More on this at the above link. They want a national convention in Philadelphia next year. I DON’T.
The after debate discussion last night talked a bit about OWS. And Ari Fleischer spoke well on this...and his concerns reflect my own. He thought the protests will wane somewhat when the weather turns colder...but warned that next summer, the groups (Especially the radical fringes attaching themselves) will reconstitute next summer..whether ows realizes it or not, they are being co-opted by radicals) And those groups don’t care about solutions, they want revolution. I am not hopeful at this point that this is going to end well.
As the group becomes more radicalized, middle of the road, reasonable people will be marginalized and drop out.
Until or unless the group decides to work within the confines of a political party structure (probably Democrat) and recruit or support candidates who adhere to their agenda, they are voices crying in the wilderness.
They are heading toward the fatal mistake of instituting a heads down organization. Once they do that, they become a huge bull’s eye.
There have been calls for the Tea Party to elect leaders, but fortunately that view has not taken hold. So even though there are hundreds of local Tea Party groups, the operate independently and the Tea Party is really a mindset, not a movement.
I am curious why you think that the radicals who started this movement are being co-opted. Who is doing the co-opting? Surely you don't think this is a spontaneous uprising of some sort. Spontaneous uprisings in September don't start with GoDaddy registrations of websites in June.
You should take a look at what GoDaddy has to say about the OccupyWallStreet.org website. These people and their Soros related supporters are running the show. They are not being co-opted by anyone. They are Obama supporters and very likely just carrying out a major element of his re-election campaign.
Here is the GoDaddy info on OccupyWallStreet.org
Registrant:
Kalle Lasn
1243 7th West
Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 1B7
Canada
Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: OCCUPYWALLSTREET.ORG
Created on: 09-Jun-11
Expires on: 09-Jun-12
Last Updated on: 27-Jul-11
Administrative Contact: Lasn, Kalle domains@adbusters.org
1243 7th West
Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 1B7
Canada
+1.6047369401
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Lasn, Kalle domains@adbusters.org
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Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 1B7
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