WH Senior Adviser David Plouffe endorses Occupy Wall Street protests on behalf of Pres. Obama

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White House Senior Adviser David Plouffe embraced the Occupy Wall Street protests on behalf of President Barack Obama in an interview with Good Morning America on Tuesday (http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/david-plouffe-on-protesters-herman-cain-senate-jobs-vote/).

“The protests you’re seeing are the same conversations people are having in living rooms and kitchens all across America,” Plouffe told George Stephanopoulos. “People are very frustrated by an economy that does not reward hard work and responsibility, where Wall Street and Main Street don’t seem to play by the same set of rules. The question is, on Wall Street reform, which the president passed, for instance most of the Republicans in Congress and I believe all the Republicans on the stage tonight in New Hampshire, they want to unwind Wall Street reform.”

“If you’re concerned about Wall Street and our financial system, the president is standing on the side of consumers and the middle class and a lot of these Republicans are basically saying, you know what, let’s go back to the same policies that led us to the great recession in the first place,” he added.


watch the video: http://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-ties-obama-to-occupy-wall-street-2011-10

[vets74]

1. Winner !!

[nc4bo]

2. Yea. whatever. nt

[snooper2]

15. I know, I can't wait till Nader "primaries" Obama

He will fix everything!!!!!!!!!!!




































:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: rofl:

[nc4bo]

18. Fuck Nader.

I've said more than a few times here on DU that Obama will get his 2nd term whether people sit it out, vote for the lesser of 2 evils or vote against the nutty R's.

[Kingofalldems]

3. Kick and Rec

[Lucian]

4. Haha. That's funny.

[Botany]

5. Then get the DoJ to prosecute the bastards but ....

.... Eric Holder comes from a very corporate friendly law firm of Covington & Burling.

From Wiki

Major Companies
Major companies that have been represented by attorneys of the firm include: Bank of America, Bunge, Deere & Company, Eastman Kodak Company, Eli Lilly, General Electric Company, Giorgio Armani, IBM Corporation, Harley-Davidson, match.com, Microsoft Corporation, Morgan Stanley, NASCAR, National Basketball Association, National Football League, Procter & Gamble, and Verizon.<5>


Controversial Clients
Controversial clients of the firm include: OCP,<6> Creekstone Farms Quality Beef,<6> Southern Peru Copper Corporation, Philip Morris, Halliburton, and Xe Services (Blackwater)

[Le Taz Hot]

6. Well, I'll give the WH this,

it took them less time to "support" OWS than it did for it to "support" Egypt's uprising.

[coalition_unwilling]

25. OMG, too funny. Talk about damning them with faint praise. (I assume

you're speaking at least semi-facetiously :)

[Poll_Blind]

7. THEN PROTECT THEM FROM THE BILLY CLUB OR GTFO.

Fuck or walk, talker.

PB

[Bluenorthwest]

8. They don't "seem" to play by the same rules?

"Seems," madam? Nay, it is; I know not "seems."
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

[Ganja Ninja]

9. Blah Blah Blah....

:spray:

[unhappycamper]

10. Perhaps President Obama could call some Mayors and tell them to knock of the shit.

Start with Menino in Boston.


(I'm not holding my breath.)

[indepat]

33. Nor am I. But gotta love all that populist rhetoric that rings like music in my

ears. PS Nothing of substance is going to happen in the short-term to assuage the needs/longings of the 99%, so the OWS movement has to imo maintain a siege-like mentality/staying power to be able to effect real and lasting substantial change. And in this endeavor, may I wish all who are able to/will/can/would participate smooth sailing and godspeed. :patriot:

[NV Whino]

11. Well, that's not exactly a full fledged support of OWS

and it's by proxy, but it's a step in the right direction.

[Enrique]

12. they're motivated by the same thing that got Obama elected

the problems are still there, so the energy is still there.

[salinen]

13. 2 points

Obama pushed to make us aware of the Warren Buffet paradox.

But Obama is almost irrelevant at this point. MO.

