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Article: The Rowan Report: `Angry white men' and the `new' Democrats
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- Indianapolis Recorder
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- December 24, 1994
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Carl Rowan
Indianapolis Recorder
12-24-1994
The Rowan Report: `Angry white men' and the `new' Democrats.
There is something galling about the way U.S. Rep. Dave McCurdy, the Oklahoma Democrat who just lost his seat, is blaming President Clinton for both his ouster and the overall thrashing of the Democratic Party.
I say that the recent election was not a "national referendum" on Bill Clinton or anything else. It was a reflection of the fact that the leaders of the Republican right aroused their faithful to the point that they got "angry white men," the pro-school prayer, anti-tax, America First, no foreign aid and similar fanatics to the polls.
The election was ill-fated by the fact that few ...