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‘Clueless’: Rant-Prone Congressman Cuts Loose on ‘Well-Funded Far-‘Left’ Occupy Efforts

Joe Walsh: OWS Advocating Anti American Solutions

Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh caught national attention when he went off during an especially agressive town hall tirade earlier in the month. The Tea Party favorite passed off his tone as the result of drinking a “little too much coffee” on an empty stomach. At another town hall this weekend Walsh did not get as irate, but delivered some cutting rhetoric to describe his opinion of “Occupy Wall Street” protesters.

“This whole Occupy Wall Street…stuff…is a well-orchestrated, well-funded far left effort to disrupt the American people and rile up Obama’s left base,” said Walsh.

Walsh asserted his opinion that Occupy Wall Street is “Advocating anti-american solutions,“ and yelled that they are ”Clueless, when it comes to what this country’s all about, and the rest of the country ought to educate them.”

After these comments a woman in the crowd asked Walsh if he considers U.S. military veterans protesting in the Occupy Wall Street movement “anti-american.”

“I don’t know how many veterans are part of the Occupy protest,” answered Walsh.“I can’t imagine it’s many, but anyone who would advocate socialist solutions to certain problems in this country, they don’t understand this country.”

Some unrest broke out in the crowd when Walsh spoke about what he believed the Occupy Wall Street movement was advocating.

“They came out with a 14 or 15 point manifesto that basically advocated a living wage for everyone,” Walsh said. “Absolve all student debt. Absolve all mortgages. Everybody gets a home. Everybody gets free health care. What do they advocate?”

A man named Doug who claimed to have participated in the Occupy Chicago protest Thursday said; ”These are real people, with real problems and the government is not addressing their problems.”

“They’re giving priority to big corporations and multi-millionaires. They were able to bail out the big corporations, but when it comes to the average person, they’ve done very little. These are real people that are very frustrated and they have no other outlet.”

Doug went on to say that he believes the Occupy Wall Street movement is grassroots having started from the “ground up,“ but the Tea Party movement was funded by big corporations ”that played on the real frustrations of the average person.”

Walsh allowed a man in the crowd who is critical of Occupy Wall Street to follow Doug, creating a debate between those supporting and those critical of Occupy Wall Street.

Walsh the told the crowd that both Republicans and Democrats want what is best for the country, but argue about what they believe the government can do to fix the problem. Walsh said that he believes the Occupy Wall Street protesters are on the far left of the ideological spectrum, believing that government should do everything. To this, Walsh asks “How can government do everything,” and said that he does not believe it is possible.

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  • Down2TheC
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 1:07am

    That’s my guy! Go Joe!

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    • EchoHawk
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 12:54pm

      That your guy? The one that’s 117,000 dollars in arrears in child support? I guess your expectations are a swinging pendulum

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  • SteveSD
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 1:02am

    If they are ‘real people with real problems and the government is not addressing their problems’, then why are they not protesting the government instead of the organizations that have bought the corrupt Washington politicians (liberal and conservative)? It’s because they are proposing communism as a solution, and they are advocating the violent overthrow of the government, and that’s the definition of treason.

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  • Brem
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 12:48am

    Walsh is correct – Obama’s union thugs and ACORN organized this with some insider trading money from Soros

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  • discus02
    Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:06pm

    Greece tried to be everything to everybody and looked what happened?

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  • rickmich68
    Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:00pm

    Joe is obviously still living in his parents basement.

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  • joe richards
    Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:54pm

    hey, YKW?
    walsh is in my neighborhood and i like his passion
    i feel his pain
    people got alotta learnin to do

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  • joe richards
    Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:49pm

    doug=dumb

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  • hauschild
    Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:29pm

    Barbara’s got a dandy baritone!

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  • your sensei
    Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:15pm

    Dead beat dads, serial philanderers, chronic flip floppers, idiot Texans, sexual harassers, farm subsidy and Medicaid queens . . . hard to choose who’s the best conservative.

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    • Joey8
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:50pm

      I like the other liberals more than you. Their posts are at least a little funny. You try too hard, let it come more naturally next time. I realize this may still be a learning phase for you so it‘s alright if it doesn’t work out. You can always change your screen name and try again. Maybe you already use 2 or 3 different ones and are trying them all out to see which one gets the better reactions. If that’s the case, ditch this one and stick with the others.

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    • SteveSD
      Posted on November 22, 2011 at 1:04am

      Yawn. More please; I’m not quite seeing your point.

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    • Cosmos102
      Posted on November 22, 2011 at 1:39am

      @ Sensei

      “Dead beat dads, serial philanderers, chronic flip floppers, idiot Texans, sexual harassers, farm subsidy and Medicaid queens . . . hard to choose who’s the best conservative.”

