ANYONE UP FOR SOME CLASS WARFARE?

From CNN:

Financial disclosure forms released Friday by the nation's 100 senators show there are at least 40 millionaires among them -- 22 Republicans and 18 Democrats.

Those numbers make the rat race look a lot closer then it really is though. As we all know there's actually a distinct "party of the wealthy" in the Senate. See if I'm not right. I did a little fun with numbers stuff and found the following:

Total fortunes of richest members:
Party A: 527,724,842
Party B: 99,057,562

Fortunes over 50 million
Party A: 4
Party B: 0

Over 20 million:
Party A: 5
Party B: 1

Over 10 million:
Party A: 7
Party B: 2

Over 5 million:
Party A: 11
Party B: 5

Top five? All Party 'A'. Top 10? Eight from Party 'A'

Party 'A" as you no doubt guessed, is the Democrats; the party of the obscenely wealthy Senators, who could buy diapers for every unwed mother in America for the next twenty years off the interest on their regular savings accounts.

CNN also checked the genitalia of the wealthy senators and determined that all but six were men. DiFi, however, at number 5, with 26.3 mil in the purse, is wealthier then any Republican Senator. Oh, but poor Hillrod!

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, in the news with the release of her memoir, reported a net worth ranging from $352,000 to $3.8 million. While that may seem modest for a woman who snared an $8 million book deal, the former first lady also reported substantial liabilities, ranging from $1.7 million to $6.5 million. Most of these were for legal fees, an apparent result of the numerous investigations into the Clinton's during her husband's presidential administration.

Everybody go buy a copy right now! Don't forget you'll be helping three ghost writers put their kids through college. (And hey, did Hilly report all that stolen White House stuff she sold on Ebay?)

More highlights from the CNN coverage:

The Senate's majority leader, Republican Bill Frist of Tennessee, is another of the millionaires. A heart surgeon, Frist's family founded the Healthcare Company, a large hospital chain. His net worth is estimated at between $15.1 million and $42.3 million.

In comparison, his Democratic counterpart, Tom Daschle of South Dakota, comes from more modest means. His financial disclosure form shows a net worth estimated at $416,000 to $1.2 million.

Yikes! That's a long, long bunny trail to hop down for that lame comparison. What's the point?

I could go on and on, but hopefully by now you see the clear difference between the party of the wealthy and the party of the people.
I'm not against having millionaires in the senate, by the way. Sure some married or inherited their vast fortunes (and certainly some from outside Massachusetts didn't earn their money either), but I'm sure most of them worked hard to achieve success. Exactly the people I want to run the country.

I'm not against millionaires in the Senate. I am, however, against hypocrites.

Here's the original CNN story. Enjoy.