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Tanenhaus: Populism, Politics and the Power of Sarah Palin

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Gus12/06/2009 1:20:05 pm PST

re: #164 iceweasel

Very true. It works like this:
Wingnut: Rich limousine libs have trust funds and know nothing of the world!
(Unless the family name is Bush; then inherited wealth and family connections and Ivy league degrees are good.)

Wingnut: We love self-made men who created their wealth! Capitalism! Entrepeneurial spirit! Rah!
(Unless the family name is Soros; then it’s bad.)
Etc.

So ideology trumps wealth. Take T Boone Pickens. When he was part of the Swiftboating he was accepted as one of them. The moment he started talking about alternative energy and wind power he was not one of them. So we’ve seen the opposite ends with Pickens. With Soros it remains rather static.