Right On The Right

Rich people vote for Republicans. Poor people vote for Democrats. The working man has been and always will be in the (D) column while CEOs and billionaires will always have (R)s next to their name. Wrong, and now wrong again. Cut to a Wall Street Journal article that backs up my first post:

DENVER -- Driving her city bus through downtown Denver, Angela Williams would seem to be one of those "invisible" people Hillary Clinton and fellow Democrats appeal to. She's a Hispanic union member who earns $39,000 a year.

Jim Kelley, whose office Ms. Williams drives by, looks like one of those plutocrats whom Democrats are talking about taxing more. He buys companies for the $7 billion private-equity firm Vestar Capital Partners, with headquarters on New York's Park Avenue.

Think again. Ms. Williams, 43 years old, is a conservative Christian whose biggest political fear is that fellow Republicans might nominate abortion-rights supporter Rudy Giuliani for president. Mr. Kelley, 53, is writing big campaign checks for Barack Obama and other Democrats -- and taxes don't make his top 10 list of critical political issues.

The graphic above has the key points that the Journal is trying to make. The stereotypes that rich oil tycoons and business moguls are solidly Republican need to be thrown out the window. What's it going to take for the preconceived notion to be shattered? Do we literally need to take a $40,000 a year earning Republican off the street and have him run for the White House? Stupid liberal talking points are harder to break than you might think.