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Occupy Protesters Arrested Outside Romney Iowa Campaign Office

Occupy Protesters Arrested Outside Romney Iowa Campaign Office

Image source: The Des Moines Register

Ten protesters were arrested Wednesday outside GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s Des Moines, Iowa campaign offices and a nearby Wells Fargo bank branch, the Des Moines Register reported.

The protesters, all of whom were affiliated with the Occupy Des Moines movement, demanded Romney and Wells Fargo release their tax returns and that Romney return campaign contributions from the bank and bank employees, the newspaper said.

The doors to Romney’s office were locked by the time about 50 or so protesters arrived Wednesday afternoon, according to the New York Times. Protesters banged on the glass windows and demanded they be let inside. They shouted anti-Romney chants and sang songs about corporate greed.

Occupy Protesters Arrested Outside Romney Iowa Campaign Office

Image source: The Des Moines Register

The protesters said they were targeting Romney and Wells Fargo because of their corporate ties, the Register reported.

Police arrested seven protesters at the campaign offices. After police showed up, the remaining demonstrators marched toward the nearby bank branch where three more were subsequently arrested on trespassing charges.

“Our questions have gone unanswered,” one protester shouted as police led her away from Romney’s office. “This is not democracy. This is hypocrisy.”

Occupy Protesters Arrested Outside Romney Iowa Campaign Office

Image source: The Des Moines Register

“We don’t think either one of them pays their fair share of taxes,” another demonstrator said.

Romney said Wednesday he has no plans to release his income tax returns. Wells Fargo said in a statement to the Des Moines Register neither its company nor its political action committee contribute to presidential campaigns. Bank employees are not reimbursed for the personal political campaign contributions, a spokesperson said.

The demonstrations mark the first activities of the so-called “People’s Caucus.” Hundreds of Occupy protesters are expected to gather in Iowa leading up to the state’s Jan. 3 contest.

Comments (143)

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:04pm

    Paid Democrat rent a mobs…. Nothing more, but get used to it, they have a job to do… Soros says so !!!!!

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    • Quagaar Warrior
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:32pm

      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      These, “Useful Idiots”, are an absolutely pathetic joke. I can’t stop laughing. I’ve always known the Democrat party was a conglomerate mass of disgusting, anti-American, filth-riden reprobates but I never thought they would actually come out of their closets with such fervor. I guess Obama brings out the best in them at the behest of his puppet-master, George Soros. And to put icing on the cake, the morons in the Whitehouse and all the way down to the DNC actually believe it’s helping their cause.
      Well guess what, you imbeciles, we’re Americans, not a bunch of 3rd world peons who’ll bend over for every tin-horn dictator who comes our way.
      Please continue your, “Occupy”, joke.
      The louder you pinheads get, the greater you solidify, “We the Peoples”, resolve to flush you down the toilet in the 2012 elections.
      We’ll weed out the R.I.N.O.s in the primaries and the Dems in the general.
      AMEN!!!
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:39pm

      On the money.

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:53pm

      They were probably there to support him. Socialists occupying socialists. Now THAT’S some funny ****!

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    • CatB
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 12:09am

      LOL .. Obama is the one getting the WALLSTREET MONEY .. go protest HIM!

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    • Ray2447
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 1:25am

      She said her questions have gone unanswered so here’s the answer, to all the “Occupy” crowd, “Your idiots and Communist stooges who have no real questions.”

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    • 1776freedomofspeech
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 4:56am

      Arrest records?

      Go try to get a job now.

      Go to Walgreens and ask if they have some “Common Cent$” you can buy.

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    • Living In NYC
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 5:43am

      Hey, why don’t you paid clowns head to the beach and protest Barry and Nancy! Their million dollar vacations came from stock tips they received illegally….So who playing against the”supposed 99%”! Your King and his Court Jester!

      I almost feel sorry for you uninformed and ingnorant clowns..but in Obummerville everyone needs a paid check! I do hope George, Barry, Nancy and the unions are paying, housing and feeding you. If not you are just really ingorant pawns!

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 6:14am

      There MUST be some FEC laws that prohibit interfering with elections and/or campaigns.
      If so, they are FEDERAL LAWS. Which means PRISON, not just overnight in the local hoosegow!

      We need to look into this and DEMAND THE LAWS BE ENFORCED !

      I am all for freedom of speech, but, I am also for FREE ELECTIONS / CAMPAIGNS!

      Does anyone know if we have legal minds working on this or if anyone has contacted the FEC?

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    • 000degrees
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 6:15am

      Anything worse than a 20yr old wanna be hippie showing his skill set to a washed up old hippie hag from years ago???? “hey man…whats that bright object like up in the sky man???? I don‘t have one of those in my mom’s basement…

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    • Bum thrower
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 9:26am

      to Quagaar Warrior: Great!! However, you forgot “all” after ‘flush you down’ and before ‘the Dems’ in the next to the last and last paragraphs respectively.

