Are the Republicans the NY Yankees of Politics?

[CTLawGuy]

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0804/168905.html

Republicans Might Be Yankees of Politics
Friday August 27, 2004 2:49am


Washington (AP) - Republicans hold their convention next week in New York, home to the GOP-like Yankees. The Democrats chose Boston, whose Red Sox resemble that party.

Like Boston, New York is an overwhelmingly Democratic city, but the Yankees have historically reflected New York's richer, Republican residents. This dates back to an era when three baseball franchises played in the city, and the Brooklyn Dodgers were the workingman's team.

In fact, many Dodgers fans switched allegiance to the Red Sox after the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles, rather than embrace the haughty Yankees.

The Yankees embody values of the Republican Party - wealth, entrepreneurship. The team remains the richest in baseball, just as the GOP maintains its dominant financial position in American politics. The Yankees resist revenue-sharing aimed at helping poorer teams, just as the Republican Party fights economic policies aimed at redistributing wealth.

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I wholeheartedly agree.....

[MercutioATC]

1. If so, let's home the Democrats are the Indians...

22-0

:bounce:

[noahmijo]

2. "Yankees historically reflected New York's richer Republican residents"

Oh yea the Bronx, (home of Yankee stadium) especially the South Bronx which is rife with Yankee fans has always been known to be a hotbed of rich white old men.

[JackDragna]

3. Not even close.

Let's be careful comparing baseball teams to politics. I don't mean to burst the bubble of Red Sox fans or any other fans, but ALL baseball teams operate on the principle of charging out the wazoo for things at the stadium, trying to buy other people's free agents and so on. Their owners are usually politically conservative and are more than happy to stick it to taxpayers by whining about "competitiveness" until the taxpayers buy them a new stadium.

Frankly, I think the Red Sox are a much better example of a "conservative" team, if one wanted to use the metaphor. The Yankees are like old money: they've had it forever and will always have it forever. Boston is like the new-rich up-and-comer who claims to be the team of the little guy, but still generates enormous profits and does the same damn things to its fans the Yankees do.

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. This one one stupid ass article

The not so subtle implication is that the gop can't be beaten, so why not just submit and surrender for your own good. Fuck this guy.
We have been treated to four years of pretending that the policies espoused by limbaugh et al. actually work in practice if only we would give them more time. This is all bullshit.