I'm following the president's orders: "You'll have to hold my feet to the fire" --Barack Obama, 2008

[Bucky]

If Occupy Wall Street isn't doing EXACTLY what the president told us to do when he ran around saying "Be the Change" three years ago then I don't understand participatory democracy.

I've got a job, lucky for me, so I can't break away to protest. But I'm tired of hearing from my fellow employed Americans that the protesters don't have a point. First off, they're protesters, not policy makers. They don't have to have an agenda. They're protesting the results of bad policy; they're protesting unacceptable conditions and un-shared sacrifices forced onto the economy by looting plutocrats.

Second off, they have an agenda. Repeating that they don't is a nice way of telling me you didn't do your homework.

[Dr Fate]

1. it's yes WE can, not yes HE can.

Nt

[TheWraith]

2. The problem is people forget that "whining" is not the same thing as "activism."

Having a temper tantrum on an internet message board is not somehow inherently noble or productive. If people want to get something done, well, there's hundreds of Democrats that need electing to the House and Senate so that we can get this show back on the road.

[boxman15]

3. ^This

Let's be productive, not just whine.

[Mr Deltoid]

4. You could be describing your own post

Ironic, that

[TheWraith]

9. Seeing as how I've busted my ass on dozens of campaigns over the last few years...

...including writing the platform for two State Senate candidates, working full time 5 1/2 months at no wages for one of those candidates, being part of the netroots support team for a US Senator, canvassing upwards of 20 square miles of territory last year, and having donated ~15% of my 2008 income to Democratic candidates, I'm going to have to step back and laugh at your reflexive snappiness and lack of real information.

[Tarheel_Dem]

5. Thank You!

:applause:

[Vattel]

6. I'm not sure that helping to elect Democrats is the best use of my time.

Progressive Democrats maybe, but I tend to think my time is better spent outside of electoral politics, writing, doing community service, spending time with my daughter, etc.

[TheWraith]

7. You're welcome to do that.

But then you also forfeit your ability to complain that elected officials aren't best representing you.

[valerief]

8. Exactly. He's at the mercy of Wall St. until we stop that. nt