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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought that he was making the point that the hillbilly culture followed him to Ohio and that having more money didn't solve any familial issues. [/quote]

+1.

Let's be clear: he is more hillbilly than Obama is African American.

Same standards for all, folks, isn't that we are supposed to be aiming at?[/quote]

Sorry I disagree

Mom was a nurse and parents made $100k and owned a home in suburban Ohio. He went to Yale. Not hillbilly. But I can see how adopting that part of his family's history has served him well. Kind of like how his last name is not actually Vance but ok. [/quote]

You obviously have a personal vendetta against him, and I doubt you've read the book.

He lived all his formative years surrounded by hilbillies, living with them year round either in Ohio (with transplants) or back in Kentucky the summers and innumerable events. That's his upbringing and cultural code and first-hand direct experience.[/quote]

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