Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Interesting take

I had to get this article up and posted after I read it today. It is an opinion post from a writer at the Aspen Times Weekly, Gary Hubbell. The article is entitled, "In election 2008, don't forget the angry white man".
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/2008198091324

Don't want to cut and paste the whole article here, so just click the link and read it. You will find it sums up a group of people in this election year that the candidates, for the most part, take for granted. I will give you a quick excerpt here to pique your interest.

Each candidate is carefully pandering to a smorgasbord of special-interest groups, ranging from gay, lesbian and transgender people to children of illegal immigrants to working mothers to evangelical Christians.
There is one group no one has recognized, and it is the group that will decide the election: the Angry White Man. The Angry White Man comes from all economic backgrounds, from dirt-poor to filthy rich. He represents all geographic areas in America, from urban sophisticate to rural redneck, deep South to mountain West, left Coast to Eastern Seaboard.His common traits are that he isn’t looking for anything from anyone — just the promise to be able to make his own way on a level playing field.
I'd love to get some feedback from all three of you who read my blog.

2 comments:

One Krazy Momma said...

I love it so far. I'm going to read the rest.

Sarah said...

The "Angry White Man" reminds me of the Dave Chapelle episode where he was on Donahue with Angry White Men...it leads to my favorite skit of all times: Reparations.
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