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‘Nobody 2012’: Occupy Wall Street Turns on Obama

When the Occupy Wall Street movement first emerged, there was an understandable rush to compare it to the Tea Party. Both movements suffered from initial image problems (though the Tea Party overcame them far more quickly), both movements were created by insurgent, grassroots forces opposed to established political trends, both took aim at large, comfortable institutions and both were essentially phenomena that began with a party’s base.

Yet since each movement’s inception, the end result of their activism has been completely different. Just look at the reception they each will receive at the conventions held by their respective parties. At the Republican National Convention this year, Tea Party elected Senators will be speaking. Tea Party elected politicians at all levels will be in attendance. Ideas like the Ryan plan, which may make the platform, will have come from the Tea Party, and Freedomworks will be pressuring the party to place 12 Tea Party-generated ideas on that platform.

But Occupy Wall Street? Well, they won’t even be in the convention. They’ll be outside. Protesting. US News and World Report explains:

Two months after the major group planning to protest the Democratic National Convention changed its name, a new and bigger demonstration is being planned for the September event. This time, it’s being led by “original” Occupy protesters.

Protest organizer John Penley, among the first to join the Occupy protests in Zuccotti Park, says some Occupy protesters were disturbed by the name change, which turned the “Coalition to Protest at the DNC” into the “Coalition to March on Wall Street South — Building People’s Power During the DNC.”

The change in nomenclature, he said, let Democrats off the hook.

And so despite the perception that Occupy is more liberal than it is conservative, Penley says his demonstration, “Occupy the Military Industrial Complex,” will very much target President Barack Obama.

“We‘re targeting Obama’s out of control military spending,” he told Whispers. “It’s the key to so many problems in the U.S. That, and the drone strikes on American citizens. And the NDAA. People feel so upset with Obama.”

The following poster has been circulating in anticipation of the protest:

Occupy Wall Street To Protest 2012 Democratic National Convention, ObamaThe “A” is a reference to anarchism.

So apparently President Obama is too much of a hawk on the war for Occupy Wall Street. Fair enough, but the last Republican president was arguably further to the Left on economic issues than any Tea Partier would dare to admit they are now. Yet the Tea Party has seized control of the Republican party and changed its orthodoxy on those issues. Occupy Wall Street’s closest achievement appears to be getting Obama to make his most famous gaffe of the campaign. The Tea Party built a coalition to get their message heard, but Occupy Wall Street? They didn’t build that. And no one else, not even the Democrats, seems willing to make that happen.

Comments (94)

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  • whatzzhername
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:59pm

    NOBODY 2012. Where is that bumper sticker? I want it.

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  • mrsuperpat
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:53pm

    They forgot to mention that both movements were co opted by the establishment and made milk toast. TEA Party was infiltrated by run of the mill milk toast everyday Republicans that don’t understand the severity of continued spending ,endless wars, and encroaching Police State. They Instead decided to try and put a liberal Democrat at the helm in one mil toast Mitt Romney that will offer minor policy and rhetoric changes. The Occupy people were swarmed with the miltoast5 typical Obama “gimme gimme” crowd who don’t understand the severity of the situation as well. With that said the laws both parties hold hands to pass and use to erode our rights are UN-American. The media is the establishments milk toast mouth piece to keep everyone uninformed and fighting while they steal our wealth and set up their tyranny. Out of all the potential candidates this election season only one had a plan that departed from the treachery with a true American agenda and that was Ron Paul. All other opinions are simply more of the same milk toast status quo, propping up the established paradigm of failed policies and blind eyes to the theft and crimes of their admitted masters. Eventually these paradigms will come crashing down with a crushing blow of reality for all you milk toast types. Eat your pea’s and lick their boots.

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  • Triplescrew
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:49pm

    Occupiers never were too bright.

    http://www.gainsense.com/2012/07/the-obama-clinton-paradox.html

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  • soybomb315_II
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:48pm

    Good for occupy. At least occupy hasnt been co-opted by the democrats like the tea party was by the republicans

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    • Wolfgang the Gray
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 8:23pm

      There are still some of us TEA Party people that have not been co-opted by the Republicans. I still think we should throw most of the Republicans out along with the Democrats in Nov.

      As for the OWS knuckle-draggers, let them go back to the rocks from under which they crawled.

