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11. "Dangerous" I'm sorry, what? Afraid that the peasants will revolt???
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 01:13 AM
Jul 2012

Unbelievable. And yet the fools will keep voting for them, even as they screw them further and further into poverty with that outdated idea that you can make in America if your try hard enough... except for the fact that a few hundred people now have all the money.

Kyl is a toady little asshole. Zoeisright Jul 2012 #1
I was just going to say... Quantess Jul 2012 #74
Asshat sakabatou Jul 2012 #2
Could be a blessing in disguise Populist_Prole Jul 2012 #3
That's pretty wild BeyondGeography Jul 2012 #4
We should seek not to avoid class warfare bluestateguy Jul 2012 #5
How do we get this guy to keep talking about it? Phlem Jul 2012 #6
O needs to put out an ad with that quote coming out of Krazy Kyl's mouth wordpix Jul 2012 #75
Ha, I thought maybe he was worried about leaving out the poor. Live and Learn Jul 2012 #7
It wouldn't hurt Kyle to pay a little attention to the lower classes. Downwinder Jul 2012 #8
Perhaps he'd like one of these other phrases instead. RedStateLiberal Jul 2012 #9
Don't forget vassals. muntrv Jul 2012 #53
Good one! RedStateLiberal Jul 2012 #54
Kneel before Zod! TeamPooka Jul 2012 #10
"Dangerous" I'm sorry, what? Afraid that the peasants will revolt??? progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #11
yes, they are & should be! wordpix Jul 2012 #76
It is not about meritocracy when there is not equal opportunity! David__77 Jul 2012 #12
Or Punitive Parasite Prevention. aquart Jul 2012 #17
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
They have destroyed most of it nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #24
That horsehead look'n motherfucker can't hit the road soon enough! lonestarnot Jul 2012 #15
Reality? 12ZTR Jul 2012 #16
"the Michael Jordans of the U.S. economy"? Ken Burch Jul 2012 #18
When the "job creators" start performing like Michael Jordan, then they'll be no room to criticize!! tonybgood Jul 2012 #48
Too many martinis at lunch with his lobbyist friends vlyons Jul 2012 #19
"Kyl: Because the Kardashians are working harder than you are." CBHagman Jul 2012 #20
Those clips should be used in an ad Canuckistanian Jul 2012 #21
Precisely. The ads could be used to show up the attitude of tblue37 Jul 2012 #61
Even though Kyl isn't running, it could be powerful Canuckistanian Jul 2012 #68
just keep digging that hole Kyl florida08 Jul 2012 #22
Maybe he'd prefer two classes--the rich and the untouchables? tanyev Jul 2012 #23
The Analogy Kyl Used is Invalid neeksgeek Jul 2012 #25
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
What A Jackass titanicdave Jul 2012 #26
NFL revenue sharing is very successful Enrique Jul 2012 #27
Dear Senator Asshat hifiguy Jul 2012 #28
the middle class you could say are the workin poor chase48 Jul 2012 #38
Sadly, a lot of working class people will agree with him, because as Steinbeck said... Odin2005 Jul 2012 #64
Kyl channelling the fears of the 1% blackspade Jul 2012 #29
I guess the poor are well fucked then Ebadlun Jul 2012 #30
yes, the are titanicdave Jul 2012 #33
Ah yes. Don't let anything get in the way of worshiping........... socialist_n_TN Jul 2012 #31
"uniquely meritocratic basis" - what a load of bullshit. Got to put on coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #32
+10000 wordpix Jul 2012 #72
it is dangerous. to the gop. mopinko Jul 2012 #34
As soon as GOP policies abolish the middle class Zambero Jul 2012 #35
Kyl retires at 158,000 after only 18 years chase48 Jul 2012 #36
"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!" Keep your eyes on the shiny "job creators"! riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #37
Has Kyl ever discussed The Wizard Jul 2012 #39
why would Kyl's "sexual proclivities" be germaine to this conversation? Raster Jul 2012 #67
Because in the Republican Party The Wizard Jul 2012 #70
Not ostracized... simply asked by his fellow GOPers to keep quiet about it LanternWaste Jul 2012 #80
Sadly Third Doctor Jul 2012 #40
I remember, as a little kid during the Great Depression of the 30s', the lumpy Jul 2012 #41
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
And the rehugs are always the first to scream xxqqqzme Jul 2012 #44
Be nice to the psychopaths at the top of our economic pyramid schemes. Larry Ogg Jul 2012 #45
John Kyl - government only exists for the rich lark Jul 2012 #46
Damn, the Reagan-Smiley-Face mask really has fallen off deutsey Jul 2012 #47
He doesn't even realize how dickish he sounds catbyte Jul 2012 #49
none of the R-dicks ever do, Rmoney being a case in point wordpix Jul 2012 #77
Sorry, but it isn't Obama but rather the greedy rich who have made the rest JDPriestly Jul 2012 #50
Funny...I thought zzaapp Jul 2012 #51
no, that was the old America and Kyl's is the new: of, by & for the oligarchy wordpix Jul 2012 #73
As a Detroit Pistons fan, I never embraced Michael Jordan. muntrv Jul 2012 #52
I'm partial to Vinnie Johnson myself :) catbyte Jul 2012 #57
Thank goodness this arrogant jerk is retiring. KarenS Jul 2012 #55
OK, if he stops talking about "Small Business" n/t Blue Meany Jul 2012 #56
This has got to be the only country on Earth where a politician could get away with harun Jul 2012 #59
Ah, Jon, you beady-eyed asstrollop . . . HughBeaumont Jul 2012 #60
Talk about a moron that is out of sink with the voter! Liberalman777 Jul 2012 #62
Orwell wept. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #63
This guy is an embarrassment to the Country. SILVER__FOX52 Jul 2012 #65
That's a campaign commercial that makes itself: yurbud Jul 2012 #66
Twilight of the Elite... GTurck Jul 2012 #69
I'm always amused by guys like kyle, he knows who butters his bread. Javaman Jul 2012 #71
Waaahhhhhh!!! kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #78
BTW, dickwad, we don't live in a meritocracy. We live in a kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #79
How unrepentently feudal. MissMarple Jul 2012 #81
Kyle's a typical gopiscrap Jul 2012 #82
Um, don't we already have a candidate who's running on a platform of helping rich people? Crunchy Frog Jul 2012 #83
We Just Need A Youtube Of Kyl Crying, "Leave The 1% Alone!" TomCADem Jul 2012 #84
Ah, another worthless repuke speaks...nt and-justice-for-all Jul 2012 #85
If those tight ass bastards would only PAY workers what they were worth ... Trajan Jul 2012 #86
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