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 | fitman (52)
10/15/2007 | The leadership of both major rightist parties is elitist. We live in an oligarchy. Many ordinary people identify with one party or the other, but they're deluded.
How do the parties differ? Democratic Party leaders believe in keeping the suckers (all of us who work for a living) in line with a carrot and a stick. The Republican leadership is too cheap to buy carrots.
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 | luridlloyd (10)
06/27/2006 | The policies of the Republican party help Business Owners, Corperations, the Idle Rich, the Country Club set more than the person on hourly wages. The amazing trick that they've pulled off is getting many of the wage earners to vote against their own best interests. Amazing.
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 | oscargamblesfro (81)
12/13/2005 | Not true, though your typical blueblood elitist, who do have a lot of sway in the party though they are only a relatively small part of it nowadays, is more likely to vote Republican for business reasons. The thing I find most absurd and aggravating about Bush is the portrayal of him as some sort of "aw shucks" ordinary man of the people , which is akin to William Henry Harrison's false image as some cider drinkin', self made hero, which was total B.S. Harrison came from one of the leading families of Virginia. Check out Bush's family tree someday. Republicans and others are entitled to like Bush all they want,(and Kerry was an elitist too) nothing wrong with that opinion: but please don't pull that B.S. that he's just a regular common fella, it wouldn't even fool a dead blind man. My fear is that, love him or hate him, the way things are going, Clinton may very well be the last president to come from humble roots for a LONG time. It seems to totally be a rich man's game now.
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 | Drummond (60)
12/13/2005 | This was made pretty evident in the responses to the Katrina victims. Sorry, but it was almost without exception.
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 | CastleBee (85)
03/10/2005 | Oh, come on! Surely youve all noticed that both parties have these types of ego maniacs out the wazoo! A Republican elitist is usually right out there in his/her three piece suit running a business or what have you. They don't make any bones about their position or self importance. The difference in a lot of Democrat elitists (not all, because it's never all in either case) is that they tend to be in the same league financially but continually try to assure themselves and others that they aren't as affected by it. Still, they HAVE the money so they ARE affected by it and act accordingly. Apparently they feel some odd form of guilt about their status which they occasionally attempt to relieve by tossing a bone to one of the less fortunate. Trouble is; much of the time theyre not tossing bones from their own plates.
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 | drbowler (14)
02/26/2005 | Wait, aren't the Dems the elitists?
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 | Sundiszno (32)
02/21/2005 | Of course we're elitists! Why am I wasting my time associating with all of you plebians!
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 | gmanod (3)
02/10/2005 | This is ridiculous. The only thing that is clear is that no one has the same notion of what elitism is. Both parties have lower class constituencies so neither can be called elite. The Republicans have the Financially elite and the Morally elite, while the Dems have the intellectually elite and apparently the Hollywood elite. What exactly does elite mean in any of these contexts? In my opinion when you call someone an elite it is less a reflection on them and more a flection upon yourself. After all, who else would they be elite relative to?
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 | Mr.Political (20)
02/09/2005 | My purpose in creating this list was to show how drastically different all these sterotypes and myths are. It certainly seems like people have picked up on how irrational all this rhetoric can be!
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 | CanadaSucks (50)
02/09/2005 | Not true. Silly thought.
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 | AndrewScott (73)
02/09/2005 | It's rather curious that a party once derided as being full of elitist businessmen is now derided for a so-called redneck mentality. Could these stereotypes be more different? Though economic policies may favor the rich over the poor, clearly Republican voters are from all socioeconomic backgrounds. What unites and drives the party tends to be hot button issues such as crime, terrorism, and desires to preserve traditional American social structures.
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 | Skizero (15)
02/09/2005 | i don't know. i know a lot of wealthy snobbish democrats too that would spit on the homeless if possible. Being elitist is about wealth and not about a political party. i'm sorry, i just can't think that some midwestern farmer is elitist.
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 | Jar-Jar Binks (17)
02/08/2005 | Yup. As a radical liberal, I believe that power in this society is dispersed among a great range of interest groups rather than in the hands of the elite. Know what I'm sayin?
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 | LanceRoxas (41)
02/08/2005 | yes of course wealthy elitist rednecks! LOL UPDATE: Though I would agree that Bush comes from the elite, he doesn't exhibit elitist habits like his father. As for Newt the guy is arrogant but far from an elitist. He was the adoptive son of a military man who spent his formative years hopping from place to place. He excelled in school and was awarded scholarships- eventually earning his doctorate in history. His life-long dream was to become Speaker of the House and in 1994 he did just that. Far from being an elitist he's the American dream manifest.
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 | abichara (63)
02/08/2005 | Hardly. Elitists dominate the decision-making apparatus of both the Republican and Democratic parties. Elites have disagreements about policy the same way it occurs in any organization. There isn't some nefarious big brother holding all the cards; debate occurs at all levels. Such ideological expressions come through in the form of political parties, special interest groups, and of course the media.
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