Rachel Maddow Show: Thomas Frank on Deregulation

[Paolo7219]

The Republican Party IS the Party of the wealthy. ANYONE from the middle class who votes Republican is being played for a fool. Notice how many taxpayer bailouts happen when Republicans are in power in Washington DC? The S&L scandal inder Reagan and now the Bush Wall Street Baiout. The Stock Market crashes also. Under Reagan in 1987 and under "Dubaya" in 2008. Funny. Republicans seem to get away with fooling enough people. Why is that?

[newmanfrigan]

I went to the same highschool as Thomas Frank; the are described in 'What's the Matter With Kansas' is a sickeningly conservative, banal hell-hole.

[ltjohnb]

There are rednecks who support Republicans, therefore conservative policy is bad. Do you try to be rational?

If people are voting against their interests, then you have to first prove that liberal policy is in their economic interests. If you do not prove that premise, then your argument is weak.

Try this: Liberal policy is trash because ignorant urban blacks vote Democrat. Is that a fair comment, or a logical one? Of course not.