I have never figured out how the super rich managed to hook the fundamentalists and tea party people on their agenda. Didn’t Romney realize that many in those groups actually fall in the 47% category economically?
I have not understood that either, also how Dems can keep saying the GOPO is the party of the rich is beyond me, most of their support comes fro the west coast and north east which has much more money, they have more millionaires supporting them and yet they label us as the party of the rich, .
I guess they have not been around here and seen the working class who vote republican then.
There are a lot of political alliances that don't make sense. Fiscal and social conservatives aren't necessarily the same people, i.e. the Wall Street Broker or Fortune 500 Executive may be liberal on many social issues (or just not care), and vote Republican for the sake of lower taxes and less regulation. Meanwhile, there are impoverished people who rely on welfare and foodstamps but still vote Republican because of their views on abortion, gay marriage, and other social issues. What's the logical connection between the two? None. It's an alliance of convenience.
However, you see the same thing with alliances that make up the Democrats. Most blue collar union workers are very conservative on social issues. I doubt that a homosexual with his "spouse" would make many friends at an AFL-CIO meeting, nor would some shrieking feminist. The same is true of most blacks, Hispanics, and especially Muslims, yet they all vote for Democrats and tolerate the feminists, homosexuals, and other social radicals among them. They do so because they either put their economic interests or their racial/ethnic identity ahead of their social views.