Three keys constitute the modern conservative: rage, bigotry and ignorance. You can find all three of those elements in the comments to the stories about the 3 laid off oil field workers and this column. In the former there was rage at state employees because the conservative didn't think enough were losing their jobs or getting their pay cut. Their absurd rage directed at state employees in first place thus proves they are too ignorant to know who to be mad at. 

Finally, in the comments on this column is the bigotry...which they would have worked into the previous column except they could figure out how to. 

Rage, bigotry and ignorance is how the republican party came up with Trump.