Jon Stewart on Occupy Wall Street Protesters: ‘How Are They Not Like the Tea Party?’
- Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:47pm by
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On Wednesday’s episode of “The Daily Show, Jon Stewart decided to counter conservative attacks that have been waged against the Occupy Wall Street protesters. Using a number of soundbites, the comedian attempted to make conservatives look like hypocrites.
In forming his argument, Stewart claimed that the current conservative rhetoric being uttered against the leftist protesters is similar to the past slams liberals made against the Tea Party. Thus, he uses prominent conservatives’ praise for the Tea Party protests against them. The Atlantic’s Erik Hayden writes:
The takeaway line…was Stewart just leveling: “Look, if this thing devolves into throwing trash cans into Starbucks windows, nobody’s going to be down with that … but these protesters, how are they not like the Tea Party?”
Of course, one could argue that both sides — the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street — are similar in that they have taken to the streets and held rallies to support the ideals they hold dear. But outside of that, many would argue that there are sincere differences between the two.
The Tea Party was an organic movement. The same can’t necessarily be said about Occupy Wall Street now that labor unions — which have tens of thousands of supporters and members — have joined in on the “festivities.” The Tea Party didn’t have this luxury when planning its many gatherings and protests.
(H/T: The Atlantic Wire)
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Comments (325)
Heil88
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:05pmHe’s in comedy for a reason; jon stawart is a joke… stay out of politics.
Report Post »LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:20pmHow is jon stewart not like a P.O.S.?
Report Post »netmail
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:24pmThe most disturbing thought in my head is that the percentage of Americans who agree with the likes of Stewart and Obama is HUGE. Nothing frightens or depresses me more.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:33pmTea Party = small government, lower taxes, more personal liberty, return to Constitution.
Day ‘O Ragers = bigger government, more regulation, institute Communism.
Does that explain it, Mr. Stewart?
Report Post »NOTALOTTAYITTAYADDA
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:36pmHis POV makes more sense than the MSM BS, the US public is brainwashed by.!.
FCC won’t allow close-up video of flt 175 to be broadcast any longer. People w/ Tvo can easily look at the footage frame by frame and realize the blatant violation of Newton’s third law. THEY ARE VIDEO IMAGES, NOT SOLID OBJECTS. AN ILLUSION TO RIVAL DAVID COPPERFIELD.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:39pmJon Stewart is RIGHT.
The Occupy Wall Street protestors simply targetted the wrong entity.
THE TEA PARTYand the WALL STREET PROTESTORS meet in the middle at the FEDERAL RESERVE BANK, the source of the monetary problem..
This is the common ground.
Report Post »mad_hatter
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:44pmJon Stweart is one thing but even better was when Cavuto cornered Rep. Kucinich (who supports the protesters: ‘Why Didn’t You Celebrate the Tea party?’ : http://www.americanparchment.com/video/2011/oct/cavuto_kucinich_teaparty.html
Report Post »mad_hatter
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:45pmWhat needs to happen is that the Tea party needs to join them undercover and have signs that say “Impeach Obama for killing the economy,“ ”Stop the Bailouts and Stimulus for Your Friends Obama”, etc…
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:49pm~^~v~~^~~v~^~
He may be a joke and self admitted fraud but fact remains many go to this joke for news! This guy really s dangerous and people just dont see it. The uneducated, uninformed, unengaged zombie army get their news from Stewart. There is no true comparison btwn the TP and OWS protesters. These drones wants the US taken apart and rebuilt into the sick socialist marxist progressive wet dream utopia. TP conservs etc want the nation RESTORED the Constitution followed and govt off our backs. Look at the OWS protesters have big unions, Soros, PR firm, film crews etc I dont recall any of that at the last TP protest compromised of old people and families.
Oh and one more obvious thing that distinguishes one from the other NO ONE has commented on…
Report Post »(if I missed it correct me) but as of today I have yet to see 1.. O N E US Flag flying. The TP protests there were flags flying all over, people with signs of the Bill of Rights etc etc. I have not seen a flag flying anywhere in any of the vids or pics from this astroturf protest! I think there was one with the stars replaced with evil corporations but that doesnt count!.http://SavingtheRepublic.com
ashestoashes
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:53pmDear John…..I believe the difference between the Wall Street Protesters would be that the wall street protesters are brainwashed into being against capitalism., and freedom. They have been told that Obama will take from the rich and give to the poor..guess that’s not working out too well huh? As for the TEA PARTY. There eyes are open, they want freedom..the freedom to build businesses, to work and keep their money..they don’t want to be a slave to the government… They don’t want to support other countries while destroying our own. They are just people who want a chance…kind of like you John. The Tea Partiers love their country, want our Constitution back, one nation under God/ YWVH. We want our country back.
