Y’all got me thinking. We had nine people behind the work shed this morning pitching horseshoes, drinking coffee and eating sausage. The regular crowd. The political discussion was straight-forward and informative. No backbiting, just folks wondering what’s going on in our country. Then, like usual, the conversation turns to sports and that’s when it gets heated. You are either Steelers or Cowboys, etc. I don’t think but two of us have college degrees (I have 3 from 1977 to 1985, but most of these guys are smarter than me - I listen to them all the time). We all work hard, have raised good families, and wish people the best. The group includes a truck driver, two in landscaping, one in moving stuff for his company, one a seller of heavy equipment, one an insurance adjuster, etc. Regular guys, so to speak. You cannot call these people “deplorables” or “misinformed” and look down on them and expect to get their vote.
You could start a list of people that America sees as being successful but having no college degree and that list would be a list of millions of names. It is the majority. Some achieve celebrity status, for whatever that’s worth (not much), people like Steve Jobs, Richard Petty - but 99% are good common folks and they vote.
