Yes, he is. I come from a pretty bourgeois background.
That much was obvious.
Oh what a fascinating, fascinating, absolutely fascinating sentence!
The obvious things to draw attention to are 'more than enough' and 'these people', but there's other stuff - including a complaint about the lack of gratitude! Always a bad sign - lurking there as well.
This is pretty hateful. And also extremely right-wing. And also amusing given the 'more than enough' bollocks earlier - you think that extending unemployment benefits (but not by much) is going to deal with the systemic problems caused by deindustrialisation? Hah.
Have you ever been to a mining town that's lost its pit, or a steel town without a steelworks? I ask out of genuine curiosity.
And, once again, I'll have to repeat this point:
If Obama wins the election, then he will almost certainly have won Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Ohio and so on. It is not possible to win these states without a significant degree of support from people who are both white and working class.
Of course you actually half-mean hicks, rednecks and so on, but then the support of rural working class voters has never been
essential in American Presidential politics.
Quite a charmer. Anyway, are you expecting some kind of human version of Chestnut Blight to sweep through the Appalachians some time soon?