OWS movement seeks democracy

One Response to OWS movement seeks democracy

1. Adam says:

   October 19, 2011 at 11:00 pm

   What I find interesting is the reality distortion field that somehow surrounds all this. Former Clinton pollster found:

   Our research shows clearly that the movement doesn’t represent unemployed America and is not ideologically diverse. Rather, it comprises an unrepresentative segment of the electorate that believes in radical redistribution of wealth, civil disobedience and, in some instances, violence. Half (52%) have participated in a political movement before, virtually all (98%) say they would support civil disobedience to achieve their goals, and nearly one-third (31%) would support violence to advance their agenda.

   The vast majority of demonstrators are actually employed, and the proportion of protesters unemployed (15%) is within single digits of the national unemployment rate (9.1%).

   An overwhelming majority of demonstrators supported Barack Obama in 2008. Now 51% disapprove of the president while 44% approve, and only 48% say they will vote to re-elect him in 2012, while at least a quarter won’t vote.

   Fewer than one in three (32%) call themselves Democrats, while roughly the same proportion (33%) say they aren’t represented by any political party.

   There is more in the article worth looking at. I’m not sure where this perception that that these people represent anything like mainstream ideas. They’re radicals by and large. The only thing I can think of that is in common with, lets say the tea party, is the idea that the stimulus, particularly the bailout portion of it, was a horribly bad idea.

   http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204479504576637082965745362.html