Report Post »Alucard
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:57pm@ V-Man
Stewart is right???
If you mean they are both made up of people then I guess I could see how you could stretch it that way but seriously there is very little common ground in regards to these two groups.
Report Post »LawsOfNature
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 3:15pm@ V-MAN MACE:
If you think that the “FEDERAL RESERVE BANK, the source of the monetary problem” is the sole source or issue, you are sadly mistaken. Monetary policy is NOT going to fix our problems.
You are forgetting the fiscal policies (spending, taxing, etc.) coming from Washington and from various states within the Union.
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 3:29pmfunny, the tea party was for the constitution, for rule of law, for limited government. Was just on the osw live feed web site and they are calling for killing the rich, killing cops, killing zionists. Stewart is right, the tea party and osw protestors are so similar? What an idiot. we need the truth of this reported. Go to the osw website and listen to what they are saying
Report Post »Favored93
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 3:30pmHe is a leftist moron no question …. I do however find the man funny.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 3:36pmThe Tea Party and the Protestors want economic freedom. That’s where we meet in the middle. The Federal Reserve impedes free market economics.
That means free from manipulation by an unaccountable Federal Reserve. The Congress allows this to continue (except Ron Paul), so they are complicit, but the actual people lending money to private banks and foreign entities at .01% interest is the Federal Reserve itself, not neccessarily Congress.
The Fed tells the Congress to go to hell when they ask who the Fed lent money to.
The source of the monetary problem is the Federal Reserve bank, which is not federal, and has no reserves.
They print money based on air, lend it at interest, and tack it onto our national debt as if we are the ones who owe it. We don’t. It is unconstitutional, illegal, corrupt, and must be abolished. Period.
That will solve 95% of our monetary policy. The other 5% can be resolved by returning to sound currency based on gold or silver, and by electing people who are not bought and paid for by special interests, corporations, and banks.
They must be arrested and held accountable, along with the heads of those banks involved.
But we won’t know who were involved until the Federal Reserve is audited. So we audit it, then we abolish it. Then we return to sound currency. Simple.
Kennedy almost did it with Executive Order 11110, and tried to issue silver certificates, but we know what happened to him. They blew his head off.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 3:52pmI don’t watch it, but have seen it a few times. Like the newspapers and news broadcasts, Jon’s program needs to be labelled as opinion.
Report Post »OhForGodsSake
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 4:13pmTo say that they are not the same because Unions are involved is incredibly disingenuous. “The Tea Party was an organic movement.” What? Fox News propped them up every single day. They broadcasted shows from the rallies. That is the opposite of organic.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 4:27pmThere are so many stories on these Liberal jerks that I can’t even read them anymore. I feel like the world has gone crazy.
Report Post »qban
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 4:33pmComedy Central channel should be considered campaign contributions. Do you know how much cost a minute over prime time tv? It is like giving the Democratic (socialist) Partyhard cash.
Report Post »I though for a moment jon stewart will show Barnie Frank answering McCain how everything was fine with Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac Banks. As always I was wrong. He will never show the truth. Here is a link with a video that explain what happened. The report fail to show that everything started under the Carter administration with the Community Reinvestment Act. Enjoy the video:
http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/boortz-explains-it-all/
survivorseed
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 4:43pmC’mon are you kidding me. The tea party was an organic movement my a$$. Sponsored by the Koch brothers and relentlessly promoted by fox news, it is the furthest thing from an organic movement there has ever been. ‘
Report Post »Occupy Wall st is a protest about the corruption in the govt and the fact that lawmakers are bought and paid for by special interest groups. Its not an assault on capatalism and I would have thought Blazers would agree with that. Of Course uncle Roger and aunty Glennda have told you to be outraged, so you are outraged
ltb
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 5:07pmI’ve been to a few Tea Party events, including the 9/12 rally in DC a couple of years ago, and the people were always respectful, they always left the places cleaner than they found them and nobody got arrested. If Stewart needs someone to draw a distinction between Tea Party crowds and the unwashed masses that have stunk up Wall Street or who did $7 million worth of damage to the WI Capitol, then, whatever. I am getting so bored with you Liberals.
