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Occupiers Plan Gay Pride Parade & ‘Funeral for the American Dream’ to Disrupt NH Primary

Occupy Protesters Plan Primary Protests in New Hampshire & South Carolina

Occupy protesters, left, disrupt the speech of Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, as he campaigns during an event honoring veterans at the Iowa State Fair Grounds in Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

DES MOINES, Iowa (The Blaze/AP) — With several attention-grabbing protests before Iowa’s caucuses, Occupy Wall Street activists proved their movement did not end when its encampments in big cities dispersed. But they also showed the group hasn’t matured into a political force, and it’s not clear whether it will become a liberal counterweight to the tea party this election year.

Following Tuesday’s vote in Iowa, on which the movement had little impact, Occupy organizers are pledging to stage more protests in New Hampshire and South Carolina as the presidential nomination process moves east. But the smaller-than-expected crowds, a muddled message that was mostly ignored by candidates, and tactics that seem to limit their appeal raised questions about its long-term viability.

“This is a sign that the way they have been trying to do it probably isn’t going to work,” said Dave Petersen, director of the Harkin Institute of Public Policy at Iowa State University, who said Occupy’s only discernible impact was tighter-than-usual security at Republican events. He said the group needed to develop leaders and a more coherent message if it wanted to make the transition from a grassroots movement to an electoral powerhouse.

Occupy Protesters Plan Primary Protests in New Hampshire & South Carolina

Occupy protesters credited their Iowa counterparts with keeping the movement going even as they questioned tactics such as heckling candidates and blocking campaign offices.

“Every place politicians go from here they are going to hear the same message about the corrosive impact of money in politics,” said Mark Provost, an organizer with Occupy New Hampshire, which is planning four days of events beginning Friday.

The week of protests in Iowa, largely limited to the Des Moines area, did not generate as much support as organizers hoped. Fewer activists came from other states than they anticipated, and their largest event attracted about 250 people, roughly half the size of crowds at earlier caucus events featuring GOP candidates like Ron Paul and Mitt Romney.

Here are the Occupiers interrupting Romney during a recent speech:

Generally small groups of protesters showed up at campaign offices and events of Republican presidential candidates. They often found locked doors, and dozens were arrested for trespassing. They heckled and interrupted candidates on several occasions, often to chant a prepared script.

“We still had a pretty decent turnout, fewer than expected but not by much,” said Brandon Griffis, an Occupy the Caucuses spokesman.

Democratic Party of Iowa Chair Sue Dvorsky gave the group credit for calling more attention to issues important to ordinary people, such as Wall Street financial reform, tax cuts for the middle-class and health care.

Republicans were less generous, generally dismissing them as liberal agitators. Romney’s supporters drowned out Occupy protesters who tried to interrupt him at a campaign event this week. “Go to work,” a Romney supporter yelled, prompting applause and laughter. Michele Bachmann called the protesters President Barack Obama’s re-election team after they caused a scene at her campaign office.

Occupy Protesters Plan Primary Protests in New Hampshire & South Carolina

A protester is arrested for blocking the entrance to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's local campaign office in Des Moines, Iowa. (Credit: AP/J. David Ake)

Drew Ivers, Iowa campaign chair for Paul, said the Occupy movement had “no impact at all” on the campaign. Five protesters were arrested outside Paul’s Iowa campaign headquarters in suburban Des Moines last week.

The protestors’ message seemed to vary by the day. One theme was the influence of corporate money in politics. But Iowa protesters also denounced everything from Romney‘s reluctance to release his tax returns to Paul’s plan to eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency to Obama’s decision to sign a law giving the president the power to indefinitely detain enemy combatants.

Watch more footage from Occupiers in Iowa last week:

In New Hampshire, which holds its primary election Jan. 10, Occupy protesters are planning a gay pride parade Saturday and a “funeral for the American dream” outside a candidate debate the same day. They expect hundreds of activists from along the East Coast to join their events.

Lauren Dickson of Occupy New Hampshire said activists would be trained on the art of “bird-dogging,” or confronting candidates with hard questions. She credited Iowa’s protests with bringing attention to the movement.

“This is the beginning of the Occupy movement. As time goes on, we‘ll see the effect it’s having,” she said.

Tim Liszewski, an activist with Occupy Columbia in South Carolina, where the third nomination vote will be held, said he was only aware of one event – a gathering outside a Jan. 16 debate – planned so far. He said the movement will avoid aggressive steps that would limit its appeal in the heavily Republican state.

“We want to reach out to people in all parties. Heckling people might show the Republicans who were willing to work with us that, `Oh, they’re just a partisan group,’” Liszewski said.

