Why can't Obama issue a "Chill the fuck out, I got this!" over #occupy?

[occupyeverywhere]

You know? sit down to a beer summit with some of the protesters. Hear them out. He's been pretty middle of the road over #occupy. Last night he mentioned Occupy and the tea party in the same sentence, so it sounds like he gives them both equal value. That was disappointing.

[emilyg]

1. Perhaps he doesn't care.

[occupyeverywhere]

3. He probably get's briefed on it.

That would be really irresponsible if he didn't.

[dd2003]

20. briefed by the banks

you know the ones who donate millions to him...

[piratefish08]

2. if OWS would move the protests to the middle of an oil bearing desert, they would be allowed

to protest indefinitely and with the full support and protection of the US government.

as in real estate - location, location, location.......

[coalition_unwilling]

4. Because he serves at the pleasure of the 1%. Seriously, can

you believe the President could appear on a comedy show at exactly the same time his constituents were getting gassed, shot with rubber bullets and beaten down by the cops?

What does that tell you?

Thanks to DUer 'ChandlerJr' for pointing out that juxtaposition of Obama and Leno yucking it up while people were getting shot. Un-fucking-acceptable.

[OwnedByFerrets]

5. Totally un-fucking-acceptable

[inna]

17. nm, got it.

[AngkorWot]

8. "What does that tell you?"

It tells me that people will complain about everything.

[occupyeverywhere]

21. I'm wondering if you've ever actually been to Angkor Wat

[AngkorWot]

29. I'm wondering if you've ever occupied any where.

[occupyeverywhere]

9. True that

and the fact that he was just across the bay in SF the day of. Sickening. President Milquetoast.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

12. Obama taped Leno's show in the MORNING.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2011/10/president_obama_official_sched_742.html

You know, before the OWS situation. So instead of engaging in knee-jerk hysterics, maybe you could take a second to read. :eyes:

[coalition_unwilling]

18. Here was my experience: on the TV I saw Obama yucking it

up with Leno. AT EXACTLY THE SAME TIME, on my laptop I watched livestream as flashbang grenades detonated.

At the same time Occupy Oakland was being criminally assaulted by the Oakland Gestapo, Obama was appearing at a $7500/plate dinner right across the bay and couldnt' be bothered to say a fucking thing. Fuck that and fuck you.

You go ahead and justify that to your heart's content. You are a lickspittle and toady for the 1%.

I am so done with Obama and his cohort.

[BlueIris]

19. It does paint an awful picture, that contrast.

Simply awful.

[inna]

22. i don't think he likes San Francisco much. - or us, for that matter.

if anyone is to be made an example of, Northern California is in the crosshairs.


..
What the FUCK is *wrong* with this country? (Purely rhetorical.)

:nuke:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

24. No, you are a useful idiot for the 1%.

You nutjobs who demand some sort of liberal utopia do nothing but attack Obama based on false evidence (like demanding he talk about the issue hours before it actually happened) and proudly state you won't vote for him, which is an in-kind donation to the GOP, the people who truly side with the 1%. Besides, if Obama did address the issue, you'd claim it was "just a speech."

So go ahead and be "done." The GOP and the Koch Brothers thank you for your support. So fuck you.

[coalition_unwilling]

26. For the record, Obama was at the $7500/plate dinner in SF WHILE

protesters in Oakland were being teargassed and otherwise brutalized.

Don't bother replying to this, as you're now on Ignore.

[Poll_Blind]

25. Reminds me of Bush speaking when they had the splitscreen of coffins coming home from Iraq.

Breaks the illusion.

PB

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[Autumn]

7. Because he would be lying

he don't got this.

[PurityOfEssence]

10. Why do you think he's on your side, and when has he ever stuck his neck out?

Ayn Rand was a hate-filled hypocrite hack of the first order, but she did contribute one concept of note, that of non-contradiction: there are no such things; when encountering a contradiction, examine the premises.

Where did anyone get the idea that Barack Obama was a champion of the little guy in instances that put the ruling elites in peril? Sure, he soft-soaped us and let proxies intimate that he was a progressive, but his record--which was rather long at that point--didn't even hint of such leanings.

Cult. I repeat that: cult.

[occupyeverywhere]

11. +1

[TNLib]

14. +1

nt

[Lizzie Poppet]

23. Perfectly stated.

The guy developed an embarrassingly slavish cult following, but anyone that thought he was anything other than just another product of the Chicago political machine (and a corporate sock puppet) need to be beaten with a cluestick.

[MannyGoldstein]

13. Recced up to 0.

You have violated the Prime Directive.

[occupyeverywhere]

16. o crap

:rofl:

[FarLeftFist]

15. He didn't have a beer summit with Tea Party protestor's either.

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[Selatius]

28. He probably felt the time was better spent at fundraisers with wealthy donors.

:shrug:

[spanone]

30. which protester would he sit down with? he's doing fine.