div class="entry-content ">
		
		<div class="story-content" itemprop="articleBody">
		<p>As Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey delivered its catastrophic whacks to Texas this weekend, in particular the Gulf Coast stretch from Corpus Christi to Houston, I could not help but think of Hillary Clinton.</p><p>It was about a year ago that she made some incendiary remarks at a fundraiser in New York City.</p><p>The full quote went like this: &ldquo;To just be grossly generalistic, you can put half of Trump&rsquo;s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right? Racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic, you name it.&rdquo; She went on to say some of the deplorables were &ldquo;irredeemable&rdquo; and &ldquo;not America.&rdquo;</p><p>In another, earlier interview with an Israeli TV station that got less attention but arguably illustrated this was no slip of the tongue but rather how she actually saw these Americans, Clinton used the same language and said, &ldquo;So just eliminate them from your thinking, because we&rsquo;ve always had an annoying prejudicial element within our politics.&rdquo;</p><p>Well, by Clinton&rsquo;s math, Texas must be crawling with deplorables.</p><p>Trump took 52.2 per cent of the vote and all 38 electoral college votes there. Republicans won just about every race going, from the railroad commission to all but one seat on the state board of education to the Supreme Court and Criminal Appeals Court.</p><ul class="related_links"><li><a href="http://nationalpost.com/news/world/please-dont-give-up-on-us-houston-police-chief-says-to-stranded-residents">&#8216;Please don&#8217;t give up on us,&#8217; Houston police chief says to stranded residents</a></li><li><a href="http://nationalpost.com/news/world/after-30-inches-of-rain-full-extent-of-hurricane-harvey-starts-to-come-into-chilling-focus">After 30 inches of rain, full extent of Hurricane Harvey starts to come into chilling focus</a></li></ul><p>Yet, damned if those wretched deplorables didn&rsquo;t pull together when that hurricane, and the monstrous flooding that came with it, arrived: CNN was full of video of black people helping white and white helping black and Hispanic helping and being helped, all of them looking out for one another.</p><p>As Ron Nirenberg, the mayor of San Antonio, a city the hurricane narrowly missed and where many evacuees have headed, said of his city&rsquo;s opening up of shelters, &ldquo;No one will be turned away.&rdquo;</p><p>In the first hours particularly but even now, these were citizens, civilians, volunteers, Texans helping Texans, as they like to say down there. Folks who had boats got them out and then went to save some lives. The grace and grit, of both helpers and helpees, was marked. No one seemed to be complaining. No one appeared to be looking for the government to come and rescue them, though in fact, this time the government (I mean that generalistically) was fast off the mark.</p><p>It was in stark contrast to what happened not far away in Louisiana, which appears to be next on Harvey&rsquo;s hit list, when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005.</p><p>Katrina was an unmitigated disaster, a natural one to be sure that was followed by a man-made one that was almost worse.</p><p>Still, more than a decade later, no one knows with any certainty how many people died (the lowest estimate is 986, the often-used number is 1,833) as a result of Katrina. Most of the dead in New Orleans were poor and black and without cars; most of them were trapped in their homes, and drowned.</p><p>Those who survived, saved by friends and strangers from rooftops and the like, were herded to the New Orleans convention centre, where for five long and horrible days and nights, they suffered mightily without seeing a face from any government agency and without a shred of help.</p><p>Now, Texas isn&rsquo;t out of the woods yet, of course, and conditions may deteriorate, and almost inevitably, there will be screw-ups.</p><p>At one point, every freeway in the Houston area was under water (which may explain why Houstonians weren&rsquo;t advised to evacuate; the city lies so low its roads turn into bayous at such times, and ordering people to leave might have been a death sentence). So many homes have been flooded that the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which was invisible in New Orleans, says upwards of 30,000 people are in need of shelter. Eighteen of the 54 counties affected by the hurricane or flooding have already met the criteria to be declared federal disaster areas.</p><p>But knock on wood, thus far Harvey has been better handled, certainly by FEMA, and less ruinous and lethal than Katrina.</p><p>And more important, after almost a year of relentlessly negative news out of the United States, at its centre always Trump and those who voted for him, it&rsquo;s a reminder that not all Americans who voted for him are deplorables, racist xenophobes who want only to raise the Confederate flag and re-enact the Civil War and build a wall along the Mexican border.</p><p>Or, if they are, they&rsquo;re also smart, remarkably self-sufficient and quick to help their fellow man, which counts for something.</p><p>(By the way, the San Antonio Mayor, Nirenberg, Monday announced he&rsquo;d moved to the full council agenda a motion to relocate the statue of a Confederate soldier from a public park. The discussion there has been peaceful, and the mayor urged residents to continue &ldquo;expressing their opinions openly without fear of intimidation &hellip;&rdquo;)</p><p><a href="mailto:cblatchford@postmedia.com">cblatchford@postmedia.com</a></p>		</div>
		<div class="clearfix"></div>
				<div class="sub-section">
			<div class="shortcut-comment">
				<a href="#comments-area">
					<div class="icon-count-container">
						<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="30" height="30" viewBox="0 0 29.6 30" class="icon"><path d="M29.6 13C29.6 5.8 23 0 14.8 0 6.6 0 0 5.8 0 13c0 7.2 6.6 13 14.8 13 2.1 0 4.1-0.4 6-1.1 1.8 1 3.9 2.7 4.8 5.1 0 0 1.6-2.6 0.5-8.5C28.3 19.2 29.6 16.3 29.6 13" class="a" /></svg>
						<span class="count fb-comments-count" data-href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/christie-blatchford-clintons-deplorables-pull-together-in-hurricane-harvey-aftermath">0</span> 
					</div>
					<div class="title-container">
						<div class="title">Comments</div>
						<div class="subtitle">Share your thoughts</div>
					</div>
				</a>
			</div>
		</div>
		