Report Post »Cat
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 5:40pmMr. Leibowitz, here is the difference …
The Declaration of Independence
The United States Constitution
The Bill of Rights and The Amendments to the United States Constitution
TEA stands for Taxed Enough Already
Not a bunch of people tossing somebody’s tea into a harbor
Oh, and Jon, some required reading;
Report Post »‘How To Be A Stand-up Comic’ by; Richard Belzer, Larry Charles & Rick Newman
coindexter
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 5:41pmthe guy does comedy…and he’s very good at it…so what? the only point he didn‘t make is that the OWS’ers seem to all want something for nothing while the TEA party is getting sick of a bloated wreckless overspending GOV taking more and more from them. tax the poor.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 5:44pmThe difference is, tea partiers are the producers and these people are parasites….
Report Post »Simple really !!!
kaydeebeau
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 6:01pmHow can the rank & file union members be “down” with the things the union leaders are supporting? Someone please explain this to me. My grandfather and uncle were in a union and they would never have stood for this.
Union members WAKE UP!!!!!
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 7:01pmThe Federal Reserve is the parasite.
Report Post »Thug sauce
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 7:12pmThe conservative media has given a bad rap to the Occupy Wall Street crowd… The truth is its a really diverse group of people with different viewpoints. Yea, A lot of them are socialist imbiciles, but I saw the ED show last night where he attempted to drum up a crowd behind him, like he did in Wisconsin.
Report Post »Surprisingly, a large group of the crowd behind him were holding signs that said “Audit the FED” and were screaming “We don’t support you, Go home ED” the entire time.
Just saying, there are people that do understand that it is impediments to free markets which have caused such a disparity in wealth, as opposed to capitalism being the cause.
tommyB
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 7:22pmTo be that profoundly stupid and have your own TV show is pretty hard to believe. So I don’t think John Stuart is dumb; he’s a liar pushing for and rooting for chaos. What else can you say?
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 7:58pmThe Federal Reserve Bank should be every AMERICANs target.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 8:00pmYeah Jonny….Tea partiers camp out in Wall Street for weeks sullying the local area, get arrested by the hundreds and want to destroy capitalism (that means everyone’s paycheck) and replace it with? Anyone..? Beuhler?
Report Post »While Tea Partiers clean up after their rallies, hold civil meetings, want less government and less punitive taxation and lower government spending.
Go back sleep Stewart you buffoon.
jb.kibs
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 8:00pm@LawsOfNature
If the treasury can’t print more money because there is no precious metals to back it. then YES it CAN control their spending.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 8:20pmWe (the TEA Party) BATHE!
TEA!
Report Post »resme
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 8:47pmDon’t let fox fool you. The current system is pretty much written by wall street, If you don’t think it only caters to them. They write regulations, buy congress, Get a pass on the regulations. It’s just to end competition. Federal reserve is a major cause of all of our problems today, Big banks and corporations in bed with government vice-versa.
The federal reserve has been creating the wealth gap through inflation tax. All the big banks support vat tax, So you may want to rethink cain. federal reserve and wall street are like one, They both support the same goal, To make the rich richer. I don’t see how anyone believes we really have a free market anymore.
Occupy the fed. END THE FED!
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:28am1. We make friends with the police.
2. We clean up after our selves
3. We are orderly
4. We do not set fires or attack the police
5. We do not defecate in the street
How many Street Stampers got pepper sprayed in NYC today?
Report Post »Steve
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:04amThink Jon needs a little help in taking his head out of his a$$
TEA PARTY.
Eliminate Excessive Taxes
Simplify the tax system
Eliminate the National Debt
Demand a balanced federal budget
Eliminate Deficit Spending
Audit federal government agencies for waste and constitutionality
Protect Free Markets
Reject emissions trading
Pass an ‘All-of-the-Above’ Energy Policy
Abide by the Constitution of the United States
Identify constitutionality of every new law
Repeal the healthcare legislation passed on March 23, 2010
Promote Civic Responsibility
Returning political power to the states and the people
Reduce the Overall Size of Government
Limit annual growth in federal spending
Avoid the Pitfalls of Politics
Report Post »Reduce Earmarks
V-MAN MACE
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:07amteamarcheson
1. You polish Nazi jackboots with your tongue.
Report Post »Steve
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:09amWall Street Protestors
Restoration of the living wage This demand can only be met by ending “Freetrade”
Institute a universal single payer healthcare system..
