...If All You Want to do is Make a Lot of Money.

[paft]

Candy Crowley: You know, he comes from a privileged background. You did not come from a privileged background. This is a time - an economic time when people are hurting and have been hurting for quite some time. Do you think that someone who is as wealthy as he is, who has had as much privilege as he is, has a hill to climb to overcome that?

Comments

[a_new_machine]

Why are there three random paragraphs about Palestinians in the middle?

[paft]

Some sort of bizarre technical problem. I've never seen those paragraphs before, but I've been told this is an effort to fix weird formatting.

I've since corrected it.

[fizzyland]

"The American people do not want to vote for a loser." - John Boehner -

Barack Obama:
- Elected to Illinois State Senate.
- Re-elected to Illinois State Senate.
- Lost primary to U.S. House of Representatives
- Elected to U.S Senate
- Elected to U.S. Presidency

Mitt Romney:
- Lost election to U.S. Senate
- Elected to Massachusetts Governorship
- Lost primary to U.S. Presidency

So, if Obama has a record of 5-1 in elections, and Mitt has a 1-2 record, this is a pretty ringing endorsement of Obama, right?

[mrbogey]

That's a narrow definition of winner.

Electoral success has nothing to do with success outside of proving you're popular. It's the sq
E system we elect prom king and queen. And we all know how successful those usually turn out.

[devil_ad_vocate]

I get it. Winning more political contests than another guy has nothing to do with the ideas one promotes; it's just looks and how many Best Friends Forever and how cool a FaceBook page you have. Brilliant.

[gunslnger]

Pretty much. Have you seen those videos where they interview random people on the street (or on the beach) about political candidates and why they're voting for them? It's a pretty good summary.

[kayjayuu]

I should know better because I'm going to work and can't comment back, but.

If it's "not about the money," then why are both parties obsessed with it?

[paft]

Has someone said the economy is unimportant?

When? Where?

[dreadfulpenny81]

Your post isn't about the economy. Your post is about personal wealth. And, let's face it, both Obama and Romney did a great job of protecting their wealth with all the tax breaks they BOTH took advantage of when paying their taxes. Both Dem and Republican politicians ARE obsessed with personal wealth, and everyone can see that. The difference is that one party seems to be obsessed with taking personal wealth from others and spreading it around.

[enders_shadow]

Yes, the republicans ARE pretty obsessed with taking money from poor people and giving it to rich people.

You've never heard of corporate welfare, have you?

[rimpala]

Personally, I think the definition fits anyone that feels the need to put down people of lesser social standing to make one feel better about themselves.

[rimpala]

Can't disagree with that

During the course of the recession though I've seen some terrible contempt for the poor, the kind of stuff I was hoping we've grown out off by now.

[oportet]

Obama and W didn't exactly come out of the poorhouse into power, but they can make you forget about that when they are talking. Romney's problem isn't that he is rich and out of touch - hell, that describes just about any politician - his problem is he can't hide it.

[fizzyland]

Warren Buffet is willing to pay his fair share but the GOP in Congress screamed no and then voted to increase student loan interest amounts.

[paft]

Obama, unlike W and Romney, was not born into money -- not by any stretch of the imagination.