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Limousine liberal

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Li`mou`sine´ lib`er`al
n.1.a wealthy or well-to-do person of liberal political inclination. It is sometimes used as a term of contempt for those espousing the cause of poor people, without having to endure the discomfort that their policies may inflict on others, such as the lower middle class.


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Later, we see scenes from Che's 1964 post-Cuban-revolution trip to the United Nations, shot in black and white, during which he trades quips with New York's limousine liberals and addresses the General Assembly.
Eliot documents in compelling detail how Reagan's transformation from an FDR Democrat to a Goldwater Republican was tightly linked to his experiences within the film industry, always a hotbed of leftists and limousine liberals (such as James Cagney, who funded the pro-communist Abraham Lincoln Brigades in the Spanish Civil War).
To the right, of course, this makes Franken an obnoxious limousine liberal, a symbol of the condescension and cultural elitism that, they believe, defines the left and the Democratic Party.
 
 
 
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