The "Occupy" Rallies

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lawgator1 said:
That's wise. Marginalize them. Ignore them.

The Democratic party encourages you to continue with that mindset.





We'll see.
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hmmm, you marginalize the Tea Party every chance you get and I'm supposed to take you seriously when you say that these filthy neo-hippies occupying Wall Street are evidence that something's afoot in America?

I'd call you a retard, but that's insulting to anybody who has ever ridden the short bus to law school.
 
#102
#102
lawgator1 said:
That's wise. Marginalize them. Ignore them.

The Democratic party encourages you to continue with that mindset.
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The problem is, I don't think people are really buying into these protests being genuine.
 
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#103
#103
lawgator1 said:
Ignoring your "fall for" lingo, you are just dead wrong. Cain's remark iis ammunition for the Dems to sway independents and moderates that the GOP does not care about their interests.

Heck, you are going to hear about it, I predict, in the next GOP debate. He'll be chided, and correctly so, for simply dismissing them as lazy malcontents.
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If they use this as ammunition, would they be telling the truth or would the be dishonest in the characterization? In other words, would it be a "clever" tactic, or would it be based on fact?
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
It could come up if a Gwen Ifall type moderating the debates, I suppose. But you aren't going to have that question being originated by someone behind a podium.
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Exactly . . . No way is Mitt Romney going to take the side of a manufactured protest and give Herman Cain the chance to to stare into a camera and talk about the greatness of self reliance in America followed by an eruption of applause and those focus group people breaking the dials with positive responses.
 
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GAVol said:
The problem is, I don't think people are really buying into these protests being genuine.
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I think you're right. The general populace has become desensitized by 45-50+ years of marches and demonstrations by leftists. I don't think that even your average "kitchen table" Democrats take these guys to seriously.
 
#107
#107
Thought this was interesting: the mayor of NY is directing the NYPD on the protesters, while the mayor of LA is personally handing out raincoats to protesters there.

Also, people protesting in NY with piercings and tattoos are lauded as freaks, yet people that dressed up in patriot tri-point hats and protested for the Tea Party aren't?
 
#108
#108
VOLatile said:
Thought this was interesting: the mayor of NY is directing the NYPD on the protesters, while the mayor of LA is personally handing out raincoats to protesters there.
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both mayors are tools, but at least Bloomberg understands that you can't have a bunch of idiots clogging the streets and holding up the lives of 7+ million people
 
#109
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Rasputin_Vol said:
I think you're right. The general populace has become desensitized by 45-50+ years of marches and demonstrations by leftists. I don't think that even your average "kitchen table" Democrats take these guys to seriously.
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It's just so blatantly obvious that this is ginned up to make people believe there's a left leaning, frustration driven protest to counter the Tea Party.
 
#111
#111
It is awesome how one side orgasms for govt and hates businesses and vice versa
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#112
#112
The reason this crap gets taken less seriously than the Tea Party (which I don't support, but I understand) is because the middle of the road American sees the individuals in the Tea Party as everyday folks. Some of those folks might where goofy hats, but they are still everyday folks. Conversely, the average American sees these "occupiers" as your everyday college students. People simply don't take whiny, lazy college students as seriously as they take their next door neighbors.
 
#113
#113
Occupy Birmingham begins tonight - not sure what they are going to occupy; maybe Dreamland BBQ
 
#114
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lawgator1 said:
That's great, but does not address the impression that the middle class increasingly have, which is that they are being shafted by the GOP call for them to sacrifice their economic safety nets while corproate execs make and take home more and more and more and more and more....

1) Whether you agree with them or not, you ignore their frustration at your own peril; 2) Whether you agree with tem or not, it is incredibly politcally stupid to insult them as lazy, which is what Cain did.

Agree, disagree, see it from another side, whatever. Politically it was an incredibly dumb thing to say.
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No. Thats where the political game from the left begins. If your foolish enough to buy it, then your just that.
 
#115
#115
GAVol said:
If he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and given things in life, it would be arrogant. But we're talking about a black man whose Mom was a maid and whose Dad was a chauffeur yet he earned a Masters degree, became a CEO and was a director of the Fed . . . I'd say he speaks with some authority on this topic.
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Given he's black, none of that can be possible. He'd have to be a liberal.
 
#116
#116
We have a capitalist system. There will be winners and losers. That's the way it's supposed to work. But when you declare institutions Too Big To (Let) Fail, you skew that system. Let the banks fail, let them sell their assets like any other company that goes bankrupt. If an institution is judged too big to let it fail, then demand it be broken up into small enough parts that they can fail.
1% of the population holds 90% of the wealth? So what. As long as they're paying 90% of the taxes, I don't care. It's called capitalism. They're not paying 90% of the taxes? Then demand they do.
Demand that we as a country stick to our capitalist guns or bury them and take up socialism for all, not just the rich. But shut up about the 99%. There will always be a 99% with capitalism.
 
#117
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bamawriter said:
The reason this crap gets taken less seriously than the Tea Party (which I don't support, but I understand) is because the middle of the road American sees the individuals in the Tea Party as everyday folks. Some of those folks might where goofy hats, but they are still everyday folks. Conversely, the average American sees these "occupiers" as your everyday college students. People simply don't take whiny, lazy college students as seriously as they take their next door neighbors.
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Most Americans don't take the Tea Party seriously. Most see them as a bunch of old , white, whiners. Not everday folk.
 
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k-town_king said:
Most Americans don't take the Tea Party seriously. Most see them as a bunch of old , white, whiners. Not everday folk.
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most? I don't think that's correct. There's a segment that thinks they're a bunch of racists (see LG) and more that wish they would just shut up and let the govt do their thing. However I think more identify with their views than you would want to admit and it's becoming easier to sway people the longer this guy stays in the WH.

These silly protests will do nothing to change that
 
#119
#119
These people are just plain ignorant. Maybe they should "Occupy" jobs and it might help their situation.
 
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#122
bamawriter said:
I don't think these protestors are the "havenots". They seem more like the "willnots" or the "don'twanttos".
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Right. Dismiss them as lazy and whiny. Its not like there is a 9 % unemployment rate and kids graduating from college have little prospect of finding a good job. Because they are lazy.
 
#123
#123
You want to see how broad-based this is?

A 22 year-old collected 153,000 petition signatures protesting Bank of America's $5 a month check card fee.
 
#124
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lawgator1 said:
You want to see how broad-based this is?

A 22 year-old collected 153,000 petition signatures protesting Bank of America's $5 a month check card fee.
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He could have been much more efficient with his time if he found a new bank and then looked for a job (I am assuming he is unemployed) in the time he saved not collecting signatures.
 
#125
#125
lawgator1 said:
You want to see how broad-based this is?

A 22 year-old collected 153,000 petition signatures protesting Bank of America's $5 a month check card fee.
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Where was this kid and his 153k signers when the Durbin Amendment was being voted on?
 
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