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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Here's the thing. I'm betting Bret Stephens has never milked a cow or harvested a crop or even repaired a tractor anytime in his life. He's giving you a New Yorker's image of hickdom, and it's full of absolutely horrid us-and-them platitudes. Now far be it from me to defend the hicks I grew up with, but they're actually a smarter and more diverse crowd (and they even include people who don't fit his category of "ordinary voter", like women, and minorities, and people who spoke another language growing up).

Yes, dems have to talk soybeans as well as immigration, but you know, a lot of middle American soy farmers have gotten pretty comfortable hanging out with Chinese folks who buy crops, just like a lot of fruit growers have gotten pretty comfortable having immigrants around to pick the fruits. So soy and immigration have some stuff in common.

I think the people not swayed by the "free everything" message are everywhere.