*"Bobo" = "BOurgeois BOhemian"
Posted on 09/13/2004 8:30:36 AM PDT by quidnunc
Democrats: the party of the little guy. Republicans: the party of the wealthy. Those images of America's two major political wings have been frozen for generations. The stereotypes were always a little off, incomplete, exaggerated. (Can you say Adlai Stevenson?) But like most stereotypes, they reflected rough truths.
No more. Starting in the 1960s and '70s, whole blocs of "little guys" — ethnics, rural residents, evangelicals, cops, construction workers, homemakers, military veterans — began moving into the Republican column. And big chunks of America's rich elite — financiers, academics, heiresses, media barons, software millionaires, entertainers — drifted into the Democratic Party.
The extent to which the parties have flipped positions on the little-guy/rich-guy divide is illustrated by research from the Ipsos-Reid polling firm. Comparing counties that voted strongly for Bush to those that voted strongly for Gore in the 2000 election, the study shows that in pro-Bush counties only 7 percent of voters earned at least $100,000, while 38 percent had household incomes below $30,000. In the pro-Gore counties, fully 14 percent pulled in $100,000 or more, while 29 percent earned less than $30,000.
It is "becoming harder by the day to take the Democrats seriously as the party of the common man," writes columnist Daniel Henninger. "The party's primary sources of support have become trial lawyers and Wall Street financiers. It is becoming a party run by a new class of elites who make fast money — $25 million for 30 days work on a movie, millions (even billions) winning lawsuits against doctors … millions to do arithmetic for a business merger."
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*"Bobo" = "BOurgeois BOhemian"
Not sure how true it is anymore, but I once read that out of the top 25 richest members of Congress, all 25 were Ds.
I'm sure if my dad was one to say amens, he would be saying amens to this. Maybe there's yet hope for yours.
The party of anti-americanism, malcontents, commmunist eltists and professional welfare recipients. There are some of the old democrats, who are so senile they fail to see what their party has become.
This is two year old data, but probably hasn't changed much.
http://politicalresources.com/You_Asked/Richest.htm
How did John McCain make his money?
I think he married it.
Those pictures makes this coal miner want to run out and become a democrat....NOT!
Nothing will change my dad. After a certain age you aren't going to change.
Good article!
Their message to their base is: you can be an irresponsible victim and it's ok! Hope is on the way!
It's all about power and control. The democrats are behaving like communists.
LOL...."Bobo" was the famous Gorilla at Woodland Park Zoo in the 1950's......LOL.
(Caution, link contains nudity. That oughtta warn 'em off!)
Good article BTW.
Being that most "ethnics" today are blacks, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Chinese, Koreans and Arabs, I would say that "ethnics" still vote Democratic.
Democrats are COMMUNISTS now more than ever. People need to read the communist manifesto and see how like that they are...
With John Kerry as their candidate I agree... they are now communists.
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