Since when did making something of yourself become a crime?

[BamaGrad03 0]

The pity party class warfare has GOT to stop. I'm so sick and tired of socialists...excuse me RICH ASS LIBERALS playing the class warefare game.

"Oh look at this guy, he's worth a lot of money...you need to HATE him because he's wealthy"

That's the message we want to send to America? Really?

Don't make a cent over what we set as an agreeable limit for "NORMAL" people...or we are going to ridicule you until you feel like you are part of the problem.

MAKING SOMETHING OF YOURSELF IS WHAT AMERICA IS ABOUT...STOP BERATING PEOPLE FOR IT.

Bottom line: anyone who is running for president is wealthy. There's NOTHING WRONG with being wealthy. Nothing. NOthing. Nothing.

Welcome to the new America...where realizing the American dream will make you public enemy #1.

[TexasTiger 13,559]

Funny. McCain "made something of himself." He married mob money.

Reminder, my whiny friend, Right Wingers decried Kerry for marrying honest money:

But if there is one characteristic of Kerry's life that should disqualify him absolutely as a candidate for president, it is the fact that he has sought out millionaire wives to take care of him. Not to put too fine a point on it, he's a serial gigolo.

Let me ask you this: How many single women do you know worth a hundred million dollars or more? . . . After raising children with her, Kerry sought and received an annulment of that long-term marriage. Then he married Teresa Heinz Kerry, the widow of a Senate colleague five years his senior. She is worth approximately $500 million.

Is marrying well good preparation for serving as the president of the United States? . . . . He's always had a net underneath him throughout his political career -- in his case, a net woven of homespun 24K gold.

And, once again, as Boteach points out, his second wife, Teresa made him sign a prenuptial agreement when they were wed: "Which begs the question: If his own wife doesn't trust him with her money, why should we trust him with ours?"

Teresa Heinz Kerry is not sure about her husband's character. Are you?

Rush Limbaugh, throughout 2004:

I mean, [Kerry]'s been there, but he's basically a skirt-chaser, folks. He's a gigolo. . . .Kerry is cheap. Most gigolos are. I mean -- I think it -- I think it goes with the, with the definition. . . .[W]hat do you consider a fair wage? John Kerry considers a fair wage a wife with 500 million. So, he had to find a company that had one. Well, there aren't too many of these companies that have little heiresses running around that are single, have 500 million that some guy can marry into. . . .Because see, Al Gore's daddy was a senator and Al Gore's daddy worked his way up from wealth and power to wealth and power. I mean, he got more of it than anybody ever dreamed of for having as little to go on. I mean, he's one of those old boys. You know how that worked back then. Then John Kerry's daddy is his wives. (laughter) I mean, he's a gigolo. Everybody knows this. There's nobody in our party really has much respect for this guy and you can see it last night, but I can't say that. I mean, you got sugar daddy wife back then. You got sugar daddy wife now. He worked his way up from a blue blood to a platinum American Express card, and it doesn't have his name on it.

Knight Ridder, October 30, 2004:

In Kissimmee, Fla., when Cheney brought up Kerry's name, a listener shouted, "He's a gigolo!" Cheney's response: "Ahhh, I'm not sure. I got to concentrate here on my work."

Hannity & Colmes, Jan. 24, 2004:

ANN COULTER: John Kerry can't really speak to the middle class tax cuts, inasmuch as he is ...

SEAN HANNITY: Yes.

ANN COULTER: ... a kept man. He lives off the money made by other men and left to their daughters or wives.

Good Morning America, October 5, 2004:

CHARLES GIBSON: In going, in going through the book, John Kerry. You refer to him as a gigolo, the male Anna Nicole Smith . . . . What does that achieve, Ann?

ANN COULTER: Well, okay, then I don't want to hear him talk about a middle class tax cut when he has made his living living off rich women. I mean, it is simply a fact that he has married two heiresses. His specialty in life, I mean, if he has an economic plan, I think the one I'd like to hear about is how to snooker millionairesses into marrying me and living off them. I mean, that is not an, a, a trivial point.

