Obama: Fallout Boy

The whirlwind fallout continues. This is probably the most thought-provoking campaign story of the last six weeks, and it brings up an interesting discussion about voting and class. Too bad most of the conversation has been fairly two-dimensional: Democrats: he shouldn't have said it even if the comment has a degree of truthfulness; Republicans: the comments prove he's an elitist. WVPC is convinced that there's more to the dialogue than those assessments. Here's some more commentary from the beltway about people who don't live in the beltway.

First, from the old right. And the same idea via the new right.

Let the old left enter the fray. Now the techno savvy new left.

WVPC can draw a few conclusions from those pieces: 1.) Americans have difficulty talking about class. A Brit (not Hume!) agrees.
2.) The elected leaders of both parties know or care very little about working class Americans.

Until things change, WVPC puts this conversation on hold.

Problem: lack of authenticity in Mellencamp country. Solution: alcohol and guns.



JMac offers a respectful rebuttal to the jedi's claims. Note to John: Obama didn't say they like guns because they're economically struggling. They vote based on how people feel about god, guns, gay marriage, immigration and abortion rather than economic concerns. Turd Blossom and the gang call them family values.