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  • barber2
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 10:03am

    Well guess the members of the Occupy Theater of the Absurd are getting on their buses and rehearsing for their next performances in New Hampshire and South Carolina. Will their faces will become as familiar as the SNL cast ?? ( recognize blonde with big mouth usually open in a scream and grey bearded wearing red tee shirt often seen on the floor guy ) But the Occupier cast members are more rude, arrogant, disruptive , and clueless than they are funny. Bullies are NOT funny…

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    • Amma K
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 10:37am

      This is the beginning of the Democratic plan to disrupt and take the spotlight off of Obama’s failures in office. Time for the conservatives to stay strong and continue to do what is right and good!!!

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    • BIGJAYINPA
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 10:41am

      Advice to the Occupy crowd. Please do not try and impede my movements or try to block me from where I intend to go. Do not enter an eating establishment and disturb my meal. Do not get in my face with your foul breath and unwashed bodies. I will not interfere with your activities, DO NOT INTERFER WITH MINE….Nuff said……..Just sayin’

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    • ozchambers
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 11:12am

      Gay pride parade?? Oh yeah, the Occupy movement is just like the Tea Party.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 11:14am

      Just homely children, that grew up to be homely adults…. Filled with anger and rage ….. Cuz they’re homely

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    • turkey13
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 11:29am

      Remember that song – No tears for Queers – No tears no tears up there in Heaven Fair. That fat blond looks like a butch lizzie and the Muslim brotherhood will stone her first since she’s a ****** and forgot her Burka.

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    • NOBAMA201258
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 11:33am

      It’s time for rubber bullets and tear gas on these clueless lemmings,if they actually had any valid points to make they have had more than enough time,what a bunch of idiots!

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    • smackdown33
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 11:56am

      How about a fire-hose, soap, and a tooth brush?

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    • Bum thrower
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 12:33pm

      I thot ‘McCain-Finegold’ “campaign finance reform” was supposed to get the money outta politics?

      Was ‘Corpse McCain’ lying???

      No; say it ain’t so……

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    • HippoNips
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 12:35pm

      GOOD!

      The crazy Occupy and crazy gay activists are now ONE. They have booty embraced and now the absudity of “rights” stemming for you sexual desires and the aburd notion that govenment owing private industry come from the same que-er minded place

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    • Obama Snake Oil Co
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 12:36pm

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 2:52pm

      Once again…make no mistake this is precursor to this year’s election campaign. The OWS brownshirts will be disrupting GOP and Tea Party events as often as they can in order to provoke an incident. Their passive/aggressive tactics are tailored to appear benign and to provoke attacks. They’re counting on the complicit media to then take that and paint the conservatives as the bad guys. Obama is salivating for an incident to take place. If you doubt me, just look at his “confront a conservative relative at the holiday table” non sense. If you‘d have asked me six months ago whether this will be the dirtiest election campaign in living memory I’d have said you’re all hyperbole…now…I have to agree with the assertion.

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    • barnsy
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:05pm

      A Gay Pride Parade and a funeral for the American Dream ? Does anyone really believe these Marxist Parasites have a clue about The American Dream ?

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    • ACLUHater
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:34pm

      Great. Now the hippies will be prancing.

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    • Clara88
      Posted on January 5, 2012 at 2:54pm

      Thanks SO much all of you occupiers…y’all have done SO much to help the conservative movement in America…and i am very grateful….truly..thank you :))

      Perry For President
      http://www.rickperry.org/

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  • Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:58am

    And SEIU and ACORN and Soros and Jeff Imelt are NOT buying politicians? Wake up and smell the hypocrisy!

    Oh, and Daniel Bragg, Occupy a Dentist’s Chair. Damn, dude! I’ve seen better teeth on an Englishman.

    And correct me if I’m wrong, but I think that last little wonkette admitted that they got arrested and accomplished their goals. So, their goals are to get arrested… Good work.

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    • vorpal
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 10:32am

      it’s a puts o rama for sure…a new reality TV program perhaps?

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    • BillyPenn
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 10:33am

      Daniels teeth are so bad he could make keys !

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 11:02am

      Paid Democrat Rent a Turds…. Dial 1-800-LIB-TURD For the location nearest you, shipping and handleing not included, must 18 years or older and card carrying marxist. Offer not valid in Texas !

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 11:10am

      The libs know the gravy train is pullin in to the station, and it threatens their cash flow….. Its nothing more than cash flow…

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    • rambosharley
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 12:21pm

      hahahahahahahahaha! Well said!

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  • rambosharley
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:54am

    The Idiots were yelling at Romney to “stop the war on the poor”……they need to to stalk obama for that! GO HOME SMELLY MORONS!

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    • Sirfoldallot
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 10:25am

      Well said. Think about it , the Muslim’s will kill u all & freedom will help u mo’s.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 11:06am

      Yeah Romney, stop the war on the poor…let them smoke as much crack as they want, and give them more money for every crack baby they can drop out… Yeah stop the war on the poor…

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 11:17am

      So are‘nt The obamas and the Pelosi’s 1%ers ?

