Aspen Times
There is a great amount of interest in this year’s presidential elections, as everybody seems to recognize that our next president has to be a lot better than George Bush. The Democrats are riding high with two groundbreaking candidates — a woman and an African-American — while the conservative Republicans are in a quandary about their party’s nod to a quasi-liberal maverick, John McCain.
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. In many cases, he is an independent businessman and employs several people. He pays more than his share of taxes and works hard.
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Whoa….it’s me! Go Rocky Bama!
fick – who is rocky bama? are you calling yourself the angry white man?
Arleen…from the excerpt you posted, yes I guess I could be the angry white man. That is pretty much the only group that is left out these days. This discussion is really much bigger than just the current political race though. Probably one best left alone actually. After reading the whole article I wouldn’t say that my political views follow the author very closely.
As for Rocky Bama…..Just my nickname for Barack Obama.