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Thursday, June 29, 2006

Lexicon of Politics: Day 19

Dear Pa,

NASCAR dad n. a white, working class father, seen as an ideal campaign target.

2002 Washtington Times (June 30) A2
The Democrats appear to have just discovered this electoral fact and are publicly admitting they have a "NASCAR dad gap."

2004 Boston Globe (Feb. 19) A15
NASCAR Dad is man of the political year. He's the XY chromosome heir to the Joe Six-Pack, Reagan Democrat, Angry White Man types and stereotypes of years gone by.


...I found a Nascar Dad blog that is unfortunately not updated anymore, and the def. is from the Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang