"Don't Forget the Angry White Man"

This posting is part of the 10% of my time that I will deviate away from my professional technical focus! I don't know how I missed it when it was first published, but I just read this brilliant rant by Aspen Times Weekly writer Gary Hubbell. Warning: It is very politically incorrect ... as all good rants are!

While not everything struck a chord with me, most of it did. Amongst many of my male friends, one could remove the word "White" and it would still ring true. And amongst some of my female friends one could remove the words "White Male" and it would still ring true as well! Here are the parts of the editorial that resonated the most with me:

• 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.
  
  
• [The Angry White Man's] 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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’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.
  
  
• [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.

And this is why John McCain will beat either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama in November. The reason has nothing to do with their race or their sex. It has everything to do with pandering to special interest groups and encouraging everyone who isn't a white male to think of themselves as a victim. These actions of theirs are far beneath what the United States of America aspires to. No great nation is made up of a patchwork quilt of victims.

Personal note: Is it any wonder why I feel completely out of place living on Canada's Left Coast?