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There's nothing wrong with a wealthy class (as opposed to an elite class). My family is fairly wealthy and I was brought up being taught that it was a privilege, not a right, and it certainly didn't make me "better" than others because I had more "stuff". The problem with the liberal elites is their condescending attitude toward everyone else. The reason America worked is because it really is a land of opportunity -- my great-grandfather was one of 8 children of an Irish immigrant with no money, by the time he was 40 (in 1930) he was earning $1 million per year, but he didn't screw anyone over to get it and he later helped a lot of others become wealthy. The Founding Fathers embraced capitalism, this is why every other successful nation on earth emulates America. You mentioned De Toqueville, he was lashing out against the French aristocracy, most of them were living on land holdings that were centuries old and were simply birthrates, while their countrymen starved (in short they were quite similar to Kerry and Kennedy). Kerry wants to piss it all away because he doesn't think we are "refined" enough.

This is one more example of how disorganized Kerry is. He doesn't even know what he don't know.

To just pick two business superstars for thier marquee value is so shallow. Of course, when he really needs a good economist to bone up for the debates who would want to be invited second-string for Buffet and Jobs?

If Kerry gets in, these are the types of people he'll bring into his admin.

Let's face it--Kerry is scary!!

You are absolutley right. The one point that DeToqueville made that jumps off the page at you is that there were rich and poor. The big difference between America and Europe was that there was no strain between the two. The rich were aware that they had been poor and those that were poor could be their peers in short order. In other words there were certainly rich and poor, but there were no elite(nobility, if you will.). Helluva country we had, huh? Suppose we'll ever get it back?