Rep. Peter King Calls Occupy Wall Street Protesters 'Ragtag Mob,' 'Anarchists'

[Kadie]

Rep. Peter King Calls Occupy Wall Street Protesters 'Ragtag Mob,' 'Anarchists'
First Posted: 10/7/11 02:22 PM ET Updated: 10/7/11 02:35 PM ET

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) joined Herman Cain among the ranks of Republican pols who are unimpressed with the Occupy Wall Street protesters and their nationwide counterparts, calling them a "ragtag mob" and "anarchists" on the Laura Ingraham radio show Friday.

"The fact is these people are anarchists. They have no idea what they're doing out there," King said. "They have no sense of purpose other than a basically anti-American tone and anti-capitalist. It's a ragtag mob basically."

King, whose Long Island district includes many Wall Street commuters, dismissed the demonstrators as "a bunch of angry 1960s do-overs" trying "to create chaos and take away the focus on the Obama record."

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"We have to be careful not to allow this to get any legitimacy," he warned. "I'm taking this seriously in that I'm old enough to remember what happened in the 1960s when the left-wing took to the streets and somehow the media glorified them and it ended up shaping policy," he said. "We can't allow that to happen."

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/07/peter-king-occupy-wall-street_n_1000318.html?ref=mostpopular

[Dawson Leery]

1. Any chance his seat can be drawn out of existence?

[Matariki]

2. How is this creep in public office

oh yeah, because he's mr. "we'll take care of counting the votes"

Peter King really needs to go.

[Dr Fate]

3. What are some of the rebuttals from his Democratic counterparts?

I'd love to hear about the fighting DEM who hands him his hat.

Any news?

[msongs]

9. there are a few dems politicians who are not bought off and they have commented nt

[Dr Fate]

10. Great. So what was their rebuttal?

Love to hear about all these fight'n elected DEMS out there taking this King character to task.

[WhiteTara]

4. Airline Pilots? Really they're Anarchists?

Teachers? Librarians? Economists?

Peter King is an old man yelling at clouds. He knows his philosphy is to going to hold much longer and he is just determined to make sure he gets as much as he can before it all collapses.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. If only those hooligans were as pacific and well tempered as the IRA. nt

[Barack_America]

6. Looks like the CEOs are concerned.

Calling in their Washington puppets to try to smear OWS, framing it as a "mob".

Next I expect it will be the media's turn to start associating "OWS" with "mob" and "anarchist" as frequently as possible.

[Dawson Leery]

7. Many CEO's and Wall Street hustlers do live in his district.

Pete's just speaking for the ruling fascist class.

[Scuba]

8. Scuba calls Peter King an ignorant, racist shitstain. n/t

[On the Road]

11. Despite King's Goals

"We have to be careful not to allow this to get any legitimacy," nothing could give the protests more legitimacy than condemnation by the opposition.

I am beginning to think OWS is going to get some political traction and actually influence a few things.

[Tx4obama]

12. Here's an additional link with article and VIDEO ....

Rep. Peter King: "We Have To Be Careful Not To Allow 'Occupy Wall Street' To Get Any Legitimacy"

http://www.mediaite.com/online/rep-peter-king-we-have-to-be-careful-not-to-allow-occupy-wall-street-to-get-any-legitimacy/

[EFerrari]

13. Beth calls Peter King a racist corrupt dickhead. n/t

[Contrary1]

14. Oh, they're impressed with the protesters alright, or they wouldn't feel the need to comment. n/t

[Angry Dragon]

15. "We can't allow that to happen."

can't have the people decide what they want, we need to tell them what is right for them


he has a checkered past by endorsing and giving support to terrorists

[Zorra]

16. Dude looks like he has like this giant pregnant bug way up his ass. nt

[coalition_unwilling]

17. Notice how the shitbird invokes the good ole stab in the back

theory to explain why the U.S. got its ass handed to it ona platter by a 3rd-world agrarian society (Vietnam)? As though the bravery and sacrifice of Vietnamese patriots had nothing to do with it. It was all the fault of a bunch of left-wingers here in the U.S. that the U.S. lost. Why, if it weren't for the left-wingers in this country, we might have actually defeated those Vietnamese. (No matter that Ho Chi Minh said of Westmoreland's strategy of attrition that Vietnam could afford to lose 100 soldiers for every 1 soldier the U.S. lost and maintain that loss ratio in perpetuity.)

Newsflash for you, King: American media has NEVER glorified the left. Maybe if it had, we wouldn't be in the horrible straits we are in currently.

[Tsiyu]

18. If it's true you get the face you deserve in old age

I'd hate to think what King's done to get that one...

In the Good News department, at least he answered the question: "What did the hippies ever accomplish?"

Way to go, King! Thanks for helping OWS!!!! :applause: