Tea party leader: Occupy movement a ‘freak show,’ and Wall Street undeserving of blame for economy

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http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2011/10/21/tea-party-leader-occupy-movement-a-%E2%80%98freak-show%E2%80%99-and-wall-street-undeserving-of-blame-for-economy/

Tea party leader: Occupy movement a ‘freak show,’ and Wall Street undeserving of blame for economy

1:46 pm October 21, 2011, by jgalloway

A fund-raising solicitation from Mark Meckler of Tea Party Patriots just dropped into the in-box, focusing on the Occupy movement – and absolving Wall Street of any blame in the current economic crisis:

The liberal media says the law-breaking anarchists who are terrorizing New York are simply a “progressive” version of the Tea Party.

I’m just one of the thousands and thousands of law-abiding Americans who built the Tea Party movement. However, I take great offense that our peaceful rallies aimed at reining in government are being compared to that violent freak show on Wall Street.

And I expect you do, too.

[baldguy]

1. Mark Meckler - hired by Dick Armey & Freedomworks to "found" Tea Party Patriots.

[Champion Jack]

2. You nailed it and it sounds like he's running scared too...

[catabryna]

3. Irresponsible journalism like this doesn't help the cause...

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/10/in_downtown_occupy_portland_op.html

Shame on The Oregonian for their attempt to make OccupyPDX appear to be some sort of hippy commune.

[6000eliot]

4. Pot, meet kettle.

[Turbineguy]

5. Meckler

may have to go out and find a real job.

[jpak]

6. Meckler - a teabag filled with douche

yup

[spanone]

7. is this guy a part=time comedian? maybe full-time

[Bragi]

8. Good to know, though totally predictable /nt

[pacalo]

9. Teabaggers & other Republican supporters who vote against their own interests

remind me of self-loathing people who cozy up to rich people, perhaps thinking that they'll inherit some money out of gratitude for their pathetic support.

[coalition_unwilling]

12. To avoid Godwin's Law being invoked, I'll say it reminds me of the

group "Native Americans for Custer" :)

[pacalo]

18. Hahaaa!

[madrchsod]

10. how many teabag parties are there?

[kentuck]

11. Well, she should know about "freak shows"...

:-)

[backscatter712]

13. So desperate to keep the teabaggers from becoming completely irrelevant. n/t

[DenverDad]

14. Mr. Meckler, I am offended as well

that this movement, and its dedicated members willing to camp out in adverse conditions, is compared to a racist group of astroturfers willing to stand around and bitch about the government for a couple of hours before going home to wait for their Social Security and unemployment checks.

[opihimoimoi]

17. Yeah.... + 1

The Baggers are the empty heads of the Nation to fall for Dicks and the Kock Bros scam...

Meckler is a grifter...fuck him

[City Lights]

15. City Lights to Teabag leader: You're fucking clueless. eom

[GoCubsGo]

16. LOL!

The head of the World's Biggest Freak Show claiming others are a freak show. Now, that's rich! Cons sure do love to project.