			</div><!-- .entry-content -->

	<!-- THREE COL CHANGE GOES HERE -->
			</div>
		</div>
	
	<div class="clearfix"></div>
</article><!-- #post-## -->
			</div>
					</div>
	<aside id="sidebar" class="l-sidebar">
<div id="postmedia_layouts_ad-top" class="widget-wrap clearfix widget_postmedia_layouts_ad widget-sticky adsizewrapper " style="height:1200px;"><div class="widget">            <div id="gpt-bigboxtop" class="pn_dfpads adslot">                         <script type="text/javascript">                                  jQuery( document ).ready( function() {             apstag.fetchBids({                 slots: [{                     slotID: 'gpt-bigboxtop',                     sizes: [  							[ 300,250 ], [ 300,251 ], [ 300,600 ], [ 300,601 ], [ 300,1050 ] 					 ]                 }]             }, function( bids ) {                 /* trigger the first request to DFP */                 googletag.cmd.push( function() {      				var gpt_bigboxtop = googletag.  			 defineSlot ("/3081/npo_opin/opinion/story", [[300,250],[300,251],[300,600],[300,601],[300,1050]] , 'gpt-bigboxtop');  adSlots.push( gpt_bigboxtop ); gpt_bigboxtop.addService( googletag.pubads() )                       .setTargeting(                         'loc'                         , "top"                     )                                   ;                 apstag.setDisplayBids();                 pnJustInTime.route(      {                              ad_id: '"#gpt-bigboxtop"',                             pixels_away:100,                             pixels_away_count:1,                             mode:'down',                             lazy_loading_enabled:'"on"',                             refresh_enabled:'"on"',                             refresh_count:5,                             refresh_time:62,                             block_these_ads:'"#gpt-bigboxtop, #gpt-wallpaper, #gpt-leaderboard, #gpt-leaderboard-mobile, #gpt-oop, #gpt-bigboxtop-mobile, #gpt-impulse, #gpt-impulse-mobile"',                             admode:'"resize"',                             ad_data:'null',                             adslot: gpt_bigboxtop                     }                      );                  });             });          });                  </script>                 </div>               </div></div><div id="pn_kaltura-49" class="widget-wrap clearfix pn_kaltura"><div class="widget"><h3 class="widget-title">Full Comment Video</h3><div id="pn_video_308828"></div><script type="text/javascript">( function() { pnShowVideo( "1_9hi1opyb", 308828, "", "", "false", "", "", "kaltura", "playlist", "http:\/\/nationalpost.com\/opinion\/video\/{videoId}", null, "", "false" ); } )();</script></div></div><div id="postmedia_layouts_ad-mid" class="widget-wrap clearfix widget_postmedia_layouts_ad widget-sticky adsizewrapper " style="height:500px;"><div class="widget">            <div id="gpt-bigboxmid" class="pn_dfpads adslot">                         <script type="text/javascript">                                  jQuery( document ).ready( function() {             apstag.fetchBids({                 slots: [{                     slotID: 'gpt-bigboxmid',                     sizes: [  							[ 300,250 ], [ 300,252 ], [ 300,600 ], [ 300,602 ] 					 ]                 }]             }, function( bids ) {                 /* trigger the first request to DFP */                 googletag.cmd.push( function() {      				var gpt_bigboxmid = googletag.  			 defineSlot ("/3081/npo_opin/opinion/story", [[300,250],[300,252],[300,600],[300,602]] , 'gpt-bigboxmid');  adSlots.push( gpt_bigboxmid ); gpt_bigboxmid.addService( googletag.pubads() )                       .setTargeting(                         'loc'                         , "mid"                     )                                   ;                 apstag.setDisplayBids();                 pnJustInTime.route(      {                              ad_id: '"#gpt-bigboxmid"',                             pixels_away:100,                             pixels_away_count:1,                             mode:'down',                             lazy_loading_enabled:'"on"',                             refresh_enabled:'"on"',                             refresh_count:5,                             refresh_time:62,                             block_these_ads:'"#gpt-bigboxtop, #gpt-wallpaper, #gpt-leaderboard, #gpt-leaderboard-mobile, #gpt-oop, #gpt-bigboxtop-mobile, #gpt-impulse, #gpt-impulse-mobile"',                             admode:'"resize"',                             ad_data:'null',                             adslot: gpt_bigboxmid                     }                      );                  });             });          });                  </script>                 </div>               </div></div><div id="pmlay_lists_widget-88" class="widget-wrap clearfix widget_pmlay_lists_widget"><div class="widget">	<section class="widget_0 widget-outfit widget-outfit-r0 ">

					<header id="section-header" class="section-header ">
				<div id="section-label" class="section-label  clearfix">
					<h2 class="cat-head">
						<span>Latest Comment</span>
					</h2>
					<div id="section-body"></div>
				</div>
			</header>
			
		
		<ul class="posts-list vertical-list hfeed " >
						<li  >
				<article 
					class="post post-excerpt hentry track_event 
					full-comment no-margrin-title" 
					data-event-tracking="Sidebar Outfit|0||0|1|cat|"  
				>
					
					<header>
						<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="/opinion/andrew-coyne-a-carbon-tax-is-coming-no-matter-what-ontario-pcs-say" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">Andrew Coyne: A carbon tax is coming, no matter what Ontario PC candidates say</a></h4>					</header>

					
					
					
				</article>
							</li>
						<li  >
				<article 
					class="post post-excerpt hentry track_event 
					full-comment no-margrin-title" 
					data-event-tracking="Sidebar Outfit|0||0|2|cat|"  
				>
					
					<header>
						<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="/opinion/john-ivison-scheers-climate-policy-alienating-potential-new-conservative-voters" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">John Ivison: Scheer’s climate policy alienating potential new Conservative voters</a></h4>					</header>

					
					
					
				</article>
							</li>
						<li  >
				<article 
					class="post post-excerpt hentry track_event 
					full-comment no-margrin-title" 
					data-event-tracking="Sidebar Outfit|0||0|3|cat|"  
				>
					
					<header>
						<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="/opinion/colby-cosh-gerald-stanley-being-tried-by-his-peers-isnt-a-bug-its-a-feature" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">Colby Cosh: Gerald Stanley being tried by his peers isn&#039;t a bug, it&#039;s a feature</a></h4>					</header>

					
					
					
				</article>
							</li>
						<li  >
				<article 
					class="post post-excerpt hentry track_event 
					full-comment no-margrin-title" 
					data-event-tracking="Sidebar Outfit|0||0|4|cat|"  
				>
					
					<header>
						<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="/opinion/kelly-mcparland-caroline-mulroney-can-tell-the-truth-or-go-full-trudeau-its-risky-either-way" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title=""><span class="icon-label-holder"><span class="media-icon watch"></span><span class="media-label">Watch</span></span>Kelly McParland: Caroline Mulroney can tell the truth or go Full Trudeau. It&#039;s risky either way</a></h4>					</header>

					
					
