'Occupy' targets Iowa caucuses

[jefferson_dem]

Hmmm... While i'm not sure this will be an effective tactic, it sure will be interesting to watch unfold if they pull it off.

'Occupy' targets Iowa caucuses
By: MJ Lee
November 1, 2011 06:12 AM EDT

The Occupy movement has a new goal — shut down the Iowa caucuses.

The state’s protesters are inviting fellow Occupiers from across the country to “occupy” the campaign offices of the Republican presidential candidates and President Barack Obama in the first-in-the-nation presidential caucus state, The Des Moines Register reports.

“You go inside or if they won’t let you in, you shut ‘em down. You sit in front of their doors,” Frank Cordaro of Des Moines, the man credited for the idea of the “First in the Nation Caucus Occupation,” told the Register. “Who knows? It could be a very big deal.”

The plan, Cordaro told CNN, is, “people coming to Iowa, occupying every presidential (candidate’s) office, shutting them down until they start talking real turkey about what’s going on in this country, where the 99 percent of the people who are not benefiting, at the expense of the 1% who are getting away with murder.”

Cordaro’s idea was voted on and approved by the Occupy Iowa’s general assembly Monday night, according to the Register.

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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67314.html

[rbixby]

1. I've got mixed feelings about that

You know, getting in the way of the democratic process isn't necessarily a good thing, but at the same time, it's good to push this in the faces of those who've been ignoring us for so long.