The Night a Bunch of Low-Class People Took Over the White House

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by Michael Tomasky


It’s one of the simple realities of American politics that conservatives get to make fun of liberals’ folkways without penalty, but when liberals belittle conservatives over theirs, they’re being out-of-touch elitists.


There was a famous attack ad against Howard Dean made by the Club for Growth back in 2004, in which an older white couple deliver themselves of the opinion that Gov. Dean should take his “tax-hiking, government-expanding, latte-drinking, sushi-eating, Volvo-driving, New York Times-reading, body-piercing, Hollywood-loving left-wing freak show back to Vermont where it belongs.”


The ad was credited as damaging Dean badly in Iowa. No liberal group, needless to say, has ever made an ad that I’m aware of advising that some Republican candidate should take his rich-worshipping, government-killing, moonshine-swilling, steak-eating, pickup-driving, Guns & Ammo-reading, arm-tattooing, Jesus-loving right-wing freak show back to Alabama where it belongs. Such an ad would be considered one of the most boneheaded plays of all time.


So I know what I’m walking into here, but the hell with it. Sarah Palin, Ted Nugent, and Kid Rock are totally classless people. First of all, hats in the Oval Office. I think that’s appalling. I’ve been in the Oval Office (though not while a president was there). It’s awe-inspiring to walk into that room. Peopled though it’s been with crooks and drunkards, it’s humbling. I could no more wear a hat in that room than take a piss in Chartres Cathedral. They’ll say this means I don’t understand their culture. I say it means they don’t understand respect. What a couple of low-rent mofos.

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[Tribalceltic]

1. If Reagan had not let them all out

These "people" would be getting appropriate treatment in a mental health facility. The Lunatics are truly running the asylum.

[flyingfysh]

2. It has been worst

For the inauguration of Andrew Jackson, some reports say that a drunken mob inside broke China and furniture, and ground food into the carpets.

Then, there was the time the White House was burned by the British Army.

[malchickiwick]

5. In fact, that's how it became the "White House"....

It was painted to cover up the fire damage...we didn't start calling it the White House until much later.

[muntrv]

3. The chickenhawks came home to roost.

[smirkymonkey]

4. K&R

The more I think about their behavior, the angrier I get.

In fact, the more I think about there mere presence in the White House, the angrier I get.