"Lunch Bucket" Democrats
I couldn't think of a more condescending phrase to describe lower-middle class, white Americans, but here's a list Toby and I put together anyway. 1. Willie Loman Democrats: After dropping out of school at 16 to work for the family's ball and bearing factory, most Willie Loman Democrats don't even understand the reference to Arthur Miller's Death of A Salesman. That doesn't mean that, like the story's eponymous protagonist, they don't fantasize about their own deaths. 2. Diner Democrats: If all-American, cheap greasy dining were a person, it'd be a lower-middle class white Democrat, and it would take its kids to waterparks in the summer. Think Billy Joel's "Allentown," or in essence, "New Jersey trash lite." 3. Fly-Over Democrats: A double entendre describing politicians' tendency to forget about, or "fly over," these people as well as these people's own tendency to live in fly-over areas. A triple entendre, even, if one considers their jobs have flown-over to Asia... In Pennsylvania, these yokels are also known as "Venison-Jerky Democrats."
Agatha said so on April 23, 2008 12:19 PM | Permalink
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Thoughts?
Just to make sure I'm clear on this: venison jerky, waterparks and greasy-spoon diners are bad things? 'Cause I was pretty sure they were all awesome. Of course, my family didn't enter the middle class until after I'd left for college...