Guaranteed living wage income regardless of employment.
Free college education.
Begin a fast track process to bring the fossil fuel economy to an end
One trillion dollars in infrastructure
One trillion dollars in ecological restoration planting forests, reestablishing wetlands and the natural flow of river systems and decommissioning of all of America’s nuclear power plants
Racial and gender equal rights amendment.
Open borders migration.
Bring American elections up to international standards
Immediate across the board debt forgiveness for all.
Outlaw all credit reporting agencies.
Allow all workers to sign a ballot at any time during a union organizing campaign or at any time that represents their yeah or nay to having a union represent them in collective bargaining or to form a union.
That’s the freakin difference. Free market ideas comprised within a republic of States. Not Communism.
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:48amOK Jon try this …
The makers vs the takers is that simple enough for your comedian “hat” today?
Report Post »Truthbeliever2
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:49amAre you calling the police who are out in the streets trying to keep unruly mobs from aimlessly walking all over the streets and leaving a trail of garbage in their wake Jack booted thugs?
They are men and women doing their JOB. The Tea Party conduct their business like human beings and this makes them bootlickers? The difference between these two movements is huge. Tea pastures have Jobs and businesses which is one good reason why they are not lying in the streets and beating drums and tambourines like a bunch of useless hippies. All of them smacked out on drugs with eyes that are so vacant I wonder weather they have a soul at all any more. Just a husk of s human body. Zombies!!! There is no comparison between these two groups. Go out there and stand with those smack heads if you want, and I’ll stick with those who live as civilized human beings.
Report Post »alshightech
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:08pmYes, we have enough imbeciles in politics now. But the difference is that the TEA Party is “We The People” & the Wall Street Rally have no idea what they are revolting for. They are the followers of the Obama, Reid, Nancy wax face and Jon Stewart imbecilles. They will help expose this idiot illegally occuping our W H.
Report Post »Steve
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 6:38pmV-MAN MACE
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:07am
teamarcheson
1. You polish Nazi jackboots with your tongue.
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Obviously vman hasn’t a clue as to what a Nazi really is.
Report Post »Your intelligence astounds us vman. lol
tifosa
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 8:37pmTea party=Dick Armey (hehe)
Report Post »jamestoms
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 7:09amNot a good comedian, sad little $h*t!
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:33amSteve
Obviously you haven‘t googled ’police brutality’ lately so you can see you NAZI heroes in action.
Try again, you drooling troll.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:05pmYou could explain the Jon Stewart all day right now and he still could not understand the difference!! He will before too long in the future!! Useful Idiots covers a lot of territory, Jon!!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:06pmIndeed.
Report Post »beckisnuts.
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:50pmHere’s who really runs your lives:
http://media.oregonlive.com/business_impact/photo/too-big-to-fail-banks-mother-jonesjpg-207d1b2ee7e89c03.jpg
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 3:13pmbeckisnuts.
Only if you have the liberal mindset of spend more money than you earn through credit cards. If you do that you deserve everything bad that happens in your life. You reap what you sow!
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 3:18pmWhat do we want??? We’re not sure… When do we want it??? NOW!!! For the price of gas to go to a protest…You could instead give that money as a donation to a business for start up money…One way to bypass the evil banks would be to start a website that entrepreniers could sell thier vision to you,and then you can donate 10 or 20 dollars to help them get started,cutting out the need for high interst loans witch would raise the price on their product or service…I have proposed 2 websites…One for hosting local and sate political debates,for the purpose of getting to know canidates…This would take away power from big political machines and wealthy special interest groups and the MSM…The second websites purpess would be, suppling start-up capital via donations to who ever could sell you on what good or service they need money to get started…I would gladly donate money to any one that wants to build affordable high quality products
Report Post »kraphtsman
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 4:51pmHow are they NOT like the Tea Party ? Hmmm, the Tea Party folks HAVE JOBS ! Or, the Tea Party obeys the law ! Or, the Tea Party supports capitalism. Or, the Tea Party is able to explain why they gather in the first place. Or, the Tea Party members’ actions support their words… and they are consistent. And maybe most importantly, members of the Tea Party can explain in a civil and coherent manner precisely what they are FOR, not simply what they are AGAINST !