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    • soybomb315_II
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 8:30pm

      I am with you Wolfgang

      The more young college people that wake up and see that the democrat party is not their friend – the better. Now if we could just get some republicans with principle that can communicate the message of limited government and freedom….

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    • MCDAVE
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 10:00pm

      Here are some republicans who need to go http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/betrayal-house-gop-leaders-refuse-to-defund-obamacare/

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    • Stratosaurus
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 9:15am

      OWS needs to be co-opted by someone with sanity, but then common sense, logic and facts are not weapons to be found in anarchists’ toolbox, probably because most of them started out as communists and/or libturds.

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    • Taquoshi
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 9:43am

      I like it, I like it. Vote for Nobody 2012 means that B.O. will get that many fewer votes. I can deal with that. They won’t even bother to go to the polls, or if they do, they’ll stay outside. Fine by me.

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    • ljjkj
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:30am

      Considering the ousting of old guard, Republican establishment favored candidates, I’d say you are very wrong as to who is co-opting whom.

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  • barber2
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:47pm

    Am sure this is just the Democrats trying to distance themselves from this openly anti=capitalist Movement. The heat is on. Polls are showing this OWS association is now a problem. Trouble is, Obama’s very rhetoric up to now just shows he walks the same anti-Wall Street route ! Lord, we heard all of that anti–banker/ anti CEOs / anti-rich rhetoric for months ! Nice try, Democrats. But you own this one, comrades ! “ Forward ” you go….with all of your anti-Wall Street/ anti-capitalist best friends ! Like Bill Ayers !

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    • vox_populi
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 8:33pm

      If association is a problem, it isn’t enough of one. Obama is still up ~330-200 in the electoral college based on state polls.

      http://www.electoral-vote.com/

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    • Taquoshi
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 9:45am

      Vox, are those numbers factoring in the new Democratic pro-gay platform stance? That might change things.

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  • fande3rls
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:28pm

    Hey blaseits been 25 mintues since i posted last here where is my post ?

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    • HumbleCitizen
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:12am

      @ fande3rls

      Sometimes, for reasons I do not understand, a comment just…won’t…post. Here is a way to check and find out if your comment posted OR to look at the past 10 comments of any poster on The Blaze.

      http://www.theblaze.com/users/__(blank)___. In the blank type in your name (no parenthesis) or the name of theperson you’d like to read their recent past posts.

      Example: “www.theblaze.com/users/fande3rls”

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  • Tri-ox
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:24pm

    LOL. The OCCUPY movement was not / is not a grassroots movement; OCCUPY was created by the ‘obama 2012’ campaign – IF OCCUPY is “turning” on obama, it is a well choreographed machination to try to convince the public that obama is not behind the movement. Yawn. OCCUPY is, was and will be directly linked to obama, and will be part of obama’s legacy of destruction.

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  • Thinman
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:11pm

    How does the Blaze consider occupy wall street a grass roots movement in any way shape or form?

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    • soybomb315_II
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:49pm

      anything that is anti-establishment certainly didnt come out of the two political parties

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  • dmerwin
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:10pm

    Okay… so much for the “youth vote”.

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    • Individualism
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:28pm

      the best way you can get the youth vote is to lower costs of college education, health insurance or the best thing is to forgive their loans or give them free education and healthcare at this point. they will take freedom if you offer it but 2nd they will take hand outs but they will never care or want war like the establishment GOP is offering.

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    • ljjkj
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:32am

      Forgiveness of loans and promises of freebies? If your estimation of the greed of the “youth vote” is correct then I personally am proud to support any candidate they oppose.

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  • qpwillie
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:06pm

    Where are the Paulbots? They’ll be saying that “Nobody” is a neocon, Bilderberg, NDAA, status quo progressive and is exactly the same as 0bama.

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    • Individualism
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:11pm

      Romney is, not everyone.

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    • qpwillie
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:28pm

      @Individualism
      You said the same thing about Cain, Bachmann, Santorum, Gingrich, Perry, Allen West, Palin and everyone else you thought might be 0bama’s opponent. That’s how I memorized it.

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    • Individualism
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:49pm

      Nope some of them i did and others i did not. some were more imperfect than others but Romney is the most like Obama you can get out of any candidate out there.

