[chesley]

OK. Break it down. Who are the people who support the Libs.

1) The poor. Liberalism promises money for nothing. Yes, they are stupid to believe that, but greed is their motivating factor. The evil greed, not the desire to earn one's way and keep the rewards for your own use.

Liberalism works for them, at least in the short-term and for the first in line.

2) The politicians. I think we agree, here so I won't say more.

3) Those that suck on the government teats such as bureaucrats, educators, subsidized artists, whore scientists after the grant, etc. Again greed. The evil greed.

4) The glitterati such a Babs Streisand, and Algore, and the rest, who use liberal nostrums such as the "green" or "animal rights" movements to
A)reduce the numbers of the "great unwashed" and
B)increase the separation between them and us
until "A" can be accomplished.

My personal opinion is that the entire global warming fiasco is about saving the beach houses of the rich.

Yeah, I agree, the rank and file are stupid, ignorant, or both. Not just intellectually, but also emotionally.

But you know what they say about conning an honest man? You can't do it. The rank and file are evil, too. I come reluctantly to this conclusion, but I have finally come to it. They do what they do for selfish reasons, only, no matter what they tell themselves, and us.

[listenhillary]

Money for nothing.

Socialism is great, until you run out of other peoples money.

Sorry I don't know whose quote that is.

[oprahstheantichrist]

"...I come reluctantly to this conclusion, but I have finally come to it. They do what they do for selfish reasons, only, no matter what they tell themselves, and us."

Me too, around a year ago, after trying to think otherwise for many years. Your post is comforting, as I often think that I must be overreacting.

[supercat]

4) The glitterati such a Babs Streisand, and Algore, and the rest, who use liberal nostrums such as the "green" or "animal rights" movements to A)reduce the numbers of the "great unwashed" and B)increase the separation between them and us until "A" can be accomplished.

Another factor for some of them is the "Emperor's New Clothes" phenomenon. When people are convinced that any intelligent person can see something, they'll see it too whether or not it's really there.