I was just reading this kosacks diary http://www.dailykos.com/... on changing the narrative that the right wing is making that we are all just people who want handouts.
Alphac2005 makes a huge point saying that:
As we all know, the right wing echo-chamber is going into overdrive, trying to figure out which excuse to make stick, and what they tend to say is their typical garbage. The deniers tote out Hurricane Sandy and the one that they are clearly latching onto is that President Obama has been re-elected because of a bunch of lazy people that want stuff from the government. Rove and company at Faux News are working on overdrive with this one and Democrats need to act.
Well... this just came out, and although I posted it in his comments, I felt it needed it's own headline.
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Obama Wins 8 of the Nation’s 10 Wealthiest Counties
In an election that often focused on debates about class warfare, President Barack Obama was favored over multimillionaire businessman Mitt Romney in eight of the nation’s 10 wealthiest counties.
And his margin of victory in all eight counties was greater than that of the national vote, in which Obama was leading by 50 percent to 48 percent with 97 percent of precincts reporting.
The findings are based on a CNBC.com analysis of Census Bureau numbers on average annual household income from 2006-2011 and results from Tuesday’s elections.
The 10 richest counties accounted for 1,337,700 votes, or about 1.1 percent of the national popular vote.
In the richest, Massachusetts’ Nantucket County, where average annual household income is over $137,000, Obama won by 63 percent to Romney’s 36 percent with all precincts reporting. The richest county in Romney’s home state is also where, just prior to accepting the Republican nomination, the former Massachusetts governor held a $75,000-per-person dinner fundraiser.
Read the full article:
http://www.cnbc.com/...
So let's stop that crazy narrative that we're the 50% that just wants handouts. It's a bunch of BS.