[CoffeeCat]

14. The problem with all of this...

...is that there seems to be a very organized effort to paint OWS as a group of Democrats--in particular left-wing Democrats. The media
is working feverishly to do this. There are articles out now---that pit the Tea Partiers against OWS. That is the meme that is being
spread right now. This is specifically a left-wing operation--it's not mainstream. This is the radical faction of the Democratic party.

Don't get me wrong. I do like that Plouffe is expressing support and a certain amount of empathy with the movement.

However, did you notice what Plouffe focused on???? This is key. He is defining OWS as a movement that is mainly concerned
about the economy. Yes, that is part of the movement. However, the bigger, overarching theme of OWS is that CORPORATE
CORRUPTION HAS INFILTRATED OUR GOVERNMENT AND HAS CORRUPTED OUR DEMOCRACY AND OUR POLITICIANS. The economy
is buy ONE symptom of the disease.

Plouffe doesn't mention the power that corporations have in our government. That's the big elephant in the living room that they
won't address--because the Obama Administration has kow towed to the corporations--as much as previous presidents have.

Furthermore---if the media, the corporatists and these colluding politicians can turn OWS into a left-wing, fringe group who is
moaning about the economy--suddenly they can tack on all sorts of other arguments and stereotypes. The Republicans can
say that the Dems want handouts and they don't want to work hard--they just want everything handed to them on a platter with
big government programs. Republicans will talk about bootstraps and how the Democrats are whiners who can't get jobs--and that
they want Socialism and Marxism.

See how that works???? They're attempting to define the movement. And to smash the messages about corporate corruption and
that the politicians serve the corporations--not "We The People".

Many, I'm sure--will attack me for not appreciating these kind words. I do appreciate any support for OWS. However, if you read
the articles today--you will see many, many articles that pit OWS against the Tea Party. You'll read about divisions in the country
and you'll hear the right defining OWS in terms of the economy ONLY.

This is a tactic. It's as clear as day. OWS is growing. They can't stop it. So, they need to use PR tactics to position it as a lefty
thing. What does everyone think Obama's endorsement will do to the Independents and Republicans who hate corporate corruption
too--and may philosophically agree with OWS? Obama's endorsement makes OWS radioactive to at least 45 percent of the population.

Current articles--and this endorsement is a ploy. And we all know that it's the corporatists Dems and Republicans against "We The People".

They need us divided. They need us focused on fighting and hating each other. Because if "We The People" rise up collectively and protest
and fight, they are finished. Game over.

I think OWS needs to fight back--with signs and statements about being inclusive. How this is about "We The People" and our democracy--it's
not about a party or a side.

I have two decades of PR experience. I've managed national campaigns for brands and companies that you would recognize. I know PR tactics
when I see them. It's a concerted effort. All you have to do is read today--to see that.

[nc4bo]

17. +1.

Above the pleasantries, one must wonder what's behind it all. Too many in office have been influenced by Wallstreet, D's in office included.

The problem is both parties, the entire political system has been corrupted by Wallstreet $$, everyone knows it.

OWS does not need that sort of baggage wrapped around it's neck.

[lumberjack_jeff]

19. The message I want to hear from the WH:

"We hear the protests, and we empathize with the frustration. We promise to work hard to address the issues they've raised, and insist that Republicans participate in good faith."

What Plouffe is saying;
"Hey you Republicans! see all our protesters? They've got our back!"

OWS is a success because it's independent. The white house attempting to co-opt them makes OWS less credible.

[proverbialwisdom]

23. The Oval Office custom rug quote (Of, by and for the people...) doesn't sound like a corporatist.

http://dailycaller.com/2010/08/31/obama-replaces-bush-oval-office-rug-with-new-quote-emblazoned-carpet/

...Obama’s Oval floor piece is unique in that he chose quotes by past presidents, as well as civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., to be part of the design. The five quotes are as follows, according to the White House:

•“The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear Itself” – President Franklin D. Roosevelt
•“The Arc of the Moral Universe is Long, But it Bends Towards Justice” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
•“Government of the People, By the People, For the People” – President Abraham Lincoln
•“No Problem of Human Destiny is Beyond Human Beings” – President John F. Kennedy
•“The Welfare of Each of Us is Dependent Fundamentally Upon the Welfare of All of Us” – President Theodore Roosevelt

Obama’s wheat, cream and blue colored rug was made and donated by the Scott Group, an American carpet manufacturer headquartered in Grand Rapids, Mich, which also produced the Oval Office carpet for former President Bill Clinton...

