Huckabee's Campaign: Welfare for old white people, but not for "those people"

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http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/07/us/politics/huckabee-vows-to-protect-programs-for-older-americans.html?referrer=&_r=1

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Of course the "those people" part is merely subtext here, but it's obvious what he's doing.

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It's very obvious what he's doing. He doesn't have to come out and say this explicitly. The idea is that his (old, white) audience is deserving of their benefits and their welfare... the rest is only said implicitly.