As the Poverty Rate Rises to 12.7 Percent, * says "Let them eat cake!"

[paineinthearse]

President George W. Bush joins Arizona Senator John McCain in a small celebration of McCain's 69th birthday Monday, Aug. 29, 2005, after the President's arrival at Luke Air Force Base near Phoenix. The President later spoke about Medicare to 400 guests at the Pueblo El Mirage RV Resort and Country Club in nearby El Mirage.
White House photo by Paul Morse

"LET THEM EAT CAKE!" & "DEATH TO THE MIDDLE CLASS! DEATH TO THE MIDDLE CLASS! DEATH TO THE MIDDLE CLASS! " -- Chanting coming from the White House

See related news story - Poverty Rate Rises to 12.7 Percent - at http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1737018

[aquart]

1. No. He was not offering the cake to us.

It was "Let ME eat cake. You poor bastards can starve and drown."

[etherealtruth]

3. If "you" weren't stupid and lazy you wouldn't be poor ...

Never mind, the havoc that louse ridden Chimp has unleashed on the economy ... or any of the other actions he's taken to destabilize the middle and lower income workers ...

[louis-t]

2. Might even be a phony cake.

Nyuk.