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  • JLGunner
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:31am

    I’ve noticed that these idiots go into a local branch of a bank and start in on lower level employees that are just trying to earn some sort of living. Then they claim victory as they get walked to a patrol car.
    Why don’t they question the connections between barack and the banks?

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    • ishka4me
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:47am

      please stop calling them occupy. Call them what they are- campaign obama

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    • BillyPenn
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 10:28am

      @ISHKA4ME,

      You 100% on point. It‘s Obama’s army, paid for in full by his controller.

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    • NOBAMA201258
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 11:39am

      JL What about obama’s 4 million plus Christmas vacation? These slimeballs need to occupy reality

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    • shorething
      Posted on January 5, 2012 at 8:05am

      the morons are pro socialism/communism let me assure you that if they were being arrested in a communist country, THEY WOULDN”T BE SMILING. they also wouldn’t have much of a life expectancy, gulags anyone, i ve read of prisoners in the gulag saying/thinking that “if stalin knew about this he’d rescue us” duuhhh it was stalin that sent you there, you were for a time a “useful idiot” once you opened your eyes and saw the truth, you became a “useless idiot” and sent where you would have no influence. the ******** are equally deluded

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:25am

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    The Gay Pride Parade will consist of Skippy and his bubble gun prancing down the street & The Funeral for the American Dream was held 3 years ago when Obama was Inaugurated. Skippy was there too leading the GLBT Band……….

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  • DROPNWALLS79
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:24am

    These people are idiots. I hope they do show up in South Carolina, they will get their butt kicked down here. Southern republicans will not tolerate a bunch of smelly, disrespectfull, ignorant hippie wanna-be’s trying to disrupt everything. I do not know any good ole boys from the Carolinas that will react pleasantly to people getting in their face…..bad idea. This is going to be fun to watch.

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    • NOBAMA201258
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 11:49am

      The occupy cowards probably won’t go to S.C.,they know they will be treated like the trash they are, in a right to work state the unions won’t have much clout

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  • nelbert
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:24am

    God, what a dreary, tiresome bunch.
    The same verbiage, the same chants, the same smell.

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    • FREDD The WILSON
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 1:09pm

      Notice how utterly ugly gross and downright oderous all these clowns are? Maybe instead of the 99%, they should be called the soon to be forgotten, as they are hurried back to thier parent’s cellars

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  • YOUR NOT GETTING MY GUNS
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:22am

    Who‘s the blond bimbo in the photo’s? She seems to be the same one that walked into the pole, then was stuffed into the cop car ( a couple days ago ) and now being told to take a hike ( top photo ). Just seems odd.

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  • Freedomtothink
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:15am

    The Liberal Progressive think “The American Dream” is a dictatorial, Collectivist, Marxist State run behind the scenes by 90 year old hippie communists and Black Panthers. Oh boy. What the hell does a “Gay Pride Day” parade have to do with a political primary? A bunch of half naked Gay guys from California freezing their nuts off in New Hampshire – Great Plan Occupy.

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    • jnobfan
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 1:51pm

      How stupid are these people??????
      They are in bed with Communists who would have thier gay asses making ice cubes in a very cold place the first day they took power. Didn’t any of these people do ANY research on communists before they jump on?

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  • CONNIPTION FITZ
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:05am

    OBAMA’S fingerprints all over this. His primary goals in office: Divide and destroy US politically, economically, defense/military, socially/morally, and promote gay agenda, abortion/contraception (kills future Americans) Marxism and Islam and the conquest/destruction of US, West and world.
    He was placed in office to do precisely this.

    All his goals are destructive to a free, prosperous and healthy society, are perversion of human nature and rebellion against the Law and Dominion of G-D. Islam is a rebellion against G-D and opposes the redemptive purposes of G-D through Jesus Christ. It is a product of Mohammed’s hatred of anything that opposed him and his desire for having everything his own way and having control and power over others.

    There are only two kinds of people – those who surrender and adhere to G-D’s Commandments and Law of Love, Truth and Life and those who will not.

    This country is in rebellion against G-D, with the legalization of abortion, po rn o graphy, drugs, sha ck ing up, ho ok ing up, women dre ss ing like ho ok ers, etc..

    Our POTUS and his people are in rebellion. Islam is an evil spirit driven force and will not be destroyed by human or military force. Only the Sword of the Lord will defeat it.
    Isaiah 31:8-9, II Chronicles 20:12, II Chronicles 7:14

    G-D is waiting for our repentance and return to Him. We had better do so.

