Reply #7: I am also reading it right now

[drthais]

a harder slog than some of the other
recent political tomes
but well worht the read

I bought this book because I am STILL trying to understand
why on earth blue-collar and poorer people (rural mostly)
would support the Bush administration
or the severely right-wing agenda
that has made its way into the Republican party
being that it is NOT in their interest at all to do so

This book takes one geographical location (Kansas)
and explains how a state that was formerly very progressive
has turned completely around politically

the thesis is that the Republican party
has hijacked the hot-button social issues of the day
claimed them for their own (patriotism, religion, etc)
and then tossed out all economic discussion
so as to blind the right to the fact
that the Republican mindset does not favor
the have-nots in society
in other words, economics is MISSING from the discussion
and thats an important thing to think about