As much as I enjoy Ms. Sorensen’s work, today’s strip leaves me with a hollow feeling. Blue collar voters have been the property of the Republicans since 1980 and the beginning of the Reagan revolution. Yes, they do not connect the dots and figure out that maybe the ultra-rich do not have the working class’s best interests at heart, but that is the way they like it. So long as they get a bone thrown to them every once in awhile they will keep voting that way until they can be shown a better alternative. Ms. Sorensen is preaching to the choir here and I am confused as to how we are supposed to feel; smugly superior? That is an attitude that is much too prevalent on both sides today, and certainly not one that will ever bring about change. I know that this post won’t be popular, so let the attacks begin I guess.
As much as I enjoy Ms. Sorensen’s work, today’s strip leaves me with a hollow feeling. Blue collar voters have been the property of the Republicans since 1980 and the beginning of the Reagan revolution. Yes, they do not connect the dots and figure out that maybe the ultra-rich do not have the working class’s best interests at heart, but that is the way they like it. So long as they get a bone thrown to them every once in awhile they will keep voting that way until they can be shown a better alternative. Ms. Sorensen is preaching to the choir here and I am confused as to how we are supposed to feel; smugly superior? That is an attitude that is much too prevalent on both sides today, and certainly not one that will ever bring about change. I know that this post won’t be popular, so let the attacks begin I guess.