Feingold endorses Occupy Wall Street -- "This is like the Tea Party — only it’s real."

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Feingold endorses Occupy Wall Street

The "Occupy Wall Street" protests are, Russ Feingold tells Greg Sargent, the stirrings of something larger:

“The worm is finally turning on the nonsense of blaming the wrong people for what happened in 2008,” said Feingold, whose new group, Progressives United, was formed to counter the Citizens United decision and corporate influence over politics. “The American people are saying, wait, we have the boot of corporations on our necks, and we’re sick of it. This is a significantly coherent message at the beginning of something like this.”

Feingold said he was moved to speak out because of condescending media coverage of the issue, adding that it’s crucial to understand that Occupy Wall Street is rooted in the emotional reality of people’s everyday experiences of the economy.

“This is a populist movement based on genuine suffering and fear,” he said. “Anyone who really lives out in working America knows that people are feeling very scared. This movement would probably not have this fuel if not for that reality.”

And he brings up the Tea Party comparison, which drives partisans of both sides crazy:

“This is like the Tea Party — only it’s real,” Feingold said. “By the time this is over, it will make the Tea Party look like ... a tea party.”

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1011/Feingold_endorses_Occupy_Wall_Street.html

[YellowCosmicSun]

1. Who wouldn't prefer green grass to astroturf?

[Tom Ripley]

12. Nicely done!

That was really good

[Lint Head]

2. It is NOT like the Tea Baggers. It is not financed by Fox and billionaires.

[progressoid]

3. Soon the RW pundits will be saying it's paid for by George Soros or some such craziness.

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[Blue Owl]

4. Huge K&R

Yea Russ!

:yourock:

[City Lights]

5. K&R

:bounce:

Thank you, Russ! :loveya:

[Scurrilous]

6. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Scuba]

7. K&R Thanks Russ!!

[Kurovski]

8. K&R. (nt)

[alc]

9. it's real when they bring the votes

And throw out Democrats as well as Republicans. It doesn't matter if the tea party was funded or by who. What matters is that some representatives owe them and will be gone if they don't obey.

OWS may remove some Republicans, but it's unlikely that many republican districts will elect a pro-OWS candidate when the swing Democrat. It will be significant if the Democrats have the majority but that it requires some OWS-Dems who beat the party favored non-OWS Dems in the primaries. Those representatives' jobs will depend on meeting OWS demands or the party favorite will be back next election.

[Kurovski]

10. kICK(nt)

[lonestarnot]

11. K & R!