      Your party has been lying to you. These people you sited are all Liberals. Not Conservatives. There are some idiot Texans like Sheila Jackson Lee. Anyway, take a look in the mirror and make a change!

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    • CHIEFSMOKE
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:19pm

      Gay prostitute, cocaine-head, jihadist, illegal alien, racist, anti-American-marxist. Wow! You guys win again…..you DID get the BEST leftist for president.

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  • BMartin1776
    Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:02pm

    We know its a bogus movement, we know Occupy isnt grassroots but manufactured as much as a grass doormat with a daisy in the corner. The more concerning problem is the money and how well organized and mobilized these people are. WHY cant the TEA Party, conservatives etc work like this? These people are so far ahead of us you should be scared! This thing should scare each and everyone of you. You shouldnt be talking about their absurdity, belittling them etc you should be talking about the machine behind them.

    That machine in play is on full throttle to destroy life as we know it here. We know its Soros, Van Jones, Pharaoh Obama and the dems but its more than them and it is sinister in origin! What they do and organize is genius, you have to give it to them but why is the majority of America who is not with them so quiet so complicit? Too busy with football, soccer games, having to catch the latest episode of Real Wives of _? Thinking it will all blow over or maybe someone will do something b/c “you’re too busy”?

    This country is on the brink & everyone who has a problem with it is sitting on the sidelines! All you richie richs out there you better step up b/c YOU are in their crosshairs. The organizations, people (like Beck) countless bloggers and website owners like yours truly can only do so much. Time for you guys to step up and HELP US!! You do know the left will “eat you” 1st!…http://alturl.com/b9uiq TAPGW

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    • Tretka
      Posted on November 22, 2011 at 12:32am

      BMartin1776-

      I so often feel like you. Like we need to make the case by mob and it has to be visual. BUT, that will not win the day. We need to be individually persistent, find every opportunity to spread conservative virtues. And, we need to get voting right. We have leaders, us.

      Regarding the people who don’t care, don’t get it, or whatever. I run into it about every hour, every day. The truth is, some of it is overwhelming and unbelievable to people. Especially if they have heard and believed the dogma all their lives. I have had so many, “What!? really?” reactions that it used to scare me.

      Frankly, in 1992 I started seeing what I could not explain. In 2001 I found the conservative voices that would speak out. I never turned back. I will never, ever forget sitting on the sofa watching B. Clinton win in 1992. I was crying and I was drinking a glass of wine (have never been a big drinker) and I had such a sense of dread. In 2002 when people started turning on Bush because of the spin and the uncertainty, another sense of dread.

      It’s simple. We have the constitution and we have history. We need to learn from it and use the knowledge. It’s all there…

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  • tifosa
    Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:54pm

    You also don’t speak for #ows. In fact, there is NO political agenda at all at this point, certainly not what you cited.

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on November 22, 2011 at 6:47am

      Tiajuana-
      Have seen a few site “related” to obfuscaters and they do seem to have common themes of redistibute everything. Let the mortages and student loans go, free housing and free stuff for all. Perhaps you have been devalued in your education. So be it. Don‘t devalue our currency and labor because you can’t figure out if you are a pixie or a troll. Liberia is swell this time of year-go see how they do it elsewhere, then come back and give it a whirl again.

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  • lukerw
    Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:53pm

    “I’m Ok; Your OK” — Someone having real problems… does not make them My Problems!

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  • One Man Progressive Wrecking Crew
    Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:46pm

    That‘s my congressman and there’s nothing he said there that isn’t true and which I agree with 1000%. Everyone knows this OWS ruse is what it is, and that‘s a motley crew of lefties who thought they’d get a free ride education and walk into CUSH jobs by their lefty professors and they WERE sold a bill of goods, but they like the mortgage thieves signed THEIR NAMES TO THE DOTTED LINE.

    Anyone who thinks a degree in African Science and a minor in rabblerousing opens up the career path to prosperity deserves unemployment. Not to mention business KNOWS the people these colleges are turning out today couldn’t stand toe to toe with 9th graders pre 1990. That’s a fact.

    They’re a product of their own lefty leaders dumb down America policy and nothing less.

