Stay Bought You F__kers-$$$ MGR To Congress: “They need to understand who their constituency is"

[kpete]

...one longtime money manager...added that he was disappointed that members of Congress from New York, especially Senator Charles E. Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, had not come out swinging for an industry that donates heavily to their campaigns. “They need to understand who their constituency is,” he said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/15/business/in-private-conversation-wall-street-is-more-critical-of-protesters.html?_r=1

[bluerum]

1. lower than whale turds

[HughBeaumont]

2. Their constituency is the people that VOTE for them, not the people that PURCHASE them, you fuck!

They're not even hiding their dickery, are they?

[Capitalocracy]

3. It perfectly illustrates their worldview

They really do live in a world where it's money that matters, not votes. They know they live in a capitalocracy, and they don't want anyone to dare challenge it.

[Laelth]

4. They fully understand who their constituency is. It's the 1% who bankroll their campaigns.

The fact that they have the letter "D" following their names is not relevant.

-Laelth

[CanonRay]

5. Boy, does that inadvertently say it all.

[BR_Parkway]

6. There's a diffference between "constituent" and "john"

[Pacifist Patriot]

7. Thumbs up