The Curious Appeal of Phony Populism [Rudy retread troll - barf alert]

The New Republic ^ | 4/27/07 | Noam Schieber

[bamahead]

[FormerLib]

There Mr. Frank. Answered your stupid question that took you a whole book to ask in one short paragraph.

Bullseye!

Bet you could have dropped it to a single sentence if you really worked on it.

[Chaguito]

And the purpose of this silly article is...

[rob777]

“Liberals like Frank and Chait assume that what most Americans want from politics is a modest improvement in their lives: Affordable health care, retirement security, good schools for their children. Under this paradigm, voters should prefer a politician whose life experience has taught him how difficult it can be to get by without such staples. The fake populist is maddening because he professes to understand their concerns but has zero life experience (or at least recent life experience) that would make such understanding possible.”

These people are completely clueless. The problem is that there are still a LOT of us who simply want the government to get the he— out of our way and let us take care of ourselves (This includes or family, friends and neighbors). We resent the elitist assumption that the average American is incapable of running his life and emerging victorious over life’s obstacles without the intervention of “Big Mama” government. To us, those who understand and respect that have populist appeal, no matter what their financial station. Those who insist on arrogantly posing as some odd combination of our mother and father are ELITIST, no matter what their financial station.

It all boils down to whether someone trusts the average American’s ability to engage in self government, or do they insist on pandering to us by treating us like children.

[Squidpup]

Sweet - In right after the zot - I can smell the fumes

RFR RFR!

[Petronski]

Ahh, a steaming "gift" from Salt River. How quaint that the liberals over there go to a liberal rag like New Republic for their hit pieces.

I wonder what Howard Dean's WA name is.

[Bryan24]

Hey, I'm a regular guy......

[Petronski]

I’m sure Browns fans reverse the reference.

[Moose4]

Reddy Kilozot says, “retread Rudy trolls are baaaaad, m’kay?”

}:-)4

[Beagle8U]

“retread Rudy troll zotted”

What was its previous screen names, if I may be so bold to ask?

[Liberty Valance]

Thanks for that. You never know what you'll find
at the end of that line...:o)

[freespirited]

Barbour, for his part, employed a variant of this diversionary strategy by using coded racial messages to court downscale whites.

Here we go again. Whenever Republicans win in the South, some RAT attributes their success to campaigning in "racial code."

What a twit.

[Jim Robinson]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1793570/posts?page=346#346

[dirtboy]

I wonder what Howard Dean's WA name is.

Why, Mad Howie, of course...

[Beagle8U]

Thanks Jim. Sure didn’t take long for that one to come slithering back.

[Beagle8U]

Be gone with Ye. Back to Ivan’s “Rooty Rejects Room”.

[darkwing104]

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[Jet Jaguar]

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[Jet Jaguar]

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