Angry white man.

I'm not the biggest fan of GW, either.

In election 2008, don’t forget Angry White Man

Gary Hubbell
February 9, 2008


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There is a great amount of interest in this year’s presidential elections, as everybody seems to recognize that our next president has to be a lot better than George Bush. The Democrats are riding high with two groundbreaking candidates — a woman and an African-American — while the conservative Republicans are in a quandary about their party’s nod to a quasi-liberal maverick, John McCain.

Each candidate is carefully pandering to a smorgasbord of special-interest groups, ranging from gay, lesbian and transgender people to children of illegal immigrants to working mothers to evangelical Christians.

There is one group no one has recognized, and it is the group that will decide the election: the Angry White Man. The Angry White Man comes from all economic backgrounds, from dirt-poor to filthy rich. He represents all geographic areas in America, from urban sophisticate to rural redneck, deep South to mountain West, left Coast to Eastern Seaboard.

His common traits are that he isn’t looking for anything from anyone — just the promise to be able to make his own way on a level playing field. In many cases, he is an independent businessman and employs several people. He pays more than his share of taxes and works hard.

The victimhood syndrome buzzwords — “disenfranchised,” “marginalized” and “voiceless” — don’t resonate with him. “Press ‘one’ for English” is a curse-word to him. He’s used to picking up the tab, whether it’s the company Christmas party, three sets of braces, three college educations or a beautiful wedding.

He believes the Constitution is to be interpreted literally, not as a “living document” open to the whims and vagaries of a panel of judges who have never worked an honest day in their lives.

The Angry White Man owns firearms, and he’s willing to pick up a gun to defend his home and his country. He is willing to lay down his life to defend the freedom and safety of others, and the thought of killing someone who needs killing really doesn’t bother him.

The Angry White Man is not a metrosexual, a homosexual or a victim. Nobody like him drowned in Hurricane Katrina — he got his people together and got the hell out, then went back in to rescue those too helpless and stupid to help themselves, often as a police officer, a National Guard soldier or a volunteer firefighter.

His last name and religion don’t matter. His background might be Italian, English, Polish, German, Slavic, Irish, or Russian, and he might have Cherokee, Mexican, or Puerto Rican mixed in, but he considers himself a white American.

He’s a man’s man, the kind of guy who likes to play poker, watch football, hunt white-tailed deer, call turkeys, play golf, spend a few bucks at a strip club once in a blue moon, change his own oil and build things. He coaches baseball, soccer and football teams and doesn’t ask for a penny. He’s the kind of guy who can put an addition on his house with a couple of friends, drill an oil well, weld a new bumper for his truck, design a factory and publish books. He can fill a train with 100,000 tons of coal and get it to the power plant on time so that you keep the lights on and never know what it took to flip that light switch.

Women either love him or hate him, but they know he’s a man, not a dishrag. If they’re looking for someone to walk all over, they’ve got the wrong guy. He stands up straight, opens doors for women and says “Yes, sir” and “No, ma’am.”

He might be a Republican and he might be a Democrat; he might be a Libertarian or a Green. He knows that his wife is more emotional than rational, and he guides the family in a rational manner.

He’s not a racist, but he is annoyed and disappointed when people of certain backgrounds exhibit behavior that typifies the worst stereotypes of their race. He’s willing to give everybody a fair chance if they work hard, play by the rules and learn English.

Most important, the Angry White Man is pissed off. When his job site becomes flooded with illegal workers who don’t pay taxes and his wages drop like a stone, he gets righteously angry. When his job gets shipped overseas, and he has to speak to some incomprehensible idiot in India for tech support, he simmers. When Al Sharpton comes on TV, leading some rally for reparations for slavery or some such nonsense, he bites his tongue and he remembers. When a child gets charged with carrying a concealed weapon for mistakenly bringing a penknife to school, he takes note of who the local idiots are in education and law enforcement.

He also votes, and the Angry White Man loathes Hillary Clinton. Her voice reminds him of a shovel scraping a rock. He recoils at the mere sight of her on television. Her very image disgusts him, and he cannot fathom why anyone would want her as their leader. It’s not that she is a woman. It’s that she is who she is. It’s the liberal victim groups she panders to, the “poor me” attitude that she represents, her inability to give a straight answer to an honest question, his tax dollars that she wants to give to people who refuse to do anything for themselves.

There are many millions of Angry White Men. Four million Angry White Men are members of the National Rifle Association, and all of them will vote against Hillary Clinton, just as the great majority of them voted for George Bush.

He hopes that she will be the Democratic nominee for president in 2008, and he will make sure that she gets beaten like a drum.

With FEW exceptions this pretty much describes me and the people I hang around with regarding our politicial views. With our media holding court on sound bites from our heroes they go from hero to zero in an afternoon and then they get crucified in the evening news, while the real losers are left unscathed at the end of the day.

Fortunately the vast majority of us will show up on election day and try to right most of the wrongs that seem to plaque our nation's agenda. Until then we will go to work to support our families, pay our taxes and keep our mouths shut in an attempt to feign polictical correctness while the freedom fire inside us continues to burn.

Most of that describes me...a few notable exceptions:

The NRA can take flying phukk...they lie, prey on the fears of others, and are THE number one bad special interest group in the country...any "angry white man" that detests special interest groups should have a special black spot in the corner of their hate for the NRA.

