I’ve been picking up on this as well:

Even though the crises facing the financial and automotive industries were born primarily of the actions (or inaction) of those in positions of power in private industry and in government, many conservative media figures have assigned blame to specific groups of less wealthy or less influential people — the poor, minorities, undocumented immigrants, and union members, among others — disregarding the facts that belie such assignments of blame.

Hear this all the time - minorities caused the housing crisis; unions are to blame for Detroit’s woes.

But if it’s class warfare they want, sometimes I think it’s class warfare they should have. Came across this last night reading Paul Krugman’s “Conscience of a Liberal,” FDR’s speech at Madison Square Garden in 1936:

Powerful influences strive today to restore that kind of government with its doctrine that that Government is best which is most indifferent.

For nearly four years you have had an Administration which instead of twirling its thumbs has rolled up its sleeves. We will keep our sleeves rolled up.

We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace and business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.

They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.

Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me‹and I welcome their hatred.

I think this speech would play pretty well today, don’t you?