Cantor says he's concerned by 'mobs' at 'Occupy Wall Street'

[Kurmudgeon]

Source: msnbc.msn.com

The second-ranking House Republican castigated "Occupy Wall Street" protesters on Friday, just as Democrats begin cozying up to the weeks-old demonstrations.

House GOP Leader Eric Cantor decried the protests that started several weeks ago in New York, and have spread to major cities across the country. Cantor said in a speech at the Values Voters Summit in Washington that he is "increasingly concerned" about the "growing mobs" represented at the protests.

Cantor's remarks, some of the harshest by a Republican toward the "Occupy" demonstrators, comes amidst a growing political divide over the protests. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi backed the demonstrations, saying, "God bless them for their spontaneity." And other Democrats have been even more open in their embrace of the movement, which has also attracted support from organized labor.

Organizers behind the movement, which expresses outrage toward the conduct of corporate America and seeks campaign finance reform, have hoped it develops into an analogue for the Tea Party on the left, which has helped fuel a Republican political resurgence over the past two years.

Read more: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/07/8206043-cantor-says-hes-concerned-by-mobs-at-occupy-wall-street

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Puppet Republican worries for his puppet masters.

[notadmblnd]

1. And just what mobs would those be, Mr Cantor?

Would it be the mobs of greedy banksters that have stolen everything from us?

[Devil_Fish]

57. I'm concerned about 'mobs' too:

[Dr Fate]

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

nt

[wordpix]

51. let's help our Dem "leaders" rebut, give rebuttals here

[bemildred]

3. Is he calling the American people a mob? nt

[Fozzledick]

20. Only 99% of them.

[Mr Deltoid]

60. Yes

The 1% neither have enough people for a mob, nor will they come out of their hidey holes.

[wilt the stilt]

4. I do believe you had the same concerns

with the teabaggers.

[Beavker]

15. I'm sure there are slightly less nooses and AK-47's at this rally

than a Tea Bagger rally.

[Kurovski]

5. His concern is duly noted.

[Rabblevox]

6. He shouldn't be "concerned", he should be fucking terrified.

[Quantess]

68. He's Eric Cantor, and he's not on the people's side

so I can understand if he is worried that he won't be lovingly embraced.

[RKP5637]

7. Cantor probably wants to send in the guard and make it a Kent State murderous event. These

are clearly not sheep and Lemmings and to someone like Cantor that is seen as a threat.

[TomClash]

8. What a tool

Mobs?

During the daytime it's a carnival-like and basically respectful atmosphere: some sellers, protesters, an occasional live music act and some Hyde Park type speakers. No one feels threatened at all.

Cantor has a typical suburban Republican view of life.

[sce56]

9. What does he have to be afraid of, has he pushed the people to far? He better be afraid the 99%

are not taking it lying down anymore!

This is what he is afraid of!

Tel-aviv, Israel, last night.
half a million protesters against the economic&political system - and that in a country of 7 million inhabitants.
Jews, Arabs, Foreign workers, Refugees and students marched together chanting "The People demand social justice"

[Warpy]

10. Um, Mr. Cantor

This is a mob: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji_k0iORUZg

The Wall Street protests have been 100% peaceful, all violence being committed by New York's finest.

Mr. Cantor, you are so out of touch I sincerely hope you are soon out of a job. You need to be reeducated by your fellow Americans in the unemployment line.

Asshole.

[monmouth]

OWS will be coming to Norfolk and Richmond. What will he say then?....n/t

[GoddessOfGuinness]

21. He'll be vacationing in Dubai

[sarcasmo]

28. With Eric Prince.

[Warpy]

23. He won't be anywhere near them. He'll be mocking them at the right parties

and quite possibly harassing the local police to get rid of them.

[Roland99]

11. One thing to say to CANTor: F U

[Ship of Fools]

12. Eric Cantorwont the Great:

The mobs you should truly fear are the ones that will kick your effing ass out of office. Here's hoping ...

[EV_Ares]

13. I think Cantor along with other right-wingers are starting the fox blitz against the

Occupy Wall Street movement. Limbaugh is calling them his usual asine names for dems or liberals, lazy, never contnributed anything to the country, rich kids with money, bored, etc.

Looks to me like they are doing what they can to assist the money people in getting it shut down.

[lunatica]

14. Cantor should be concerned. Deeply concerned.

[polichick]

16. This guy is so sickening you could vomit just watching him...

He's a perfect symbol of the corruption and arrogance shared by Wall Street and Congress.

[RBInMaine]

17. Cantor is a corporate toady DOUCHE BAG ! Piss on him !

[0rganism]

18. ooh, those naughty hoi polloi, disturbing our job creators, so very irksome

I do believe they're giving me the vapors...

Piss boy! Piss boy! Come here, piss boy!

It's good to be the Cantor.

[andym]

19. This is how they will disparage it

Wonder if they'll plant some violent people to help "define" the protests as unworthy of consideration.

[Supersedeas]

22. "Mobs" - same terminology that Chris Matthews used--they are all on the same page

[No Elephants]

46. Thank you. The 99% is resisting a new paradigm like crazy.

The Wrong Wing want to say it's all about the Democrats and the Democrats want to say it's all about the Republicans.


Helllooooooo.

[brentspeak]

24. Cantor scared of the American people n/t

[DallasNE]

25. I Guess Cantor Wants Them Wearing AK-47's

And side arms like were photographed at the Tea Party events in order not to be considered a mob. That kind of upsidedown thinking dominates the Republican Party today.

