Wall street protests -- Effect on election.

[Meeker Morgan]

Do the Wall Street protests make President Obama look bad? I think so.

I'm not saying it *should* make the president look bad, only what will be the likely effect on swing voters given the probable media spin.

[bighughdiehl]

1. You're probably right....

A lot of people are just not smart enough to
realize that both parties are right of center.

[DisabledDem]

10. That's the fault of the corporate media that brainwashes the people

Not us DUers though.

[AtomicKitten]

2. On the subject of "looking bad," the MSM is portraying the protesters as drum-banging hippies and

doing their best to make them look bad. If the protesters were out to make the president look bad, logistically they would be in front of the White House, not Wall Street.

[WhiteTara]

4. I've known many airline pilots and drum banging

hippies they are not.

What was that Gandhi saying?

First they ignore you
then they ridicule you
then they fight you
and then you win.

[AtomicKitten]

5. The MSM ignored the protesters and their story for almost a week.

Compare that to a handful of teabaggers showing up somewhere and getting full press coverage.

:puke:

[WhiteTara]

17. They are only props. The Kock Bros paid for that air time.

Never forget, these are the most ignorant and are not the driving force. The place to place our anger is toward the really evil bastards who use the stupid for their terrible ends.

[boston bean]

3. You're right. No one should protest, it might make Obama look bad and hurt his

re-election prospects.

We should all be happy just to have him as president. Never mind people not having a pot to piss in. If O's the Prez, we are all gonna be ok!!!

There is nothing to protest!

[jzodda]

6. These protests need to spread and widen....

At this point it matters little how it effects an election more than a year off. For the robber barons who "own" this country these protests are what they fear most. Or more specifically, they will fear them if they really start to take off.

These protests are 30+ years in the making and its about time that somebody besides Michael Moore protests these criminals directly.

[MannyGoldstein]

7. Obama will show he's a mature adult by heckling the protesters

and being Very Serious.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. the presidents inability to control wall street is what makes him look bad

not the protestors

[GoCubsGo]

11. The Citizens United decision took away any ability he had to "control Wall St."

And, Congress hasn't been of any help, since they refuse to do anything about money in politics.

[ProSense]

9. Don't

"Do the Wall Street protests make President Obama look bad? I think so."

...quite get the logic. Why would protesting Wall Street make Obama look bad when it's the GOP house trying to repeal Wall Street reform and standing in the way of the President's efforts to tax the rich?

Americans reject the right’s bogus `class warfare’ charge

Daily Kos/SEIU State of the Nation Poll: Huge support for Buffett Rule

[GoCubsGo]

12. I don't understand it , either.

The protests are not even about him. They are about Wall St. I don't understand why some are trying to make this all about him.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

13. Didn't Obama say pre-election, he would put on his

marching shoes and march with us? Time for Obama to take the slippers off and acknowledge what is happening in the streets of America.

[Magoo48]

14. Marching

Sadly, I don't see the prez marching, but some recognition would be helpful...

[GoCubsGo]

16. How would it be helpful?

If he even mentions the protests, no matter how neutral his stance might be, the right will politicize it and make it all about him. It's not about him. As with the protests in Madison, he's right to stay out of them, IMO. The people are handling things just fine on their own.

[Tarheel_Dem]

19. You guys need a civics lesson. WTF happened to lobbying Congress?

You know, the House of Reps, where legislation is crafted? If you're looking for the POTUS to heighten the profile of this event, then you're immensely naive. Lobby Congress to GET THE MONEY OUT of politics completely, and that includes issue ads from groups such as FreedomWorks and MoveOn, it's the only fair way to do it.

I am so sick of the "activists" wanting the President to bring attention to every fuckin' cause under the sun. There aren't enough hours in the day to be both POTUS and an activist for everything. :eyes:

[Tarheel_Dem]

18. He is POTUS, not Michael Moore. Sell that crap over NorquistDogLake.

:eyes:

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