      Start working now to sign up voters; and get orgainzed in your precinct or ward…NOW

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  • SonshineEternal
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:01pm

    Once again, I am ashamed to be an Iowan. These imbeciles are products of the cultural rot perpetuated by the useless, bloated public school system we have in this state.

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    • texasfireguy
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:12pm

      I doubt if many of these occuturds are even from Iowa.

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    • 1casawizard
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:28pm

      Don’t be ashamed of who you are or where you are from, my friend.

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    • db321
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 12:07am

      I’m embarrassed for our Country – this President is unbelivable and he will pull out all stops to get re-elected – not too improve America – he wants to have 4 mores years, a dozen more vacations and put the straw on the back of America to bring it down.

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    • Chuck Stein
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 1:54am

      Hey, buck up: “State of all the Land, Joy in Every Hand,” after all. At least the OWS clowns were arrested in Iowa. “Occupy a Jail Cell” has begun.
      BTW, glad to see that Rick Santorum is gaining momentum in Iowa — a verrry hopeful sign.

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    • 1776freedomofspeech
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 4:59am

      Occupy a jail cell

      Now that’s funny.

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 6:16am

      @chuck stein – good one!

      I’ll up it one, to, ” OCCUPY A PRISON ! ”
      ( FEC LAW VIOLATIONS ? )

      Mind if I borrow it?

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    • barber2
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 10:06am

      Most are from “out-of-town.” Would love to read about their backgrounds and political affiliations. Know one is from an Occupy group from Oregon….let me guess what “grass roots ” movement spawned him….

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    • madasblazes
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 8:27pm

      They probably are not from Iowa.
      Police should do a little dusting on the glass these guys leave their prints on and run it through a sex-offender database.

      OWS is the old Acorn trash.

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  • brother_ed
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:57pm

    You can also watch the Rev Dougherty’s YouTube video “Capitalism: A Love Story” here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KthIuaxKacM

    He claims capitalism is”radically evil’.

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  • COFemale
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:56pm

    Don’t quit your day job. Oh yeah, that‘s right you guys don’t work and you can’t sing. Give it up, nobody gives a rats patooty about you.

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  • brother_ed
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:54pm

    One of the persons arrested was Rev. Peter Dougherty of Lansing Michigan. The Reverend recently received an award from the Peace Education Center for:

    “Promoting peace and harmony among people and friendliness among nations through application of Gandhian philosophy of truth and non-violence.
    Ending exploitation in any form and seeking solution of social, cultural, economic and political problems through Gandhian principles and constructive programs.
    Demonstrating innovative work in social organizations with a view to promoting Gandhian values of purity of means and ends by awakening moral conscience, fostering community, self-reliance and bringing about harmony of human life with nature.”

    The above comes from the Peace Center’s website – peacecenter.org

    What’s a peaceful guy like this doing hanging around people who would break into a Wells Fargo branch?

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  • TRONINTHEMORNING
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:52pm

    Some are playing a G chord; another is playing an F sharp; while the girls cackle. Great band practice, guys! Very sad, kids.

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  • the58thstate
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:51pm

    looks like some of paul’s crazies to me.

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  • bullcrapbuster
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:37pm

    A couple of the girls were purdy, but then they opened their mouths.

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    • 1casawizard
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:58pm

      Ya didn’t thank thay was purdy while their mouths was open? These are city girls. Nothin appealing to me here, crapbuster.

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  • guntotinsquaw
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:37pm

    This is where I take a deep breath and try to stay calm while telling the little bimbo “no, this is not a democracy…because we are a REPUBLIC!!”

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    • godhatesacoward
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:43pm

      Exactly!

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    • RightThinking1
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:25pm

      Ah! You are on to something there. One reason the OWS crowd is having problems is that they try to operate as a democracy…, which is to say, mob rule. They can’t make any headway because there are no responsible people actually taking care of business (however they might define that). It is informative to search out their websites and read the minutes of their “General Assemblies”.

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  • A Bit of Thought
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:33pm

    Something leads me to believe that the occupy protestors are not paying their fair share of the tax burden.

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:42pm

      They are the burden.

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    • mwhaley
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:44pm

      They need to be camping out at GE headquarters, or Warren Buffet’s house. I believe that between these two figures OWS could collect at least 3 billion for their president Pookie.

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    • 1casawizard
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:45pm

      That might be a bit of a thought. Romney is one of the 1%. He agrees with whoever he’s speaking with. Plus, I don’t trust him no matter what he says because of his body language when speaking.