					
				</article>
							</li>
					</ul>

		
	</section>
	</div></div><div id="postmedia_layouts_ad-bot" class="widget-wrap clearfix widget_postmedia_layouts_ad widget-sticky adsizewrapper " style="height:250px;"><div class="widget">            <div id="gpt-bigboxbot" class="pn_dfpads adslot">                         <script type="text/javascript">                                  jQuery( document ).ready( function() {             apstag.fetchBids({                 slots: [{                     slotID: 'gpt-bigboxbot',                     sizes: [  							[ 300,250 ], [ 300,253 ] 					 ]                 }]             }, function( bids ) {                 /* trigger the first request to DFP */                 googletag.cmd.push( function() {      				var gpt_bigboxbot = googletag.  			 defineSlot ("/3081/npo_opin/opinion/story", [[300,250],[300,253]] , 'gpt-bigboxbot');  adSlots.push( gpt_bigboxbot ); gpt_bigboxbot.addService( googletag.pubads() )                       .setTargeting(                         'loc'                         , "bot"                     )                                   ;                 apstag.setDisplayBids();                 pnJustInTime.route(      {                              ad_id: '"#gpt-bigboxbot"',                             pixels_away:100,                             pixels_away_count:1,                             mode:'down',                             lazy_loading_enabled:'"on"',                             refresh_enabled:'"on"',                             refresh_count:5,                             refresh_time:62,                             block_these_ads:'"#gpt-bigboxtop, #gpt-wallpaper, #gpt-leaderboard, #gpt-leaderboard-mobile, #gpt-oop, #gpt-bigboxtop-mobile, #gpt-impulse, #gpt-impulse-mobile"',                             admode:'"resize"',                             ad_data:'null',                             adslot: gpt_bigboxbot                     }                      );                  });             });          });                  </script>                 </div>               </div></div><div id="postmedia_weather_widget-130" class="widget-wrap clearfix widget_postmedia_weather_widget"><div class="widget">	<div class="section-header-wrap">
		<header class="section-header">Toronto Weather</header>
	</div>
	<!-- Weather Widget -->
	<div class="weather-widget">
		<div class="widget-body-wrapper">
			<div class="weather">
				<div class="current-weather">
					<p class="temperature">-9<sup>&deg;C</sup></p>
					<p class="condition">A few clouds</p>
					<p class="feels-like">Feels like -14<sup>&deg;C</sup></p>
				</div>
				<div class="weather-icon">
					<img src="https://s2.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-plugins/postmedia-geolocation/images/weather/hp_w_ihn_l.svg" alt="weather-icon">
				</div>
				<div class="three-day-weather">
					<ul>
														<li>
									Tuesday									<span>-5<sup>&deg;C</sup></span>
								</li>
														<li>
									Wednesday									<span>5<sup>&deg;C</sup></span>
								</li>
														<li>
									Thursday									<span>5<sup>&deg;C</sup></span>
								</li>
														<li>
									Friday									<span>-3<sup>&deg;C</sup></span>
								</li>
											</ul>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div>
		<a class="continue-reading-link" href="/weather">Complete Forecast</a>
	</div>
</div></div></aside>

	</div>
	<!-- / container -->
</div>

<!-- Other posts in category -->
<div class="l-content">
	<div class="l-constrained site-container contentbody" id="posts-in-category">
	
			<div class="section-header-wrap outfit fauxd25">
				<div class="section-header-wrap track_event">
										<a href="http://nationalpost.com/category/opinion">
						<header class="section-header faux-header">
							<div class="section-label">
								<h1 class="cat-head faux-head"><span>Full Comment</span></h1>
							</div>
						</header>
					</a>
									</div>	<!-- / section-header-wrap track_event -->
				<div class="clearfix"></div>

				<div class="row">
					<div class="twelvecol">
						<div class="w360"><ul class="posts-list vertical-list">
		<li  >
					<article 
				class="post post-excerpt hentry opinion" 
				data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|Related Posts|1|1|Related Posts List|related-posts"
			>
				<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-77145760" href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/andrew-coyne-a-carbon-tax-is-coming-no-matter-what-ontario-pcs-say" target="_self">
					<img src="http://i0.wp.com/wpmedia.nationalpost.com/2018/02/pc-candidates-11.png?resize=125%2C94&#038;quality=60&#038;strip=all" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="0" 
				height="0" 
				id="img-77145760"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
				<header>
					<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/andrew-coyne-a-carbon-tax-is-coming-no-matter-what-ontario-pcs-say" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">Andrew Coyne: A carbon tax is coming, no matter what Ontario PC candidates say</a></h4>				</header>

							</article>
				</li>
	
		<li  >
					<article 
				class="post post-excerpt hentry opinion" 
				data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|Related Posts|1|2|Related Posts List|related-posts"
			>
				<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-77145693" href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-ivison-scheers-climate-policy-alienating-potential-new-conservative-voters" target="_self">
					<img src="http://i1.wp.com/wpmedia.nationalpost.com/2018/02/andrew-scheer-11.png?resize=125%2C94&#038;quality=60&#038;strip=all" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="0" 
				height="0" 
				id="img-77145693"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
				<header>
					<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-ivison-scheers-climate-policy-alienating-potential-new-conservative-voters" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">John Ivison: Scheer’s climate policy alienating potential new Conservative voters</a></h4>				</header>

							</article>
				</li>
	</ul></div><div class="w360"><ul class="posts-list vertical-list">
		<li  >
					<article 
				class="post post-excerpt hentry opinion" 
				data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|Related Posts|1|3|Related Posts List|related-posts"
			>
				<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-77143322" href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-gerald-stanley-being-tried-by-his-peers-isnt-a-bug-its-a-feature" target="_self">
					<img src="http://i1.wp.com/wpmedia.nationalpost.com/2018/02/boushieedited.jpg?resize=125,94&#038;quality=60&#038;strip=all" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="0" 
				height="0" 
				id="img-77143322"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
				<header>
					<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-gerald-stanley-being-tried-by-his-peers-isnt-a-bug-its-a-feature" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">Colby Cosh: Gerald Stanley being tried by his peers isn&#039;t a bug, it&#039;s a feature</a></h4>				</header>

							</article>
				</li>
	
		<li  >
					<article 
				class="post post-excerpt hentry opinion" 
				data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|Related Posts|1|4|Related Posts List|related-posts"
			>
				<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-77139822" href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/kelly-mcparland-caroline-mulroney-can-tell-the-truth-or-go-full-trudeau-its-risky-either-way" target="_self">
					<img src="http://i1.wp.com/wpmedia.nationalpost.com/2018/02/manning-conference-20180209.jpg?resize=125,94&#038;quality=60&#038;strip=all" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="0" 
				height="0" 
				id="img-77139822"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
				<header>
					<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/kelly-mcparland-caroline-mulroney-can-tell-the-truth-or-go-full-trudeau-its-risky-either-way" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title=""><span class="icon-label-holder"><span class="media-icon watch"></span><span class="media-label">Watch</span></span>Kelly McParland: Caroline Mulroney can tell the truth or go Full Trudeau. It&#039;s risky either way</a></h4>				</header>

