Opinion of Alben Barkley?

[Ancestral Republican]

FF.

Was this letter to the Economist in August 2018 from Alben Barkley? From the way he's been described above, it could well be.

'Regarding the finding that men's politics are determined by a supposed 'status threat' from women ('Sometimes it's hard', July 21st), I have been a registered Democrat for nearly 50 years. As a straight white man who happens to eat meat most days, owns a firearm and believes in the existence of God, I am assumed by the more vocal members of today's Democratic Party to be a racist, sexist, homophobic, superstitious gun-nut who doesn't give a damn about his carbon footprint. I am, in fact, none of the above...the Democratic Party, which used to stand for working men and women, now views half those workers with thinly veiled contempt. That, and not the Russians, is what got that pernicious buffoon elected.'

[Name]
Lexington, Kentucky

It's missing the noble savage idealization of rural Black voters, but otherwise it's spot-on.

Those evil white wokesters. They could never be a real liberal icon like me and Jim Clyburn.

[Geoffrey Howe]

FF.

Was this letter to the Economist in August 2018 from Alben Barkley? From the way he's been described above, it could well be.

'Regarding the finding that men's politics are determined by a supposed 'status threat' from women ('Sometimes it's hard', July 21st), I have been a registered Democrat for nearly 50 years. As a straight white man who happens to eat meat most days, owns a firearm and believes in the existence of God, I am assumed by the more vocal members of today's Democratic Party to be a racist, sexist, homophobic, superstitious gun-nut who doesn't give a damn about his carbon footprint. I am, in fact, none of the above...the Democratic Party, which used to stand for working men and women, now views half those workers with thinly veiled contempt. That, and not the Russians, is what got that pernicious buffoon elected.'

[Name]
Lexington, Kentucky

It's missing the noble savage idealization of rural Black voters, but otherwise it's spot-on.

I remember reading it in the Economist back in 2018, and then being reminded of it when I read/read about Alben Barkley. I think Lexington, KY is what triggered it.

[Geoffrey Howe]

FF.

Was this letter to the Economist in August 2018 from Alben Barkley? From the way he's been described above, it could well be.

'Regarding the finding that men's politics are determined by a supposed 'status threat' from women ('Sometimes it's hard', July 21st), I have been a registered Democrat for nearly 50 years. As a straight white man who happens to eat meat most days, owns a firearm and believes in the existence of God, I am assumed by the more vocal members of today's Democratic Party to be a racist, sexist, homophobic, superstitious gun-nut who doesn't give a damn about his carbon footprint. I am, in fact, none of the above...the Democratic Party, which used to stand for working men and women, now views half those workers with thinly veiled contempt. That, and not the Russians, is what got that pernicious buffoon elected.'

[Name]
Lexington, Kentucky

No, Alben isn’t that old.

His father? Maybe we can get Alben to comment.

[TheReckoning]

FF.

Was this letter to the Economist in August 2018 from Alben Barkley? From the way he's been described above, it could well be.

'Regarding the finding that men's politics are determined by a supposed 'status threat' from women ('Sometimes it's hard', July 21st), I have been a registered Democrat for nearly 50 years. As a straight white man who happens to eat meat most days, owns a firearm and believes in the existence of God, I am assumed by the more vocal members of today's Democratic Party to be a racist, sexist, homophobic, superstitious gun-nut who doesn't give a damn about his carbon footprint. I am, in fact, none of the above...the Democratic Party, which used to stand for working men and women, now views half those workers with thinly veiled contempt. That, and not the Russians, is what got that pernicious buffoon elected.'

[Name]
Lexington, Kentucky

No, Alben isn’t that old.

His father? Maybe we can get Alben to comment.

I mean, there are tons of more moderate Democrats in states like Kentucky, which wasn’t considered a Safe Red state until the 2000 election.