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SHRED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-20-09 10:45 AM
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When you have working class ...
...blue collar people listening to multimillionaire radio/TV talk show hosts and believing that these hosts are looking out for them...well...

...can stupid be fixed??

:shrug:

Regarding Olbermann and others over on MSNBC, the recently appearing more liberal hosts, the old saying applies:
"There are exceptions to every rule".


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dmallind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-20-09 10:47 AM
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1. Roosevelt was rich. Carnegie really rich. They did OK at looking out for the poor. NT
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JonQ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-20-09 10:49 AM
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2. Obama, Clinton, etc
weren't exactly paupers. I can't think of anyone currently who manages to acquire and hold a large following in this country who isn't rich.
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SHRED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-20-09 11:31 AM
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3. true however...
Signing NAFTA, the 1996 Telecomm Act, the 1999 Financial Services Modernization Act which effectively reversed Glass-Steagal, and now Obama allowing private health insurance at the table while excluding single-payer.

These are not exactly pro-working class actions.
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Merlot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-20-09 11:48 AM
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4. Clinton signed Glass-Steagal because his veto would have been overridden
by the gop-controlled congress. The 1999 FSMA was the repus dream come true.
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SHRED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-20-09 11:52 AM
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5. and if he had not signed it...
Edited on Sat Jun-20-09 11:57 AM by SHRED
...then the Repubs would have owned it completely.
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Merlot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-20-09 01:10 PM
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6. True.
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