Tag Joe Bageant

Michael Gerson on Obama the snob

Before you dismiss what he’s saying too quickly, be aware this is precisely what leftie journalist Joe Bageant says too. Democrats too often tend to be elitist and contemptuous of those living in the country or who disagree with them.…

Understanding America’s class system

Joe Bageant, who is redneck and leftist has a new genuinely wondrous (and painfully true) rant. Here’s a few excerpts. Be sure to read the whole thing. Honk if you love caviar Moneywise, Washington’s political class is richer than the…

Shoot the fat guys, hang the smokers

This excerpt is from email to Joe Bageant (who is probably a small “s” socialist) about WTF is up with lefties having a religious crusade against smokers and overweight people, using that as metaphor for the unfortunate tendency of lefties…

America’s white underclass

Joe Bageant on race, class, and poverty in the US. There’s a bizarre conceit in the US that we are somehow classless. Bageant knows that’s not true, and wrote about it in Deer Hunting With Jesus, which explores his redneck…