Booker: Being asked to pay your fair share isn’t class warfare, it’s patriotism

Cory BookerCHARLOTTE, N.C. – Rising Democratic star Cory Booker was back on the wagon tonight, heaping praise on the Democratic Party platform and walking the party line.

“Being asked to pay your fair share isn’t class warfare, it’s patriotism,” the Newark, NJ mayor told the crowd.

Booker’s remark is reminiscent of claims by Vice President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama that ‘paying taxes is patriotic.’

“So socialism is patriotism now?” Misfit Politics’ Brandon Morse exclaimed on twitter after the comment.

Booker, who was once lauded as both an inspirational figure in the Democratic Party and one Republicans were able to work across the aisle with, has been in exile since he criticized the Obama campaign for attacking GOP nominee Mitt Romney’s record at private investment firm Bain Capital. After it became clear the remarks had rubbed Democratic Party leaders the wrong way, Booker walked back his remarks in a YouTube video now nicknamed the Booker “hostage” video. So bad was Booker’s ‘clarification’ video, politicos are now calling walkbacks from rank and file members of the Democratic Party as ‘getting Cory Bookered.’

Booker was not a featured speaker at the convention Tuesday. Rather, he was selected to officially present the Democratic Party platform as part of a committee report, which yielded him speaking time.

After the Bain Capital incident, Booker was lucky to have a speaking slot at the convention, period. But the fact that he was scheduled at 6pm, outside of primetime convention coverage, shows just where the New Jersey politician stands with the Democratic establishment. Booker spoke just before North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue. Berdue is unarguably the most unpopular Governor in America. The only reason Perdue, who is not seeking re-election, is even speaking at the convention is because it is being held in her state. Bev Purdue is not a figure you want to be bracketed next to.

Booker obviously needed to say something notable to get back on good terms with the party establishment tonight, which is why he reintroduced the idea that paying higher taxes is patriotic, and therefore rich people should be happy to have their taxes raised, but it’s sad to see him selling out and choosing politics over policy.

By /// September 4, 2012
Francesca Chambers About Francesca Chambers

Francesca is the Editor of Red Alert Politics - an online publication written by and for young conservatives. Red Alert Politics is a product of Clarity Media Group, the parent company of The Washington Examiner and The Weekly Standard. She is also a contributor to The Washington Examiner.

Francesca is a veteran of several political campaigns and political organizations. She has also worked in new media and communications at The Leadership Institute, at the Republican National Committee and on Capitol Hill. She has been featured as a speaker at Leadership Institute, Cato Institute, Americans for Prosperity's "Defending the American Dream Summit," the State Policy Network's annual conference and CPAC, in addition to appearing as a regular guest on the "Big Picture" with Thom Hartmann on Russia Today.

She has also appeared on ABC's "Nightline", PBS' 'NewsHour', PBS' "To the Contrary", MSNBC, CNN, on TheBlazeTV (aka Glenn Beck TV) and had radio segments on Take Action News with David Shuster, NPR and "The Michael Koolidge Show."

In 2012 she was named to the DC GOP's first ever "35 under 35" list.

Francesca graduated from the University of Kansas with BAs in Political Science and Journalism. At KU she was an editor of the University Daily Kansan and an active member of Student Senate.

Comments

  1. Tiffany says:
    September 5, 2012 at 8:28 am

    Dear Francesca,

    Once again, you’ve hammered out another hard-hitting expose’ on the lengths the Socialist Democratic’ers will go to to brainwash our corruptible workers and homemakers through blatant lies and fibs and such.

    As an ALL AMERICAN conservative, you have to STAND UP for what you believe in like my uncle Marcus did when he refused to take money from the SOCIALIST FEMA and RED CROSS after a tornado destroyed his house last spring!

    He lives in a used Pod now (which he purchased with his own money, thank you very much!), but his DIGNITY is intact, because he stood up to the LEFT WINGERS who wanted to bribe him into becoming a COMMUNIST by helping him re-build his house!

    As girl reporters, we need to STICK TOGETHER, and defend those who don’t have time to read or think, from the MSNBC big government money-takers and such!

    You Go Girl!

    Tiffany

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