Paul Ryan agrees with OWS...I Don’t Disparage Anybody Who Wants To Air Their Grievances’

[butterfly77]

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/10/20/349366/ryan-occupy-wall-street/


When the Occupy Wall Street protests first started, they were met with near universal derision from Republican politicians, with Mitt Romney calling them “dangerous,” House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) claiming they were a “mob,” Herman Cain denouncing them as “un-American,” and Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) saying the protests are an “attack upon freedom.”

However, as the protests have gained size and media attention, the GOP has been shifting its tune. Today,

[louslobbs]

1. Like anyone other than a Republic/bagger/Fox viewer cares what Paul Ryan thinks or agrees with. n/t

Lou

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. It points to power shifting.

[louslobbs]

8. I agree Nadin. n/t

Lou

[socialist_n_TN]

9. It's also part of the potential co-opting

by the very forces that OWS claims to be against. That's what the power structure DOES with left populist movements. Especially amorphous ones that don't have a solid programme.

Consensus modeling leaves it open for a determined minority to be able to block any realistic measures to address that long list of systemic grievances that they put out the first week.

[chollybocker]

2. People often say strange things on their deathbeds.

[noiretextatique]

3. +1

:rofl:

[999998th word]

4. Hey, its all good.

Kiss my bare old ass, Ryan. You are the quintessential DOUCHEBAG.

[Tsiyu]

6. He's against everything they stand for

Just another ignorant blowbag trying to talk out of all ten sides of his greedy little mouth.

FUCK Paul Ryan and the 1% Horse he rode in on

[butterfly77]

7. No thanks...