New Party of the Rich and Powerful?

[NOTTHOR]

The liberal media has done such a good job of painting the Repubs as so rich and powerful. I'm at a loss as to how the hell McCain's income was so much lower than the Clinton's and Obama's last year. He earned about a tenth of what Barry made and about one-fiftieth of what the Clinton's made. I better switch to a Democrat if I want to be rich.

[socal]

Oh, master of the BS canard...

If only you would look at Cindy McCain's tax return, you would find you are quite mistaken.

...But it's good Barack's books are selling well.

[NOTTHOR]

Cindy's distribution from her business was $432k and she signed a pre-nup, so it ain't John's money. Hell, ever since that Heinz guy died and Theresa and John F. Kerry converted all the ketchup monies to the Dems, the Dems have been rolling in cash. Gates. Buffett. Soros. Obama. Clinton. It's a who's who of the rich and powerful.

[ignatiusreilly]

Republican voters generally aren't rich and powerful. They are backwater hicks that are so disillusioned with poverty that they cling to guns and religion. Then there's the Republicans who *think* they're rich and powerful. They just like to call people names and try to blame someone for their high taxes.

Yeah Cindy McCain is the silver spoon liberal elite breadwinner. John is the politician guy. John's money came from book royalites too, but his books didn't do quite as well as Obama's. I like how McCain donates 1/4th of his income to charities. No doubt he and wife's charitable contributions are funneled through her politician husband's tax forms. Plus he knew he would be running for president. I'd have contributed 50%.

I actually read this article.

[NOTTHOR]

Barry's message of hope seems to be reaching the masses.

[Chuck Storm]

Apr 18, 2008 13:34:09 GMT -6 ignatiusreilly said:

Republican voters generally aren't rich and powerful. They are backwater hicks that are so disillusioned with poverty that they cling to guns and religion. Then there's the Republicans who *think* they're rich and powerful. They just like to call people names and try to blame someone for their high taxes.

Barack Obama thinks I'm rich (but I doubt he thinks I'm powerful, though he hasn't seen me bench - at least to my knowledge).

As an aside, do you think I'd get a lot of play if I put "Barack Obama Thinks I'm Rich" on a t-shirt and started sporting it to the bars?

[Gumbyhawk]

BTR, your feet must hurt from all the time spent on that soapbox of yours...

[bucketochicken]

Paging Admiral Ackbar...

[socal]

JMM says it best:

What if Hillary Clinton released her income tax records showing relatively unremarkable (by senate standards, where almost everyone is fairly wealthy) income and said that Bill files separately and he's a private person so he wouldn't be releasing his? I do not think she'd get a very easy ride from the press since Bill now makes all the money and it's against his sources of income that any potential conflicts of interest or sources of embarrassment would likely arise.

So why does John McCain get to pull the same stunt with his wife? I was thinking of this when I saw McCain's tax return release today since I know McCain is actually an extremely wealthy man. His wife is reportedly worth more than $100 million because she is the heir to her father's beer distributorship, which played a key role in McCain's political rise. And if you note down on his disclosure page it states that "In the interest of protecting the privacy of her children, Mrs. McCain will not be releasing her personal tax returns."

IOKIYAR

[bucketochicken]

Apr 18, 2008 15:11:53 GMT -6 socal said:

JMM says it best

As is very often the case...

[HawksStock]

Or how about the Kennedy's supporting the death tax when they have over 500M sheltered in offshore accounts.