Letter to the NY Times from the trailer park elite
Re "Dude, Where's That Elite?," by Barbara Ehrenreich (column, July 1):
I am one of those Americans the Republicans seem to be confident of having squarely in their camp. My husband is a blue-collar worker; we do not have college degrees; and we live in a rural area in a mobile home!
There are many people like us, however, who could never consider themselves conservatives.
We are card-carrying A.C.L.U. members, and we don't listen to country music. We have never been to a Nascar event, and we oppose the strong-arm tactics of the N.R.A. So by a Republican definition, our beliefs are more those of the "liberal elite."
Michael Moore speaks to our truth, not Bill O'Reilly. Republicans, beware! Dude, we are the "trailer park" elite!
SHERRY FORLAND
Bloomfield, N.M., July 1, 2004
