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2016 Postmortem

ToxMarz

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5. I think OWS stumbled upon a great meme

Reply to applegrove (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 08:22 PM

Dec 2012

And it wouldn't have been as strong a message had Romney not been the candidate. When his 47% comments surfaced, the media naturally contrasted them with the 99% message and I think a lot of people who didn't necessarily identify with OWS message found they could.

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Did Mitt Romney's use of the 47% statement make Romney's campaign succumb to the 99% meme of Occupy? [View all] applegrove Dec 2012 OP

the 2012 election had nothing to do with ows. It had 100% to do with Barack Obama. graham4anything Dec 2012 #1

You don't think the 99% was in the hearts of the majority of Americans applegrove Dec 2012 #2

I don't think 99% of America ever heard of them. NYC yes, not the rest of America graham4anything Dec 2012 #3

I think OWS stumbled upon a great meme ToxMarz Dec 2012 #5

Yeah because limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #4

I agree. It supported Buffet's contention that there was a class war that his class had been winning Overseas Dec 2012 #7

I think OWS played a great role in waking people up to how much we 99% have in common. Overseas Dec 2012 #6