							</article>
				</li>
	</ul></div><div class="w360"><ul class="posts-list vertical-list">
		<li  >
					<article 
				class="post post-excerpt hentry opinion" 
				data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|Related Posts|1|5|Related Posts List|related-posts"
			>
				<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-77144418" href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/stephen-gordon-trump-doesnt-understand-deficits-and-trade-and-canada-will-pay-a-price" target="_self">
					<img src="http://i2.wp.com/wpmedia.nationalpost.com/2018/02/trump_russia_20180211.jpg?resize=125,94&#038;quality=60&#038;strip=all" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="0" 
				height="0" 
				id="img-77144418"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
				<header>
					<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/stephen-gordon-trump-doesnt-understand-deficits-and-trade-and-canada-will-pay-a-price" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">Stephen Gordon: Trump doesn&#039;t understand deficits and trade, and Canada will pay a price</a></h4>				</header>

							</article>
				</li>
	
		<li  >
					<article 
				class="post post-excerpt hentry opinion" 
				data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|Related Posts|1|6|Related Posts List|related-posts"
			>
				<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-77139911" href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-heinleins-monster-the-literary-key-to-elon-musks-sales-technique" target="_self">
					<img src="http://i0.wp.com/wpmedia.nationalpost.com/2018/02/falcon_heavy.jpg?resize=125,94&#038;quality=60&#038;strip=all" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="0" 
				height="0" 
				id="img-77139911"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
				<header>
					<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-heinleins-monster-the-literary-key-to-elon-musks-sales-technique" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title=""><span class="icon-label-holder"><span class="media-icon watch"></span><span class="media-label">Watch</span></span>Colby Cosh: Heinlein&#039;s monster? The literary key to Elon Musk&#039;s sales technique</a></h4>				</header>

							</article>
				</li>
	</ul></div>					</div> <!-- / twelvecol -->
				</div> <!-- / row -->

									<ul>
						<li class="hidden_container">
							<input type="checkbox" id="check_id">
							<label for="check_id"></label>
							<ul>
								<div class="row">
									<div class="twelvecol">
										<div class="w360"><ul class="posts-list vertical-list">
		<li  >
					<article 
				class="post post-excerpt hentry opinion" 
				data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|Related Posts|1|7|Related Posts List|related-posts"
			>
				<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-77115229" href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/snakes-on-planes-as-well-as-peacocks-pigs-and-diaper-wearing-ducks" target="_self">
					<img src="http://i0.wp.com/wpmedia.nationalpost.com/2018/01/turkey.jpg?resize=125,94&#038;quality=60&#038;strip=all" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="0" 
				height="0" 
				id="img-77115229"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
				<header>
					<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/snakes-on-planes-as-well-as-peacocks-pigs-and-diaper-wearing-ducks" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">Snakes on planes — as well as peacocks, pigs and diaper-wearing ducks</a></h4>				</header>

							</article>
				</li>
	
		<li  >
					<article 
				class="post post-excerpt hentry opinion" 
				data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|Related Posts|1|8|Related Posts List|related-posts"
			>
				<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-77140412" href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/andrew-coyne-why-are-stock-markets-falling-no-one-knows-what-should-you-do-nothing" target="_self">
					<img src="http://i2.wp.com/wpmedia.nationalpost.com/2018/02/stocks-1.png?resize=125%2C94&#038;quality=60&#038;strip=all" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="0" 
				height="0" 
				id="img-77140412"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
				<header>
					<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/andrew-coyne-why-are-stock-markets-falling-no-one-knows-what-should-you-do-nothing" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">Andrew Coyne: Why are stock markets falling? No one knows. What should you do? Nothing</a></h4>				</header>

							</article>
				</li>
	</ul></div><div class="w360"><ul class="posts-list vertical-list">
		<li  >
					<article 
				class="post post-excerpt hentry opinion" 
				data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|Related Posts|1|9|Related Posts List|related-posts"
			>
				<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-77140317" href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/chris-selley-the-middle-ground-solution-to-ontario-pcs-carbon-tax-problem" target="_self">
					<img src="http://i1.wp.com/wpmedia.nationalpost.com/2018/02/caroline-mulroney-11.png?resize=125%2C94&#038;quality=60&#038;strip=all" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="0" 
				height="0" 
				id="img-77140317"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
				<header>
					<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/chris-selley-the-middle-ground-solution-to-ontario-pcs-carbon-tax-problem" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">Chris Selley: The middle ground solution to Ontario PCs’ carbon tax problem</a></h4>				</header>

							</article>
				</li>
	
		<li  >
					<article 
				class="post post-excerpt hentry opinion" 
				data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|Related Posts|1|10|Related Posts List|related-posts"
			>
				<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-77139434" href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-the-worlds-laughing-at-canadas-unrestrained-peoplekind-political-correctness-lighten-up" target="_self">
					<img src="http://i2.wp.com/wpmedia.nationalpost.com/2018/02/canadian_flag.jpg?resize=125,94&#038;quality=60&#038;strip=all" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="0" 
				height="0" 
				id="img-77139434"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
				<header>
					<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-the-worlds-laughing-at-canadas-unrestrained-peoplekind-political-correctness-lighten-up" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">Conrad Black: The world&#039;s laughing at Canada&#039;s &#039;peoplekind&#039; political correctness. Lighten up</a></h4>				</header>

							</article>
				</li>
	</ul></div><div class="w360"><ul class="posts-list vertical-list">
		<li  >
					<article 
				class="post post-excerpt hentry opinion" 
				data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|Related Posts|1|11|Related Posts List|related-posts"
			>
				<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-77140058" href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/np-view-from-space-teslas-to-mars-bases-elon-musk-has-breached-the-final-frontier" target="_self">
					<img src="http://i2.wp.com/wpmedia.nationalpost.com/2018/02/spacex_falcon_heavy.jpg?resize=125,94&#038;quality=60&#038;strip=all" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="0" 
				height="0" 
				id="img-77140058"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
				<header>
					<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/np-view-from-space-teslas-to-mars-bases-elon-musk-has-breached-the-final-frontier" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title=""><span class="icon-label-holder"><span class="media-icon watch"></span><span class="media-label">Watch</span></span>NP View: From space Teslas to Mars bases, Elon Musk has breached the final frontier</a></h4>				</header>

