Here is where O’Reilly, Limbaugh and others miss the mark. When they say things like “voting public who want stuff,” and signifying an end to a “traditional America.” They target minorities and the poor.
Representative government deteriorates over time and it has. The elite can see others but they can’t see themselves. Government today is used mainly as a tool to redistribute wealth and income and little else. What they don’t get is that the poor and minorities are the last to adopt this principle into their voting behavior. “Stuff” has been transferred from the bottom to the top for many years. The group they identify with bears most of the guilt for using government as a means to get stuff at the expense of everyone else.