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:24pm

      @1casawizard
      You don’t understand, he speaks a Bostonian body language, with a Utah slang, so it is difficult to read his body language, unless you went to Harvard.

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    • 1casawizard
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:40pm

      @DARMOK, I guess you went to Harvard. That’s mighty impressive. I don’t like the body language of Romney when under duress no matter what slang he might have or school he went to.

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:46pm

      I didn’t go to Harvard, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express, and I worked around cows, so I know BS, I do hope you know I was being sarcastic. Voting for Romney, I would really need a nosepin and a shot of whiskey.

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    • 1casawizard
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 12:01am

      @DARMOK, lissen here, buddy, I appreciate the come back. I don’t understand the nosepin with the shot, tho. P.S. Is the holiday inn express a new obama train?

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 12:12am

      I don’t like Romney either. I liked Cain, he is gone. So far, I just don’t know who to vote for.

      The Holiday Inn Express is a series of stupid commercials, look it up on youtube, some of them are funny.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 12:16am

      @1casawizard
      The nosepin is to close the nose to keep from smelling the BS and the shot of Whiskey is to kill the pain. Be nice!

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    • 1casawizard
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 12:54am

      @DARMOK. Cain is gone but not forgotten. He may jump back in with Bachmann as runnin back.

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  • Wakeup Maggie
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:32pm

    What a bunch of dumb asses…these are Obamas people

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  • ROMNEY2012
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:31pm

    This is exactly why Mitt Romney MUST BE THE NOMINEE.

    All of these OWS wackos protesting Romney’s success is exctly the contrast we need with Obama and the lunatic left.

    Romney represents the ideal and success of American Entreprenurialism more than any other candidate.

    The debate about the future of America must be settled in the court of public opinion.

    Liberals want this election to be about class warfare.

    Mitt Romney says BRING IT ON!

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    • chicago76
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:51pm

      Mitt will lose the general election. There is no difference between him and Oba. If Mitt wins with 25% of the vote that will be equivalent to how Oba won. Mitt is clueless. Listen to him. Totally clueless and 100% bought off by wallstreet just like Oba is. He will get us into more wars, like Oba. He will go along with rules by the EPA like Oba and George Bush did. He will not stop the spending. He will increase spending. He will rubber stamp whatever the Supreme court says and his selections will probably end up being liberal. He will fight the conservatives tooth and nail behind the scenes. His presidency will be one long vacation like Oba. Those positions he got in wallstreet were gifts to set him up to run for president, just like George Bush was given a gift to head an oil company. Romney is the definition of the reason why there is class warfare. Everything he got was given to him, like his birthright.

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    • 1casawizard
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:25pm

      We have to beat bammer. You may be right about him being the one to beat his highness. It puts a bad taste in my mouth tho to vote for someone that I don’t care for to beat someone that needs to getthehellout. I hope CAIN gets back in later with BACHMANN. Vote Taxedfin’EnoughAlready.

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    • ROMNEY2012
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 12:26am

      Chicago76

      Your post is a bunch of brainless anti-Romney liberal talking point b.s.

      You clearly have no idea what you are talking about when it comes to Mitt Romney.

      I challenge you to actually do some research so you know some facts, not just delusions.

      Mitt Romney‘s critics have made irresponsible allegations with regard to Mitt’s record.

      Many, including yourself and the media, have failed to verify the factual basis for these claims but have continued to repeat them.

      By doing so, you have made yourself part of the problem.

      http://www.whyromney.com/

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    • Luke611
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 3:40am

      Chicago76….with an username as you selected; do you truly expect any free-thinking human being to injest your squabble?

      Facts please.

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  • johjoh
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:31pm

    We Must Support
    The Republican Nominee No Matter what!!!!!!

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  • endgamer
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:30pm

    This doesn’t make sense.. I’ve never seen a movement that SCREAMS for people to pay more taxes.
    Even the 60‘s wasn’t this dumb..

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:35pm

      The problem is the kiddies doing the screaming probably aren’t paying taxes,that’s for someone else to pay.

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:17pm

      Warren Buffet screams about paying more Taxes, then doesn’t pay them since 2002. Geitner screams about paying more Taxes , but can’t figure out how to fill out his own tax forms. Barry screams about paying more Taxes , but has never had a real job that wasn’t at the public trough.

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    • 1776freedomofspeech
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 5:16am

      @EndGamer

      That is because in the 60s, they had real schools and not “learn to accept each other holding cells” like today. Todays schools are just pre-prison cattle pins for too many young Americans.

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  • 82dAirborne
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:26pm

    Nope. Idiots can’t help themselves. These freaks are bussed in to places where they have no business being. I am 1000% in favor of free speech. Mostly for speech that I don’t agree with. The only speech that really needs protection is speech that offends someone else.