							</article>
				</li>
	
		<li  >
					<article 
				class="post post-excerpt hentry opinion" 
				data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|Related Posts|1|12|Related Posts List|related-posts"
			>
				<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-77140007" href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/np-view-ottawa-doesnt-need-a-new-energy-regulator-it-needs-a-new-spine" target="_self">
					<img src="http://i2.wp.com/wpmedia.nationalpost.com/2018/02/catherine_mckenna.jpg?resize=125,94&#038;quality=60&#038;strip=all" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="0" 
				height="0" 
				id="img-77140007"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
				<header>
					<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/np-view-ottawa-doesnt-need-a-new-energy-regulator-it-needs-a-new-spine" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">NP View: Ottawa doesn&#039;t need a new energy regulator. It needs a new spine</a></h4>				</header>

							</article>
				</li>
	</ul></div>									</div>
								</div> <!-- / row -->
							</ul>
						</li>
					</ul>
							</div> <!-- / section-header-wrap outfit d25 -->
			</div>	<!-- / posts-in-category -->
	<div class="l-constrained site-container contentbody" id="top-stories-in-zone">
	
			<div class="section-header-wrap outfit d1">
				<div class="section-header-wrap track_event">
					<header class="section-header faux-header">
						<div class="section-label">
							<h1 class="cat-head faux-head"><span>Top Stories</span></h1>
						</div>
					</header>
				</div>
				<div class="clearfix"></div>

				<div class="row smaller-row">
					<div class="clearfix row-container">
						<div class="w260 fluid ">			<article 
				class="post post-excerpt hentry news" 
				data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|More News|1|1|zone|hp-top-stories"
			>
				<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-77137610" href="http://nationalpost.com/news/politics/former-ndp-mp-peter-stoffer-denies-sex-misconduct-allegations" target="_self">
					<img src="http://i0.wp.com/wpmedia.nationalpost.com/2018/02/peter-stoffer-1.png?resize=260%2C195&#038;quality=60&#038;strip=all" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="0" 
				height="0" 
				id="img-77137610"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
				<header>
					<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/news/politics/former-ndp-mp-peter-stoffer-denies-sex-misconduct-allegations" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">Former NDP MP Peter Stoffer denies sexual misconduct allegations</a></h4>				</header>

									<div class="entry-content">
						The NDP appears never to have investigated Parliament’s 'most collegial' MP over complaints about behaviour toward women					</div>
							</article>
		</div><div class="w260 fluid ">			<article 
				class="post post-excerpt hentry news" 
				data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|More News|1|2|zone|hp-top-stories"
			>
				<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-77125366" href="http://nationalpost.com/feature/bruce-mcarthur-small-town-sock-salesman-to-accused-serial-killer" target="_self">
					<img src="http://i2.wp.com/wpmedia.nationalpost.com/2018/02/bruce-mcarthur.png?resize=260%2C195&#038;quality=60&#038;strip=all" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="0" 
				height="0" 
				id="img-77125366"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
				<header>
					<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/feature/bruce-mcarthur-small-town-sock-salesman-to-accused-serial-killer" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">How Bruce McArthur went from small-town sock salesman to accused serial killer</a></h4>				</header>

									<div class="entry-content">
						McArthur spent years as a travelling salesman. He has ties to locations across Ontario. As police dig into McArthur’s history, the question is: How deep does it go?					</div>
							</article>
		</div><div class="w260 fluid ">			<article 
				class="post post-excerpt hentry sports" 
				data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|More News|1|3|zone|hp-top-stories"
			>
				<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-77138718" href="http://nationalpost.com/sports/olympics/simmons-canadians-have-nothing-to-apologize-for-at-olympics" target="_self">
					<img src="http://i1.wp.com/wpmedia.nationalpost.com/2018/02/916109982.jpg?resize=260,195&#038;quality=60&#038;strip=all" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="0" 
				height="0" 
				id="img-77138718"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
				<header>
					<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/sports/olympics/simmons-canadians-have-nothing-to-apologize-for-at-olympics" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title=""><span class="icon-label-holder"><span class="media-icon watch"></span><span class="media-label">Watch</span></span>Simmons: Canada doesn&#039;t need to apologize to Russia — or anyone else</a></h4>				</header>

									<div class="entry-content">
						Right now, who speaks for the clean athlete? The dopers get a day in court. The clean athlete is forced to believe in a system that has no system					</div>
							</article>
		</div><div class="w260 fluid last">			<article 
				class="post post-excerpt hentry news" 
				data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|More News|1|4|zone|hp-top-stories"
			>
				<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-77106480" href="http://nationalpost.com/feature/he-was-a-viral-sensation-before-the-internet-cheapened-that-status" target="_self">
					<img src="http://i1.wp.com/wpmedia.nationalpost.com/2018/01/hurtubise-gif.gif?resize=260%2C195&#038;quality=60&#038;strip=all" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="0" 
				height="0" 
				id="img-77106480"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
				<header>
					<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://nationalpost.com/feature/he-was-a-viral-sensation-before-the-internet-cheapened-that-status" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">The &#039;bear man&#039;: He was a viral sensation before the internet cheapened that status</a></h4>				</header>

									<div class="entry-content">
						Troy Hurtubise's dream of fighting a grizzly in home-made armour still haunts him. So does his fame					</div>
							</article>
		</div>					</div>	<!-- / clearfix row-container -->
				</div> <!-- / row -->
			</div>	<!-- / section-header-wrap outfit d1 -->
			</div>	<!-- / top-stories-in-zone -->
</div>
<!-- / l-content -->


<div class="l-content">
	<div class="l-constrained container contentbody" id="flyercity-module">
		<div class="section-header-wrap"><header class="section-header">This Week in Flyers</header></div><div id="flyertown_module_10560"></div>
	</div><!-- / contentbody -->

<a class="comments-anchor" id="comments-area"></a>
<div class="l-constrained container contentbody">

<div id="comments">
	<div class="find-on-facebook">
	<a class="find-on-facebook-logo" href="http://www.facebook.com/NationalPost" rel="external nofollow" target="_blank">
		<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="50" height="50" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M3.5 3.5h504v504H3.5z" fill="#3B5998"/><path d="M207.9 190.2h-39.5v64.5h39.5v189.5h76v-190.3h53l5.6-63.7H283.9v-36.3c0-15 3-21 17.5-21h41.1V66.8h-52.6c-56.5 0-82 24.9-82 72.6v50.8z" fill="#FFF"/></svg>
	</a>
	<a class="find-on-facebook-text" href="http://www.facebook.com/NationalPost" rel="external nofollow" target="_blank">
		Find National Post on Facebook	</a>
</div>
	<!-- Facebook Code -->
	<div class="fb-comments" data-href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/christie-blatchford-clintons-deplorables-pull-together-in-hurricane-harvey-aftermath" width="590" data-num-posts="5"></div>
	<!-- / Facebook Code -->
</div><!-- #comments -->
</div>