New York Times, March 14, 2004:

Comedians have tried the Rich Guy persona along with a variation of the Gold Digger, which Jay Leno used in explaining how Mr. Kerry would eliminate the federal deficit: "He said all we have to do is find a really rich country like Switzerland and marry it."

Rush Limbaugh Online, "John Kerry's Resume":

[Kerry] has lived the life of a millionaire living off the inherited wealth of his two wives. As an Ivy League educated millionaire who did not have to work for his fortune, Mr. Kerry never had to worry about the money he earned, the taxes he paid, or the programs he and Ted Kennedy forced the rest of us to pay for. . . . Mr. Kerry Heinz is not effected (sic) when these neighborhoods are destroyed and working class families lose the largest asset in their retirement plans -- their home's value.

Rabbi Smuley Boteach, World Net Daily, May 25, 2004:

Now, having a wife who provides you with a private jet and eight multimillion-dollar vacation homes provides for a comfortable life. But is this the right preparation for becoming president? . . .

To be sure, that does not mean Kerry never did an honest day's work in his life. On the contrary, he was a successful prosecutor, lieutenant governor and distinguished senator. But even while he did these jobs, his wives' wealth always gave him a safety net. He was going to be taken care of whether he succeeded professionally or not. . . .

Whether Kerry wins or loses the presidency, he will still be living like a king. For most people, that would be a blessing. But for someone who wants to be the president of the United States, having such a significant fallback position is actually a curse.

Alas, there is yet one other important consideration that should get us all thinking. Before they married, Teresa Heinz made John Kerry sign a prenuptial agreement. Which begs the question: If his own wife doesn't trust him with her money, why should we trust him with ours?

Taki Theodoracopulos, American Conservative, May 24, 2004:

If John Kerry wins in November, he will be the premiere president of this great country of ours to be also a gigolo. The dictionary defines "gigolo" as a man supported by a woman in return for his sexual attentions and companionship. It might sound rough for John Kerry, but it's right to the point. Let’s face it. The 44th president (maybe) is as close to a gigolo as I can think of, and I have known many.

John F. Cullinan, National Review, July 15, 2004:

To the mayor's ill-considered suggestion that commuters simply work from home, take vacation (on Menino's schedule) or just lighten up, the Boston Herald tartly responded with an editorial aptly headlined DNC to commuters: shut up, stay home. Howie Carr, the most irreverent local political columnist [who routinely referred to Kerry as "Gigolo John" and "Senator Gigolo"], greeted last week's addition of Sen. John Edwards to the Democratic ticket with this puzzler: "For this dynamic duo" — helpfully identified as "the gigolo and the ambulance chaser" — "all of Boston is to be placed under house arrest for four days later this month?

Michelle Malkin, "Limericks for John Kerry," July 24, 2007:

Lucianne’s rhyming readers have responded with their own verses. A sample:

There once was a phony named Jawn

Who almost sailed in on a con

He thought he was shifty

But got beached by the Swifty

Now lives as the Gigolo Mon

Somehow, the deep stupidity of our political discourse actually manages to escalate during presidential campaigns, becoming even more vapid and idiotic than normal. But, as I argued continuously when I did my book tour in April and May for Great American Hypocrites, this is the kind of campaign the GOP runs every election and in which they specialize, and there are only two options for Democrats in response: (1) purport to "rise above it" and thus ensure that they get slaughtered in a one-sided, one-way War of Personality Demonization which renders issues irrelevant (hence: the all-American Everyman War Hero versus the rich, out-of-touch, effete elitist), or (2) attack the GOP candidate using the same lowly character themes in order to neutralize the attacks and prevent the election from being decided on these grounds. It's good to see the Obama campaign, finally, engaging these issues aggressively. As I wrote in my book:

The reason why this has worked is that there are almost never any attacks on these myths, no aggressive examination of the real lives of these leaders. Critics of Republicans shy away from these themes. There is a squeamishness to use their own weapons against them. . . . It needs to be shoved into the media's faces and into our public discourse how false and deceitful and artificial are these "Republican Values" and personality attributes that they concoct for themselves. To do that, the most prominent right-wing political leaders need to be put under a microscope -- their actual lives and beliefs -- to show how lacking they really are in the virtues they claim to exude and revere.

