Blue Collar Conservatives: Recommitting to an America That Works (25 page)

American Enterprise Institute,
46

American Idol
,
35

American Legion,
64

American Revolution,
101
,
179

Apple,
5
,
154

Armco,
15

Article I, Section
8
(U.S. Constitution),
74

Asians,
9

Atlantic
,
96

Austin, TX,
137

B

baby boom, the,
158
,
161
,
172

Bailey, George,
35

Bakken Shale,
149

Batchelder, Bill,
157

Bay Area,
64

Belmont (fictional town),
64–65
,
89
,
133

Bemidji, MN,
155–56

Bemidji Woolen Mills,
157–58

Bennett, Bill,
138

Bethesda, MD,
133

Bible, the,
90
,
182

Biden, Joe,
46

Billy Jo,
97–98

“Birth Outcome Initiative” (SC),
116

Blackberry devices,
118

blue collar conservatives.
See also
conservatives

     
American Dream and,
8
,
184

     
values of the,
10–11
,
37
,
87
,
158
,
169
,
184

Book of Virtues
,
138

Boston,
64

Boy Scouts,
13

BP,
149

Branstad, Terry,
115–16

Breakdown Britain
,
78

Breakthrough Britain
,
78

Brinkley, David,
63

Brookline, MA,
133

Brooks, Arthur,
46

Brown, Murphy,
95–96

Budweiser (“Bud”),
63

Buffett, Warren,
35

Burke, Edmund,
101

Burr, Richard,
117

Bush, George W.,
32–33
,
168

Butler Catholic Grade School,
15

Butler High School,
15

Butler, PA,
15
,
66

C

Cameron, David,
78

Canada,
34
,
149

capitalists, capitalism,
5
,
25–27
,
62
,
105

Capretta, Jim,
110

career and technical education (CTE),
139–40

Carolina Pregnancy Center,
94

Carter, Jimmy,
42

Cedar Rapids, IA,
140

Centre for Social Justice,
77–78

Charlotte, NC,
18
,
137

Chicago, IL,
64
,
136–37

China,
46

“Chuck truck,” the,
180

Cincinnati Reds,
15

Cinemark Theatres,
146

Citigroup,
26

Civil War, the,
1
,
40
,
139

Cleveland,
77

Cleveland Indians,
125

Clinton, Bill,
9
,
32
,
59–60
,
118

coal towns,
6
,
14

Coburn, Tom,
117
,
169

Cold War,
40

College Republicans,
16

Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960–2010
,
64

Common Core State Standards,
126–27
,
132

Common Sense
,
79

Congress,
48
,
117
,
120

     
Democrats in,
2
,
96
,
123
,
163

     
role of,
41
,
74
,
120–21
,
123
,
178

     
Santorum in,
16
,
60
,
97
,
146

Congressional Budget Office,
55
,
107
,
119

Conservative Party (Britain),
77

conservatives.
See also
blue collar conservatives

     
Barack Obama and,
41

     
elections and,
8–9
,
21
,
47
,
156

     
values of,
19
,
21
,
28
,
46–47
,
49
,
58
,
73
,
75–76
,
78
,
93
,
168
,
183

Constitution (U.S.),
48
,
74
,
121

contraception,
18–19
,
66
,
112

Contract with America (1994),
97

Cook Medical,
119

Coors,
64

Cronkite, Walter,
63

D

“Dan Quayle Was Right,”
96

Davert, Austin,
109–11

Davert, Ken,
109–11

Davert, Melissa,
109–11

Davert, Michaela,
109–11

Dayton, OH,
18

Dean, Howard,
63
,
122–23

Declaration of Independence,
27
,
78
,
179

Democratic Party, Democrats demographics and,
9
,
42
,
44

     
political agenda of the,
2–3
,
5
,
10
,
41
,
48–49
,
53
,
77
,
83
,
96
,
117
,
121–23
,
158

     
welfare and,
42
,
44
,
67
,
75
,
160
,
162–63

Department of Education,
134

Department of Health and Human Services,
110
,
120

Des Moines, IA,
156

Detroit,
77

Disneyland,
14

E

East Coast,
21

EchoLight Studios,
79

election of 1992,
8–9

election of 2008,
2–3
,
33
,
71
,
109

election of 2012,
1–5
,
9
,
18
,
21
,
33
,
41
,
47
,
57
,
69–71
,
140
,
147
,
155
,
180

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
152–53

Epic of America
,
The
,
28

“E pluribus unum,”
63

Equality of Opportunity Project,
17–19

Ethics and Public Policy Center,
8–9
,
110

Europe, European,
25
,
28
,
40
,
106–7
,
122
,
172

Everyday Graces: A Child’s Book of Good Manners
,
138

F

Fagan, Patrick,
102

Fair Tax,
51–52
,
171
.
See also
taxes (U.S.)

Family Research Council,
102

Federal Communications Commission,
118

FedEx,
20

financial crises of 2008–2009,
26
.
See also
Great Recession

First Amendment,
112

First Things First,
99

Fishtown (fictional town),
64–66
,
89
,
133–34

Flat Tax,
51–52
.
See also
taxes (U.S.)

Fletcher, Andrew,
79

food stamps,
32
,
36
,
65
,
67
,
88
,
97
,
100
,
166–67

Forbes Field,
15

Ford,
131–32

fossil fuels,
149–50

Founding Fathers, Founders,
63
,
74

Fox News,
63

Francis (pope),
62

free markets,
27
,
105
,
114–15

G

Gallup,
109

Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index,
115–16

Germany,
46

Gerson, Michael,
168–69

God,
13–14
,
21
,
24
,
28
,
37
,
80
,
90
,
179
,
181
,
183–84
,
186

Google,
5

GOP,
46
,
49
.
See also
Republican Party

Gore, Al,
91

Great Britain,
77

Great Depression, the,
28
,
157

Great Recession,
32
,
54
,
61–62
,
139–40
,
145–46
.
See also
financial crises of 2008–2009

Greece,
46
,
75

Grothman, Glenn,
57

Grove City College,
128–29

Gulf Coast,
6

Gulf of Mexico,
149

H

Hallmark (channel),
63

Harrisburg, PA,
97

Harrisons, the (fictional family),
29–32
,
36
,
49
,
65–71
,
82
,
126–27
,
145–46
,
148
,
175

     
James,
30–31
,
36
,
65
,
69–70
,
88
,
126–28
,
144–46
,
147–48
,
177

     
Jason,
125–27
,
145

     
Jeff,
88

     
Kathy,
88–89

     
Susan,
30–31
,
65
,
69–70
,
127–28
,
145–46
,
177–78

     
Thomas,
125–26
,
145

Harris-Perry, Melissa,
95

Harvard University,
17
,
140

Hatch, Orrin,
117

HBO,
63

“Healthiest State Initiative,” (IA),
115–16

health savings accounts (HSAs),
112

Hispanics,
9
,
90

Holcombe, Dick,
147–48

Hollywood,
35
,
79
,
81
,
91
,
96
,
99

Holtz-Eakin, Douglas,
119

Home Depot,
20
,
146

homeschooling,
133
,
138

Hopkins, Charlene,
110–11
,
122

Hopkins, Nicole,
110–11

Hurricane Katrina,
6

hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”),
147–49

I

illegitimacy rates,
19
,
78
,
90
,
99
,
101

Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB),
122–23

India,
46

Indiana,
119

Intel,
5