‘Occupy Wall Street’ is ‘Attack upon Freedom’ "Labor unions, he said, are now joining the protest to “subvert that anger into a political power.” Their aim is to reelect a president whose “policies are just ignorant and incompetent” about the economy, he said.
"“This president and his administration have policies that are taking our freedom away,” Broun said. “They’re killing our economy, they’re killing jobs, they’re running them over offshore. We need to change all that. If we don’t, this economy is going to have a bigger crash than we did in the Great Depression.”
"“This election is going to mean whether we’re going to go down the tube financially,” he added."
Via Boortz here and below.
Obama, Democrats Plan to Tie GOP to Wall Street "The burgeoning of populist protests in New York and other cities shows that resentment over the economy is growing, and Democratic strategists are moving aggressively to show that President Obama and his party are taking steps to solve the problem while Republicans are standing in the way."
Also here. And Bill Ayers weighs in with his thoughts.
Argus Hamilton at The Patriot Post "New York's Occupy Wall Street protesters argued among themselves about whether they should sew their own sleeping bags with winter coming or engage in capitalism and buy them. Also, they argued over whether to beg for food or buy donuts. It took two hours in the real world to convert the entire movement to supply-side economics."
White House Spokesman Calls the Tea Party a Mob "White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said in the briefing today."
"“I sense a little hypocrisy unbound here–what we’re seeing on the streets of New York is a an expression of democracy,” Cantor said. “I think I remember how Mr. cantor described protests of the tea party–I can’t understand how one man’s mob is another man’s democracy.”
"Cantor, of course, was an ardent supporter of the tea party, praising its protests and rabble-rousing."
Protesting for the problem they’re against "The only people that are helped by government intervention are large companies and politicians. Small companies and consumers take the hit, consumers in paying higher prices and small companies by being pushed out of the market. It seems that the protesters are protesting for what they claim to be against. Economics and civics are complicated and the people funding these protests rely on those who join them to be too lazy or ignorant to understand either. For now it looks like they are right."
Victor Davis Hanson "The election of Barack Obama brought all sorts of contradictions. A man with about the least prior executive experience in presidential history was suddenly acclaimed a “god” and the smartest man ever to assume the office."
"In less than three years, however, the Obama administration has established a far different legacy from the one it promised, and the lessons of 2009–2011 will be with us for a long time:"