There needs to be a lot more focus of this sort on John McCain's "character," given that, from now until November, no matter what Obama does, the Rovian disciples managing John McCain's candidacy will ensure his campaign is about little other than these sorts of slimy, personality-based, Freak Show attacks on Obama. It's what the GOP does and it's what the media is capable of disseminating.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/22/gigolo/

The pity party class warfare has GOT to stop. I'm so sick and tired of socialists...excuse me RICH ASS LIBERALS playing the class warefare game.

"Oh look at this guy, he's worth a lot of money...you need to HATE him because he's wealthy"

That's the message we want to send to America? Really?

Don't make a cent over what we set as an agreeable limit for "NORMAL" people...or we are going to ridicule you until you feel like you are part of the problem.

MAKING SOMETHING OF YOURSELF IS WHAT AMERICA IS ABOUT...STOP BERATING PEOPLE FOR IT.

Bottom line: anyone who is running for president is wealthy. There's NOTHING WRONG with being wealthy. Nothing. NOthing. Nothing.

Welcome to the new America...where realizing the American dream will make you public enemy #1.

[SouthLink02 8]

The pity party class warfare has GOT to stop.

I hear more of that garbage from McCain than I do Obama

But, I suspect one party will always accuse the other party of exploiting it while they continue talking about it

[BamaGrad03 0]

Funny. McCain "made something of himself." He married mob money.

Uhhh McCain was wealthy before he married money. And her money isn't honest money? That's funny, why isn't she in prison?

McCain has been a senator for 26 years, is a decorated war hero, and had plenty in the bank before he married his current wife. I don't understand why you guys are trying to tear the man down so much.

I hear more of that garbage from McCain than I do Obama

Really? That's news. I haven't heard any class warfare from McCain.

[SouthLink02 8]

Really? That's news. I haven't heard any class warfare from McCain.

People here what they want to hear, especially in politics

Not mocking you but I think it really holds true in Presidential elections

[BamaGrad03 0]

Really? That's news. I haven't heard any class warfare from McCain.

People here what they want to hear, especially in politics

Not mocking you but I think it really holds true in Presidential elections

I know. But I heard the same thing everybody else heard last week...McCain explicitly said he wasn't going to engage in class warfare. I hadn't seen anything where he went after rich people or Obama's money or anything like that.

McCain also said he thought it was wrong to penalize someone just because they had some success.

[TexasTiger 13,559]

Funny. McCain "made something of himself." He married mob money.

Uhhh McCain was wealthy before he married money. And her money isn't honest money? That's funny, why isn't she in prison?

Because her father served it. She just inherited the dirty money.

McCain has been a senator for 26 years, is a decorated war hero, and had plenty in the bank before he married his current wife. I don't understand why you guys are trying to tear the man down so much.

Where did he get "plenty in the bank before he married?"

I hear more of that garbage from McCain than I do Obama

Really? That's news. I haven't heard any class warfare from McCain.

[BamaGrad03 0]

Because her father served it. She just inherited the dirty money.

The "dirty" money? Hensley & Co was a legit wholesaler/distributor since 1955.

Where did he get "plenty in the bank before he married?"

He wasn't wealthy when he married her, but he didn't marry her for a bunch of money. They signed a prenup that protected all her family assets including separate bank accounts/INVESTMENTS/and tax returns.

That shines even more to the point of him not knowing how many houses they owned...he's not 100% involved in his wife's investment dealings.

[Tigermike 3,426]

Because her father served it. She just inherited the dirty money.

The "dirty" money? Hensley & Co was a legit wholesaler/distributor since 1955.

Where did he get "plenty in the bank before he married?"

He wasn't wealthy when he married her, but he didn't marry her for a bunch of money. They signed a prenup that protected all her family assets including separate bank accounts/INVESTMENTS/and tax returns.

That shines even more to the point of him not knowing how many houses they owned...he's not 100% involved in his wife's investment dealings.