</div><!-- / l-content -->

			</div><!-- #content -->
			
			<footer  class="l-footer" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WPFooter">
				<div class="l-constrained">
											<div id="footer-tier-1" class="track_event" data-event-tracking="Footer - Logo">
							<a itemprop="url" href="http://nationalpost.com">
								<img itemprop="image" src="http://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/images/logo-footer-np.png?m=1495718861h" alt="" />
							</a>
							<ul class="track_event" data-event-tracking="Footer - Recommended">
														</ul>
						</div>

						<div id="footer-tier-2">
						<section><h2>Classifieds</h2><ul class="track_event" data-event-tracking="Footer - misc" ><li><a href="http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nationalpost/">Remembering</a></li><li><a href="http://www.legacy.com/celebration/nationalpost/">Celebrating</a></li><li><a href="http://classifieds.nationalpost.com/">Classifieds Marketplace</a></li><li><a href="http://www.working.com">Careers</a></li><li><a href="http://www.flyercity.ca/?p=nationalpost&#038;locale=en&#038;utm_campaign=pm_nav-bar&#038;utm_source=nav-bar&#038;utm_medium=nav-bar&#038;utm_term=NationalPost">FlyerCity</a></li><li><a href="http://nationalpost.adperfect.com/">Post a Classifieds ad</a></li><li><a href="http://local.nationalpost.com">Local Directory</a></li></ul></section><section><h2>Advertise with Us</h2><ul class="track_event" data-event-tracking="Footer - misc" ><li><a href="https://secure.nationalpost.com/partnerships/entry.html">Partnerships</a></li><li><a href="http://www.postmediasolutions.com">Solutions</a></li><li><a href="http://www.postmediasolutions.com/client-resources/">Resources</a></li><li><a href="http://www.postmediaadvertising.com/content-works/%20">Content Works</a></li></ul></section><section><h2>Sales Directory</h2><ul class="track_event" data-event-tracking="Footer - misc" ><li><a href="http://www.postmediasolutions.com/about-us/">About Us</a></li></ul></section><section><h2>My Account</h2><ul class="track_event" data-event-tracking="Footer - my-account" ><li><a href="http://nationalpost.com/post-points">Post points</a></li><li><a href="https://subscriptions.nationalpost.com/new_devel/index_sub1.html#:/new_devel/new-print.html">Subscriber Self-Serve</a></li><li><a href="http://epaper.nationalpost.com/epaper/viewer.aspx">ePaper</a></li><li><a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/newsletters/subscribe/index.html">eNewsletters</a></li></ul></section>						<section>
							<h2>Stay Connected</h2>
							<div class="social-media-widget track_event" data-event-tracking="Footer - Social">
								<ul>
																<li class="facebook"><a href="http://facebook.com/nationalpost" target="_blank"><img class=icon src=https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/images/icon-facebook.svg /></a></li>
																<li class="twitter"><a href="http://twitter.com/nationalpost" target="_blank"><img class=icon src=https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/images/icon-twitter.svg /></a></li>
																<li class="tumblr"><a href="http://nationalpost.tumblr.com" target="_blank"><img class=icon src=https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/images/icon-tumblr.svg /></a></li>
																<li class="pinterest"><a href="http://pinterest.com/nationalpost/" target="_blank"><img class=icon src=https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/images/icon-pinterest.svg /></a></li>
																<li class="youtube"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/nationalpost" target="_blank"><img class=icon src=https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/images/icon-youtube.svg /></a></li>
																<li class="instagram"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nationalpost/" target="_blank"><img class=icon src=https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/images/icon-instagram.svg /></a></li>
																<li class="rss"><a href="/rss" target="_blank"><img class=icon src=https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/images/icon-rss.svg /></a></li>
																<li class="email"><a href="#managenewsletters"><img class=icon src=https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/images/icon-email.svg /></a></li>
																</ul>
							</div>
						</section>
					</div>
					

					
					<div id="footer-tier-4">
													<div class="copyright-block track_event" data-event-tracking="Footer - Copyrights">
								<div class="block-full">
									<a href="http://www.postmedia.com/brands" class="postmedia" title="Postmedia Network Inc.">
										<img src="http://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/images/logo-postmedia.png?m=1494273160h" alt="Postmedia Logo" />
									</a>
									<span>&copy; <span itemprop="copyrightYear">2018</span> <span itemprop="copyrightHolder">National Post</span>, a division of <span itemprop="sourceOrganization" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemid="http://www.postmedia.com"><span itemprop="name">Postmedia Network Inc.</span></span> All rights reserved. Unauthorized distribution, transmission or republication strictly prohibited. Powered by <a href="https://vip.wordpress.com/?utm_source=vip_powered_wpcom&#038;utm_medium=web&#038;utm_campaign=VIP%20Footer%20Credit&#038;utm_term=nationalpost.com" rel="generator nofollow" class="powered-by-wpcom">WordPress.com VIP</a></span>
								</div>
								<div class="block-left">
									<a href="http://www.postmediaadvertising.com/privacy-statement/">Privacy</a>
									<a href="http://www.canada.com/aboutus/termsofservice.html">Terms</a>
									<a href="http://www.canada.com/aboutus/copyright.html">Copyright</a>
								</div>
								<div class="block-right">
									<a href="/site-map">Site Map</a>
									<a href="/contact">Contact Us</a>
								</div>
							</div>
											</div><!--footer-tier-4 -->
				</div> <!-- #l-constrained -->
			</footer>

		</div><!-- #page -->

	<!-- wpcom_wp_footer -->
<input type="hidden" id="dfp_weather_field_id" name="dfp_weather_field_id" value="ca6ec0f627" /><input type="hidden" name="_wp_http_referer" value="/opinion/christie-blatchford-clintons-deplorables-pull-together-in-hurricane-harvey-aftermath" />			<script>
				$ = jQuery.noConflict();

				// dynamically load MG2 script to improve initial page load
				function openNewsletterModal () {
					var newsletterScript = document.getElementById('scriptMg2Widget');
					if ( typeof newsletterScript.src == undefined || newsletterScript.src == '' ) {
						newsletterScript.src = "http:\/\/d24ftjcfgttqm3.cloudfront.net\/dist\/1.0\/MG2Widget-newsletterwidget-nojquery.min.js";
						newsletterScript.addEventListener( 'load', function () {
				            mg2WidgetAPI.openNewsletter( { defaultCategoryId: "6" } );
				        });
					} else {
						// script is already loaded
						mg2WidgetAPI.openNewsletter( { defaultCategoryId: "6" } );
					}
			    }
			</script>
							<script id="scriptMg2Widget"></script>
			
