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Does the Tea Party have a chance to influence the Occupy protests?
Milwaukee Story ^ | 10.13.11 | Shaun Booth

Posted on 11/01/2011 7:23:41 AM PDT by packback

The majority of media outlets are attempting to deal with the Occupy Wall Street phenomenon as any other mass movement that pops up out of nowhere with a clearly defined voice and message. As the protests continue and with no clear end in sight

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: federalreserve; occupy; teaparty
Can you imagine if the Tea Party could take over a portion of the occupy protests and inject a cut spending aspect to it? It would completely marginalize the movement and strengthen the Tea Party's influence.
1 posted on 11/01/2011 7:23:44 AM PDT by packback
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To: packback

Why would we want to take over the nazi party?


2 posted on 11/01/2011 7:25:19 AM PDT by cripplecreek (A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
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To: packback

There needs to more YouTube “classes” to teach our occupiers.


3 posted on 11/01/2011 7:26:13 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: packback

Come on it’s obvious they do have one message and it’s we want free stuff and you have to pay for it.


4 posted on 11/01/2011 7:26:45 AM PDT by mk2000
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To: packback

qui cum canibus concumbunt cum pulicibus surgent.

lie down with dogs, get up with fleas


5 posted on 11/01/2011 7:29:16 AM PDT by nascarnation (DEFEAT BARAQ 2012 DEPORT BARAQ 2013)
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To: packback
It would completely marginalize the movement and strengthen the Tea Party's influence.

I think the OWS movement was meant to marginalize the Tea Party movement by mimicking some of the issues and mixing in other contradictory concerns and diluting the TP influence.

To casual observers, protesters are protesters and some are violent and confrontational and it would be better if they all just went away.

6 posted on 11/01/2011 7:33:37 AM PDT by oldbrowser (Democrats have no superego.)
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To: nascarnation

Judging by the posting history, I think this one already has fleas.


7 posted on 11/01/2011 7:33:47 AM PDT by cripplecreek (A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
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To: packback

Please...these people are not truly interested in real change or accomplishing something of real value. Half of them are there to get high and party and the other half are anarchists looking to take on the cops. It’s all going to end badly.


8 posted on 11/01/2011 7:37:49 AM PDT by NMEwithin
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To: Paladin2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDPayWN9elk&feature=feedf

Ask and ye shall receive.

9 posted on 11/01/2011 7:38:54 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: packback
I disagree with the author.

The majority of media outlets are attempting to deal with the Occupy Wall Street phenomenon as any other mass movement that pops up out of nowhere with a clearly defined voice and message.

The implication here is that OWS has a clearly defined message. So far, I haven't seen it ... anyone? anyone? Their most common message seems to be petty crime and poor hygiene.

...mainstream media is pointing fingers at everyone from George Soros to the Obama administration...

I haven't seen the lamestream media point any fingers at 'rats regarding OWS. This is a vacuous defense of the media.

The protesters are not hyper-political or previously even politically active...

Sounds like the author is trying to draw parallels with the TEA Party. The TEA Party did in fact draw out many people who had not been to political rallies before. (I'm one of them!)

...they just know they played little to no part in causing the country’s current economic situation.

Throwing the BS flag on this one. The people in and behind OWS are exactly the people to blame for the current economic situation. The economy isn't trashed because of big business. It is trashed because of poor fiscal policy including runaway spending, huge deficits, entitlements, big government, and anti-capitalist, pro-socialist policies and attitudes. It has been people just like you that have elected people that put these policies into effect, causing the housing bubble and subsequent crisis, debt, and collapse.

In short OWS'er. If you want to know why you don't have a good job and a little economic security and freedom...look in the mirror. It is you, and other ignorant people just like you, that failed econ 101 or never paid attention. You've allowed yourselves to be manipulated by the big-government socialists into believing you're entitled to all kinds of things, that you have "rights" to this or that and the government will ensure you get them - if you just give these guys more power, more control. Well, here's a brief history lesson kiddies - socialism sucks. Socialism has failed to create a prosperous and happy society every single time it has been tried. It is failing again, here, right now and dragging us and our Country down.

