The oldest fraud
The people at
DGCI post this link to an
excellent Thomas Sowell essay:
From DGCI:
bq.
The oldest fraud
Thomas Sowell weighs in on the myth that the Democratic Party is the party of the poor, the down-trodden, and the working class.
Add this one to your "must read" list for today.
From the essay:
bq. Election frauds are nothing new and neither are political frauds in general. The oldest fraud is the belief that the political left is the party of the poor and the downtrodden.
bq. The election results in California are only the latest evidence to give the lie to that belief. While the state as a whole went for Kerry, 55 percent versus 44 percent for Bush, the various counties ranged from 71 percent Bush to 83 percent Kerry. The most affluent counties were where Kerry had his strongest support.
bq. In Marin County, where the average home price is $750,000, 73 percent of the votes went for Kerry. In Alameda County, where Berkeley is located, it was 74 percent Kerry. San Francisco, with the highest rents of any major city in the country, gave 83 percent of its votes to Kerry.
bq. Out where ordinary people live, it was a different story. Thirty-six counties went for Bush versus 22 counties for Kerry, and usually by more balanced vote totals, though Bush went over 70 percent in less fashionable places like Lassen County and Modoc County. If you have never heard of them, there's a reason.
He goes on to list some other examples current as well as historical.
Very good writing!
Posted by DaveH at November 5, 2004 10:31 PM