Dem’s Middle-Class Problem

National Review On Line ^ | 09-06-06 | Rich Lowry

[pollyannaish]

the real question is whether you are way out of kilter with your age/experience group

Excellent post.

[Biblebelter]

I agree the Democrat Party is no friend of the middle class. But the Republicans have failed the middle class as well, with Senate Bozoes like Ted Stevens making Bobby Byrd look like a piker when it comes to bringing home the bacon at the taxpayer's expense.

[MNJohnnie]

Republicans cut your taxes. You are keeping more of your money because of them. This "Pox on both their House" dogma is simplistic nonsense.

I do not know why Americans think being hyper critical is to be thought "wise". Rabid cynicism is not wise, it is in fact juvenile. It is the sort of behavior you see every day on any High School campus.

[MNJohnnie]

Watch Hillary's Secret Warriors come out for this thread. Well, you're trolling for them, aren't you?

Not hard to do. Just post something postive or factual that reflects poorly on the Dems. They aren't intresting in fact, they are only intrested in the next thing to cry about.

[Invisible Gorilla]

They "intrested" you enough to post about them exclusively at #1 above.

[StAnDeliver]

Once the McGovernick's (including Saul Alinsky acolyte Madame Cankles) took over at the '72 Donkey Convention, that was it. They hated the middle class -- Scoop Jackson and his clan got the message 4 years later, and the Reagan Democrats got the message 8 years later.

The current Democrat cadre doesn't give a 'Rat's behind what happens to you and me and 99% of the people on this thread. And that's what's going to bite them in the ass when the GOP maintains control of both the House & Senate this fall. Some donks (Snakehead) already realize if their Party outwardly despises the middle class, you can't even be competitive in diverse places like CA-50 & IN-9, and you'll never get the House back. Which is fine by me -- they're only 10 years into their 40 Years in the Wilderness...

Then, finally, you'll begin to see some outward distegration of the Democrat Party, beginning with Dean's ousting; and after Lamont's loss, the Klink's manufacturing a major Sister Souljah moment to exorcise the Kos faction; and finally in 2008, Gore running for President at the head of the Green Party ticket.

[MNJohnnie]

From your mouth to God's ear.

[Biblebelter]

My point is cutting taxes while increasing discretionary spending is not a conservative principle nor healthy for the future of the middle class. I am not constructed to buy into the slop the Democrat Party tries to peddle and it is beyond my imagination, a scenario which I would find myself voting for any Democrat. That said, I am not delusionary. The Republican Party has become the party of big government, while the Democrat Party is the party of bigger government. The fact that Republican Party has lost its way in this regard saddens me a great deal.

[chilepepper]

but of course - the demonicrats have a vested interest in making us *ALL* poor, since "the poor" are demonicrat voters...

[petercooper]

bttt

[FreedomPoster]

>>I have many friends and family that make just above poverty and they all vote Repub. They know that when a Dem says Middle Class they mean the low class sit at home and don't wanna work Class for the most part.

That's a really interesting point. I've seen that phenomenon, too. Lower middle class, *working* class people often really look down on those perpetually on welfare. And it's impossible to not associate the Dems with those perpetually on welfare, if you are half-awake and have two brain cells to rub together.

[FreedomPoster]

>>The Republican Party has become the party of big government, while the Democrat Party is the party of bigger government.

Spot on.