Posted on 10/05/2008 3:59:07 PM PDT by Maelstorm
President Abraham Lincoln said it succinctly. It is true, he said, that you may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all the time.
One thing is clear and constant. There has been a lot of rhetoric thrown around about which political party represents “rich” people and which is the party that is not representative of the “rich.” That’s a subject that’s repeated so often it may be difficult for the average South Carolinian to grasp what it’s all about. Maybe a look at the top 50 richest members of Congress will add a little perspective to it. It may or may not reflect the general population, but it does provide insight.
Republicans, of course, are disparaged by opponents as “fat cats” that wallow around in money. So, look at that top 50 congressional “fat cats” as reported by Roll Call, The Guide to Congress, the publication that reports on what goes on in the halls of government in Washington.
In the top 50 there’s not that much difference ..... 27 Republicans and 23 Democrats. Three of the top five, though, are Democrats, as are six of the top 10.
Number one on the list is Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., who is worth $230.98 million. He’s followed by Rep. Jane Harmon, D-Calif., with $225.96 million. In third place is Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., with $160.62 million. Fourth is Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W. Va., with $80.40 million, and fifth is Rep. Robin Hayes, R-N. C. with $78.96 million. Hayes is a Cannon Mills heir.
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I just wish they’d make up their minds. One minute we’re the party of country club fat cats, the next minute we’re the party of cretinous hillbillies without indoor plumbing.
I don’t know about rich, but the GOP tends to have much more class.
Well. I read the other day the “THE ONE” had $497 million for his election chest. McCain had $94 million. Hmmmmm.
What ever happened to them calling us the Wal-Mart moms and all that rot? That was so offensive and just suddenly....stopped. I guess they realized it’s their constituents who shop there, not us.
Look, the left has three main stereotypes of conservatives and more accurately of Republicans: Thurston Howell III, Larry the Cable Guy, and Ned Flanders. They are interchangeable as far as the left is concerned, but it’s the sheltered elitism that brings this about.
Wow, I never knew I was rich - I’m a Republican making less than $50K/yr. Who’da thunk it?
How many cars does Kerry have?
Republicans care that they can support their own. Democrats only care about being taken care of!
I should of added that rich Democrats do care about others but only when they can use our Republicans money!
Democrats often portray themselves as a beacon to the poor and then say
Republicans "cater to the rich"
My father used to say:
The Republicans are the party of the rich.
The Democrats are the party of the poor.
The Republicans want as many people as possible to be rich.
The Democrats want as many people as possible to be poor.
Which would you rather be - rich or poor?
If these observations were reasonably accurate then my father’s logic was correct.
In order for the party of the rich to garner more votes, that party would assist as many Americans as possible to become rich.
This must also be true.
In order for the party of the poor to garner more votes, that party would assist as many Americans as possible to become poor.
old, stupid ideas die hard.
i know people that still think the democrat party is “for working people”.
the fact is that the majority of educated and wealthy are democrat party donors.
the republicans get the majority of their donations from middle income people.
I guess they realized it’s their constituents who shop there, not us.
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Hey, hold on there! I shop at Wal-Mart and I dang sure ain’t no kind of Marxist, Obama spouting Democrat, I am one of a very few around my area who still has a kind word now and then for G.W. Bush.
Being a Republican has more to do with being responsible for your actions than it has about being rich.
Republicans care that they can support their own. Democrats only care about being taken care of!
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Thank you kindly! I would have said that myself if I had been smart enough to think it.
yes, that is why George Soros, Warren Buffett, Barbra Streisand and all the Hollywood celebs are Republicans. oh wait
We were talking at work one day before the election season started hot and heavy. A person that I now know to be a looney lib, turned up her nose at the idea of shopping at Wal-Mart. The rest of us just stared at her. She actually said, Walmart? EWWWW!
I ain’t rich...
We aren’t either!
But, if the goshdarnit gubmint hadn’t taken so much out of our paycheck over the past 50 years we have been working our butts off, we might have enough to survive our elder years...
Democrats talk a good game, but they are like leeches, sucking the lifeblood out of all of us hard-working middle class folk.
With the recent demographic data, a majority of Americans with graduate degree tend to be liberal so I would have to say that the Democratic Party is the “Party of the Elite” while the Republican Party is the “Party of the Middle Class.”
The Democrat party is the party of the Rich.All one has to do is look at the paupers who gain elected office in the Congress and watch how fast they become multi-millionairs.
I’m sorry that you feel that way. I live in an urban area that is relatively poor. Wal-mart was the only business that would build here. It gave us a tax base and once they built other businesses came here, too.
I will be forever grateful for them building here. Wal-mart and Lowes. Thank goodness for them both.
I have no calculated this but there are way more expensive Zip Codes that are dominated by libs
You, like most Republicans are wealthy. You are wealthy because of your belief systems and the way that you live your life, not because of the money you may have in the bank.
I know what I am talking about, as I too am very wealthy. Now, could you please spare a sandwich? ;>)
The other day there was this old VW van and it had two bumper stickers on it. One said “No, I am not a hippy” and the the other one said “McCain-Palin”. The republicans are not the party of the rich.
I have a long way to go- especially at this rate.
Republicans pay taxes...Democrats don’t not even the rich ones.
Odd. The list includes the fortunes by spouses, yet no mention of Diane Feinstein, whose husband is worth over a billion. Also, Ted Kennedy’s wealth is tied up in a family trust from what I understand. Rockerfeller, I don’t believe that number either.
How ‘bout a knuckle sammich?
I’d love to be a hillbilly living in some undiscovered or forgotten tiny corner of southern Appalachia, but my husband’s the city rat (if you can call our Gulf Coast town “city”)
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