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    • One Man Progressive Wrecking Crew
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:58pm

      “To this, Walsh asks “How can government do everything,” and said that he does not believe it is possible.” IF and When it does happen we‘re all in trouble and we’re closer to it than further away:(

      Remember that it was Jefferson who said “A government big enough to give you everything is also big enough to take it all away” and that‘s exactly what’s happening before our eyes.

      btw (there is a contingent out there who contend it was Gerald Ford who said this and others who say Franklin. Whoever said it was right, put it that way I think all can agree) https://www.ridgidforum.com/forum/t23006/

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  • Dalady
    Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:41pm

    Where do I sign up to get my share of the big corp. $$$ used to fund the Tea Party? Maybe then I can check out that $700/night hotel.

    NOBAMA 2012

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  • tifosa
    Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:40pm

    He says this of VETERANS who put their lives on the line for HIM to be a giant mouthpiece: “…anyone who would advocate socialist solutions to certain problems in this country, THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND THIS COUNTRY” He has to be kidding! And you, his baabaa cheerleaders, are just as unpatriotic as he is!!

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    • NHwinter
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:51pm

      Our Veterans deserve our gratitude! There really are some that are anti-American and with gangs now in the military there will be more. But, that does not take away from our brave and honorable men in women in the service. There are rotten apples in every barrel.

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  • Psychosis
    Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:33pm

    hew ows freaks …………………..grow a set and learn how to solve your own problems it is not the governments job to solve them for you

    nor is it their job to bail out banks and corporations that make stupid choices ( nor is it your job to force some of those banks to make those stupid choices either )

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  • jblovesAmerica
    Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:31pm

    the real criminals are Congress And Senate-
    who stole SSN money from the locked box.
    who makes $169,000+ per year and come millionaires
    who creates rules and regulations that curtail businesses.
    not big or small business-its your elected officials-Liars and Thieves.

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  • OlefromMN
    Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:19pm

    Joe has to change his name or come up with a nickname. Every time I read about him my mind goes into Hotel California.

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  • barber2
    Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:04pm

    The Workers of the World/ union controlled Far Left, masquerading in America as the Democrat Party, has been scapegoating corporations ever since the Supreme Court allowed corporations the same rights as unions and people in the Citizens United decision. Obama and the Democrats , who allowed all of the bail-outs which enlarged government control over industry, then used these bailouts to enable their union lefties to rail against the nasty corporations for being bailed out ! Oh, what a complicated web of intrigue these crafty Lefties weave. The present administration and the Far Left which supports it have become an ever-increasing absorber of power and an ever-increasing source of anti-capitaslist and pro-divisive rhetoric. Never has a party in power done so much to cause friction and division in this country. And where is Mr. ” Votes Present ? “ Still ”feeling their frustration” when these Occupiers have busted city budgets, become public nuisances , and made civil law and order their target ? Or still trying to impress the world with his most recent “Asia ” guest appearance?

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    • DesertRose1960
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:41pm

      As Ben Franklin said, three men can keep a secret as long as two of them are dead. Your whole screed about Leftist plots is pure manure. And no, Democrats and Keynesian economists were going after corporations before the Citizens United decision. And yes, Citizens United is a dangerous decision, because it does make free speech equal to money, he who has the most money has the most speech. If you don’t think Citizens United will be a problem for this country, wait a few years and see what happens.

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    • dr pepper
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:57pm

      Desertrose, let’s just suppose your theory holds true, then I will suggest it has already been happening for decades. “How” you ask? The monopoly-unions have been openly supporting democrat candidates for as long as I can remember. They bilk their “forced” members to pay dues and use these monies to back/fund their campaigns, as well as, pressure these same peoples to vote for the candidate(s) they financially backed. The largest benefactor of wall street (fat cat) and union monies for the last several years has been Barak Obama (what a hypocrite).

      The hierarchy of these monopolies only worry about their fiefdoms. They hold the “fat cat” employers hostage by creating disharmony in the work place and then threatening to strike if their demands are not met. They are pro less work, more wages and benefits, as well as, for candidates who believe in higher corporate taxes and more regulations. This will cause the employers to cut back staff to maintain profits for their stock holders of which the different monopoly unions are included. How does this help the average worker?

      Now, let’s consider these corporate “fat cats”; they (the upper management) are hired by the share holders (includes unions) to keep/make a business profitable. How does this hurt the employee? It may cause cutbacks and/or layoffs yes, because of new regulations and non-business friendly taxes there may be streamlining in some areas, but the loss of ten jobs is better than t

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    • dr pepper
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:59pm

      the business closing up shop and moving out of the country and all jobs lost. What do the monopoly-union leaders care, as long as they get a good return on their money investment. (the needs of the bosses outweigh the needs of the workers)

      Finally, when a government determines how a private business is run you get fascism. That is to say, the “state” makes sure that business is only concerned with how it can benefit the “state”. You get a “nanny” looking over your shoulder to make sure you are only concerned for the good of the nation/state (EPA, Dept. of Ed, Energy, IRS, H.H.S., H.U.D. and the list goes on and on).

