"Trailer Park" Elite

[malatesta1137]

great letter to the NYT editor:

G.O.P., I'm Not Your Gal

Re "Dude, Where's That Elite?," by Barbara Ehrenreich (column, July 1):

I am one of those Americans the Republicans seem to be confident of having squarely in their camp. My husband is a blue-collar worker; we do not have college degrees; and we live in a rural area in a mobile home!

There are many people like us, however, who could never consider themselves conservatives.

We are card-carrying A.C.L.U. members, and we don't listen to country music. We have never been to a Nascar event, and we oppose the strong-arm tactics of the N.R.A. So by a Republican definition, our beliefs are more those of the "liberal elite."

Michael Moore speaks to our truth, not Bill O'Reilly. Republicans, beware! Dude, we are the "trailer park" elite!

SHERRY FORLAND
Bloomfield, N.M., July 1, 2004

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/06/opinion/L06ELIT.html

[Cleita]

1. D. H. and I are rural trailer dwellers ourselves.

No one is more left than we are.

[Eric J in MN]

2. The majority of poor people in the US are Democrats (nt)

nt

[worksux]

3. right on Sherry

the one and only Iggy Pop grew up in a trailer park in MI. Gee what a "conservative" he is!!!
I am glad you wrote, we are all here to beat Bush
best,
Kathryn