And if you look at many of our Democrat-created (such as by FDR and LBJ) social programs here in the U.S., such as Welfare, Medicare, Medicade, Social Security, you’ll find that most often what they do is take money from workers, and give it to people who don’t work.

Before reform, Welfare and Medicade were always for the unemployed, people with jobs would not have qualified for benefits.

Our government is a construct designed to be run by the people, not a dictatorship, not an “us” vs. “them.”

Maybe so in theory, but that is not really how it is in reality. Politics is very “us vs them”, this blog is “us vs them”, as is most on either side. Karl Rove was one of the biggest and most prominent “us vs them” promoters and enforcers since the days of Lee Atwater.

So it may be how it should be, but it’s not. In a capitalist society, modern or archaic, there is and always must be class distinction.

Throughout history “The People” have always been the masses, the working class, not the ruling class.
AprilOrit

“We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union…”
Preamble to the Constitution

In this country, anyway, the People means everyone: rich or poor, ruling or ruled.

Too many people have forgotten that (including many of the politicians). In my opinion the Democrats elected to office have forgotten that more than the Republicans.

The authors of the Preamble saw it as an agreement between the people and the government of the United States, and they would have considered themselves among the people even while they were among those governing, since holding office was supposed to be a finite duty not a lifetime appointment.

Our government is a construct designed to be run by the people, not a dictatorship, not an “us” vs. “them.”

Clever marketing ploy of Laura to plant herself in that Pinkook crowd and lead the chant!

I’ll bet it took a shower or two to remove the smell.

Congratulations to Laura. I would love to hear that arranged and preformed by the Ventilators!

All right, more John Lennon songs!

The Left throughout history has always represented the common worker.

No, April, the left has always claimed to represent the working class, but the reality has been far different. For example the communists (i.e., the farthest left) have always claimed to represent the “workers” or the “proletariat”, but instead of giving power to the workers, they seized it for themseves, merely replacing the rulers that they overthrow. And if you look at many of our Democrat-created (such as by FDR and LBJ) social programs here in the U.S., such as Welfare, Medicare, Medicade, Social Security, you’ll find that most often what they do is take money from workers, and give it to people who don’t work.

Nice try but people are just not down with this kind of chicanery.

AprilOrit on September 20, 2007 at 1:33 PM

Laura didn’t pick the title as a chicanery. Some commenters did interpret it that way, or suggested that the left could…The book is about something totally different. From Amazon.com:

Book Description
Top-rated radio personality Laura Ingraham is fed up with the rule of the elites, and POWER TO THE PEOPLE issues a call to arms-a plea to reinvigorate our birthright of liberty, to reconnect to our American heritage, to revive our commitment to traditional, conservative principles, and to grow as people by summoning our moral resolve and living our faith.

Our side is blessed with so many intelligent, erudite, women who can express our point of view so successfully. We have Laura, Michelle, Tammy, Coulter, Mona Charon, and so on. And they all do very well in sales, despite the attempt of the big-box stores to bury them in the stacks instead of showcasing them as new books.

The fact that these conservatrive authors (the men as well as the women) CONSISTENTLY rise to the tops of the charts of the (enemy) NY Times book list must give Pinch heartburn. It certainly drives the nutjob morons at DU and DKOS crazy.

Nice try April. Laura talks about today’s people. The left has no trademark on the term “the people”. We’re past feudalism, and for that matter old-time capitalism too.

Maybe in the world of partisan politics, but in the real world that is what The Right Wing is, what is stands for. Embrace it, accept it, be proud to be a member there of, it is what it is. No books with misleading titles or revisionist dialogue is going to change the meaning.

Nice try but people are just not down with this kind of chicanery.

Nice try April. Laura talks about today’s people. The left has no trademark on the term “the people”. We’re past feudalism, and for that matter old-time capitalism too.

I believe the title of the book is also clever in that unsuspecting/unknowlegeable RDDBs will buy it thinking it is a leftist book.

Brat on September 20, 2007 at 8:17 AM

Indeed. If they are unsuspecting of who/how the author is, they might think it’s another Marxist manifesto. Clever indeed, though I don’t think that’s what was in Laura’s mind.

The left has hijacked the term “The People” for itself

Not true. Throughout history “The People” have always been the masses, the working class, not the ruling class. Laura Ingraham is hardly a member of the masses or the people, she is a member of The Right Wing, which does not represent the masses. The Left throughout history has always represented the common worker.

The Framers were “The People” who fought against the Crown -King George – who represented “The Right Wing” or the ruling class.

This idea that The Right Wing is now representing “the people” is misrepresentation, or that the Right Wing is suddenly the underdog, well is just erroneous.

Sorry guys, I am a Republican and am proud to be an honest one. I will not rewrite history for partisan purposes.

Left On! Doesn’t make the same context, does it?

The left has hijacked the term “The People” for itself. Maybe this book (which I haven’t read yet) will at least remind everyone that the Left aren’t the only People.

We are not the people, we are the ruling class, the Left Wing is “the people”, were always “the people”.

The cover photo really doesn’t do her justice though.

Thanks Bryan!

Congratulations to Laura.

And congratulations to Michelle, the signature website should register it’s 100,000,000 visit today!