Aren't there ANY Dem. billionaires who care enough about our country to give $$$ to OUR side?

[Mutiny In Heaven]

65. On the surface, it doesn't look as though he cares

Last edited Fri Jun 8, 2012, 11:36 AM - Edit history (1)

My suspicion with a lot of these guys is that they professes to be liberal because it helps with the image. I can't back that up with fact, of course, but if you're a hugely rich person who cares passionately about something that doesn't stand a ghost of a chance if it isn't sufficiently funded, wouldn't you try to help? I just don't understand the thought process.

Ultimately, however, the impression one gets is that they don't really care who governs the US. They'll toss out the odd sound bite, but what evidence is there beyond that? We know that the right-wing billionaires care passionately about their cause, why isn't there the same fervour from the ultra-wealthy on the left?

Buffett is not stupid, Soros is not stupid. They know as I do that it will be IMPOSSIBLE for future Democratic candidates to win election without making a massive turn to the right. If they care, if my speculation is completely off-base then they need to get their money out; by doing nothing they are surely offering a tacit acceptance of CU, which will be enshrined forever in the event of a Romney win. Saying, as Buffett did, that he won't donate because he doesn't agree with it is preposterous, it's idiotic, and I don't believe that he's an idiot.

I'm not suggesting that they're aligned with the right because they are choosing not to contribute, but I don't think it's unfair to hope that they'll end up helping the pushback against the cacophony of well produced right-wing distortions handed to the GOP by Koch & their ilk in a big way, or wondering why their has been comparative indifference if they don't.

If Romney, bolstered by his huge pile of Koch money, wins the election this year, don't complain when it becomes essential for Democrats to woo Koch and co by putting together a policy package that is extremely desirable to them; it's the only way they will be able to compete. They'll absolutely HAVE to undercut the GOP on things like taxes & deregulation, that will be an absolute, unshakeable necessity or they won't get Koch onside.