It was little surprise to hear Robin Smith complaining about how people hate her because she’s not an elitist, because, you know, the conservatives are supposed to be the party of the every-day schmoes while the liberals are the party of effete wankers and atheists and pot smoking hippies and welfare cheats.
That is, of course, until one of the conservative talking-heads lets loose with how the Party really thinks of us folks living in the South:
The poorer Red Staters, meanwhile, are still getting abortions, raising criminal kids, doing drugs and generally failing to stay afloat. I exaggerate, of course. The book adds layers of explanation to this, including, critically, the impact of Bell Curve style assortative mating and social stratification. But this is the gist.
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The newly working poor may also keep their sexual adventures, poor parenting, multiple spouses – and their wage subsidies as well. Who can say? Since GNP doesn’t actually condition the new money on any behavioral changes – they balk at reserving child credits for the married, for example – there isn’t much leverage for social improvement, and one fears that the scheme could end up as essentially a bribe for an electoral demographic the GOP increasingly needs.
I’m now proposing “We hate you; please vote for us” as the Republicans’ campaign slogan this fall.
Filed under: Politics and Other Nonsense, The Conservative Soap Opera