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    • Godfather.1
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:25am

      You should really read your comments before you post. First, you say that Obama is against a free society. Second, you say that it’s a problem that abortion, pornography, hooking up, drugs, and the way women dress is legal. Tell me, if those things were illegal, would we not be less free?

      As for your stance against abortion, Obama was not the one who legalized it, so attacking him for that is really stupid. Second, Obama like any other conservative could not just make it illegal. It is a Constitutional issue decided by the Supreme Court. Only the Supreme Court can overrule that decision. You should really learn how the US legal system works before posting.

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  • alpha2omega47
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:04am

    This ugly, angry blonde sure is getting a lot of face time. They need to throw these protesters in jail for longer periods of time. We have a right to free speech and assembly but protesting and disrupting ~ NOT.

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    • nelbert
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:21am

      Yea, when did she get to be their poster child. She‘s like Occupy’s Where’s Waldo.

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  • Mad_as_Hell...
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:02am

    I‘m still waiting for their next chant which will make it all complete. “Where’s my trophy? Where’s my trophy?… WMT,WMT…”

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  • sy212
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:01am

    Hahahahaha, occutards…I thought they were extinct

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  • BONETRAUMA
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:01am

    get some new tooth.

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  • GeorgieJo
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:00am

    The OSW’ers were outside a DNC office in Iowa this week.
    PLEASE keep ON asking Barry WHERE he gets ALL his campaign BUCKS
    Wait Jon Corzine at GoldmanSacks/MFGlobal is calling Barry now
    and of course Shovel Ready Job Czar GE Jeffy Emmelting…..

    Debby Wassy Schutlz? OWS’ers want to SPEAK with you!!!!

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  • BurntHills
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 8:59am

    with obama encouraging and inciting them, won’t be long before the headlines read that obama was taken down by a rabid communist fan of his: an Occupy moron wanting to make History himself. there IS a God.

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    • barber2
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 10:06am

      Agree. The Democrats are playing with a very dangerous crowd.

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  • momsense
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 8:57am

    Someone ought ot educate these useful idiots.The only one killing the American Dream is Barack Obama. Have they been in a supermarket recently or tried to buy a home? How about refinance your home? These basemant dewllers ought to get a job before they tell others about anything. When you pay taxes and are part of the system instead of lying around in a tent on someone else’s private property tresspassing, taking drugs , scaring 4 year olds or assaulting police because you have been told you’re entitled to anything you want –then tell people about the loss of the American Dream. Most of us worked our a@@es off all our lives and we weren‘t CEO’s either— what have you done to help yourselves–freeloading maggots?

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  • ADNIL
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 8:51am

    The weather is cold now. But wait until spring comes. Their numbers will explode, just like black flies and mosquitios, and about as annoying.

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  • biohazard23
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 8:43am

    Jeez, doesn’t ANYONE associated with Occupy believe in personal hygiene??? What a disgusting, filthy, smelly, not to mention IGNORANT, bunch of troglodytes…….

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    • cloudsofwar
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:00am

      i notice the same thing. what a bunch of bums. these are Obamas supporters. this coming election is going to get very ugly, wait till spring. the Progressives are worried and will not go away quietly.

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    • KangarooJack
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:14am

      These are some of the homeless who now have paying jobs as “Occuppiers” (sp?). Anyway, they have employment until Spring/Summer and then they won’t be welcome even in their food lines. No filet mignon for you!!!

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  • Holland
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 8:42am

    Ah, how sweet. They are planning a Welcome party for Mitt…..I know he has got the warm fuzzies at their thoughtful event. Now, we just need NOW and Planned Murderhood to foot the bill for the We Love You Mitt streamers

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  • RightUnite
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 8:36am

    Hooooomoooooooos…….

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  • dissentnow
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 8:31am

    These hideous street vermin are nothing but one big distraction. They’ll disappear when Obama gets re-elected.

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 8:40am

      Brought to you by SEIU,AFL CIO,and the AFT. McCarthy is being proven right more and more everyday. The man was a visionary

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    • barber2
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 10:28am

      SMITH: Think the Wisconsin Occupy started all of this. And that was a big union- organized mob scene. That set the stage for all of the Occupies. Don’t like election results? Shout, scream, occupy or have your legislature run away. Disruption. Seems like the opposite of rule by the majority. Theirs is a rule of the bully/ loud mouth / disruptor. Law and order ? More like anarchy.

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 8:30am

    The hysterical girl said wells fargo is buying our democracy? Ummmm how do you sell something you don’t have? And who would want democracy? FYI we live in a constitutional republic,or at least whats left of it.

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  • T ParT
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 8:30am

    There’s nothing like having a bunch of jobless Homos come to your city and display their goods.

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 8:26am

    The American Dream is alive and well, the problem is the Dream is now a welfare check or a Government job…… Sad

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