JennieG, the tea party faction in the U.S. has at least one prominent spokesperson, Sarah Palin, who constantly presents herself as "blue collar", with the implication that that is the only really good, "true blue" type of American suitable for office. On the other hand, that faction try to brand the opposition as "elitist", meaning "out of touch with real loyal Americans." A few months back Palin had a short TV series on her life in Alaska. On the episode I saw, she went out on a salmon boat with her family. She pressured her daughter into clubbing salmon as they were pulled in, and stood aside bragging that she was raising a "real blue-collar kid".

Against that background, we're tossing around how we do or don't re;ate to that definition. I think we've already demonstrated that it isn't a particulary useful way to define anyone.