Reply #71: You Don't...

[datavg]

...have a clue. It isn't a statement about whether Russert is a lapdog for the hard left or not, or even what kind of journalist he is. It's about his character and father's character and what he's really about on the inside.

This is a Rust Belt thing. I understand it because I grew up there, with the persistent threat of layoffs in industry and watching my friends' fathers constantly sweat both the white collar and blue collar downsizings when Goodyear and Goodrich and General Tire started moving operations to Right To Work states.