text: does bush consider *you* to be part of his base? "this is an impressive crowd — the haves and the have-mores. some people call you the elite. i call you my base." —presidential candidate george w. bush, at the annual al smith memorial foundation dinner, oct. 19, 2000  http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blbushism-elite.htm the base is the richest 5% so most americans do not fit. junior has turned "we the people" into "we the corporations"