quote:"Bingo" is right Flatus, I couldn't have said it better myself, a Capitalist: "a guy who doesn't mind wrecking economies to pad his fortune." Wall Street and Corporate America are filled with them. We are taught to idolize them and the Corporate Media praises them as celebraties. They consistently back Republicans but some are liberal on social issues, not many but some.
Pogo, you need to look at look at the rich backers of the left; these people tend to be fast buck artists. The reason is these people can get rich from the misery of others. Trial lawyers can get rich destroying manufacturers that make products that can be misused by people worthy of a Darwin Award mention. Closed factories equals unemployment. Then there are the hedge fund and commodities people who can move money to safe havens and then manipulate the values of commodities and currency causing misery to us all and then they can swoop in and pick up bargains when the economy goes under.
Old more traditional rich people who favor some stability in the markets tend to favor Republicans. These are the people who outright own the businesses or have stock in the companies sued or scammed out of existence by the fast-buck artists. These are the people who employ others and who have to lay off employees when the economy goes bad.
As far as the last major contributors to the Dem's, the actors and performers, I 'm not sure they have a reason to support anyone. Maybe it just feels good to give to people who talk a good story about helping "the Little People". I can think of better charities.