On the other hand, these “Occcupiers” are polar opposites in almost every way one chooses to compare the two groups.
Report Post »ashamed
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 11:41pmthe big difference is the TEA PARTY doesnt CRAP in the streets.
Report Post »Barackalypse Now
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:03pmJon Stewart should insert his head in a toilet and flush repeatedly.
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:19pmThe reason his ratings are so low is because all 500 of his viewers are down on wall street.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 3:14pmAh yes, the classic swirly.
Report Post »Rayc1974
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 11:38pmThat is awesome.
Report Post »ashamed
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 11:43pmand it still wont go down.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:03pmSorry, one other thing, the biggest difference between them and us is we are not pigs, destroying the area with trash, and hurting the local stores and companies. We also don’t attack people coming through our area, call them ugly names, and exhibit anti-semitism. Other than that. we are just alike.
Report Post »W@nd@
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:11pmOne is a grassroots protest
Report Post »The other is staged anarchy paid for by friends of the administration!
Go figure!
Nothing could be more opposite!
mydogtippy
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:17pmI agree with what you have said.
Report Post »Brad Wesselmann
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:23pmThe TEA Party is the American Al Qaida, we are everywhere and nowhere and THAT is why they hate us…there is no one single target to demonize, and with every action of theirs to destroy us we only get stronger.
Keep the faith and continue to support and defend the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic. :-) We will replace the burning pire of small town America, we are the TEA Party and we are here to save the country…one progressive at a time.
Report Post »cosette
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:31pm@ Jenny, While your list of differences i a good start it is, by no means ,complete. To wit- !- While they have the admiration and approval of the media, we suffer their vitriol and deprecation. 2- They are disorderly and disrespectful, We are the total opposite. 3-They consist of young belligerent whiners with an entitlement mentality. We are a diverse group of every age, income and race the the common ideal of self reliance. And last but not least we are productive members of society, they, not so much.
Report Post »Clive
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:37pm“The Tea Party was an organic movement.”
gimme a break. freedom works, the koch brothers, Ensuring Liberty Corp., and they had an entire news network publicizing and promoting them… “organic, grass roots”… please, give me a break.
they are very similar, in that both groups are basically uneducated deadbeats, puppets for someone elses wants and needs, who think that yelling accomplishes things.
Report Post »Nlitend1
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:55pmIn order to really hate…the first thing you have to do is distinguish yourself from what you hate. Follow that by defining your target as something less than human (an animal for instance), and you’re on your way.
Report Post »In order to be someone who is hateful…always look for things that make you different. Follow that by ignoring anything that makes you the same. The glass will always be half empty and your heart will always be black.
let us prey
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:58pmclive
Report Post »You are a douche. The difference between you and a bucket of sheet is the bucket.
Lloyd Drako
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 3:40pmClive:
The Tea Party was swiftly taken in hand by Freedom Works, the Koch Bros., etc. Likewise, OWS is in process of being taken in hand by unions and various other “left” groups. No lasting movement is entirely spontaneous, always a measure of control, direction and financing comes in.
Uneducated deadbeats? I think the OWSers are probably better educated in a formal sense than TPers. A good many so far seem to be college students or recent graduates who–for all the “get a job” rants you’ll read here–know perfectly well that their educations will be useless in getting jobs that will justify the money spent, all too commonly borrowed, on them.
They don’t want to be deadbeats. Most of them want to be productive members of society, though many of them probably feel an aesthetic distaste for capitalist entrepreneurship, and they certainly don’t want to work at Home Depot or Wal-Mart all their lives–”not that there’s anything wrong with it.”
Report Post »They aren’t so much “enraged” as bored and frustrated, but they could easily be stirred to violence, given the right incident. Overeducated and underemployed people are always dangerous: consider Weimar.
We are Americans
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 7:13pm@brad wasserman. I don’t think an accurate
Report Post »reflection of the tea party is Americas al quida.
Bad use of words. You just compared the tea party
to a Muslim terrorists group that attacked the USA.
