Do Republicans care about integrity, or is it a nuisance?

[Elok]

You live in Maryland, sucka. You can vote for The Great Gazoo and your vote will still effectively go to Obama.

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[The Mad Monk]

Roosevelts. Kennedys.

[The Mad Monk]

I suppose the UK has such a great social welfare system because the government has been headed by a long line of David Copperfields and Oliver Twists.

[kentonio]

I suppose the UK has such a great social welfare system because the government has been headed by a long line of David Copperfields and Oliver Twists.

You've never heard of the Labour Party? Incidentally Margaret Thatcher was the daughter of a greengrocer and John Major's dad was a music hall performer. It's not considered unusual for us to elect politicians from working class or middle class backgrounds.

[Lorizael]

Does his education and experience grant him that understanding?

Of poverty? Yeah, probably. Of how to fix it? Probably not. If we had any idea how to fix poverty completely, we would have done so by now.

You live in Maryland, sucka. You can vote for The Great Gazoo and your vote will still effectively go to Obama.

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It's true.

[The Mad Monk]

x-lori

Yes. Nice suits.

[kentonio]

Of poverty? Yeah, probably.

What part of his wealthy upbringing and private schooling was it that provided this understanding?

[kentonio]

Yes. Nice suits.

?

[Lorizael]

What part of his wealthy upbringing and private schooling was it that provided this understanding?

His MBA probably gave him a fair education in economics.

[The Mad Monk]

I just skimmed down the list of Labour party leaders.

Ramsay MacDonald is the only one that comes close. The rest look middle class or better. Even Millibrand was violinist in school.

[kentonio]

His MBA probably gave him a fair education in economics.

Economics = understanding of poverty?

[Lorizael]

Economics is the study of scarcity. Poverty is one of the consequences of scarcity. Yeah.

[kentonio]

I just skimmed down the list of Labour party leaders.

Ramsay MacDonald is the only one that comes close. The rest look middle class or better. Even Millibrand was violinist in school.

Like John Clynes, son of a labourer? Arthur henderson, illegitimate son of a domestic servant? George Lansbury, son of a migrant labourer?

How about more recently Neil Kinnock, son of a miner?

[The Mad Monk]

You've never heard of the Labour Party? Incidentally Margaret Thatcher was the daughter of a greengrocer and John Major's dad was a music hall performer. It's not considered unusual for us to elect politicians from working class or middle class backgrounds.

I didn't see what you added after the question mark until just now. Doesn't Thatcher torpedo your argument?

[The Mad Monk]

Like John Clynes, son of a labourer? Arthur henderson, illegitimate son of a domestic servant? George Lansbury, son of a migrant labourer?

How about more recently Neil Kinnock, son of a miner?

I just looked at the header here. I did say I skimmed, didn't I?