BG, you know the dims won't allow fact to get in the way of their class envy and class warfare attacks.

[TexasTiger 13,559]

Because her father served it. She just inherited the dirty money.

The "dirty" money? Hensley & Co was a legit wholesaler/distributor since 1955.

You don't know much about how many such businesses established their territory before becoming "legit", do you? On this one, the history is pretty clear.

Where did he get "plenty in the bank before he married?"

He wasn't wealthy when he married her, but he didn't marry her for a bunch of money. They signed a prenup that protected all her family assets including separate bank accounts/INVESTMENTS/and tax returns.

That shines even more to the point of him not knowing how many houses they owned...he's not 100% involved in his wife's investment dealings.

So you at least admit you were wrong, but now you spin it like a top. Please return to my previous post describing the Right Wing response 4 years ago:

Joseph Farah, World Net Daily, "President Gigolo?":

But if there is one characteristic of Kerry's life that should disqualify him absolutely as a candidate for president, it is the fact that he has sought out millionaire wives to take care of him. Not to put too fine a point on it, he's a serial gigolo.

Let me ask you this: How many single women do you know worth a hundred million dollars or more? . . . After raising children with her, Kerry sought and received an annulment of that long-term marriage. Then he married Teresa Heinz Kerry, the widow of a Senate colleague five years his senior. She is worth approximately $500 million.

Is marrying well good preparation for serving as the president of the United States? . . . . He's always had a net underneath him throughout his political career -- in his case, a net woven of homespun 24K gold.

And, once again, as Boteach points out, his second wife, Teresa made him sign a prenuptial agreement when they were wed: "Which begs the question: If his own wife doesn't trust him with her money, why should we trust him with ours?"

Teresa Heinz Kerry is not sure about her husband's character. Are you?

[Grumps 3,706]

The pity party class warfare has GOT to stop. I'm so sick and tired of socialists...excuse me RICH ASS LIBERALS playing the class warefare game.

"Oh look at this guy, he's worth a lot of money...you need to HATE him because he's wealthy"

That's the message we want to send to America? Really?

Don't make a cent over what we set as an agreeable limit for "NORMAL" people...or we are going to ridicule you until you feel like you are part of the problem.

MAKING SOMETHING OF YOURSELF IS WHAT AMERICA IS ABOUT...STOP BERATING PEOPLE FOR IT.

Bottom line: anyone who is running for president is wealthy. There's NOTHING WRONG with being wealthy. Nothing. NOthing. Nothing.

Welcome to the new America...where realizing the American dream will make you public enemy #1.

BG, you are missing the point. They don't want everyone to HATE the wealthy. They just want to take all of the money from the wealthy, then there will be no need to hate them. I hope this clears it up for you.

[TexasTiger 13,559]

The pity party class warfare has GOT to stop. I'm so sick and tired of socialists...excuse me RICH ASS LIBERALS playing the class warefare game.

"Oh look at this guy, he's worth a lot of money...you need to HATE him because he's wealthy"

That's the message we want to send to America? Really?

Don't make a cent over what we set as an agreeable limit for "NORMAL" people...or we are going to ridicule you until you feel like you are part of the problem.

MAKING SOMETHING OF YOURSELF IS WHAT AMERICA IS ABOUT...STOP BERATING PEOPLE FOR IT.

Bottom line: anyone who is running for president is wealthy. There's NOTHING WRONG with being wealthy. Nothing. NOthing. Nothing.

Welcome to the new America...where realizing the American dream will make you public enemy #1.

BG, you are missing the point. They don't want everyone to HATE the wealthy. They just want to take all of the money from the wealthy, then there will be no need to hate them. I hope this clears it up for you.

Republican paranoia. Maybe you can swap services with a good psychiatrist.

Note to Doc: The rich got richer under Clinton. Buffet supports Obama.

[Tigermike 3,426]

Republican paranoia. Maybe you can swap services with a good psychiatrist.

Note to Doc: The rich got richer under Clinton. Buffet supports Obama.