- among a multitude of other similar observations of amazingly consistent minutiae. Pay attention. Weigh in.

[MannyGoldstein]

16. There's zero endorsement here - where do you see an endorsement?

Just a bit of empathy. No different than previous WH statements, which range from oblique empathy to mild disapproval (by Geithner and Daley, of course).

What am I missing here?

[bigtree]

20. it's a mild endorsement

. . . maybe just an endorsement of what he terms the impetus behind the movement. He certainly didn't 'embrace' it as the article states, but how can the WH completely 'endorse' such a nebulous, myriad, an organic movement as OWS is right now (outside of the obvious fact of the protestors' complaints about the administration)?

[Safetykitten]

21. Uh, David, could you say something for me about that? Nothing too...well, you know.

He has his toady say something as bland as possible.

"very frustrated"...sickening.

[proverbialwisdom]

22. K&R

[coalition_unwilling]

24. Oh, FFS. Pflouffe and his cohort are part of the friggin problem. - n/t

[stevenleser]

26. No, they're not. nt

[coalition_unwilling]

29. Unemployment rate in January 2009: 7.2%. Unemployment rate

in September 2011: 9.1%

Q.E.D.

And don't bother replying. I've put you on Ignore.

[SidDithers]

42. LOL...

"no, they're not"

"Ignore"

:rofl:

Sid

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

27. “The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.”

“The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.” Marie-Henri Beyle - aka Stendhal

[stevenleser]

28. The posters here critical of the President miss the point.

If people want to support OWS, they should be encouraged to do so, not criticized.

Once they express that support, they should be expected to back it up with policies that support the 99%. If they don't, then they should be criticized and/or rejected.

[xiamiam]

32. good point..i dont expect much ..i dont know what happened to obama

one of the most perplexing collective experiences. I sometimes think, isn't Michelle talking to him? At night, when they are alone..doesn't she just say..wtf? I still think she gets it..really gets it. I'm not confident about him..whatever is behind that smile?..I dont know. feels empty to me.

I have a phrase I've coined..about things that have happened in America beginning with 911. Houdini moments..some think tank put a lot of thought into figuring out how to do it...how to get us to collectively believe something whether it happened or is real. This phenomena does exist. Houdini moments..911, the bailout, and the current occupant of the white house vs the campaigner. Think about it.

[SomethingFishy]

34. Maybe they're just tired of the football being pulled away..

Maybe it's you who is missing the point.

[RegieRocker]

37. When someone tells me they are going to take the trash out

time and time again but never does there comes a point where nothing they could say would convince me.

[chill_wind]

30. Opportunistic effort at political partisan framing.

I hope OWS continues to ignore and resist.

[Warren DeMontague]

31. And as soon as we're done using your tax dollars to shut down medical marijuana clubs

in clear defiance of the will of the voters in several states--

we'll get right on that financial regulation thing.

really.


Sorry, I'm sick of endless talkety-talk from this administration. Time for some walkety-walk.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

35. Campaign rhetoric plus anti-99% policy equals no credibility.

Fire Geithner and get the hell out of Afghanistan & I might be willing to start listening to co-optation rhetoric.

[Xicano]

36. +10

That and a little bit more before I start to take him serious again. But, of course, I won't hold my breath..

[malaise]

38. Most excellent

Rec

[boston bean]

39. I hate being called a Consumer, when it comes to life and death matters!

[mdmc]

40. We are protesting against you, David Plouffe

We think you are a corporate shill..

[piratefish08]

41. I stand with you! My DHS will stand ON you!

The WH LOVES Democratic protests - anywhere in the world but here................