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To: Lane3 who wrote (65850)	5/15/2008 11:27:37 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543697

I just checked the second post, which the backward links would get me to. That poster didn't use "white working class" in any prominent way I could spot. It's definitely not an organizing principle. Perhaps Josh Marshall did in the first post but if he did it was in a loose fashion. The best I can spot in the "Upcountry" post is a reference to "white working class and rural voters," a welcome distinction between the two. But to respond to the notion as to what represents "white working class," in the most formal sense, plumbers in Vermont would not be included; but in the fairly loose sense used in the US, they certainly would. I'm not at all certain why this bothers you. As for "white working class" not including white plumbers in Vermont, it does, in the loose way the term is used in the US. What bothers you about an argument that says it's not "white working class" that is the problem; but rather Appalachia?