Wall Street Protesters & Obama – Team Players
“Strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel” The “Occupy Wallstreet” movement seems to be working hand in hand with Obama’s class warfare rhetoric – just when he & Harry are pushing for the millionaire tax. Which, by the way, they know will never pass (even Dems are abandoning the party line), and it wouldn’t help jobs, the economy or deficit even if it did pass. Senator McConnell notes that 4 of 5 millionaires are small business owners (employers). But they need another scapegoat (Congress, GOP, Tea Party, big business, Wall Street) to blame the economy on, especially as Obama goes on the campaign trail. And they blame the GOP for playing politics? How closely aligned they & the protesters are may be somewhat unclear, but interesting that Obama’s been calling for people to get fired up, get involved, etc. And his biggest donors, incl. SEIU, have been found heavily involved. Obama says he understands/sympathizes with the protesters who he believes reflect a broader frustratio...