SERUM
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 8:59pm@ Brad Wasselman
Report Post »Yeah, bad analogy…we forgive you. But guess who would the muslim brotherhood would be…
Cat
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 8:14am@CLIVE
The people I met at my first Tea Party rally were business people, plumbers, doctors, carpenters, lawyers, landscapers, architects, construction workers, engineers, secretaries, farmers, mechanics, contractors, pilots, nurses, boat builders, retailers, shippers, fishermen, investors, shoemakers, electricians, surgeons, cabinet makers, tile setters, artists, sail makers and cooks.
Report Post »Those were the first fifty Americans I met
The only Americans I met who worked for the government were the soldiers and veterans.
Steve
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 6:45pmClive why not site examples of your claims. otherwise your just another poser.
Report Post »ReadItToday
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:02pmThey‘re not like the Tea Party because the Tea Party isn’t pro communism. Has anyone else read this
Report Post »http://BiggestCoverUp.blogspot.com/
swalt
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:12pmDude, you just joined the Blaze yesterday, and now you are posting this link to the biggest bunch of crap I have ever seen! Go away!
Report Post »CONSERVATIVE SUMMER
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:57pmI just wasted the last hour of my life reading that blog that you posted. Maybe I’m ignorant, but I still don’t understand the need for the code!!
Report Post »I think its a little far reaching. The guy from A Beautiful Mind thought what he was doing was real too!
Steve
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:18amReadItToday
Completely useless information. Nice try but it falls well short of any intellectual thought It does however make a good conspiracy theory. I’m sure moveon.org or the huffpo would appreciate this fiction. Here not so much.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:01pmI’ll take a stab at it…..Tea Party members preach about personal responsibility?!?!?!!? “Scandal!!!”
Report Post »wildwood
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:00pmThe Tea Party want to work, see our country grow ,cut the big spending, get a balanced budget passed, reform our medicare, and social security so future generations can have a little security, !!!
Report Post »These misdits on the New York streets want a bigger hand out!!!!!!!!
CAN ANY LIBERAL SEE THE DIFFERENCE?????? NO NOT EVEN WHEN IT IS SPELLED OUT FOR THEM!!!!
Wayner
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:03pmThanks but I don’t want to watch what this piece of crap (poc?) has to say.
Report Post »mydogtippy
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:26pmNO the liberal do not see the difference.All they want is free hand outs. And they don’t understand they are being used,by the unions and others that want to bring down this counrty.But I will say the union leader are not to smart there penson plan are invested in the stocks on wall street.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:59pmThe occupiers are internationalists/communists and care little for the Constitution. They want the government to run society and redistribute the welth. They act as if the streets are their own property and behave like anarchists. they taunt the police and provoke violent reponces.
The Tea Party love America and its Constitution. They want limited government and more individual freedom. They obey the law and clean up after themselves. John Stewart has to go to the historic tea party to find any kind of criminal act. Stupid
Report Post »kfogs1957
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:59pmUntil now I thought Jon Stewart was a bright man who just had differing views. This seals the deal. If Mr. Stewart is too stupid to recognize that the vast majority of protestors appear to be young people who are expecting a certain standard of living, without having earned it. The Tea Party, although I think there are whacked out tentacles to that organization at times, I feel represents those who have paid taxes and want responsible governement controlling the purse strings in a responsible, frugal fashion. Am I mis-guided? Get spending under control, and stop castigating those who have made it vs. those who expect it. I don’t think anyone should have the right to vote until they start paying taxes. Have a dog in the fight, then you can vote.
Report Post »swalt
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:58pmHow many Tea Party members have been arrested? NOT ONE! How many of these useful idiots have been arrested? Over 1000 so far. THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE!
Report Post »Oregonian
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:58pmOnce again, Jon Stewart spots a parade and tries to jump in front of it!
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:14pmjon should jump in front of a MAC TRUCK!!!!!
Report Post »Truthbeliever2
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 3:03pm@banjarmon LOL
Either that or a speeding public transportation vehicle that way he would be creamed by his own kind.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:58pm.
Report Post »Tea Party folks have jobs………..
Jenny Lind
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:58pmAnd just exactly why isn’t the Tea Party doing something? I’ll go to a rally in Northwern Ohio, just get one organized. Tough to do in Akron, Ohio, but we had one here in Cuyahoga falls, down on the riverfront and it was very well attended. Cannot figure out why we are not having one now. Why are just sitting at our keyboards? Someone please explain the inaction. I signed up to be a part of this group and have never heard from them again.
