Carpetbagger
This is an old revision of this page, as edited by RJJensen (talk | contribs) at 18:38, December 6, 2008. It may differ significantly from current revision.
The term carpetbagger was a term used in the [[Reconstruction] period, 1863-77, for northerners who migrated to the former Confederate states in the south looking for political and financial prosperity. The term originated because they would use carpetbags as an inexpensive form of luggage. The term is still used today to refer to someone who is seeking political stature in a region they are not associated with. Hillary Clinton was often accused of this when she began to campaign for her senate seat in New York, a state in which she had never lived.[1]