What's the opposite of "populist"? - Democratic Underground

brentspeak

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Tue Feb-02-10 05:52 PM
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What's the opposite of "populist"?

Edited on Tue Feb-02-10 05:56 PM by brentspeak

Elitist? Royalist? Feudalist? What approach is Corker below pimping?

http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/a-twist-in-wall-st-reform-talks/

Republicans on the committee said Mr. Obama’s call for a bank tax was a political response to the unexpected loss of a Massachusetts Senate seat. And Democrats, although more positive about the president’s remarks, were slow to embrace the specifics, like the tax, of his proposals.

“There is no question that this was presented to stoke and jump in front of a lot of populist furor,” said Senator Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican who is working with Senator Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat, on the problem of securities firms being so big and interconnected that their collapse could bring down the financial system.

“I think everybody watching understands that this was a political undertaking and not necessarily a substance undertaking,” he said. “This is a soak-the-rich populist grab.”

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JoePhilly

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Tue Feb-02-10 05:53 PM
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1. Corpratist

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hlthe2b

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Tue Feb-02-10 05:55 PM
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2. elitist , oligarchist....

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Hello_Kitty

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Tue Feb-02-10 06:00 PM
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3. "Soak the rich"???

Shit, they soaked us for years. Let's get some of it back.

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elocs

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Tue Feb-02-10 06:41 PM
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4. "momulist"

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DavidDvorkin

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Wed Feb-03-10 01:12 PM
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9. I was going to say "tsilupop"

Edited on Wed Feb-03-10 01:12 PM by DavidDvorkin

but I like yours more.

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no_hypocrisy

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Tue Feb-02-10 07:10 PM
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5. An elitist.

More education, higher class stature, more wealth, better diction/command of the language, etc.

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butterfly77

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Tue Feb-02-10 07:12 PM
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6. What did they call it ..

when they help themselves and their buddies to our money...

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Clio the Leo

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Tue Feb-02-10 08:30 PM
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7. Y'all wanna give me some talking points....

.... to use when I call my down-the-street neighbor Sen. Corker and ask him what in the SAM HILL was he talking about today?

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dflprincess

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Wed Feb-03-10 01:32 AM
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8. DLC, Blue Dog, Corporate Whore

Edited on Wed Feb-03-10 01:32 AM by dflprincess

take your pick.

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alcibiades_mystery

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Wed Feb-03-10 02:03 PM
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10. Maybe the better definitional question would be

"What functions as 'populist' in your average high school?"

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DailyGrind51

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Wed Feb-03-10 05:37 PM
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11. "Plutocrat"

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