On Nov 15, 2007 11:11 PM, Bob Morris <bob.morris at gmail.com> wrote:
> (I'm new to the list, so this may have been discussed here...)
>
> On the subject of books about poor whites and continuing with the Ehrenreich
> thread.
>
> Joe Bageant's Deer Hunting With Jesus <http://www.joebageant.com/> is about
> white poor southerners written by a guy who grew up redneck, moved to the
> city and became a "godless commie" then moved back and lives part of the
> year in the redneck town he grew up in. The real focus of the book is how
> did the Republicans get that poor white vote when it runs so contrary to
> their interests. Maybe because the Left was asleep, he suggests. His #1
> piece of advice. Stop preaching about gun control.
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