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  • jim
    Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:02pm

    OWS is spoiled rich kids and desperate socialists who are Marxists at their core, who don’t want to work for a living, but want the government to hand them everything from cradle to grave. I’m sick and tired of socialists, OWS, Obama… who are destroying this country.

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  • SavingtheRepublic.com
    Posted on November 21, 2011 at 7:52pm

    We know its a bogus movement, we know Occupy isnt grassroots but manufactured as much as a grass doormat with a daisy in the corner. The more concerning problem is the money and how well organized and mobilized these people are. WHY cant the TEA Party, conservatives etc work like this? These people are so far ahead of us you should be scared! This thing should scare each and everyone of you. You shouldnt be talking about their absurdity, belittling them etc you should be talking about the machine behind them.

    That machine in play is on full throttle to destroy life as we know it here. We know its Soros, Van Jones, Pharaoh Obama and the dems but its more than them and it is sinister in origin! What they do and organize is genius, you have to give it to them but why is the majority of America who is not with them so quiet so complicit? Too busy with football, soccer games, having to catch the latest episode of Real Wives of _? Thinking it will all blow over or maybe someone will do something b/c “you’re too busy”?

    This country is on the brink & everyone who has a problem with it is sitting on the sidelines! All you richie richs out there you better step up b/c YOU are in their crosshairs. The organizations, people (like Beck) countless bloggers and website owners like yours truly can only do so much. Time for you guys to step up and HELP US!! You do know the left will “eat you” 1st! http://alturl.com/b9uiq TAPGW

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  • smokeysmoke
    Posted on November 21, 2011 at 7:46pm

    wow i really like my congress man more and more…. he is so right… advocating socalism… does not make you a patriot…. GOOD JOB JOE…. facilitaing dicussion about the differences of the groups and possible solutions IS EXACTLY what this nations needs… ITS FUNNY CHRIS MATTHEWS is saying that joe is CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT OWS WANT… they also said NEWT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT OWS wants…… hahahhahah MSNBC quit being a shield for COMMUNISTS

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on November 21, 2011 at 7:43pm

    A man named Doug who claimed to have participated in the Occupy Chicago protest Thursday said; ”These are real people, with real problems and the government is not addressing their problems

    Oh now Doug there’s no reason to be protesting corporations.see the Marxist president you voted for is friends with those ‘evil’ corporations they give him money to further his assault on the constitution.Barry just tells the people he’s going to crack down on evil corporations,that’s for simpletons like you to digest,because after all Barry’s for the little guy right? hahahahahahahaha
    No Doug you’re confused,you should be protesting at the white house,because government is always the problem.

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  • Cemoto78
    Posted on November 21, 2011 at 7:36pm

    Walsh is right, this is a bogus movement set up by the far left to create chaos and entice violence. This is just the start, wait till next summer. Personally, I think these OWS types have no clue what America is all about and if there are veterans involved they are misguided.

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  • jnobfan
    Posted on November 21, 2011 at 7:35pm

    The OWS folks IMO do have at least one legit gripe. The banks and big corporations should not have gotten bailouts. That was wrong and they are going to do it again soon. I will be protesting with somebody if that happens but it will not be with the OWS freeloaders.

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 7:40pm

      Wait for the bill to come due from California and they want a bailout. It is only a matter of time when they can’t pay out their welfare to everyone and want the federal government to step up with some money. that’s when I will be out there protesting with a very loud resounding NO.

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    • smokeysmoke
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 7:51pm

      but the things that OWS is correct about they took the ideas from the tea party… mainly ending the cooperate cronieism…. but they have a oppisite interpritation of HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM… THEY WANT TO GIVE THE GOVERNMENT MORE POWER to solve these issues when the problems lie with the actions of the government first.. so more power tto barney frank chriss dodd… and allow congress to be able to select winners and losers with the public purse.. WE NEED TO NOT ONLY LOOK AT THE GRIPES OF PEOLPLE… BUT WHAT DO THEY WANT TO DO BASED ON THEIR ANGERS? and from this perspective OWS is only going to cause more harm to this nation

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 7:55pm

      California will default soon because they can’t print money,unlike the feds who‘ll continue to print until it’s worthless.I say don’t bailout California,it‘s a progressive cesspool not worth saving and the feds don’t have the money to bail them out anyhow.

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    • Shasta
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:36pm

      @progressiveslayer, I live in California and I agree with you. Don’t bailout any state period. Austerity is the only solution that is in line with the constitution.

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