As I’ve said many times, the hinterland gentry, the local rich and semi-rich, are the heart and soul of the Republican Party. This is the reason they hate Bill Clinton so much. He is one of them, adopted son of a car dealer from Hope Arkansas, yet he has turned his back on them and opposed their interests for his entire adult life. This makes him a traitor in their eyes, and a far different kind of enemy than, say, Joe Biden, a working class guy from the remote world of east coast unions, or Kamala Harris, a coastal elitist (in their eyes) who was seemingly born to thwart their plans.