Comments on: The Potemkin Suburb of the “53%”.

By: Mike S

Mike S — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:19:13 +0000

One of the paradoxical situations of American politics is lower & middle class voters actually voting against personal economic interest. For example, many such voters oppose increased taxes for the rich because they believe that some day they may succeed at the American Dream and become wealthy; thus, they don’t want to have to pay more taxes when they are rich. In reality, few, if any, of these folks will ever rise above their current financial status.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:25:49 +0000

As I suspected, it's Astroturf. It's the brainchild of a wingnut called Erick Erickson, whose own right-wing blog is funded by the owners of the publishing house that bought you "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth". No idea if the contributors are genuine or fake, but the whole tone is so clumsily done that it's looking like the corporate shills are running scared.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:38:46 +0000

One thought that struck me is how closely some of these stories resemble the testimonies of victims of domestic abuse. That “I am a homemaker who chose the wrong time to seek a job” is so close to “If I was nicer to him he’d stop beating me”.

By: Amadan

Amadan — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:06:33 +0000

Although it may be either astroturf or satire, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s for real. American politics is mostly driven by resentment and insecurity right now. These bootlickers would be happy to have the boot on their necks pressed down a little harder, just as long as they know someone else is getting it worse.