Stoking Populist Anger

Back when John Edwards was taken to task for getting a $400 haircut, I marveled at the bone-headed move, but bemoaned the logic that said that because you were rich and lived in a big house, you couldn't possibly support policies that would help the lives of those less fortunate. Well, John McCain now finds himself under the same kind of attack. See Robert Greenwald's latest below:



To be sure, there's a bit of payback here, considering that McCain has repeatedly attempted to portray Barack Obama as the elitist in the race. And, unlike Edwards, McCain will never be accused of hypocrisy for making fighting poverty a center of his campaign. Still, I reject the notion that, by definition, one's personal wealth insures a lack of empathy toward the poor. One's voting record, on the other hand...