Opening the door … and welcoming their hatred

Opening the door … and welcoming their hatred

by digby

Yet another whining billionaire. (Is there any other kind?)

“We are sitting on the 18th floor of a skyscraper the day after protesters have marched on the homes of other Manhattan billionaires. It may seem odd that most of the targeted rich people had nothing to do with creating the financial crisis. But as Mr. Zuckerman ponders the Occupy Wall Street movement, he concludes that “the door to it was opened by the Obama administration, going after the ‘millionaires and billionaires’ as if everybody is a millionaire and a billionaire and they didn’t earn it. . . . To fan that flame of populist anger I think is very divisive and very dangerous for this country.”

Uh, Mort? I know you’re sensitive. But if you think Obama’s tepid little “fat cat” remark and polite request that corporate jet owners pay a little more in taxes is fanning the flames of populist anger, I’d have your butler get some smelling salts ready for this one:

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