Comments on: Salt-of-the-Earth Democrats

By: Gucci Accessories

Gucci Accessories — Wed, 21 May 2008 21:06:27 +0000

Gucci Accessories…

I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you….

By: Banjo

Banjo — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:08:58 +0000

When the Democrats invite Zell Miller back into the party you’ll know sanity has been restored..

By: Bob Miller

Bob Miller — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:46:40 +0000

Their bitterness, if real, could be because their own values and their party’s differ so much.

By: YbA

YbA — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:38:25 +0000

Steve Rogers

What are you talking about? Clarion knows those people exist - they’re the “bitter ones” remember?

By: Steve Rogers

Steve Rogers — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:09:23 +0000

Clarion,

all those red states are figments of your imagination. There are no farmers or blue collar workers who vote Republican.

By: Bob Miller

Bob Miller — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:45:28 +0000

At this stage, why would a conservative consider being a Democrat, much less a Democratic candidate, except out of habit?

Seth is right about colleges, but many jobs do require the type of preparation that should be leading to a degree. The real conservative agenda has to include reconnecting with youth by creating an alternative educational system (academic & vocational) from the ground up.

By: paul zisserson

paul zisserson — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:39:13 +0000

Clarion, I don’t know if I count being just a responder, but here’s one Commentary person who has dug trenches for catch-basins, installed stockade fences which gave me blisters that have become visible callouses, associated with workers who didn’t even graduate from high school, dealt with all types of minorities from poor and desperate backgrounds, some of whom are now in jail for murder. Good enough?

By: jim

jim — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:08:10 +0000

Are most young whites Obama supporters because they believe they will be upper-middle class elites when they’re 40? Elite whites only enjoy looking down on other whites — somebody has to be the downscale loser in the status game.

By: Seth Halpern

Seth Halpern — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:45:02 +0000

Most of the downscale Democrats in which you repose such faith want their children to attend elite colleges (and what college does not fancy itself or at least dream of being elite) — which turn most of the latter into Obama voters. And the more vital a college degree becomes, the more things will tilt in that direction. In fact, most young people would probably rather spend a hundred grand or more on a socially respectable academic credential than stay solvent and take up plumbing or auto mechanics if they had the chance. If you want to restore some balance to our culture , find a way to desacralize the meritocracy.

By: Ellen S

Ellen S — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:37:03 +0000

The Republican Party better learn something as well, though, from the failures of George Bush. Patricians who got into Ivy League schools, not by intelligence and merit (like most Democrats who do) but by blue blood, and then make their way in life largely through family connections and subsidies from overpaid corporate executives, are not much of a reservoir for future leadership either.

By: Clarion

Clarion — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:26:55 +0000

Are there any conservatives at Commentary who can bowl straight, shoot a hoop, stay on top of a jackhammer, or come up with a program that truly benefits real Americans?