How the other half leads

Check out Roll Call’s annual list of the “50 richest members of Congress.” Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., tops the list with $230.9 million. Six Democrats and four Republicans make up the top 10. The only Kansas connection is No. 19 Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., whose $16.4 million wealth with husband and former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole includes 119 acres in the state. Let the reader beware, though. Roll Call notes that “it is based on the lawmakers’ financial disclosure forms, which are extraordinarily unreliable sources of information.”

9 Comments

  1. Pleefer
    Posted September 24, 2008 at 6:46 am | Permalink

    la Terreur.

    Monopoly men, using Monopoly money to destroy America. Treason is what it is.

    la Terreur, we need a new one.

  2. Raptor
    Posted September 24, 2008 at 7:13 am | Permalink

    Does that mean the media is going to make a big deal about how many cars John Kerry owns? Of course not..they don’t attack Democrats.

  3. Maggotpunk
    Posted September 24, 2008 at 8:22 am | Permalink

    Raptor, how many cars does John Kerry own? Obama owns one car, which he shares with his wife, but he’s an elitist.

  4. Raptor
    Posted September 24, 2008 at 8:35 am | Permalink

    I don’t know, and really don’t care. It was the media fixating on how many cars John McCain owns…but it seems they don’t care about anyone else.

  5. Phantom
    Posted September 24, 2008 at 9:31 am | Permalink

    How’d the Dole’s get so rich?

  6. YellowdogLiberal
    Posted September 24, 2008 at 9:39 am | Permalink

    How’d the Doles get so rich?

    Libby comes from money and Bob has been a successful rainmaker for several high-dollar law firms in the D.C. (read lobbyists) area.

  7. MaxGrobnik
    Posted September 24, 2008 at 10:23 am | Permalink

    More Lib Class Envy.

    Obama will fix things. He’ll steal income & assets from the rich.

    That’ll fix em.

  8. Phantom
    Posted September 24, 2008 at 10:25 am | Permalink

    Good, maybe he’ll get back some of what bush has given them. Not only in tax cuts, but from the treasury.

  9. American_Way
    Posted September 24, 2008 at 11:09 am | Permalink

    “based on the lawmakers’ financial disclosure forms, which are extraordinarily unreliable sources of information.”

    And you know why that is?

    Because lawmakers made the forms!!!!!!!!!!