The Nasty Party

In October 2002 the term was first coined by Theresa May, Chair of the Conservative Party, as she argued that the key to her party's survival was to broaden their concerns and in doing so to broaden their base that was too rich, too narrow, and too unsympathetic. Her pleas fell on deaf ears but the term Nasty Party caught fire - especially with liberals. Today the Tories are still known as the Nasty Party - and for good reason. Maybe John Kenneth Galbraith expressed it best when he said “The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”

Today America's Nasty Party is rejoicing in the rulings of their Supreme Court judges - narrowing the rights of women and workers in two decisions that can only be seen as yet another legal justification for more selfishness.

As we work towards Election Day November 2014 - we need to remember and remind all those we hope to convince - that Nasty Party politics, at home or abroad, are designed to enlarge the rights of the few at the expense of the many. It is selfishness on a colossal scale without pity, remorse, or compassion.

No - corporations are not people my friends, they are the enemy of people.