Hillary Clinton... former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, sometimes described by her supporters as
the smartest woman in the world,usually described by the rest of us as a crook...
lost is because white working people feel like they have become a "whipping post" for the Democratic Party’s "interest group politics," which has made them think Democrats don’t like them.
White people be like dat. Can't teach 'em nuffin'.
Webb said, "The base of the Democratic party used to be working people, regardless of race, ethnic, or ethnic identity, sexual orientation, et cetera. That was a Roosevelt agenda. That was the Truman agenda. Over time, and I think particularly over the last eight years, the Democratic Party has moved into interest group politics and in many cases white working people have become the whipping post, or were. I think what you saw in this election here is white working people in these rural areas seeing that someone actually was articulating the fact that they had become disenfranchised and they gravitated toward Trump in my view."
If you take from one to give to the other, the one gets the point in his pocketbook, even if the other sees his cumshaw diverted to campaign contributors.
He continued, "What I think has happened, I mention in there from the immigration act of 1965 forward, the ethnic and racial makeup of the country has dramatically changed, but the laws with respect to affirmative action and diversity have not.
1965 was, according to my possibly faulty calculations, 51 years ago. Precisely how long are our guiltless children and grandchildren supposed to live with affirmative action?
I mean, the laws were originally designed to help African-Americans move away from what they call the badges of slavery. It was the 13th amendment, a slavery amendment -- it expanded to the point where it’s anybody who doesn’t happen to be white was included in these diversity programs.
And many who are. As far as I can tell, white women are white.
And you see a natural reaction. You know, I mentioned Clay County, Kentucky, the poorest county in America, is 94% white, and wouldn’t if you were in that county with 40 percent poverty rate, wouldn’t you think this is reverse discrimination?"
But not only are they white, they're rural. They're ignorant hillbillies, who'll shoot you as soon as look at you.
Remember the movie "Matewan?" All the sympathetic Hollywood echo chamber characters are sittin' around the kitchen being diverse and drinking coffee.
Then the door opens and the Hillbilly steps in. If I remember correctly, he's got a beard and carrying his rifle. The room goes silent. Is he gonna kill them all on the spot?
Nope. He sez something stupidly banal like: "Thar be game in the hills. Take whut yew wants."
Then he leaves. Mass exhale.
It ain't a stereotype though. Dat's da way dem people is!