Report Post »missy8s
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:06pmWe actually are doing some things behind the scenes, we prefer not to protest them because they will destroy themselves..
They actually want us to launch a counter protest so they can goad us into their violent game for the media lemmings.
Get some popcorn, sit back and watch the self destruction of the radical left from within…
ENJOY! :-)
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 3:58pmO.K., will give it a shot-still rather be out with some like minded people!
Report Post »momrules
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 5:25pmJenny Lind………….you are hanging out with a lot of like minded people right now.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:58pmJon hasn’t been paying attention.
Report Post »cgizzy
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:57pmLets compare
Number of arrests in the Tea Party=0
Number of arrests in Occupy WallStreet=700+
Number of Tea Party people calling for the destruction of our system=0
Number of Ocupy WallStreet Protesters calling for the destruction of our system=all
Number of Tea Party people calling for the restoration of morals and principles that we were founded on=All
Number of Ocupy wall street protesters calling for the restoration of morals and principles that we were founded on=None
I could go on, but you get the point.
Report Post »Fiscallytead
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:06pmGreat Answer CGizzy!
Report Post »1791
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:34amOh my, they’re practically the same in every way……. as long as you count polar opposites as equal. Must be the new lib-math
Report Post »bifgroovey
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:57pmOh dear Jon… You suffer from moral dyslexia. The big difference is that one group wants to maintain and enforce hundreds of years of Constitutional law… the other group wants to burn the Constitution.
Report Post »Al J Zira
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:57pmThe village idiot has spoken again.
Report Post »ashamed
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 11:47pmI am glad some has said it like it is OBAMA is truly the village fool.
Report Post »IAMMADDOG
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:56pmProtesting Wall Street because you don’t have a job or the things you want out of life is akin to burning down Burger King because you are hungry.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:56pmThey are similar in that it’s a group of people that are upset with the status quo and are vocal about it.
They differ in what they think will solve it.
I disagree with Hallowell on one point. The Tea Party is about as “grass-roots” as the OWS protests are. Tea Party has conservative think tanks and politicians behind it; OWS just recently had some local unions and agencies lend their support. I’m sure if they continue they too will have politicians behind them as well.
One thing I think we can all agree upon is that Sean Hannity sticks his own foot in his mouth waaaaay too often.
Report Post »swalt
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:07pmLocked, you should learn that to keep your mouth shut. When you open your mouth you put to rest any doubt about your IQ.
Report Post »Clive
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:39pm^good comeback buddy, everyone can tell how smart you are from such an articulate response.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 3:15pmClive the metrosexual handbag. Is this your contribution to mankind?
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 3:32pm‘Occupy Wall Street’ Organizer Is Marketing Analyst Whose LinkedIn Lists Work For Investment Bankers.
Adbusters is The magazine that kicked it all off. Although the magazine (published out of Canada) has mostly handed off the reins to OccupyWallStreet.org.
Anonymous was one of the first groups to sign on to the Occupy Wall Street cause.
US Day of Rage: Another early sign-on
Affiliated Sites:
Feed the Protest
Global Revolution Livestream
We Are the 99 Percent
Occupy Los Angeles
Some of the key players:
Nathan Schneider: editor of WagingNonviolence.org. He’s working on the media side of the protests and wrote the F.A.Q. on the protests for The Nation.
Patrick Bruner: Working in the public relations team at the protests.
Hero: Another P.R. team member for Occupy Wall Street. The media team can be reached at press@occupywallst.org.
Wylie Stecklow: Lawyer whose firm was hired by General Assembly. His counsel is around to offer legal advice to the protesters.
Mailing address: Postal service now delivering mail to “One Liberty Plaza.”
Phone hotline: 347 603 6258.
Real grassroots isn’t it?
Report Post »Locked
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 3:59pm@Blackhawk
Yes? How many Tea Party members are part of other groups: NRA, religious groups, churches, conservative groups, political campaigns, etc? I‘m not sure what you’re trying to show… unless it’s that these people do have lives and are actually American citizens? Amazing, I agree!
I guess the better question is: what do you think “grassroots” means? If your post shows anything, it’s that the protests are from many groups with one thing in common: anger at the status quo.
