[Pen-l] Wall Street's Obama Investment

[c b]

   CB:
> Ahhaa, so JFK was a good Dem afterall; he was against
> "businessmen" in his heart....

Jim D:

Saying stuff like "My father always told me that all businessmen were
sons-of-bitches, but I  never believed it till now" could come from
the fact that JFK was very rich (while his father was both a son of a
bitch and a businessman). Rich people can talk about their peers that
way without getting attacked or ignored the way plebes would be. It's
also possible that in this statement "old money" (JFK) is sneering at
"new money" (those who get their hands dirty, firing employees,
producing shoddy products, etc., rather than playing with stocks and
bonds and clipping coupons).

^^^^^
CB: Yeah, Jack was born with a silver spoon in his mouth bought with
his father's filthy lucre; so he was expressing naivete, though he was
pretty drole

 ( I was being sarcastic; but straightfaced, no smiley face)

^^^^^

also, aren't "good Democrats" pro-business? The DP is not an
anti-business party, and never has been, despite what the Chamber of
Commerce says.

^^^^
CB; Well, sarcasm;  I'd say "good Democrats" are like FDR and LBJ, who
partially broke from a pro-business agenda with the New Deal and Great
Society/War on Poverty.  How about "lesser evil Democrats" (smile)


(Jim D and Doug are "good Yalies", rarities, as we know)
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