Considering the unabashed love affair the GOP has with the top 1%, so called "The Base" and the total disregard for the Middle Class with the bailouts and such, I find it hard to believe other middle class folks like us who post here defend the special treatment the Base gets at the expense of everyone else.

We didn't pay for the Bush tax cuts when enacted, there was no pay-go when the GOP controlled congress but now they say we must pay for unemployment benefits yet it's a great idea to extend the Bush tax cuts and NOT PAY for them.

I don't understand people who aren't rich deluding themselves into thinking they might get rich someday so they identify themselves with folks who consider us "the whispering class" and vote against their best interests. (Meg Whitman)