I'm tired of hearing all that claptrap about how hard her life is.

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Look at some of the biggest advances that have been paid out over the past decade: Hillary Clinton's books were huge missed opportunities to come up with a message, something a little different other than just warmed-over political claptrap. Marisa Guthrie, The Hollywood Reporter, "James Comey's Book Agents on "Toxic" Trump Memoirs and Bill Clinton's #MeToo Fail," 12 July 2018

Judging by the latest welfare beneficiaries, those elites’ tastes remain as degraded as ever, eschewing the good, the beautiful and the true – and anything timeless and transcendent – in favor of soul-killing PC claptrap. Lawrence Toppman, charlotteobserver, "His play about gender got a new ending – during the HB2 debate. Now it premieres at Actor’s Theatre. | Charlotte Observer," 25 Apr. 2018

His style is more rooted in George Jones than the bro-country and hick-hop claptrap that until recently dominated the airwaves. Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, "Clint Black, Dashboard Confessional turn Also Playing into a history lesson," 26 Mar. 2018

When will Democrats tire of this socialist claptrap and rely on their common sense? WSJ, "Soda Taxes, Laffer Curves And the Public’s Waistline," 18 Aug. 2017

The Orlando Sentinel's Scott Maxwell calls this a nakedly political bit of claptrap that exempts the only unions that have an outside chance of endorsing Republicans. Dan Sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Power Lunch: "Intellectual freedom" survey in Bright Futures bill," 18 Jan. 2018

And both their video ads on social media and the speeches at their convention were devoid of Marxist claptrap. The Economist, "Colombia’s FARC revolutionaries become a political party," 9 Sep. 2017

This defense is the most morally and ethically shallow claptrap offered up to public discourse since Trump took office. Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Magazine, "Jared and Ivanka Are Not Good People. They Are Enablers.," 12 Apr. 2017

Nolan’s main argument—for a streaming company that still commits in some way to the cinema experience—is not some elitist claptrap, but a reasonable plea from an artist who believes that movies are best enjoyed, if possible, in movie theaters. David Sims, The Atlantic, "What Christopher Nolan Gets Right About Netflix," 26 July 2017

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