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October 30, 2006
Democrats: The Party of the Rich
Populist rhetoric aside, you have to be pretty well-heeled to afford liberal ideology these days. Libs characterize Republicans as the Party of the Rich, but as Peter Schweizer documents, the Democratic Party has a much better claim to that title.
The anti–First Amendment charade known as "campaign finance reform" resulted in a new funnel through which the rich could pour money into the pockets of Democrats: tax-exempt 527 advocacy groups such as MoveOn.org, Americans Coming Together, and the Media Fund, which have sucked up $zillions from super-rich leftists like George Soros and Peter Lewis. So far in 2006, 17 of the top 25 contributors to 527s are funding liberal causes. A few more stats:
In 2004, 25 individuals gave over $2 million to 527s. Fifteen of them were Dems.
In 2002, donors who gave $1 million or more favored Democrats to Republicans by a 12:1 spending ratio: $36 million to $3 million. Of the top 10 individual contributors, only one gave to Republicans.
In 2000, 18 of the top 25 individual donors gave to Dems. To be the Party of the Rich, you need some very wealthy friends — like lawyers, who poured $182 million into politics in 2000, 75% of it to Dems; and Tinseltown, which gave 70% of its $32 million to the party of shoeless orphans like John Kerry, Herb Kohl, John Rockefeller, and Dianne Feinstein, all of whom are worth over $25 million. The only "Republican" Senator worth that much is Lincoln "Chafing" Chafee — a notorious RINO who many conservatives agree should be tarred, feathered, and run out of the party on a rail for his left-leaning voting habits.
The average GOP contribution is around $50. The Democratic Party won't release figures for its average contribution.
Bad enough that ultra rich liberals try to buy elections for likeminded candidates. Worse, these moneyed moonbats often attempt to buy offices for themselves. Ned "The Sped" Lamont has spent $4 million of his own money on his campaign for Senate in Connecticut. It cost John Corzine $60 million to become a Senator from New Jersey. Mark Dayton spent $12 million in Minnesota, Maria Cantwell $10 million in Washington, and Herb Kohl $5 million in Wisconsin. From 2000 to 2004, candidates who spent over $4 million of their own money were Democrats by a 3:1 margin.
Michael Barone refers to the limousine liberals who support the Democratic Party as the "trust-funder Left." They are people who either inherited their money, or found some other easy way to lay hold of it — e.g., through Hollywood, the Internet bubble, or George Soros' destructive currency speculation — rather than painstakingly acquiring wealth by creating it, like the "robber-baron" capitalists they so loudly despise.
As Schweizer notes, the ultra rich "have different priorities and concerns than other Americans." This may explain why the Democratic Party doesn't seem to have a coherent platform that it is willing to share with the unwashed masses.
Posted by Van Helsing at October 30, 2006 11:48 AM
Comments
everything said about democrats is the opposite of reality. They are the party of the rich and control freaks. They restrict lifestyles. They crush development to protect their vacation areas and views. It was the miners who first revolted in the Soviet Union. The poor and middle class need to revolt here. As for campaign finance restrictions, the totalitarian democrats love the restictions because they self-fund their campaigns and rely on media companies such as the New York Times. Under the guise of making money less of a factor, they have made it more of an issue. If there were no restrictions, all candidates would have enough money to generate awareness and money would be less of an issue. Candidates would have to compete on issues rather than just outdue each other with media buys.
Posted by: Dave at October 30, 2006 6:17 PM
Well written Dave...all true.
The "god of this world" as Paul pegged satan always rewards his puppets. All the socialists/dems I know either drive a lexus, bmw a hybrid or other expensive vehicles. All this while thumbing their nose at the working class, which they denigrate and slander as the "bourgeois", along with using other nasty terms of non-endearment. They're more worldly than the "stupid" Christians they shout down.
We'll see who's stupid. Keep it up ya jackasses.
Posted by: jael at October 30, 2006 7:18 PM
Speaking of wealthy liberal elitists:
Kerry strays into moonbattery in California, calls soldiers stupid.
Posted by: Jonathan L. at October 31, 2006 6:49 AM
