Quote Originally Posted by loosechickens View Post
And you don't think that the RICH vote their own self interest, Alan??? You don't??? HAH.

I've gotten that "bread and circuses" email from SO many rightwing friends, most of whom are also born again Christians. I always smile at their adoration of ole Robert Heinlein, and wonder if they also think so highly of this quote from him......

""The most preposterous notion that Homo sapiens has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of all the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of His creatures, can be swayed by their prayers, and becomes petulant if He does not receive this flattery. Yet this absurd fantasy, without a shred of evidence to bolster it, pays all the expenses of the oldest, largest, and least productive industry in all history."
— Robert A. Heinlein
If we step outside the bounds of identity politics, we may see that rich/poor have little to do with the equation. It's more about give/take. I'm not sure why these conversations always devolve to this type of emotional attack on "right wing", "conservative", "whatever I'm not".

By the way, could you send me a copy of one of those emails. I've never gotten one.