Plus slimy.

Look at the photo in the article. It looks like 2 reptiles swimming ashore.
First the reptile head of Kyl, then the turtle close behind him.

They're getting so bold in their utter contempt for the middle/working class that stupid "god & guns" wedge issues will no longer be able to keep working stiffs voting for these swine.

Sounds like he would prefer they just be called "losers."

But rather, how to WIN it.

These days they're doing our work for us.

-p

then replay over and over.

How wrong could I be? He is worried about the poor pitiful rich guys. What a joke.

Though it might be out of character for him.

With my suggestions for replacement phrases in bold.

common people, hoi polloi, laboring class, proletariat, rank and file, the masses, wage-earners, working class, working people, bourgeoisie, commonality, everyman, everywoman, vulgus

heh heh....vulgus.

Obviously I was using a thesaurus and that one didn't come up.

New GOP bumper sticker.

Unbelievable. And yet the fools will keep voting for them, even as they screw them further and further into poverty with that outdated idea that you can make in America if your try hard enough... except for the fact that a few hundred people now have all the money.

I would prefer we call estate taxes "equal opportunity levies."

Yours will sell better, of course.

because Kyl thought the republicans had destroyed the middle class

but just didn't tell the new group that is just a step away from poverty that they are no longer middle class. Survey after survey shows that people think they are richer than they are or that they are so close to getting there.

Richie rich ass licker!

Could it be that the rich are becoming afraid ,very afraid?

We should see all rich people as hairless and retired?

and yet more evidence that the Republican brand is totally bankrupt. I wonder how historians 100 yrs from now will characterize the political period. Hopefully as "death spiral of the GOP."

Pity this empty suit isn't running again. I'd have the slogan for the oppo ads.

And often, flooding every single district.

Kyl let the cat out of the bag. This is how they REALLY intend to govern.

C'mon Dems, it's time to take the gloves off.

the Republican Party in general.

Because he's still a "respected" Repub.

the term 'middle class' refers to those of us who actually work for our salary and pay taxes. Meritocracy? Don't think I would list anyone in the GOP as having superior intellect or worthy of their position. A syndicate maybe.

trying to draw the biggest crowds. We are human beings that deserve to be treated with dignity. Everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, not just the Michael Jordan's.

Kyl is......this moron can't retire soon enough and head back to "Brewer Land"

probably coming to the NBA as well.

The middle class, or what used to be the middle class, is the single largest source of potential votes in the country. Smart politicians talk to the big crowds.

Yours in contempt,

hifiguy

P.S. How the fuck do crooked shitheels such as yourself manage to screw your pants on every morning?

Amen

...Americans consider themselves to be temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

And rightly so.
If the middle classes begin voting in their best interests instead of those of the monied classes, Kyl and his ilk are screwed.

No one likes hoarders during a crisis, whether money or food.

Who talks about them now?

and the repugs such as this idiot really don't give a damn about the poor.....they can eat cake as far as the right wing nut jobs care

the wealthy.

I don't think they're really scared, but I DO believe they're getting "concerned". Class warfare for 30+ years was the exclusive purview of the wealthy. So much so that I stopped calling it class war and started calling it class massacre. Since last Fall that's changed a little. I still don't think most working class people know what it's going to take to really take back the country, but it's a start. And this is on Huffington Post, one of the more RW of the Democratic leaning web sites. The comments tell the tale here. Universal condemnation of Kyl's remarks.

BTW, I personally want to send a big shout out to the Occupy movement. They've definitely changed the conversation around. Notice how few people are talking about the debt and austerity anymore?

my hipwaders for that one.

the Sen Kyl's of this world can sit back, relax, and take "credit" for a job well done. And no more pesky middle class references that might upset the "righteously meritorious".

it was reported on MSNBC senator Kyl will retire at 158,000 dollars per year for the rest of his life, 98% of the working poor and poor will pay that tab while he and the repucks preaching austerity?

Don't try to figure out inconvenient truths!

How dare Obama try to expose ugly realities?

his sexual proclivities?

he would be ostracized.

Not ostracized... simply asked by his fellow GOPers to keep quiet about it as has been done in the past.

it's membersof the middle and lower classes keeps this guy in office. The idiocy of it galls me everyday.

'common' people exhibited a strong dislike of the wealthy class for basically the same reasons. The tide turned.

Shame on anyone who votes for this guy.

Looking out for the middle class? Obama 49% Romney 33%

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/07/24/wsjnbc-poll-romney-leads-on-the-economy-trails-elsewhere/

Because they are the Michael Jordan's of evil con-artist, the worst of all predators, and the number one financiers of both political parties.

don't give the fucking serfs hope. They might get uppity!

(sarcasm intended)

I hope more and more people see the ugliness behind it.

of America dislike them.

The greedy rich are rich, rich, richer than they have ever been while the middle class is losing ground. Hasn't Kyl seen the charts?

And then the greedy rich who make their fortunes in "free" international trade expect the middle class to take cuts in pay, have fewer choices as to jobs and STILL pay the taxes to keep our military going -- to protect the trade routes that the rich use to rob the rest of us.

No way. Kyl hasn't figured things out yet. He needs to take a deep breath and look at what is happening to the middle class in the country. It isn't business as usual for most of us.

We have good, middle-class friends who built up a business, employed lots of people and lost everything in the crash of 2008. They are just one example of prosperity lost, dreams lost, lives crushed by the greed of Wall Street.

Kyl is out of touch.

That America was founded on the notion of "no classes"

The same oligarchy the founding fathers fought against.

I preferred Joe Dumars, so spare me the analogy, John Kyl.

I was there the night The Microwave lit up the court with 22 points point in the 4th quarter against the Celtics in Game 4 of the 1985 Eastern Conference Semi-Finals. Ah, The Pistons glory days!

Diane
Anishinaabe in MI & mom to Taz, Nigel, and new baby brother Sammy, members of Dogs Against Romney, Cat Division
"Dogs Aren’t Luggage--HISS!”

saying that. Also the only country where people would be stupid enough to elect someone who would say and believe that.

Jordan didn't pay the people coming to see his games; the people bought the merch, sold out the UC and made the people who signed Jordan's checks richer. Jordan was a product; a highly talented one, but still a product and one that was gained by luck of the draw (or an astronomically bad decision by Portland, whichever). The United Center would have still had a staff whether Jordan came to Chi-Town or not. The Bulls still would have had an organization whether Jordan came to town or not.

The CEOs only helped the other executives. Their wealth didn't trickle down to the masses. That was never their intent. There's no sense of noblesse oblige here. Their only intent was to get cheaper and cheaper highly-educated labor and pocket/bonus out the savings.

Trickle Down is a FARCE. Always has been, always will be. Jon Kyl sucks at governing, sucks at humanity and SUPER sucks at analogies.

He cares less about what his constinuients think..I should know I used to live in AZ. Good thing he is retiring..

Just play him saying that, cut to Obama saying, "Those are the people who want to replace me in this election. Any questions?"

is Chis Hedges great read on meritocracy and its failure. John Kyl may not have the IQ to read it though.

and has zero shame in telling others at the cost of sounding like a complete halfwit.

becauseto him, politics is all about what is said, not what is remembered.

plutocracy.

How more elitist can this guy get? The goppers are are showing signs of panic.

sheltered, self centered repuke asshole who probably hasn't had to work a day in his life!!

Between Kyl and Romney saying that taxes on the rich amounts to hating success, this is getting pretty annoying.

We wouldn't be in this fucking mess ....

The Middle Class is EVERYTHING ..... The Middle Class is the Job CREATORs and PERFORMERs ....