My brother Matt sent me this link to an Aspen Times editorial titled, "In election 2008, don't forget Angry White Man," and though it kind of reminds me of an article a few years back in Vanderbilt University's satirical weekly, The Slant, it is nonetheless humorous and relatively insightful.
The author, Gary Hubbell, decries the lack of attention being paid to one key demographic: Angry White Men, of course. These gun-toting, illegal-immigrant-hating, American badasses would never vote for Hillary Clinton, voted in droves for George W. Bush, and sound suspiciously like Dick Cheney clones.
Hubbell claims that these Angry White Men may represent any cultural background, but you've got to wonder what those Angry White Men in the Catholic Church think of Republican nominee John McCain's recent acceptance of Texas pastor John Hagee's significant endorsement. What's the big deal? Not much, except that Hagee has referred to the Catholic Church as "the Great Whore," and cites Hitler's Catholic grade school education as the foundation for his anti-semitic views. Ouch. As a white man who was raised Catholic, that kind of makes me angry.
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