			<div id="mg2Widget-newsletter-container"></div>
							<script>
					jQuery(document).on('click', ".l-footer a[href='#managenewsletters'], .account a[href=\"#managenewsletters\"], #editProfile .capture_grid_block .capture_deactivate_section a[href='#managenewsletters'], .my-account-menu a[href=\"#managenewsletters\"]" , function() {
						openNewsletterModal()
					});
				</script>
						<div style="display:none" id="signIn"></div>
		<div style="display:none" id="returnSocial"></div>
		<div style="display:none" id="returnTraditional"></div>
		<script id='ownlocal-script' defer data-active='businesses' src='http://local.nationalpost.com/embed.js?h=400&#038;min_featured_level=0&#038;category=all&#038;subcategory=all&#038;days_ago=30'></script>	<div style="display:none">
	</div>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var HighlanderComments = {"loggingInText":"Logging In\u2026","submittingText":"Posting Comment\u2026","postCommentText":"Post Comment","connectingToText":"Connecting to %s","commentingAsText":"%1$s: You are commenting using your %2$s account.","logoutText":"Log Out","loginText":"Log In","connectURL":"https:\/\/nationalpostcom.wordpress.com\/public.api\/connect\/?action=request","logoutURL":"https:\/\/nationalpostcom.wordpress.com\/wp-login.php?action=logout&_wpnonce=bca09feece","homeURL":"http:\/\/nationalpost.com\/","postID":"590697414358485807","gravDefault":"mystery","enterACommentError":"Please enter a comment","enterEmailError":"Please enter your email address here","invalidEmailError":"Invalid email address","enterAuthorError":"Please enter your name here","gravatarFromEmail":"This picture will show whenever you leave a comment. Click to customize it.","logInToExternalAccount":"Log in to use details from one of these accounts.","change":"Change","changeAccount":"Change Account","comment_registration":"","userIsLoggedIn":"","isJetpack":"","text_direction":"ltr"};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://s2.wp.com/_static/??/wp-content/js/jquery/jquery.autoresize.js,/wp-content/mu-plugins/highlander-comments/script.js?m=1516198001j'></script>
<link rel='stylesheet' id='all-css-0-3' href='http://s1.wp.com/_static/??-eJzTLy/QTc7PK0nNK9EvyUjNTS3WL8ss0C/ILy7JTU3JTNQFC+rmFaQV6CfnJBYXAxUEwCT1w1OT9MMzU9JTS4ohsplpmakpQHYxCh+oXQ8opKNPNctCynwyi0sy89IhdpWUxedA+SCL7HNtDU0sTYzMjQ3NDLIAbIZUow==?cssminify=yes' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='tv_listings_widget_css_external-css'  href='http://www.tvpassport.com/tvmds/leader/css/tvmds-primetime.css?ver=4.9.4' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='all-css-2-3' href='http://s1.wp.com/_static/??-eJytkE0LwjAMhv+QM0wQ50E8iDcPA4UdpXZxVvsRlvj17+02N8+ih0J4kr5PG7hTooMX9AJyQocMN0NAgcVhaVTSwsTTkUBbxRwH8r4JBR6gMGWFwrBSVl+tklDzxvgLg+Z4PnBvGzqOdAR/k64f2l7Z3DCvA2EtBjsv9nxPQ+PP6l2g1UnVckAl2/jBXi2BdMO/1gk6iquKIxzvG1+1ce/6lzSvqFLW4vDEhiQdejbBS7dIp2mWTibZfHZ+Aer0yiM=?cssminify=yes' type='text/css' media='all' />
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var postmedia_piano = {"paywall_exempt_ie":"","endpoint":"\/\/experience.tinypass.com\/xbuilder\/experience\/load","theme":"vip\/postmedia-theme-npfp"};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://s0.wp.com/_static/??-eJxljtsKwjAMQH/IGoZYfBG/QBCU6WvXhi2zN5d26t/bPigD30LO4STwjEIHn9AnSAM6ZJgpQgycHBpSItrck+fFxlI3qekN2irm4p++BK7YwaVG4Iwpke8ZjsFkWyVSPrQ3GEupjmJ+rUdeweJ8QQZn0hj/kMu/PyzdS+6RMeOgvLE4Ffng9s22kc1Gyp0cP3mvTnY='></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js?ver=20111117'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://s1.wp.com/_static/??-eJyVzEESgjAMAMAPGTMyjsjB8S2FRkxp0wwJ8H178uTFB+zioTBVcRLHsoHmbWYx9IPdaYUxh2kZeY2gTCi000oSWeZzshP+Y/W38zcVMtxZUat5ocjhO8WXQoiGyVAFcvAWNFkXpvY8y+NyHfruPvS3Ln0AMX5Kdw=='></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://static.freeskreen.com/publisher/27/freeskreen.min.js?ver=4.9.4" async="async"></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var pn_janrain_vars = {"ajaxurl":"https:\/\/nationalpostcom.wordpress.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php"};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var wpcomVipAnalytics = {"is_404":"0","is_home":"0","is_single":"1","is_front_page":"0","is_archive":"0","percentToTrack":"1"};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var PostmediaFB = {"appID":"114466555268868"};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var ajax_object = {"ajax_url":"http:\/\/nationalpost.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php","navigation_nonce":"a881c4c8ec"};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://s1.wp.com/_static/??-eJytUk1PwzAM/UNkZkND7IA4cNtpEpp2nNLMLW4TJ4pdqv57unYgpCFgE9fn92E/GbpkXGRFVtBXDCjwRglSFA14IGuSbyti+YJ4KrLNPThvRQb+5mMCOyxgc+KvLWdL/GyTthkhsaknZFbLDfyWOoKGU5ngJDNucjLiMuIQ8M92QhWfu4X2s4AaNVnXwJ7YgXakitkoBfTEeOkW33e3o0OFKrBV8qT9C6oSV0O0QDtB+26k/LDmwhxD6zHbWLa+V3JycUtDIYOu6UvyfhauqPloEHN/ha60DosYG0NMZ5f+QR+mr3gKj/Pl/P72brVaPNTvwnIY5w=='></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false&#038;libraries=places&#038;key=AIzaSyAhxjSYKbEZDd5TSkpV6vIX13poV2F84-4&#038;ver=4.9.4'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://www.canada.com/js/analytics/core.js?ver=4.9.4'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://s1.wp.com/_static/??-eJyVjUEOwjAMBD9EcFuJ3BBvCYkFDnUS2U4rfk8OCLhyW400s7A3F2sxLAZ2R0aFjRq0qsaYKLi29hsVhVDC+jSK+iaQFRq7yoWsCx6zHuCnxf1rJqbirkGAgxrKWK5uKEJpvH3YnwWTEB86pAuf59O8TN77ackvePBNfw=='></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://api.flyertown.ca/10560/0096ecc478356d8b/flyertown_module.js?ver=1.0.0'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/classes/Postmedia/Web/Widgets/classifieds/js/classifieds.js?m=1494273160h'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://www.indochino.com/indo-ecapture-widget/indo-ecapture.js?ver=1.0.0'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var postpoints_wp = {"ajax_url":"http:\/\/nationalpost.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php","nonce":"8120a71486"};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/js/postpoints.js?m=1494273160h'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://static.freeskreen.com/publisher/1777/freeskreen.min.js?ver=4.9.4'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-npfp/templates/snapgalleries/js/snapgalleries.js?m=1494273160h'></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
// <![CDATA[
(function() {
try{
  if ( window.external &&'msIsSiteMode' in window.external) {
    if (window.external.msIsSiteMode()) {
      var jl = document.createElement('script');
      jl.type='text/javascript';
      jl.async=true;
      jl.src='/wp-content/plugins/ie-sitemode/custom-jumplist.php';
      var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
      s.parentNode.insertBefore(jl, s);
    }
  }
}catch(e){}
})();
// ]]>
</script><!-- START Adobe Analytics --><script type="text/javascript">s.prop24 = "2017\/08\/28 21:39:40";s.prop47 = "0829 col blatchford";s.prop48 = "cblatchford";jQuery( document ).ready( function() { void( s.t() ) } );</script><!-- END Adobe Analytics --><script src="//stats.wp.com/w.js?56" type="text/javascript" async defer></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
_tkq = window._tkq || [];
_stq = window._stq || [];
_tkq.push(['storeContext', {'blog_id':'37979189','blog_tz':'-5','user_lang':'en','blog_lang':'en','user_id':'0'}]);
_stq.push(['view', {'blog':'37979189','v':'wpcom','tz':'-5','user_id':'0','post':'590697414358485807','subd':'nationalpostcom'}]);
function st_vt() {var x=document.createElement("img");x.src="http://pixel.wp.com/g.gif?blog=37979189&v=wpcomvt&tz=-5&user_id=0&post=590697414358485807&subd=nationalpostcom&rand="+Math.random();}
_stq.push(['extra', {'crypt':'UE40eW5QN0p8M2Y/RE1BNmNJfGhxNCVxUDExYmtib2E/SzdEJm0lUEtbdFU0fFk4cHZvcUFrZT90Tn4yQm1+R3NyNTc/MUhXW11WSmguZHBnMVY9d1Q4eWZlRlhkdXdlbWFwRUp5ckdHYUNQV3NPNlEtXz1TTHl6UVIuUXVrWCt6ZHp3PzAybkkmW2Y1ZEUwL1VKMm9YV0k/WU1vaEJrOT1JMF1lalFVc1hqUmViP0h6US1ZSmV3Jm8zY2l8aWo2SmNWa0pGalsyZDd2RlAxZ0hQVWJocnFFfDJ3VHVZW01rOUlPWGhraSt1Ky58NDEuRWxDLkpEMC1feXAxZCs4OHN2dnFrWG1uVVU1WGs='}]);
_stq.push([ 'clickTrackerInit', '37979189', '590697414358485807' ]);
	</script>
<noscript><img src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?v=noscript" style="height:0px;width:0px;overflow:hidden" alt="" /></noscript>
			<!-- Chartbeat Code Begins -->
			<script type="text/javascript">

