Papantonio: What A Strong Progressive Should Look Like

[americanfellow]

Republicans are liars

[comband2000]

Pap is wrong about many items. But don't worry. He is becoming a has been very quickly. He can't keep a line up of hosts on his show for very long. Error America radio is defunct. His rating are going down the tubs. He is not on Fox any more, nor on the Ed Schultz show. Just think pap, if you would have taken that half million that you loaned to error america radio and gave it to the poor, you would have been ahead. I look forward to the point when you totally give up on broadcasting!!!!

[mahmooa1]

George Wallace's populism like Huey Long?!! No Mike Huey Long was a legend.

[5lkk]

Much of the middle class vote Rep. cuz they bought the "American dream" hook line & sinker. They actually believe every single 1 of us can amass a personal fortune beyond their needs. Not enough wealth in the world to make that so They don't want to accept anything less,cuz they have been conditioned that anything less would be a hardship They could have a full belly sitting in a modest home with a good car in the driveway & think themselves deprived.

[comband2000]

Yes...Pap...Buy american....I like that...Start by destroying your foreign car and buying an american one. You hypocrite!

[mobilechief]

@comband2000 The Fen American one wont run right and the Cheap plastic will fall apart and then we can import the parts from Mexico to fix it!

[FriedDaisy]

Simply letting run of the mill working class Republicans reap what they sew is a HUGE mistake. They need education. They've been bamoozled by Republican leaders & pundits into believing their vote for some rich corporate pawn in representatives clothing is a vote for Jesus (Right wing politicians are notorious for greed, graft & affairs) or patriotism (having sons in the military) or freedom (nobody really cares about their guns b/c if the shit hits the fan, they won't shoot their own sons).

[Textynn]

Obama is not going to stop bowing either. His WH appointments have shown who he is with Wall Street Criminals running the American economy right into their pockets. That's not going to stop. Obama is not "bipartisan" he has shown himself to be an elite puppet picking up right where W left off. Endless War, money to the rich, cuts to the rest. That health care BS was it for me. Forced health care and no cost control. That was beyond a slap in the face Beyond.

[justonefirefly1]

Couldn't be becausse of the fox propoganda?

[MarmaladeINFP]

An important distinction needs to be made. There is an upper middle class and a lower middle class. It's the upper middle class who tend to vote for Republicans because they hope that one day they will be get wealthier and move up into the upper class. The lower middle class is essentially just the working class that have slightly better jobs, but they also find themselves being attacked in the class wars. The upper middle class and lower middle class have different and often opposing interests.

[rickbar123]

@MarmaladeINFP I think the upper middle class tends to be a little bit older as well. My mother grew up in the 50s and is the victim of some heavy propaganda from that era . She votes Repub. Makes me sick. The last few years have been bad for her income, she is now lower middle class but still votes repub.

[MarmaladeINFP]

@rickbar123 The upper middle class is probably older considering the middle class used to be larger in the past. They believe in the American Dream that working hard pays off. There used to higher rates of socio-economic mobility for much of last century until it started to decrease sometime after midcentury. For people who grew up around the 50s or even the 60s, it seemed like everything was constantly improving for the most part. They don't understand that the US is no longer like that.

[rickbar123]

@MarmaladeINFP so true

[MarmaladeINFP]

@rickbar123 I was reading a book by Strauss & Howe about generations. They pointed out that GenXers as children experienced high rates of poverty & then as young adults experienced unemployment rates not seen by other generations since the Bust Years of the Great Depression. Millennials right now also are experiencing high rates of unemployment. Older Americans don't understand the difficult world the last couple of generations have grown up in.

[rickbar123]

That's what I say. If the Middle Class is stupid enough to vote for the Neo/Cons then let the chips land. When they are starving in the streets maybe then they will wise up. Stupid has a price. We need a new guy in the White House. The first Dem that talks about ending NAFTA and ending this bullshit Free Trade we have with every country on earth will kill the Repubs.

[LouieArrighi]

@rickbar123 very true