Comments on: Kill This Meme Now

By: ellroon

ellroon — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:38:41 +0000

Bring up FDR. Roosevelt was filthy rich yet did more for the poor than anyone. (No wonder the rich hated him.)

By: Eli

Eli — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:19:21 +0000

I think Edwards understands there will be many people who think because he is prettier than most, well heeled and has an outspoken wife that his road will be potholed with such trivial matter as whether he cannot feel the pain of the poor et cetera et cetera.

The thing is, the Republicans are going to use the same kind of playbook no matter *who* the Democratic nominee is. They pulled the same out-of-touch effete elitist shit on Kerry, and when Gore testified on global warming they wrung their hands and cried crocodile tears about his big energy-glutton house.

Since I am almost certainly going to have to vote for a rich elitist, I would much rather vote for one who cares about the well-being of people who are *not* fellow rich elitists. This is why I find Edwards marginally preferable to Clinton and Obama (I have serious doubts about his campaigning skills), and any Democrat vastly preferable to any Republican.

Thanks for the link, BTW - I see you guys Technorati’ed on practically every WaPo story I read, but I’m usually at work, so…

What always boils my aargh is that it�s somehow more hypocritical to be a rich person who cares about the poor than a moral scold who cheats on his wife.

How about a war supporter who won’t serve, nor urge any family members to serve?

By: Ripley

Ripley — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:18:16 +0000

I read that plonk somewhere else this morning and I loved the sly aggregation of ‘the $1,250 haircut’ he slipped in there. It’s one of the most biased ‘news articles’ I’ve read in quite some time.

The obvious question comes to mind: Who would be a more sincere and effective advocate for the poor, John Edwards or Mitt Romney? Edwards or Giuliani? You think Fred Thompson would do anything on behalf of the poor?

I think it’s not so much hypocrisy, in some people’s minds, as a sense of betrayal of ‘the upper class.’ Poor dears…

By: bdr

bdr — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:57:23 +0000

What always boils my aargh is that it’s somehow more hypocritical to be a rich person who cares about the poor than a moral scold who cheats on his wife.

The second is considered a natural failing, the first a contrived position. The moral calculus of oinkdom.

By: Cavalor Epthith, Esquire

Cavalor Epthith, Esquire — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:13:33 +0000

Yep hackery because all people who rise high enough to be in the running for the office of President in the US consider all others less than elite. I think Edwards understands there will be many people who think because he is prettier than most, well heeled and has an outspoken wife that his road will be potholed with such trivial matter as whether he cannot feel the pain of the poor et cetera et cetera.

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