Hillary Clinton
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There's a great story about Democratic icon Ted Kennedy. When he was first running to succeed his brother John in the Senate, he was attacked for being a child of privilege. It was true. Kennedy had nannies and nursemaids and private schools. He'd hobnobbed with ambassadors and princes and popes.
So the story -- perhaps not even true, but what the heck -- is that young Teddy was campaigning outside a factory in the predawn chill. As he shook hands with the working men, one stopped him and said, "So you're young Kennedy? They say you haven't worked a day in your life." To which Kennedy shrugged and answered, "I suppose that's true." And the man replied, "You ain't missed a thing."
Democrats have a tradition of electing aristocratic populists. Franklin Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy were patricians. And one of the senior Democrats in the Senate today is as rich as a Rockefeller. His name is Jay Rockefeller. Since 1977, first as governor of West Virginia, then senator, he has been elected and re-elected by the coal miners and farm families of West Virginia.
So the current hyperventilation over Hillary Clinton's comments about her relative wealth and her lucrative book and speaking deals misses the point. Voters want to know what's in her heart and what's on her mind, not what's in her wallet.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/24/opinion/begala-hillary-clinton/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
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VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)FDR was....
They seemed to think he was never "enjoyed" being wealthy....they seemed to think he wasn't hobnobbing with the elite at all...They seemed to say that because Chelsea Clinton has always been wealthy she can never ever sympathize with those who do not have her privilege.....and then I pointed out just HOW RICH FDR was and lived...
William769
(55,047 posts)I have no problem with a person's amount of wealth (I never have and never will). If I believe that person is fighting for me and they have the money to do that? More power to them.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)the funny part to me was the picture I provided of FDR with his top hat and cigar looking like the logo on the Monopoly box and Mamie at his side in her fox furs!
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)in demand. I don't have a problem with their ability to earn money. I am not sure everyone realizes not everyone else is obsessed with money, sure we like to have enough to survive but my family and friends are much more important. I'm not rich money wise by any means but with my family and friends I consider myself very wealthy and happy.