Posted on 07/24/2018 3:52:05 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Democrats like to argue that Republicans have attained power through the undemocratic quirks of our system (meaning constitutonal republican features like the electoral college), gerrymandering, and worse‚—racism, misogyny, nefarious Koch brothers plots, the talismanic properties of Citizens United, etc. I
Last week the Wall Street Journal ran a terrific news story about one very interesting fact of the shifting political landscape over the last 25 years:
America’s Factory Towns, Once Solidly Blue, Are Now a GOP Haven
By Bob Davis and Dante Chinni
WASHINGTON—The Republican Party has become the party of blue-collar America.
After the 1992 election, 15 of the 20 most manufacturing-intensive Congressional districts in America were represented by Democrats. Today, all 20 are held by Republicans. . .
That’s not a shift that can be explained by clever election tricks. Maybe Trump is on to something when he says that if you don’t have manufacturing, you don’t have a country. Delve a little deeper:
“My image of Republicans is of a blue-collar type,” says Larry Smith, a 68-year-old weave room supervisor at Greenwood Mills Inc. in South Carolina’s third Congressional District. He voted for Democrats before, including Barack Obama in 2008, but sided with Mr. Trump in 2016. “Democrats come from more financially successful groups.” . . .
“A lot of our workers voted for Trump,” says Neil Douglas, a Democrat who is president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in Middletown, Ohio. “The Democrats around here—sometimes we do feel like the party left us.”
Democrats are now the party of the rich! Not all kinds of rich people, of course. Mostly so-called “creative class” types in the coastal regions, in tech, finance, and entertainment. People who make things out of raw materials—not so much.
(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...
Today's Rat Party is the party of the trust funded,those dependent on a government check,Communists and perverts.
I work with an entitled liberal. I don’t dare mention anything that even alludes to politics or Hillary Clinton. If I do, he starts breathing heavy and little flakes of spittle spray our when he starts loudly talking. He seems to have a hard time controlling himself, which is unnerving because his arms are about two and a half times bigger than mine. The thing is, he’s really smart. He can add a column of numbers in his head or do complex calculations. He can get a subtle joke and enjoy it. His memory is unbelievably good. Although, he seems to have little humor of his own and is often depressed and always on anti-depressants. But he seems to be the normal, standard Democrat these days. If it weren’t for the fact he has two kids and can’t afford the travel, I would expect him to be attending whatever they call the street BLM Democrats these days and whacking heads.
The point is, if he weren’t a former felon, he’d have voted for Hillary...probably several times.
We are not now and have never been a democracy so the liberals can argue the lie of democracy all they want. The argument itself is a lie.
Perverts? Do you mean “long haired, hippie preverts?”
Gonna get my axe handle and 50 gallon drum of “whoop ass!”
No,they're covered under "Communists".I was referring to Bradley Manning/NAMBLA perverts.
not only has the Trump Party become the party of the workingman and workingwoman, but:
it has also become the party of tolerance,
it has also become the party of freedom of speech,
it has also become the party opposed to pointless foreign wars, and
it has also become the anti-establishment party
these are the very positions the children of the 70’s believed in and generally believed were represented by the Democrats then ... now each of the two political parties have done a 180 on the above issues and too many of the children of the 70’s still can’t get their heads wrapped around that reversal ...
BTTT. Well described!
Bingo!...Im old..but I see so many kids that want the “American Dream” ....Ive lived it but my Kids want it,,,
Whats wrong with that??..if only they can be so lucky in this day and age.....
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