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  Sunday  February 27  2011    05: 48 PM

class warfare

Wisconsin is the front line in right-wing class warfare

"The political showdown in Wisconsin is about class warfare. No one in the traditional media wants to admit it. No one in the traditional media wants to admit that the Republican agenda is about class warfare. Many in the traditional media long ago chose sides, and they don't want anyone to know that the war exists. They only call it class warfare when those who aren't of the plutocratic elite try to stand up for their rights. They only call it class warfare when those who aren't of the plutocratic elite attempt to draw attention to what the plutocratic elite are trying to do.

"Wisconsin has become ground zero in the class war. That's the real story about Wisconsin. Against all odds, the real story about Wisconsin even began to emerge last week in the traditional media. It wasn't named for what it is, but some of the facts began to be reported, and those facts speak for themselves. "