[KansasGirl]

Definitions of patronage on the Web:

backing: the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives"

clientele: customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"

condescension: a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient support by being a patron of

politics: granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support

[GOP Poet]

Welcome to Chicamerica.

[metmom]

Thanks.

But no thanks.