Kakki wrote: "Yikes - The richest people in America according to the yearly lists that I read in Forbes and Vanity Fair are overwhelmingly Democrats. 99% of all of the media and business and entertainment moguls and artists listed are. So where do I find the list of the rich Republicans? Are the far richer Democrats exempt from blame because of their political party? Or are they exempt as long as they give money to the Democrat party?"
HUH??? Well, for starters, I'd get the list of the CEO's, Board of Directors, and top executive staff of the Fortune 500--and then go down from there. Can anyone who reads the Wall Street Journal regularly (I have, and do) and listened to Friday night's "Wall Street Week in Review," with the WSJ's editorial board, really believe that the top--and richest-- business leaders in this country are *Democrats*?? I sure don't. And I'd like to see that list you referenced. It's possible that those on the very top in the arts and some businesses are Democrats, but my guess is that they're outliers--not representative of the norm. I'd like to see, again, the top 500. . . 1000. . . 10,000. Then it would be possible to make an informed judgement. While we're at it, it would be interesting to get a percentage of the number of *poor* Democrats and Republicans. Then again, that might not be representative, because the poorest of the poor may tend to throw their hands up in despair and dismay, and abstain from the whole sorry mess. It's a tired old saw, but it's one with a fair amount of truth to it. "Conservatives" are often those with something to conserve. Mary P. P.S. And what's with the name of that slighly more liberal political party in the U.S.: those who are members call it the "Democratic" party, and those who aren't call it the "Democrat" party?? What's THAT about? Just something I've noticed.
