Harry Reid discovers a terrible truth...

[Yonivore]

Democrats are the party of the Rich.

Of course, it's long been this way, but it's always amazing when a leading Democrat discovers it for the first time. Kind of like when Teddy realized they were going to build a wind farm off the coast at Martha's Vineyard.

Anyway, I digress; Financial Times has the scoop:

A legislative proposal that was once on the fast track is suddenly dead. The Senate will not consider a plan to extract billions in extra taxes from megamillionaire hedge fund managers.

The decision by Senate majority leader Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat, surprised many Washington insiders, who saw the plan as appealing to the spirit of class warfare that infuses the Democratic party. Liberal disappointment in Mr Reid was palpable at media outlets such as USA Today, where an editorial chastised: "The Democrats, who control Congress and claim to represent the middle and lower classes, ought to be embarrassed."

Far from embarrassing, this episode may reflect a dawning Democratic awareness of whom they really represent. For the demographic reality is that, in America, the Democratic party is the new "party of the rich". More and more Democrats represent areas with a high concentration of wealthy households. Using Internal Revenue Service data, the Heritage Foundation identified two categories of taxpayers - single filers with incomes of more than $100,000 and married filers with incomes of more than $200,000 - and combined them to discern where the wealthiest Americans live and who represents them.

Democrats now control the majority of the nation's wealthiest congressional jurisdictions. More than half of the wealthiest households are concentrated in the 18 states where Democrats control both Senate seats.

This new political demography holds true in the House of Representatives, where the leadership of each party hails from different worlds. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic leader of the House of Representatives, represents one of America's wealthiest regions. Her San Francisco district has more than 43,700 high-end households. Fewer than 7,000 households in the western Ohio district of House Republican leader John Boehner enjoy this level of affluence.

Yep...Democrats! Party of the Rich.

[ChumpDumper]

So the Republicans are the party of the poor?

[xrayzebra]

So the Republicans are the party of the poor?

Nope, we are all, dimm-o-craps and Pubs, the recipients
of the goodies of this country.

I too am a person who has reaped the bennies of this
great country. Live well, have a good family and have
the good fortune of being able to help out my kids and
grandkids. And hope you have the same good fortune.
Quit whining about how things seemed to be and be
grateful on how things are.

[clambake]

your kids and grandkids aren't in iraq? ing traitors.

[xrayzebra]

your kids and grandkids aren't in iraq? ing traitors.

Thank You. Seems you have the answered the question
of how you feel above someone who opposes your point of
view. I have one Grandson who is in the Military and
I only hope nothing happens to him. But that is to be
seen. Right now he is not in harms way.

One thing I can count on. People like you who reap the
benefits of this great country and my Grandson only have
one thing on your mind: Your agenda.

May I just add. I normally don't curse. But I will try and
put it in a more gentlemanlike manner: Would you please partake in a aeronautical intercourse at a revolving pastry.

An old GI term, which you may not be familiar with. But
I could care less.

[clambake]

Thank You. Seems you have the answered the question
of how you feel above someone who opposes your point of
view. I have one Grandson who is in the Military and
I only hope nothing happens to him. But that is to be
seen. Right now he is not in harms way.

One thing I can count on. People like you who reap the
benefits of this great country and my Grandson only have
one thing on your mind: Your agenda.

May I just add. I normally don't curse. But I will try and
put it in a more gentlemanlike manner: Would you please partake in a aeronautical intercourse at a revolving pastry.

An old GI term, which you may not be familiar with. But
I could care less.

why do you turn every thread into ? is it because your grandson's in the navy?

[ChumpDumper]

Quit whining about how things seemed to be and be
grateful on how things are.

You didn't do that when Clinton was in office.

Hypocrtie.

[Wild Cobra]

Why are there those here who take any truth and spit on it?

It has been a fact out there for years that it is the democrats that get more of the big contributions, and the republicans get more of the smaller guys contributions.

The democrats don't really care about the poor. They use the poor. The republicans have their own agenda two, but they don't pit the social classes against each other.

Harry [G]reid and the others are for their own wealth, and the wealth of their friends far more than the republicans. Just look at the richest senators and representatives. I posted the list once. If I recall, the top four of the top five senators were democrats. I'm too fuzzy on the recall of the rest, but democrats were richer than their republican counterparts.

[George Gervin's Afro]

Why are there those here who take any truth and spit on it?

It has been a fact out there for years that it is the democrats that get more of the big contributions, and the republicans get more of the smaller guys contributions.

The democrats don't really care about the poor. They use the poor. The republicans have their own agenda two, but they don't pit the social classes against each other.

Harry [G]reid and the others are for their own wealth, and the wealth of their friends far more than the republicans. Just look at the richest senators and representatives. I posted the list once. If I recall, the top four of the top five senators were democrats. I'm too fuzzy on the recall of the rest, but democrats were richer than their republican counterparts.

the poor don't vote so your argument crumbles. i learned that in one of my 101 political science courses.. the poor worry more about putting food on their tables as opposed to researching possible political candidates..

[ChumpDumper]

The republicans have their own agenda two, but they don't pit the social classes against each other.

I can always count on good ol' "99++++" for a laugh.

[Wild Cobra]

I can always count on good ol' "99++++" for a laugh.

You really are an idiot. It's the democrats and the media who spin the class issues. Please give me an example how the republicans spin the class issues.

[ChumpDumper]

"I'd look it up again, but I don't have to."

[DarkReign]

Its funny, but youre still a prick.

[exstatic]

One thing I can count on. People like you who reap the
benefits of this great country and my Grandson...

Shame on you clam. Did you really reap the benefits of Ray's grandson?

[clambake]

Shame on you clam. Did you really reap the benefits of Ray's grandson?

ray has already championed his time with women in the middle east that are being held as sex slaves.

maybe he's pimping his grandson now.