Reagan Democrats

Democrat Taylor Marsh Broadcasts Live Talk Radio and Blogs Politics: "...To put it bluntly, what pompous, elitist progressives and Obama supporters really don't get is that 'Reagan Democrats' aren't going away and won't soon be an extinct group. They're an American mind set. They don't die away. They are continually replaced with new Americans of a different generation who feel the same way. People who are repelled by anti-American hate speech, especially when it goes as far as to brand this country the 'U.S. of KKK of A.' Whether they are called 'Reagan Democrats' in the future won't matter, because this type of American is sewn into the fabric of our country. You know, those men and women who are union, non-union too, like my husband; hard working stiffs who don't think it's odd to own a gun, a truck, ride mountain bikes, listen to NPR and XM, but drink wine, maybe Scotch, and love jazz, blues, you know, but also who'd walk out of a church if they heard a minister preaching hatred. They don't in any way resemble some progressive stereotype that dumbs everything down to racism, or some knee jerk conservative label meant as a slur, while couching their own sexism that's aimed at a class of Americans who have been the heart and soul of the Democratic party long before progressives started typing on keyboards.

Obama isn't getting crushed by lunch bucket Reagan Democrat types because he's an African American. It's because these Democrats are smart enough to know that Obama hasn't figured out what he's going to do for us, because he's too busy figuring out how to make a deal with them. You know, the Republicans. He's evidently looked into their eyes and seen their soul, and we know he'll likely sell us out to get their approval. All under the mantle that he's not an ideologue. We know what this all means. He'll make a deal with anyone, which means blue collar America will take it in the wallet or the overtime. And progressive elites have the gall to call lunch bucket Democrats out, then blame it on racism?"...

I was never a Reagan Democrat and in fact disliked Reagan immensely before, after, and since his reign in Washington. He was not nearly as bad as Little Skippy The Wonder Shrub, but he was worse than Ford and far worse than Ike. Of course, rich Republicans really liked him, and many rich Democrats did, too. Some poorer folks liked him because he represented some kind of kindly grandfather, even though the knife was in your back. I remember PATCO and the air traffic controllers and the consequent unravelling of the entire labor movement, so don't count me among the Reagan fans, though I certainly understand Marsh's argument.