Will Democrats Buy the Occupation Movement? by John Murphy (from Occupy Philadelphia Inquirer)
By:
James Babb
By John Murphy It didn’t take rocket science to figure that the Democrats would ultimately buy this movement’s support for Obama. The progressive Caucus met with them and the Democratic Party radio talkshow hosts are salivating with excitement. Here’s what the Deaniacs (these days they call themselves Democracy for America) have already done to buy support for Obama’s 2012 campaign: • Raised over $40,000 for sleeping bags for cold nights • Joined the leadership in Occupy movements across the country • Distributed “We are the 99% lawn signs” so that folks across the country can voice their support (probably with some recognition of the Democratic Party) They are also asking their members to come up with another $250 a piece so they can buy these votes and have the people wear Obama 2012 T-shirts! What the hell; Obama bought the last election with the best advertising company money can buy, why would we expect the Democrats to buy any social movement they can? So far they own the labor movement, the civil rights movement, the women’s movement and the antiwar movement. They have betrayed all of these movements. The Democratic Party, after all, is where social movements go to die but Americans have a very short memory!
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