it s when that paternalism is directed to lower income, lower class communities that we should get our hack ls up. there s nasty history with it. it s directed toward women in general. with mitt romney, he spoke several times how proud he was that he never had a nanny. never had household help. his wife was raising five babies by herself. why not have someone to help her out. five kids is a lot. it was almost like he was saying this is your job. you do the woman s work. stay busy. it happens in affluent families as well. to bipartisanship, think about things the president held on to. if we talked about the shift in the countries from the 1980s around welfare policies, scapegoating, the president is evoking a faith-based initiative construct that says where he sites in the speech giving