The Better Homes and Gardens of Populist Democrats, Part Two

John Hames shared with you:   The Better Homes and Gardens of Populist Democrats, Part Two National Review - John Maginnis, writing in the New Orleans Times Picayune, urges endangered Senate Democrat Mary Landrieu to campaign against the richest one percent and play on class envy and wealth resentment: With [Americans for Prosperty], we have two billionaires [Charles and David Koch], the top 1 percent of the 1 percenters, muscling legislators into denying healthcare coverage to the working poor. They have written the script for Landrieu's and the Democratic super PAC's consultants. She will need a strong emotional message to push more Democrats to the polls, and anger is always a greater motivator than gratitude. It may not be enough to save her, but the Koch brothers' overplaying their hand could neutralize a potent issue for the Republicans. As this week's 'Better Homes and Gardens of Populist Democrats" series will point out, Democratic lawmakers are ludicrously implausible advocates for demonizing the rich, as they are exceptionally wealthy themselves. The public is urged to turn its anger at the 'richest of the rich' by the merely very, very rich. Available on the App Store.

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