So instead of sitting in your own filth in a park somewhere, clean yourself up, get a job - any job. If you can publicly live in squalor in a park, then there is no job beneath you. Make something of yourself and your community. There are no handouts, no free lunch, nobody owes you a thing for simply sitting there converting oxygen into CO2.

10 posted on 11/01/2011 7:42:22 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: ThunderSleeps
The people in and behind OWS are exactly the people to blame for the current economic situation. The economy isn't trashed because of big business. It is trashed because of poor fiscal policy including runaway spending, huge deficits, entitlements, big government, and anti-capitalist, pro-socialist policies and attitudes. It has been people just like you that have elected people that put these policies into effect, causing the housing bubble and subsequent crisis, debt, and collapse.

I would add that the pathetic losers are immature children who behave as if mommy and daddy never told them "no". They refuse to live within their means and think they need every luxury life has to offer but have no wish to work for it. Instead they want someone else to pay for it.
11 posted on 11/01/2011 7:51:53 AM PDT by cripplecreek (A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
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To: ThunderSleeps
Nice analysis. You saved my a lot of typing.

But I disagree somewhat with your comment about a clearly defined message. They do have a message and, while not clearly defined, it is clearly Marxist. They are after an end to Capitalism and the installation of a Marxist government. That is why you see no real objection to Obama. They know that he represents their best chance of achieving their goal. Scary stuff to say the least.

Take a look at their Manefesto: The99PercentDeclaration.

Read it. There is a bit of libertarianism in it but those elements are swamped by the Marxist content.

Note also that it infers a level of organization or at least organizational goals that have not been widely discussed in the MSM or even here on FR.

12 posted on 11/01/2011 8:06:26 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: packback

Basically the TEA party events were responsible tax-paying citizens coming out to rallies in order to have their voice heard in regards to an out of control government that was ignoring the Constitution and the principles that founded the nation, ignoring the people and infringing upon the private sector.

The Occupiers are basically a bunch of corrupt, free loading anarchists, Marxists and hippie libertarian types who have no regard for the rule of law and feel that if they form mobs and act despicable that they can intimidate people into giving them more government handouts.

Basically these Occupiers are largely people who are soon to become a new wave of homeless people. They live in the parks (or anywhere they can occupy) , spout incoherent messages and demand handouts. The Occupy movement is a plague on a moral and responsible society and is of course then by nature the democrat party base.

The TEA party in reality was a reaction to scum such as these Occupiers and the out of control lawlessness, immorality, and government dependency that they bring.


13 posted on 11/01/2011 8:08:31 AM PDT by TheBigIf
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To: InterceptPoint
Note also that it infers a level of organization or at least organizational goals

Its also one of the reason any talk of joining them should be rebuffed in harshest terms possible. The idiots in the street may not have clear goals but those directing them from the shadows are very much aware of what they're doing. Those shadowy figures are the ones who want tea partiers out there with them because they intend to use us the same way.

The nazis were never a huge political party with vast support but they used the economic disaster of the Wiemar Republic to get a wide variety of people in the street demanding change.
14 posted on 11/01/2011 8:27:13 AM PDT by cripplecreek (A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
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To: packback

Why do you want to run with communists and anarchists????

The Tea Party was and continues to be successful because we know it is about elections not sit ins


15 posted on 11/01/2011 8:37:53 AM PDT by Nifster
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To: MrEdd
I heard that on some radio program. It's a start.

We need to produce some that show it's the gov't's fault. And drop off leaflets so's our occupiers can watch it on their smart phones.

16 posted on 11/01/2011 8:49:44 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: InterceptPoint
But I disagree somewhat with your comment about a clearly defined message. They do have a message and, while not clearly defined, it is clearly Marxist.

You're right. They definitely do have a Marxist theme or common thread to their disjoint messages.

17 posted on 11/01/2011 11:36:10 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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