				var _sf_async_config={};
				_sf_async_config.uid = 34988;
				_sf_async_config.domain = "postmedia.com";
				_sf_async_config.useCanonical = true;
				_sf_async_config.sections = "nationalpost.com";
				_sf_async_config.videoPageGroups = true;

				_sf_async_config.authors = "Christie Blatchford";
				( function(){
					function loadChartbeat() {
						window._sf_endpt=(new Date()).getTime();
						var e = document.createElement('script');
						e.setAttribute('language', 'javascript');
						e.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
						e.setAttribute('src',
							 (('https:' == document.location.protocol) ? 'https://a248.e.akamai.net/chartbeat.download.akamai.com/102508/' : 'http://static.chartbeat.com/') +
							 'js/chartbeat_video.js');
						document.body.appendChild(e);
					}
					var oldonload = window.onload;
					window.onload = (typeof window.onload != 'function') ? loadChartbeat : function() { oldonload(); loadChartbeat(); };
				})();

			</script>
			<!-- Chartbeat Code Ends -->
				<!-- Google Code for Remarketing Tag -->	
		<script type="text/javascript">
			/* <![CDATA[ */
			var google_conversion_id = 990309138;
			var google_custom_params = window.google_tag_params;
			var google_remarketing_only = true;
			/* ]]> */
		</script>
				<noscript>
			<div style="display:inline;">
			<img height="1" width="1" style="border-style:none;" alt="" src="//googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/viewthroughconversion/990309138/?value=0&amp;guid=ON&amp;script=0"/>
			</div>
		</noscript>		
					<script>
				document.write('<scr' + 'ipt async type="text/javascript" src="//c.jsrdn.com/s/cs.js?p=22507"><\/sc' + 'ript>');
			</script>
			<div id="ds_default_anchor"></div>
			<script>
if ( 'object' === typeof wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info ) {

	wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.init();
	var mobileStatsQueryString = "";
	
	if( false !== wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.matchedPlatformName )
		mobileStatsQueryString += "&x_" + 'mobile_platforms' + '=' + wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.matchedPlatformName;
	
	if( false !== wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.matchedUserAgentName )
		mobileStatsQueryString += "&x_" + 'mobile_devices' + '=' + wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.matchedUserAgentName;
	
	if( wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.isIPad() )
		mobileStatsQueryString += "&x_" + 'ipad_views' + '=' + 'views';

	if( "" != mobileStatsQueryString ) {
		new Image().src = document.location.protocol + '//pixel.wp.com/g.gif?v=wpcom-no-pv' + mobileStatsQueryString + '&baba=' + Math.random();
	}
	
}
</script>
	</body>
</html>
