Wake up folks: nobody with power gives a fuck about you.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

305. Actually, he said "both parties work for the 1%."

In addition, in the context in which he said it, he was referring to the fact that some top-level persons who act in the name of the parties work for the 1%. He, of course, did not say and did not intend to say that grass-roots Democrats work for the 1%.

Given the context, saying that "both parties work for the 1%" is not the same as saying that "Dems and Repugs both work for the 1%."

Even if he had otherwise said that "Dems and Repugs both work for the 1%," the context would have clearly indicated that such statement would not have applied to grass-root Democrats.

What are "grass-root Democrats"? Those are persons who are registered as Democrats, value traditional Democratic values, and typically vote for those with the big (D) after their names no matter what. Manning did not intend to apply his statement to such Democrats.