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    • ljjkj
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:34am

      They are already here, unfortunately. Like a bat signal, the mere mention of the military brings them out of their basement apartments and causes them to go “keyboard commando”.

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  • RejectFalseIcons
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:05pm

    And now that they’ve slipped the SEIU reins, we can open the door for collaboration in the name of liberty. They want peace, Gary Johnson is the only one who’s going to get it for them.

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  • GoodStuff
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:00pm

    Batman wins!

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:59pm

    Nope. All for show. MUST distance himself from these hoodlums now. Ridiculous, after praising the crap out of them for two years now? HE’S A JOKE!

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  • Tree_Butcher
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:57pm

    the definition of biting the hand that feeds you. I’m enjoying watching them implode.

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  • Individualism
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:56pm

    i am sure they would like Gary Johnson if they knew more about him. most people would.

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    • dmerwin
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:09pm

      Probably love to have a beer with him. Also agree with most policy. However, he cannot win. Until libertarians can mainstream, i.e. make the candidate a household word and the message the libertarians are a fringe. To do that, you need to severely limit entitlements for able bodied people and sell that message that an individual will do better for themselves than the government can. I want first fiscal responsibility. I don‘t care WHAT you do so long as I don’t pay for it and it doesn’t hurt innocent people. I do want a strong national defense because the world is a very mean place.

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    • soybomb315_II
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:59pm

      @dmerwin
      It isnt about winning. A Romney win in November would be an improvement – but not a victory for people like us…..

      How can a person can get less than 50% of the vote in a state but still win? Seems like we have a problem with the election laws. Besides, if you live in a state where Obama will get >50%, might as well vote Gary Johnson and register your dis-satisfaction with the Republican candidate (maybe next time they will listen)

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  • FlagWavingPatriot
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:55pm

    Remember seeing all those rabid Occupy demonstrations right in front of the White House? Me, either. That‘s because they didn’t happen. These “anarchists” are communists. Most of them will most certainly be pulling the lever for Mr. Obama. You’re a fool to think otherwise.

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    • barber2
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 8:28pm

      Agree. They are all united but, like Obama’s school records, all is hidden because the Lap Dog Media is also a Lefty tool.

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    • WakingSheep
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 12:33pm

      I agree some…. maybe most are communists.

      I am not communist but I can tell you what we currently have is not Capitalism either.
      Bank bailouts
      Auto bailouts
      Lobbyists paying off the right congressman or dept head.

      The GOP are just as bad as the Dems wrapping up something in a nice little package that ALWAYS costs us the taxpayers.

      I worked over 4 months last year just for taxes.
      Does repeal and REPLACE really sound any better?

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  • RANGER1965
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:53pm

    This doesn’t necessarily hurt Obama. The Occupy movement ended up with one black eye after another. In the beginning it looked like the seeds of a movement like Egypt.

    It fizzled primarily because of the nature of the Occupier’s themselves. Cowardly, disgusting, and foolish. Their mouths were sewers, and their brains were addled with idealistic notions taught to them by professors in college. Men and women who had accomplished nothing, and demanded everything.
    This trash were supposed to be living examples of a democratic movement. America wasn’t buying it.

    Becoming associated with Occupy isn’t really great for convincing people to vote for you.

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  • hatchetjob
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:52pm

    Talk is cheap. The Day of Rage back in Nov. was a snoozer, thankfully. The New Black Panthers are mouthy, but alas, no cigar. The Occupy Movement was only bowel movements on police cars, so I‘d say we’re safe.

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    • Apple Bite
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 12:38am

      Just make it to the ballots before gagging on their stench, and all will be okay…

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  • Patrick Henry II
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:46pm

    Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.
    George Washington.

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    • MODEL82A1
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:52pm

      PAT, “Over grown military establishments”? Let us know when we’re even CLOSE to having one of those.

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    • Patrick Henry II
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 8:07pm

      Now.
      The Drones, Homeland Security, DNA databases (in contempt of court), Information Databases including social, and tracking GPS of every phone in the US and keeping the record forever, enemies list, Satelites surveying the public, constant war (make an example of an attacker without a rebuild and it ends), (un)Patriot Act,
      Need I say more.

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    • ljjkj
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:36am

      Have you heard of a term called sequestration? Tell me, what effect will it have on the military?