It's easy for Mr. Buffett to support those higher taxes when "Buffett takes a salary of $100,000 from Berkshire Hathaway (according to the company's most recent proxy statement)" He also keeps his money in Berkshire Hathaway as a tax shelter. Which of course Mr. Buffett says he doesn't use.

Maybe you can swap services with a good psychiatrist.

[Grumps 3,706]

The pity party class warfare has GOT to stop. I'm so sick and tired of socialists...excuse me RICH ASS LIBERALS playing the class warefare game.

"Oh look at this guy, he's worth a lot of money...you need to HATE him because he's wealthy"

That's the message we want to send to America? Really?

Don't make a cent over what we set as an agreeable limit for "NORMAL" people...or we are going to ridicule you until you feel like you are part of the problem.

MAKING SOMETHING OF YOURSELF IS WHAT AMERICA IS ABOUT...STOP BERATING PEOPLE FOR IT.

Bottom line: anyone who is running for president is wealthy. There's NOTHING WRONG with being wealthy. Nothing. NOthing. Nothing.

Welcome to the new America...where realizing the American dream will make you public enemy #1.

BG, you are missing the point. They don't want everyone to HATE the wealthy. They just want to take all of the money from the wealthy, then there will be no need to hate them. I hope this clears it up for you.

Republican paranoia. Maybe you can swap services with a good psychiatrist.

Note to Doc: The rich got richer under Clinton. Buffet supports Obama.

Be creative Texas, don't use the same MO on every post...nothing intelligent to say so you make a general bash of all republicans (I don't even consider myself one), then throw in a personal attack (I challenge you to show where I have made a personal comment towards you or even been disrespectful). Lastly, you throw in a comment that either makes no sense or is unrelated to the discussion (but clearly I should vote for Obama because you say that Buffet supports Obama).

[CCTAU 3,369]

So now a military retirement check is chump change? Not to mention a senator's salary and retirement check. McCain would have been just fine. But if you can find a woman you love that brings a nice purse along, you don't just dismiss it because someday a jealous little dimocrat, who is waiting for the black messiah to equalize everyone, has a problem with it.

Note to dims, if you don't like your lot in life, get off your ass and change it yourself. There's not enough hind teet on the government to support you all.

If it's too late to change it, don't blame the rest of us who do make a good living. Most of us did not inherit it or win the lottery.

[arnaldoabru 11]

So now a military retirement check is chump change? Not to mention a senator's salary and retirement check. McCain would have been just fine. But if you can find a woman you love that brings a nice purse along, you don't just dismiss it because someday a jealous little dimocrat, who is waiting for the black messiah to equalize everyone, has a problem with it.

Note to dims, if you don't like your lot in life, get off your ass and change it yourself. There's not enough hind teet on the government to support you all.

If it's too late to change it, don't blame the rest of us who do make a good living. Most of us did not inherit it or win the lottery.

the "black messiah"

[TexasTiger 13,559]

So now a military retirement check is chump change? Not to mention a senator's salary and retirement check. McCain would have been just fine. But if you can find a woman you love that brings a nice purse along, you don't just dismiss it because someday a jealous little dimocrat, who is waiting for the black messiah to equalize everyone, has a problem with it.

Note to dims, if you don't like your lot in life, get off your ass and change it yourself. There's not enough hind teet on the government to support you all.

If it's too late to change it, don't blame the rest of us who do make a good living. Most of us did not inherit it or win the lottery.

the "black messiah"

CCTAU thinks every race gets their own.

[CCTAU 3,369]

So now a military retirement check is chump change? Not to mention a senator's salary and retirement check. McCain would have been just fine. But if you can find a woman you love that brings a nice purse along, you don't just dismiss it because someday a jealous little dimocrat, who is waiting for the black messiah to equalize everyone, has a problem with it.

Note to dims, if you don't like your lot in life, get off your ass and change it yourself. There's not enough hind teet on the government to support you all.

If it's too late to change it, don't blame the rest of us who do make a good living. Most of us did not inherit it or win the lottery.

the "black messiah"

CCTAU thinks every race gets their own.

Yeah. I coined the phrase. And did it just yesterday.......

This is just more proof that you guys live in a different world than the rest of us.