LA Times: Revenge of the white men

[PhD]

"Millions of white men who voted for Barack Obama are walking away from the Democratic Party, and it appears increasingly likely that they'll take the election in November with them. Their departure could well lead to a GOP landslide on a scale not seen since 1994."

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-kuhn22-2010mar22,0,754352.story?track=rss

[ingac70]

1. We heard the same BS in '08.

Thanks for your concern, though.

[PhD]

4. I never heard that in '08

That year, all the anger was directed at Bush. I hate to tell ya, buddy, but this year, it ain't.

[Skittles]

7. I never heard that in '08

I certainly remember it in 1994 though

[emilyg]

14. I didn't hear that.

[madmax]

2. 'Opinion'

Like assholes, everyone has one.

[PhD]

6. Which is why it's posted in "Editorials & Other Articles"

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. I read that today...

And I thought, wow, is this person out of touch, or what?

A complete idiot...

[Cali_Democrat]

5. Stupid White Men

[Hestia]

30. Great read - highly recommend

[hyphenate]

8. You just have to look at the by-line

to fully understand the opinions in that article.

David Paul Kuhn is chief political correspondent for RealClearPolitics and the author of "The Neglected Voter: White Men and the Democratic Dilemma."

Anyone who writes for RCP isn't objective in any sense of the word. Just another repug asshole.

[BlueMTexpat]

27. Egg-zactly!

Interestingly, his bio section at Politico is "n/a."

http://www.politico.com/reporters/DavidPaulKuhn.html

[Warpy]

9. Do you honestly think Democrats are going to sit this one out?

Democrats have been just as energized by this as bitter old white guys from Generation Suck have been. Democrats have watched Republicans stand united against justice and human decency.

While Stupid isn't around to be the target of anger this time, there are plenty of dough faced GOPs to go around. People are furious at the grandstanding of all those old boys who stood so firmly against forcing insurance companies to treat their subscribers decently.

I think you and the GOP have completely missed just how angry the US is on the whole at the insurance industry and what they've been doing to us over the past sixteen years since Democrats stupidly let Hillary Clinton's plan die in committee. We went over that tipping point many years ago.

While the media love to show parades of bitter old men with teabags stapled to their hats and clothing, the media represent the corporate and so have failed to show exactly what's been going on out here in workday land.

People are furious, but they're not furious that an attempt has been made to clean up the insurance mess. They're furious that the Republicans have tried to obstruct it at every opportunity.

[PhD]

11. Remember Massachusetts?

What an outpouring of progressive activism that was...

[Warpy]

13. The Democrats ran a lackluster candidate who refused to campaign

against someone who had been a moderate GOP, had voted for Masscare already, and who went out and campaigned aggressively, talking up all the great things he was going to do in the Senate.

Face it, the Democrats couldn't have blown the race more if they'd planned it.

[The Genealogist]

18. I still say the Dems had better be prepared to work hard in Nov

They better ratchet up the rhetoric in some short order, and deliver it with surgical precision. The Repukes are great at telling voters what they want to hear, while the Dems tell them what they need to hear but don't want to hear. The Dems job will be to make certain that what voters want AND need to hear are one in the same. And, they better start spreading that word now.

[Warpy]

20. Brown is what happens when they don't work hard

so yes, they'd better pretend Howard Dean is still heading the party and act accordingly.

[Hestia]

31. Democratic candidants just need to hammer home a few key phrases about their GOP opponents:

The party of "Katrina", "Iraq", "Unfunded Medicare Part D" et al. Get those phrases and more on the tv sound bite circuit.

[SusanaMontana41]

15. "They're furious that the Republicans have tried to obstruct it at every opportunity."

Check. Mate.

Wholeheartedly agree! K&R!

[OHdem10]

10. After the 60s Men gravitated toward GOP. White Men, I should

say, have not been a large constiuency of Democratic Party.

[guruoo]

12. 'David Paul Kuhn is chief political correspondent for RealClearPolitics' ...

"I check RealClearPolitics every day. It is the best collection of
political commentary on the web." - Brit Hume, FOX News

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/about.html

[PhD]

24. RCP is pretty moderate

Posting polls and opinion pieces from all sides. You just pick out the things you want to see to smear it.

[Demeter]

16. The White Men are Outnumbered

They are killing themselves off by insisting on some Restoration of White Men's Privilege, and drugging themselves to avoid the reality that it ain't ever coming back. The Corporations in particular have been exceedingly harsh on White Men.

[marmar]

17. What bullshit.....

nt

[calico1]

19. I think he meant to say "White supremcist men." n/t

[Earth Bound Misfit]

21. Hog Fucking Wash.

Yours truly,
EBM--
An unemployed, uninsured 50 something angry white guy who lost his job because of his union organizing activities.

I hit the trifecta.

Who am I angry at? Hint: mealy-mouthed pasty-faced rich old white dudes whose vocabulary seems limited to the words NO!, Tax-cuts & "Free Market" and cutesy-talking, runway walking winking Barbie-doll like bimbettes with "R's" after their names.

[The Wizard]

22. This is an opinion piece

with a rightward tilt. As long as Republicans own the media they can project their bigotry as fact. We fought a world war to defeat fascism. We now have a major political party and their media handmaidens dedicated to enforcing a fascist agenda bent on cheap labor and maximizing CEO and upper management bottom lines.

[PhD]

25. That's why it's posted under EDITORIALS

Why do people find this such a hard concept to grasp?

[DavidDvorkin]

23. Much of that is tied to unemployment among white men

and disappointment that things haven't changed. If that change is visible by November, those attitudes will change, too.

[PhD]

26. Exactly

Job growth needs to be going gangbusters RIGHT NOW for people to feel like the economy has really turned around by November. It's pretty obvious that's not going to happen. Based on what I'm seeing as a hiring manager, I think Obama will be lucky if job growth is in good shape by the time HE's running 2 1/2 years from now.

[depakid]

28. Moore had it right: stupid white men

[scarface2004]

29. don t think so!

we voted for obama for a reason....still would vote for obama for same reason!