Occupy Wall Street Has a Famous Problem

[Dover]

Occupy Wall Street, now in its fourth week, was on a roll. The crowds outgrew its original camp at Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan. The media finally showed up in force. Protesters published specific demands. The movement claimed to have spread to more than 200 cities.

That's when the undesirables showed up.

No, not the police or flame-throwing anarchists, but the famous people: Michael Moore, Russell Simmons, Buddy Roemer, Kanye West, Richard Trumka and the Rev. Al Sharpton.

In Los Angeles, protesters had to suffer Rosanna Arquette. You know, the actress and subject of a 1980s song by the band Toto.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204774604576627550884848120.html?mod=WSJ_Markets_RightMostPopular

[aquart]

1. They didn't show up for the teabag rallies and someone is sooo jealous.

[FarLeftFist]

4. WOW! That article reeks of sheer jealousy. Pretty funny.

They're trying to use THAT tactic to divide.

[marmar]

2. The Wall Street Journal is puh-thetic.......

Their Opinion department makes the Washington Times seem like a bastion of sanity.

[bengalherder]

15. Effin LOL! n/t

[Blecht]

3. This just might be the stupidest article

- I have ever read. I am so sorry I clicked on the link.

That's 5 minutes of my life I will never get back.

[TomClash]

5. The Rich and Famous will always glom on to popular movements

That does NOT detract from its substance and message.

Get it WSJ?

[FarLeftFist]

6. It boggles their mind how someone who is a millionaire could actually remember where they came from.

And remember what it was like before they were millionaires.

[TomClash]

8. It's not relevant

It's a BS MSM distraction.

They are scared.

[KittyWampus]

10. Paging Sarah Palin, paging Sarah Palin

:D

[TomClash]

12. That's great

Really great. :rofl:

[Kennah]

14. Unless there's a buck to made ...

[Raine]

7. Jealous(?) ... MUCH! nt

x(

[lunatica]

9. Wow! What a whine!

Your lip is sticking out.

[On the Road]

11. From the Comments Here,

that's actually a more thoughtful point than I had expected. The bit about unintentionally co-opting the movement is absolutely true. The protesters may want radical democracy, but the movement has quickly grown too big to make that feasible.

On a national stage, there has to be more than hand votes from a local crowd. The union movement learned this. So did every other progressive political movement. Now the OWS folks will have to decide what direction to take it.

[Fire Walk With Me]

13. Boy, they got that wrong. The Toto song is about Roseanne RoseannaDanna.

Nevermind.