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Showing Original Post only (View all)Jon Kyl Berates Obama For Focus On Middle Class [View all]
Source: huffingtonpost
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama should stop talking about the middle class because it turns people against rich Americans, who should be embraced as the Michael Jordans of the U.S. economy, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) said Monday.
Declaring that the use of the phrase "middle class" is "misguided and wrong and even dangerous," Kyl argued in a Senate floor speech that Obama is "spreading economic resentment [that] weakens American values" and ignoring "the uniquely meritocratic basis of our society."
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/jon-kyl-middle-class-obama_n_1696826.html
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"Dangerous" I'm sorry, what? Afraid that the peasants will revolt???
progressivebydesign
Jul 2012
#11
DEATH TO THE MIDDLE CLASS! New GOP mantra. YES, THEY ARE THE PROBLEM, aren't they?
freshwest
Jul 2012
#13
Kyl can not figure out why the President keeps talking about the middle class
Angry Dragon
Jul 2012
#14
When the "job creators" start performing like Michael Jordan, then they'll be no room to criticize!!
tonybgood
Jul 2012
#48
That's hardly the worst part of the argument. The worst is life isn't a game, we aren't entertainers
harun
Jul 2012
#58
Sadly, a lot of working class people will agree with him, because as Steinbeck said...
Odin2005
Jul 2012
#64
"uniquely meritocratic basis" - what a load of bullshit. Got to put on
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#32
"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!" Keep your eyes on the shiny "job creators"!
riderinthestorm
Jul 2012
#37
Not ostracized... simply asked by his fellow GOPers to keep quiet about it
LanternWaste
Jul 2012
#80
Keep up your idol worship of the Atlas's Kyl, you'll see how that works out for you.
harun
Jul 2012
#42
Maybe the Wall Street Journal's Latest Poll has something to do w/ Kyl's "outrage"
Botany
Jul 2012
#43
This has got to be the only country on Earth where a politician could get away with
harun
Jul 2012
#59
Um, don't we already have a candidate who's running on a platform of helping rich people?
Crunchy Frog
Jul 2012
#83