Thu 8 May 2008
During the remainder of the debate over who should be president, you may hear one or more of the following words. Among a certain class of voters in states like Kentucky and West Virginia, where elections will soon be held, these words don’t have their usual meaning. Here’s a quick glossary of a few of these unusual terms, as defined in the local patois:
- Hard-working: White
- Patriotic: White
- Overtaxed: White
- Reverent: White
- Proud: White
- Responsible: White
Use this glossary to help interpret campaign literature and assess election returns.
May 9th, 2008 at 7:34 am
Add to that, working class, middle class, lunch bucket worker, average voter,
then remember that when they describe the elections they’ll focus on the hard work of winning rural, suburban areas (white votes) as the places that count, and when Obama wins the votes from people of color, they’ll dismiss that as being “just people of color, that he was expected to win anyway.” Which they want you to read as: “people of color don’t count.”