The Two Most Out of Touch Human Beings In America by David Sirota

[democracy1st]

I submit to you that the two most out of touch elitists in America are Chris Matthews and Hillary Clinton.

Here's Matthews in the New York Times profile about him:

"I don't think people look at me as the establishment, do you?" Matthews asked me. "Am I part of the winner's circle in American life? I don't think so."
The article, of course, notes that Matthews makes $5 million a year, lives in a posh Chevy Chase house with three Mercedes, and has been a Washington insider for almost his entire life. But no, he doesn't think he's inside the establishment or part of the winner's circle.

Similarly, Clinton continues to label Barack Obama "out of touch" for saying that when people get economically crapped on by politicians and corporations, they get angry. From the confines of her mansions in Georgetown and Chappaqua, surveying her $110 million fortune and her long career as a corporate lawyer and Wal-Mart board member, Clinton expresses a "let them eat cake" attitude, apparently believing regular folks are totally happy when politicians like her champion policies like NAFTA that crush them.

Chris Matthews and Hillary Clinton -- the two most out of touch human beings in America.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sirota/the-two-most-out-of-touch_b_96559.html

[grantcart]

1. Yeah but 3 years ago Sirota had a question about Obama

[babylonsister]

2. The horror! nt

[democracy1st]

3. talking present

exactly grant 3 years ago where was Bush,The Democrats etc

[grantcart]

4. I was referring to the idiot thread someone started today about

a very old Sirota thread

[anonymous171]

5. Elitist?

[Levgreee]

8. that picture is hilarious.... it's so incredibly snooty

[cbayer]

10. It was taken at the 2004 democratic convention.

They were toasting Kerry's nomination. Remember that? When we all celebrated because we believed we would take back the White House.

What exactly is snooty about that?

[cbayer]

11. See my response below.

I am going to take every opportunity I can to clarify what that picture is about. It's use as a smear is pretty low.

[anonymous171]

12. Remember those bitter comments?

[cbayer]

13. Sure do.

Didn't think much about them. Thought they were totally overplayed. Just like this stupid elitist theme.

I celebrated the convention with champagne as well. That's because I am a democrat and I like champagne.

[krkaufman]

15. OH... fantastic pic. I'd forgotten about that one.

From the 2004 DNC, right?

[noel711]

6. Matthews is always bloviating about how he 'knows' Pennsylvania

because he grew up in Philly...

Cripes... like Philly is still that same old
blue collar politics....

And this guy lives in his own little bubble..
pathetic..

[cliffordu]

7. Even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a while.....

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

9. I thought I was a dem, but every issue I liked was always shot

down, something about the good of the many over the few, now I know the problem, I must be a communist or at the very least a socialist, and as I read your posts you probably are too, thats the problem. Always caring about the many over the few.

[Fovea]

14. You are probably a Dem.

But the question should rather be how many Dems put
greed over altruism, free market capital over community?

How many put cash over constituency?

And more importantly, how do we wrest the lever from their palsied hands?

I think step one is publicly financed, paper ballot elections. On federal holidays for voting, even.

[AtomicKitten]

16. It's surreal.