You might not agree with the protesters’ goals or methods, but there are similarities to the Tea Party without a doubt. That you don’t want to see them says a lot about who you are; afraid to look in the mirror, perhaps?
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 4:47pmLocked
I don’t remember Tea Partiers asking for handouts at their protests, having P.R. Firms or lawyers and I‘m pretty sure most of them had jobs because they didn’t spend day’s at the same location protesting.
Also you stated “I‘m not sure what you’re trying to show… unless it’s that these people do have lives and are actually American citizens? Amazing, I agree!” If they had lives they wouldn‘t be protesting for a week and wouldn’t have demands like these.
Occupy Demands And Civil Disobedience Guidelines
Proposed By Lloyd Hart – Demands: Free college education. Guaranteed living wage income regardless of employment .Open borders migration, anyone can travel anywhere to work and live. Immediate across the board debt forgiveness for all. Outlaw all credit reporting agencies. These demands will create so many jobs it will be completely impossible to fill them without an open borders policy. ( tell me this guys isn’t a lunatic).
Report Post »Steve
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:23amAny politician who attaches themselves to this gang in wall street will be committing political suicide.
Report Post »00gabooga
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:56pmThey don’t work for a living, and they don’t bathe or shave.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:55pmBecause tea party members are not idiots, jon. More than half these protesters don‘t even know what they’re protesting, sheep….stupid sheep… can‘t really remember the war protestors of the 60’s, but I can imagine they were alot like this bunch, clueless.
Report Post »Citizen
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:53pmdid you look at them ? do you see how they carry themselves as a whole ?
look at the individuals in each group and as a whole and how they acted.
did you see tea partiers getting battoned by cops.
Report Post »Leader1776
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 3:08pmAs many of us were, I was at the original 9/12 gathering in DC. Walking from Union Station to the Mall I passed a member of the police that was in full riot gear including heavy firepower. I nodded towards the riot gun and said you don’t need that with us. He responded by saying: ‘ I know, sir, I know. ” I then thanked him for his service.
Report Post »Dudley Do-Right
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 3:22pmWhen the Occupation movement began two weeks ago, the Herald reported that protesters “are angry that they went to college, incurred punishing debt and now cannot find jobs.” Uh . . . OK.
Now that you mention it, if I were a college grad without a job, I might show up in Boston’s financial district, too. But I’d show up with a resume, a suit and a fresh haircut, not a sign reading “End Capitalism NOW!”
Attacking Wall Street because you’re jobless is like burning down Whole Foods because you’re hungry.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view.bg?articleid=1371061
Report Post »ACLUHater
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:52pmWell for one thing the Tea Party people take baths. They also have jobs.
Report Post »Dudley Do-Right
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:16pmAnd a point!
Report Post »Clive
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:40pmmost tea party folks can’t fit in a bathtub.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 3:21pmClive
“gimme a break. freedom works, the koch brothers, Ensuring Liberty Corp., and they had an entire news network publicizing and promoting them… “organic, grass roots”… please, give me a break.”
Amazing how misinformed you are. All you mention got involved AFTER the Tea Party started protesting, not before so yes it was an organic grassroots movement.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:50pmAny person that gives this dolt attention by watching his degenerative filth, needs to be smacked.
Report Post »biggreenboo
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 3:20pmDid you watch it????
Now bring your face to my hand!!!
Report Post »Danimal98367
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:50pmWe desperately need a counter rally to the Occupy Wall Street-type events. I do not begrudge the OWS people the right to protest and be heard – I encourage them to speak their minds peacefully. However, I am certain that if the Tea Party-types do not get out with public demonstrations about personal responsibility and smaller government, then the OWS folk will soon dictate political discussion the same way the nearly uncontested Tea Party managed to do in ‘09. Thoughts?
Report Post »Delete the Elite
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:55pmBecause they are not ‘voting’ for smaller government this time around.
Report Post »conservative karl
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:04pmI think in the end the proof will be in plain sight, right now there is plenty of video evidence of the OWS protests being everything the left accused the Tea Party of being (violent, hateful, conspiracy theorists, anarchists). The American People (most anyways) are smart enough to see what is right in front of them, its all over youtube. Plenty of video evidence of violence and hate on the Left, nothing but peaceful pragmatism on the Right. The media cant hide the facts anymore, not with the internet and social networking.
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