[Botany]

26. Cantor says he's concerned by 'mobs' ......

..... at 'Occupy Wall Street'

in other words it is starting to work and he is scared and worried about the movement growing and becoming a real
force to counter act the very rich whom he works for 24/7.

[sarcasmo]

27. Any idea what this douche bags tax return looked like last year? I am sure it's over

250,000 a year.

[TBF]

31. Not sure about salary but net worth purty high -

Eric Cantor’s net worth was between $2,182,171 and $7,106,000 in 2007, according to Cantor’s mandated financial disclosure statements.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400060

[sarcasmo]

35. Puts him in the top 1% which is why he doesn't get what is happening.

[TBF]

40. I think they "get" what is happening just fine - but they sure don't like it. nt

[No Elephants]

45. Income for these folks is not limited to salary. Recall, Cantor shorted the US during the

debt ceiling kabuki of a few months ago (as opposed to the MUCH more recent kabuki about government shut down).

[wordpix]

52. wow, $ 2-7 million on a House member's salary---how'd he do it? Got bribes?

[Metta]

29. He's not concerned. He's Joe McCarthy's bastard son.

And a traitor to us all.

[w0nderer]

30. headline: Cantor insults protesting potential voters

heh well it would be if any leftist media
a/ existed
b/ was willing to use spin

[butterfly77]

32. I guess that means that...

TEABAGGERS WEREN'T MOBS,they must've been the American people..

[MorganaSeawalker]

33. Too young to remember

Eric Cantor was born in 1963 he was too young to remember Anti-War demonstrations, OWS has only just begun to spread and like the 60's the harder you try to stamp it out the bigger it becomes.

[Thor_MN]

34. Cantor is scared of anyone who disagrees with him

He has the nervous habits of a kid that has had his ass kicked more than a few times...

[Odin2005]

36. The elites always call us "mobs" when we dare rise up.

[alp227]

37. the same guy who would profit off the US defaulting on debt?

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/06/27/eric_cantor_conflict_of_interest

[Hubert Flottz]

38. But he was okay with anything the teabaggers wanted to do for

the past 2 and 1/2 years...

[red dog 1]

39. The hell with Cantor, guess what Ron Paul is saying about the protests?

On the Occupy Wall Street protests Congressman Ron Paul said:

"If they were demonstrating peacefully...and making a point, and arguing our case, and drawing attention to the Fed--I would say, good!" He told the libertarian magazine "Reason".

[HughBeaumont]

41. Siiiiigggghhh . . . VIRGINIANS!

Tell me. PLEASE in the name of humanity TELL ME HOW this slimy, squirmy, fucking penisy bag of wang is STILL employed.

I find it improbable . . . nay, impossible to believe that there are no qualified elected officials in that state.

Just . . . WHY???

[TomCADem]

42. Of course, If Freedom Works Is Funneling Corporate $ To Tea Party, Its Okay

[DBoon]

43. Is he afraid the propane line at his house will be cut?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4318288

[formercia]

64. Now, now

No Violence, even carefully worded to create a sense of deniability.

[libodem]

44. FUCK CANTOR

Teh Undead.

[buckrogers1965]

47. Interesting how bipolar the coverage is.

Only a few hippies are protesting... but the huge dangerous mob of nazis are a danger to our democracy.

Nobody is protesting... but the crowds have to be contained with draconian police brutality.

We Americans need to get out and have our voices heard, or we are going to lose all our rights. There needs to be 1000 times as many people actually taking over wall street for weeks or months at a time.

[christx30]

54. There is a group

in Austin at the state capitol building downtown. I'm going to head down there on my next day off.

[buckrogers1965]

56. Good idea.

I am going to try to find some sort of progressive organization here in SE Ohio... probably not many here.

[christx30]

58. I'll prolly wait until I get paid and go at like 2am

and I'll go up there and say "I'd like to introduce you all to my good friends Pepperoni, Canadian, veggie, and cheese. Guys, this is the 99%. 99%, this is dinner."

[No Elephants]

48. Too bad. I'm concerned by the kleptocrats on Capitol Hill and K Street and the nutters on C Street

and the warmongers everywhere. They're the ones with the proven criminal tendencies and all the enforcement power.

Someone who is camping out in a tent in a public place to protest all that?

Please, Louise. Get real.

[CRK7376]

49. Guess he didn't like Town Hall Mobs

either. Seems lots of mobs turned TOwn Hall meetings into free-for-alls with free speech restricted by Tea Party mobs...just saying....

[wordpix]

50. yes, Cantor, "mobs" are what happens when the rich tell us to "eat cake"

idiot

[daleo]

53. One percenters are always afraid of "mobs". n/t

[gauguin57]

55. Pore lil' Eric. He just realized he's the 1 percent instead of the 99.

So, 99 percent looks like a mob to him.

Eric? Quit texting during presidential speeches and acting like a petulant child long enough to learn the difference between the word "mob" and the word "majority."

Someone from the 99 percent needs to defeat this clown at the polls next year.

[Mr Deltoid]

59. Thank you for your 'concern'

Now go on back to your looting.

[goforit]

61. Mr Cantor getting a widdle nervous?

Oh well

[Manifestor_of_Light]

62. Nancy Pelosi responded that he didn't get upset when TPers were spitting on Congressmen.

[ehrnst]

63. "Pitting Americans against Americans" - What, is he afraid of copyright infringment?? (nt)

[Rosa Luxemburg]

65. mob?

[workinclasszero]

66. Your concern is duly noted wall street stooge nt

[and-justice-for-all]

67. Fuck him, this is the result of the shit his party and his drones

have caused. Eat it Cantor, EAT IT!