Wow...great catch. Frightening, however.
“William Jennings Bryan’s legendary “Cross of Gold” speech.”
Wasn’t there a bit more to that, beyond just income inequality, or whatever?
And John Edwards has proved himself an idiot. I’m willing even to admit that Bill DeBlasio might think he cares about this stuff, but Edwards? No freaking way. That was ENTIRELY a gimmick on his part.
Purely a gimmick, it does not even rise to the level of schtick.
Todays dems are a party of racism and idolatry (Gaea worhsip). All of the democrat heroes of yesteryear would be Republicans in today’s world.
There ARE Two Americas.....ones that PAY TAXES and the ones that DON’T....the Makers and the TAKERS!!
John Edwards...”life of public service”....yuck yuck! Public self-service would be more appropriate.
But that’s true of all these populist rich guys. Power is all, and nothing is better for people like him than a population that is totally dependent on the government, and has lost both the personal initiative and the external economic conditions that would make it possible for them to improve their own lives.
The same goes for Wilhelm-De Blasio, who is obsessed with power, has identified black politicians as the group that can give him that power (because they control an incredibly unified and corrupt voting block), and even spent his swearing-in attacking “the rich” and cultivating black grievances to keep his power base revved up. It’s all about power, and there’s nothing like populism to get an ignorant populace to hand over the keys.
I’m all for equality,so which politician who is promoting this snake oil will be the first to cut their salary to 20k a year?