Didn't vote for GW...twice...and wouldn't vote for anyone remotely like him...ever.

Literal interpretation of the Constitution is simplistic and ridiculous...it's right up there with literal interpretation of the Bible on the list of "look how dumb I am!" things to do.

I'm also not very angry...at anything...nor do I worry too much about it if phone message services come in two or three languages, nor do I care if we have a woman or a black man for President...I'd take a trained squirrel over the untrained nut we have in there now.

Otherwise, I fit right in there on most of the rest...which, surprisingly, ain't much.

Fish on...

Todd

Yeah, I don't agree with it all either, but there are a few points that describe me to a T.

I am white, sometimes angry, but otherwise this load of crap doesn't begin to describe me.

Like I said Marsha, a lot describes me to a T, not all. Not into the NRA (jack booted thug comment lost me) I don't do a lot of stupid things, just a few.

Good one Aunty for picking up on the use of "angry" and "rational" in the same self-contradicting article. Somebody ought to point that out to the author. It's probably a toss up as to whether anger or fear cause people to do more stupid things.

I'm white, but must not be angry enough. Like angry white man, I don't like Hillary, but since I'm pledged to vote against whatever Republican runs, I could end up voting for her - ick, it hurts to write that. McCain has so painted himself with the GWBush brush, voting for him would be like giving GW a third term, and I couldn't do it.

Wow. I believe in self-reliance, personal accountability, and honesty for myself. I had to re-read that thing a few times and it sounds worse every time.

"He’s not a racist, but he is annoyed and disappointed when people of certain backgrounds exhibit behavior that typifies the worst stereotypes of their race. He’s willing to give everybody a fair chance if they work hard, play by the rules and learn English."

This is just one example full of contradictions - I suppose angry white guy learns the language of any foreign country he visits and isn't a "loud American" when he's there? This kind of stuff drives us all apart, not bring us together.

I'm glad I'm not angry - just disappointed with the system. I hope my vote still counts come election time.

LOL! BEEP!

The NRA can blow me. I let my membership lapse years ago. All they are is a fund-raising & propaganda branch of the nut-job christian right. There's nothing involving educating, shooting & hunting safety and responsibility anymore.

Whoever wrote that can blow me too. Probably some Texan who's never left his hometown and has a W '04 and a Terrorist Hunting Permit sticker on his truck.

If that's who the deciding factor is in our upcoming elections we're all screwed. Angry white man....LOL!!!!

Anyone who claims that they don't get angry is either emotionally shut down or simply lying. Some seem to be confused about the difference between being angry and acting it out. It's as natural to feel anger as it is to feel happiness.

The important thing is not HOW you feel, it's WHAT you do with it. Some of the angriest people are those who whistle often or talk all the time. Or those who have to keep their minds quiet by listening to loud music, or talk constantly on the phone.....anything to keep from listening to the endless "committee meeting" going on in their heads. And with most, the problem is "the other guy, thing, organization, etc".

Angry White Man? there's plenty everywhere. I don't know how anyone could agree with all that was in the article, but, like most things, there are at least some very valid points, IMO.

Or were you expecting something we ALL could agree upon? Now THAT'S funny!!

Wow, BWP, that was all over the map.

I think you might have compared or equated Obama to Hitler but even after reading it a few times, I really can't tell?

-Kaiser D

Ramblings like that are amusing.... at least part of them, a few points are me all the way. A few are me with a twist. The majority is BS and I don't think it typifies the average guy. Now if you want to talk about the uneducated, bigoted white man you may be onto something.. plus it was written by a republican in typical republican style, trying to paint a broad picture of many while actually representing a pitiful few.
Blue Water you are off the hook

Are you serious? They guy is considered to be THE best orator of all time, despite being a Genocidal Despot. He could speak overtop of a noisy, crowded public square without a PA system AND get everyone within a block to STFU and listen. If that's not power then maybe you should enlighten us to what is.

I like how you equate Obama & Hitler and accuse Obama of treason in the same breath. You really had to reach deep for that one. I wasn't really big on Obama to begin with, but when I see how he frightens the Racist Rednecks (AKA Angry White Men) it makes me like him even more. Voting based on Gender or skin color has to be the most unintelligent thing I've ever heard of. Not voting for Obama because his daddy was black is just as stupid as voting for Hillary because of the notion that a uterus will give her the magical ability to do a better job, or voting for McCain despite his involvement in the S&L scandal.

It's kinda like Gay Marriage, at first I thought it absurd and I was opposed to it, but the more I saw how it made the bigoted and ignorant piss their little panties, the more I came to support it. Besides, its none our business if a couple of fruits want to play Ozzie & Harriet together as long as they play by the same legal & taxation rules as my wife & I.

Irie, sometimes you make too much sense. You can be hard to appreciate.

I think the whole anti-gay marriage group are just closet Republicans against gay's committing to a single partner.

I like how Obama had a lady faint in 5 or 6 cities where he was giving speaches. That was good theatre.

Yeah but did he lift a fish out of the water?

Crazy eyes....he's a politician. Nuff said.
If my boy says he wants to be a politician when he grows up I might have to re-think the no spanking rule.

Aunty.