Rep. Peter King Calls Occupy Wall Street Protesters 'Ragtag Mob,' 'Anarchists'

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Rep. Peter King Calls Occupy Wall Street Protesters 'Ragtag Mob,' 'Anarchists'
First Posted: 10/7/11 02:22 PM ET Updated: 10/7/11 02:35 PM ET

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) joined Herman Cain among the ranks of Republican pols who are unimpressed with the Occupy Wall Street protesters and their nationwide counterparts, calling them a "ragtag mob" and "anarchists" on the Laura Ingraham radio show Friday.

"The fact is these people are anarchists. They have no idea what they're doing out there," King said. "They have no sense of purpose other than a basically anti-American tone and anti-capitalist. It's a ragtag mob basically."

King, whose Long Island district includes many Wall Street commuters, dismissed the demonstrators as "a bunch of angry 1960s do-overs" trying "to create chaos and take away the focus on the Obama record."

The congressman's comments echo those offered by other leading GOPers, including former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain, who told the protesters that they had no one else to blame for their lot in life.

"I don't have facts to back this up, but I happen to believe that these demonstrations are planned and orchestrated to distract from the failed policies of the Obama administration," Cain said Wednesday to the Associated Press during a book signing event. "Don't blame Wall Street, don't blame the big banks, if you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself!"

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[kestrel91316]

1. Sorry, douchebags, we aren't anarchists. We DO expect our government to

do its job, and do so in a way that benefits the 99% rather than only the 1%.

[tama]

11. Yes we are

many of us 99% are anarchists.

[kestrel91316]

13. Only a few are. Anarchists are a TEENY WEENY minority in the US.

Democrats who want and expect government to FUNCTION AS WE TELL IT TO are the majority.

[tama]

14. Yet

the OWS is anarchic, leaderless and decentralized movement. All who participate and accept that this movement is leaderless and decentralized act according to anarchic principles.

[BanzaiBonnie]

2. Perter King is only a legend in his own mind

He is irrelevant and will soon find out.

[Angry Dragon]

3. 'They have no idea what they're doing out there'

Rep. King was actually talking about the republicans in congress

[deacon]

4. If they actually represented Americans instead of oil companies they would have nothing to fear. n/t

[RagAss]

5. Shut up you sweaty little man !

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. What an idiot!

:rofl::hi:

[Kievan Rus]

7. More Tea Party propaganda. Yawn.

[lunatica]

8. I guess they're not ignoring us anymore

First they ignore us...

[SlimJimmy]

9. I was listening to Alan Combs the other night and he said essentially the same

thing. They aren't ignoring the protests any longer, but now we need to have a singularity of purpose; a mission statement, rather than a disjointed message. IOW, many voices into one coherent one.

[Dr Fate]

10. What are some of the rebuttals from his elected Democratic counterparts?

I expect this from the bad guys.

What have the good guys said in our defense?

[mod mom]

12. Here is my PSA regarding the ethics of Mr King:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dV67u370Pg