Rec this thread if you're sick of the "regular people/real Americans" talking point bullshit.

I am so sick of the implication that just because I'm not white/working class, that I am somehow irregular. Apparently I am a strange oddity of a person that is ripe for scorn and disdain. I am the object upon which political points can be scored.

I live in a big city and went to college. I work in an office instead of a coal mine. So sue me. Am I supposed to apologize for liking nice coffee? Good lord, can the MSM please stop talking about me like I'm some kind of a mutant or something?

is that the same group that gave us 20 years of Reagan-Bush-Bush?

There's just regular folks, downtown folks, strollin' up the sidewalk, baseball mitt hangin' off the end of their bat, rollin' a hoop, just aw-shuck folks, cleanin' their guns, you know, chitlins we call 'em - folks who'd as soon fix your transmission as bake you an apple pie, and when you went around to the kitchen window to grab that pie, you'd get a playful twist of your nose! Just everyday folks, uncomplicated, rockin' back and forth on the porch, listenin' to the wind and the sound of the grubs. Kinda like cousin Dan or Mabel from the post office - just country folks, not too smart, but plain speaking, coffee drinkin' folks.

Those people are totally worth more politially than I am.

Under the bus I go.

"Friendly greetin', Sunday go-to-meetin' - just plain folks!
Bible readin', pork chop eatin' - just plain folks!
Stew on the table, mule in the stable - just plain folks!"?

Yeah, I'm tired of it.

K&R

and like Starbucks - and alot of them aren't liberal either.

Everybody in America is not "working class". Some people are out of work, and they are not working class. Not everybody is white and Christian, and not everybody lives in a quaint, homogenous Midwestern small town.

the other day, I take it she means uneducated, honest people that work for a living and aren't packed in the city like sardines. As opposed to limousine liberals, that live in crime ridden cities and think guns cause crime and if you get your hands dirty you're not as good as they are..

k & R

It is unbelievable how they skew stories to their benefit..

I say HELL NO! I want the smartest one of the bunch,

Do I want a president who goofs on DU when he/she should be working? No!

You can read a summary of it's history here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-intellectualism

whatever the fuck they are. What I resent is wealthy educated political candidates acting and talking like dumshits in order to appeal to tweety's stereotype of "real" americans. It was bad enough for bush to pull this fake rancher act for 8 years but it sounds even more asinine to hear Hillary talkin' about shootin' and fishin' in order to make the dumshits think she is one of them.

Fat, white, Catholic guys named Frankie and Lenny, 45ish, who live in Allentown and Pittsburgh.

It's code for WASP beer drinkers. And these coifed out of touch millionaire dipshits going on about it is especially ironic. But really they use it as a wedge between workers and their interests - "He drinks wine instead of beer, he couldn't possibly have a better solution to your problems... I drink beer on my Yacht that I bought off the profits of indenturing your grandchildren to my corporate masters... but I drink beer." Beware the "others" that aren't like you is what this says. I hate the phrase.

No snooty, full of flavor microbrews for me. Thank you.

you might just be an elitist yourself.

This "real" American spin was disgusting crap whipped up by the RW in the 2004 election to make Kerry seem like an elitist next to Bush. It went conveniently hand-in-hand with the anti-intellectual frenzy they stirred up. I expected it from them, but now I'm seeing it from the Hillary camp. I never thought I would see this stuff coming from Democrats. Very disappointing.

Morever, it lends credibility to the argument the next time a GOP member wants to use it.

They can say "See? It does exist. Even one of their own said so."

that these assholes are trying so hard to stereotype. We are just as diverse as any other group. Working amongst cooks I've seen my share of 'typical' schlubs, but I have discussed history with fellow cooks with doctorates. I have discussed religion with fellow cooks studying for ministry degrees, I have worked with people with degrees in English, Fine Arts, Theater, and Psychology. I have no degree because I saw these people were in debt to their eyebrows and were still working in restaurants, so I decided to eliminate the middleman and become a cook... after many years of apprenticing to master chefs, I feel I'm a damn fine one, AND SMART AS ALL HELL, because I have talked, argued and raved with so many educated adults and never gave up reading, researching and learning.

Today we discussed The recent Quake swarms and the volcanic implications for the west coast. everyone had some insight and information.

And you know what? We all like a good coffee. Can't blame us for having some sophistication.

I resent that they are trying to play us by class and color. Many of my friends work in offices or have their own buisness. I would never judge them just because they were successful in making a living in a different way than myself.

The nutty netroots get derided at every turn.

"working people". I make a very nice income and I bust my ass to do it. But by the class definition, many would not consider me "working people". I'm tired of this crap.

chris matthews just used it again on hardball, in addition to calling white working-class the "regular people".

what are the rest of us, mutants? mud people?

wtf!

email links to Matthews and also MediaMatters.

MediaMatters has petitions to MSNBC re: both his racist and sexist piggishness.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5788080&mesg_id=5788080

:puke:

Just call them "the majority."
I try to do that. Trying to make people think a little.

They're useless. I'm white working class from the a big city, and I know they're not talking to me ....I can think for myself.