Friday, July 22, 2011

Unexpectedly: The Bitter Clingers Let Go


Democrats selected this guy to save us from ourselves:
...in a lot of these communities ... people have been beaten down so long, and they feel so betrayed by government, and when they hear a pitch that is premised on not being cynical about government, then a part of them just doesn’t buy it. And when it’s delivered by — it’s true that when it’s delivered by a 46-year-old black man named Barack Obama (laugher), then that adds another layer of skepticism (laughter).
You go into some of these small towns ... the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them... So it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
Three years later, the bitter clingers let go...of the party of Obama:
A seven-point Democratic advantage among whites under age 30 three years ago has turned into an 11-point GOP advantage today. And a 15-point Democratic advantage among whites earning less than $30,000 annually has swung to a slim four-point Republican edge today.
Behold the limitations of elitist race-card statism.

Via Memeorandum

UPDATE: American Power takes note of the fact that Bernie Sanders is now an honorary member of the bitter clinger club.

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