Lobbying firm's memo spells out plan to undermine Occupy Wall Street

[EV_Ares]

A well-known Washington lobbying firm with links to the financial industry has proposed an $850,000 plan to take on Occupy Wall Street and politicians who might express sympathy for the protests, according to a memo obtained by the MSNBC program “Up w/ Chris Hayes.”
The proposal was written on the letterhead of the lobbying firm Clark Lytle Geduldig & Cranford and addressed to one of CLGC’s clients, the American Bankers Association.

CLGC’s memo proposes that the ABA pay CLGC $850,000 to conduct “opposition research” on Occupy Wall Street in order to construct “negative narratives” about the protests and allied politicians. The memo also asserts that Democratic victories in 2012 would be detrimental for Wall Street and targets specific races in which it says Wall Street would benefit by electing Republicans instead.

entire article @: http://on.msnbc.com/shq66S

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Surprise Level= 0

:shrug:

[shraby]

2. Maybe no surprise for you, but I'll give dollars to donuts that

there are a lot of people on the right side of the spectrum who will be surprised.

[Luminous Animal]

3. Well worth reading the entire article.

[Tsiyu]

4. Boy can they cough up some money

to cover their own asses with this sort of bullshit, but ask them to add that much to the tax tills, to benefit the COUNTRY they LIVE in?

Wailing and gnashing of teeth....