[Finny]

Trump is a "bum," said Tim Bever, 65, who went on Wednesday to see Cruz at a town hall event in Spencer. "I think we see through him. We see a suit, all the money, what goes with it."

True flyover country people have no use for unnecessary nastiness. Urban people seem to think of themselves as more sophisticated

Worse are self-described pro-capitalist conservatives who perceive rejection of ostentatious wealth as a sign of envy, when in fact it is a value statement.

FRiends, I first-hand know of A) a self-made hard-working multi-millionaire bereft of family in a beautiful empty home and B) a broke man with a ratty truck, four kids mostly boys and a great wife who live in the most low-rent fashion, have built a veritable paradise enjoyed by many and filled with love, and would certainly be perceived as "white trash" by many even here --

-- and I tell you that the wealthier man by far is the guy whose house Trump would promptly bulldoze and replace with garish opulence. I have seen it first-hand; wealth or the ability to accrue wealth is ONLY that.

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Worse are self-described pro-capitalist conservatives who perceive rejection of ostentatious wealth as a sign of envy, when in fact it is a value statement.

Among my "class" I think the most common feeling on wealth is that its more trouble than its worth but we're certainly not opposed to people having all they want as long as they don't try to use it to walk over the rest of us.