    My rights tend to end where yours begin. I have a right to speak but I do not have a right to be heard or to force you to listen. If I infringe on your rights I would be wrong. I should stop or be stopped.

    How is it okay that some of the protesters force themselves on me when I am shopping at a Target or attending a political caucus? They are forever whining about their rights – what about mine? Or yours?

    Just a thought.

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:46pm

      You think, therefore have no rights. Only lemmings have rights in this new society, the right to be led off a cliff, bang drums and sleep in a tent. By the way, when did it suddenly become cool to sleep in a tent and live in a park. Didn’t that used to be called homeless, now its “Occupy”. How about they occupy their parents basement, I heard the roaches miss them.

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    • 1casawizard
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:48pm

      That’s a good thought and on target. I agree.

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    • Cosmos102
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:54pm

      Bravo, 82DAirborne. Well Stated.

      I read the Occupiers will be out in full force in the Spring, and protesting at both party’s conventions. I’d better get started practicing “Serenity Now… serenity now…”, cuz everytime I watch the news, I’m going to need it.

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  • bama54m
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:26pm

    Useful Idiots indeed

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  • abbygirl1994
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:26pm

    Where’d you get all that dough…… He worked for it! And in case you don’t know OWS we the people can give our funds to any candidate we want to.. along with the banks… I am so sick of OWS.. Go home! God help us!

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  • Drakkhanlord
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:26pm

    Think what some missed here was this…
    “” Romney said Wednesday he has no plans to release his income tax returns.”"

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    • YAHSHUARULES
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:19pm

      Someone a couple of weeks or so ago put a link on The Blaze to an article on the breakdown of where candidates were getting support. What was interesting about this breakdown was it showed what percent of donations were from individuals. Most were getting atleast 40% from individual contributions and the total amounts raised. Most had raised under 15 Million so far. Only one stood out for how different he was and this tells me all I need to know about his candidacy and who is backing him. 1 candidate had only 1% of all his funds for his campaign coming from individual contributions. I repeat that so it soaks in 1% – that’s the total of grassroots support – all other funding was from the likes of Goldman Sachs etc, that candidate has raised over 32 Million. I was shocked when I saw that breakdown hopefully whichever Blazer put it up will post that link the the break down of where the funds come from again. It is obvious that the power brokers are trying to shove Mitt down our throats and I am choaking on the idea and his arrogance over non-transparency on his tax returns just furthers the gagging effect.

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    • DesdemonasCrew
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 12:07am

      Well obviously, if these 99%ers represent “grass roots”, maybe the message is that they are idiots and Corporations have a whole lot more sense than these “grass roots” individuals. Obama and Paul are both heavily supported by the masses. That is why our founders created a Republic rather than a Democracy. Can you imagine what it would be like if these clueless masses of wannbe hippys were to select our leaders? We would have Charles Manson or Timothy Leary…or God forbid, Ron Paul or Obama.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 12:25am

      @YAHSHUARULES
      Is this the link you are looking for?

      http://www.campaignmoney.com/

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 12:28am

      @DesdemonasCrew
      Funny… after reading your post I realized that grass covers a lot less than 1% of the Planets surface. So much for grass roots being the 99%.

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  • Rayblue
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:23pm

    I didn’t see this coming but…I’m actually starting to feel sorry for these people.
    And pity I usually reserve for the ones with bad timing.
    Not for the ones who use their reserve of time badly.

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:21pm

    Here we go, remember at the end of the day, these people are nothing more than paid Democrate operatives, period… Paid rent a mob Democrats, and not only do they not pay their fair share…. They suck from taxpayers!!!!!!!

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  • KingCanon
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:20pm

    How long Lord? How long must we put up with this generation of irresponsibility? Forever you say? We created them you say? O Lord, please forgive us.

    Report Post » KingCanon  
    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:28pm

      What was that line from one of my heros – Bill Cosby?: “I brought you into this world…. I can take you out!!!!”

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  • vtxphantom
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:20pm

    I would bet that those “99 percenters” have never paid their fair share of taxes.

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  • loopy1
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:19pm

    50 protesters in Iowa are nothing compared to what we can expect nationwide if Romney, of “the 1%”, wins the Republican primaries and is slated to be the nominee. Tampa had better be well prepared!

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  • Tri-ox
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:18pm

    Yawn. Don’t these off-key lesbians have anything better to do?

    Report Post » Tri-ox  
    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 12:22am

      They cancelled Joy Behar, and the hair on their legs just doesn’t grow fast enough between shaves. They are bored and lonely. All the Metrosexual men are living in tents and banging drums, not them.

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  • snowboardpete
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:14pm

    They are such idiots! I call them what they are, The Village Idiots”!!

    Report Post » snowboardpete  
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