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:44pm

    You mean the OWS freaks were anarchists all along? No **** Sherlock,whenever the freaks weren’t crapping on police cars and raping each other they would give an interview and sounded like Timothy Leary trippin on LSD,a cogent thought wasn’t ever expressed by any of the maggot infested slackers.

    I‘m no fan of NDAA or drones being used on American soil either but they’re proposing anarchy and that’s a non starter.

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    • Patrick Henry II
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:48pm

      More anarchy than we have would be good. We might be able to use some of this.

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    • MODEL82A1
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:56pm

      Yeah, Patrick Henry (and George Washington) were HUGE supporters of “some degree” of anarchy. Lol! You are historically illiterate.

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    • soybomb315_II
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:55pm

      @model
      There is only one spectrum to classify a country….No government is at one end and complete government control is at the other end. Where do you think USA currently is? I say we are 70% towards complete government control

      Need to shift to the left (historically called classical liberalism). We need to go from 70% to about 20% – that would get us closer to the founders….Yes, that means less government (more personal freedom). DEAL WITH IT

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    • Patrick Henry II
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 8:09pm

      Model, readmy comment then yours. then re think. You stated the same thing I did as your opinion. Hello.

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    • barber2
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 8:25pm

      SOY and company: you are all anarchists hiding in your Ron Paul Libertarian tee shirts. Anarchy is NEVER a good idea. No rational conservative would promote anarchy. But then, you guys are not rational conservatives. You all are sons of OWS and you belong with them. If you don’t, you are planning to do to the Republican Convention just what you do here : taunt, harass, cause trouble. But heck, that’s what anarchists do. AND am sure an anarchist likes to “ travel” into conservative territory rather than hang in old, familiar territory like with the anarchists in the OWS Movement . DUH. You guys want to “ Occupy” the conservatives so you can “ poop” on their convention and on their ideas.

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    • soybomb315_II
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 8:32pm

      @barber
      You must be an idiot to say that i am advocating anarchy. Did you read my post? Why are you on theblaze if you dont listen to Glenn Beck? Try reading a book Glenn Beck used to talk about daily….”The 5,000 year leap”

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  • QuincySmith
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:44pm

    The poster should have said Nobama 2012.

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  • Rayblue
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:43pm

    And the leopard changes its spots.
    Respectfully, Mr Holt. Your first paragraph must have been culled from under a rock.

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  • MODEL82A1
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:41pm

    Let them eat Anarchy! It’s tasty, but not very filling.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:40pm

    So the Occupy Wallstreet has a symbol that means “Occupy Anarchy” or some such nonsense?

    Its been expected for some time the puppetmasters behind the Occupy movements, seeing that Obama is not radical enough and not pushing their agendas hard and fast enough, would turn in force upon him.

    Take into account the recent purchases of body armor, firearms and ammo, etc over the last few months by the DHS; the warnings of protests and violence coming to the conventions and to the inaguration next year (almost as if the expected riots are already planned), and now the changes to the usefull idiots of Occupy fame…

    …and you have a recipe for a coup on behalf of Obama to seize final power.

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    • vox_populi
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 8:48pm

      “…and you have a recipe for a coup on behalf of Obama to seize final power.”

      You’ve been saying the same thing for months. But I’m sure Obama will take over any day now, right?

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    • barber2
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 9:20pm

      SNOW: Our little anarchists are very touchy . Guess they thought we were too dumb to see behind the masked dramas of the MIC checks and the OWS . They remind me of what would have happened in the 60s if you mixed the Flower Children with the Bill Ayers Weatherman Terrorists. Am hoping that these OWS types are more Flower Children but have a suspicion that they are much more like the anarchist / Ayers’ types. Will see. We did survive the 60s.

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  • dodgedart1966
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:38pm

    Obama’s chickens…………coming home to roost.

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    • Seede
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 12:54pm

      Just wait when they find out that the federal reserves is missing over 9,000,000,000,000 bucks and the money that is going in the back door to the Muslims in Syria. And to kick off the nimrod gang in DC wait till the people realize that the flow of money is still going into Afghanistan by the billions and then disappears. War is the biggest business now and hasn’t changed one nickle since Bush ran the crooks in DC. Just a matter of changing the people who steal the chickens. Military is as bad as the politicians.

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