I have watched with amusement as Occupy Wall Street has gotten enough attention (it only took 20+ days) for Democrats and Republicans to finally look across the aisle at each other and...
...take completely opposite stances!
More than anything else the Occupy Wall Street leaders - if they existed, which like Santa Claus they do not - would take this as having reached main street consciousness. Yes, there are Occupy Wall Street support protests in many other states; however the press has been remarkably quiet on the entire issue until the last few days.
Seriously. Other than being told there are protests and nobody knows why Occupy Wall Street exists - the simple common sense answer being people want jobs seems too bleeding obvious for most people to comprehend - had anyone really been reporting on anything other sensationalized reports of a topless dancer, no list of demands, and pepper spray.
This all ends as Democrats and Republicans have figured out which side of the position each side is on and more importantly, how to position themselves properly for each base. I'll give the elevator pitch version: for Democrats Occupy Wall Street is the left wing Tea Party and for the Republicans Occupy Wall Street is a bunch of anti-American anarchists.
Glad that is out of the way. Oh, and Al Sharpton is heading down to Wall Street today. Maybe THAT makes everything mainstream official now.
Either way look for protests to continue and much like religions fail to point out we're all children of Abraham, look for all sides to fail to point out everyone just wants a job.
Wayne
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