For Only $850,000, These Lobbyists Will Take Down Occupy Wall Street

[Swede]

Here's the leaked memo, obtained by MSNBC's Up with Chris Hayes, which outlines a hilariously stupid plan to undermine Occupy Wall Street using "opposition research" (read: searching Facebook for "Occupy Wall Street"), "targeted social media monitoring" (read: searching Facebook for "Occupy Wall Street"), "coalition planning" (read: searching Facebook for "I Hate Occupy Wall Street") and "advertising creative and placement strategies" (read: buying ads for "Occupy Wall Street" Facebook searches). How stupid is this memo? So stupid that not even the American Bankers Association, the target of the pitch, signed on.

And guess who wrote it?

Two of the memo's authors, partners Sam Geduldig and Jay Cranford, previously worked for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. Geduldig joined CLGC before Boehner became speaker; Cranford joined CLGC this year after serving as the speaker's assistant for policy. A third partner, Steve Clark, is reportedly "tight" with Boehner, according to a story by Roll Call that CLGC features on its website.

http://gawker.com/occupy-wall-street/

[Aerows]

1. They think so?

The hell they will. Revolution never comes cheap, and considering what these asswipes have done to the dollar, that's cheap.

Make no mistake. The people have become educated, they have evaluated, and they are pissed off.

The hell they will.

[peacebird]

2. OWS is extremely new media savvy, and can run rings around those lobbyists

Those guys are in it for the money, OWS have the true believers fire in belly.

My bet is OWS wins that skirmish....

[Aerows]

3. These guys want a paycheck off of saying they can counter OWS

They couldn't counteract a hole in the ground because apparently, they don't get it. Never seen a more clueless PR organization. Are they from Harvard?

[elleng]

4. NO, wrong premise.

They will ATTEMPT to take down . . . .

[sarcasmo]

5. Two more people who don't realize OWS will never die.

[Wilms]

6. Here's the permalink.

http://gawker.com/5861150/for-only-850000-these-lobbyists-will-take-down-occupy-wall-street

[onethatcares]

7. face it, they're gonna put OWS on double secret probation

and make boner cry if OWS doesn't stop.

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. lol. n/t