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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) slammed Occupy Wall Street protesters during a town hall meeting in suburban Gurnee, Ill. Saturday, calling the movement a "well-orchestrated, well-funded, far left effort to disrupt the American people" before admitting that he had never attended a protest.

Walsh, a Tea Party favorite who apologized last week after screaming at a constituent during a similar event, was reacting to constituent criticism of the Occupy movement when he let them know how he felt about it.

"[Occupy is] an anti-American, well-funded left wing effort," Walsh told the crowd, to a mix of applause and boos. He also said the movement was created to "rile up Obama's left base."

From what he could tell, Walsh said, Occupy protesters are "generally spoiled, pampered, unfocused, clueless young people and a smattering of other people who don’t understand this country and are advocating anti-American solutions."

When one constituent stood up and pointed out that veterans have participated in the Occupy movement, Walsh brushed it off.

"I don't know how many veterans are part of the Occupy protest," he said. "I can't imagine it's many. But anyone who would advocate socialist solutions to certain problems in this country ... they don't understand this country."

Though much of the crowd seemed to support Walsh's stance, a few others stood up. An older woman told Walsh that Occupy protesters were not all "young socialists," but real people who "want jobs."




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He really is another git that keeps on giving.

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ORIGINAL: rulemylife

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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) slammed Occupy Wall Street protesters during a town hall meeting in suburban Gurnee, Ill. Saturday, calling the movement a "well-orchestrated, well-funded, far left effort to disrupt the American people" before admitting that he had never attended a protest.

Walsh, a Tea Party favorite who apologized last week after screaming at a constituent during a similar event, was reacting to constituent criticism of the Occupy movement when he let them know how he felt about it.

"[Occupy is] an anti-American, well-funded left wing effort," Walsh told the crowd, to a mix of applause and boos. He also said the movement was created to "rile up Obama's left base."

From what he could tell, Walsh said, Occupy protesters are "generally spoiled, pampered, unfocused, clueless young people and a smattering of other people who don’t understand this country and are advocating anti-American solutions."

When one constituent stood up and pointed out that veterans have participated in the Occupy movement, Walsh brushed it off.

"I don't know how many veterans are part of the Occupy protest," he said. "I can't imagine it's many. But anyone who would advocate socialist solutions to certain problems in this country ... they don't understand this country."

Though much of the crowd seemed to support Walsh's stance, a few others stood up. An older woman told Walsh that Occupy protesters were not all "young socialists," but real people who "want jobs."




http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/20/joe-walsh-veterans-in-occ_n_1104421.html?ir=Politics


He really is another git that keeps on giving.

I really enjoy this Republican concept of class warfare on the wealthy.

It's ridiculously amusing.

The gap between the wealthy and the rest of the country has been growing for 30 years.

Yet they now want to try and reverse the facts.

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ORIGINAL: rulemylife

I really enjoy this Republican concept of class warfare on the wealthy.

It's ridiculously amusing.

The gap between the wealthy and the rest of the country has been growing for 30 years.

Yet they now want to try and reverse the facts.

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U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) slammed Occupy Wall Street protesters during a town hall meeting in suburban Gurnee, Ill. Saturday, calling the movement a "well-orchestrated, well-funded, far left effort to disrupt the American people" before admitting that he had never attended a protest.

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Too bad that many of those who were in the "rest of the country" 30 years ago are among the wealthy today. Totally shoots your argument to hell. Everyone has the opportunity, just because you squandered it is no reason to blame those who worked their asses off to make it happen.

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ORIGINAL: kalikshama

Joe Walsh, Joe Walsh, oh, the guy who owes over $100,000 in child support and has melt downs in front of his constituents

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Joe Walsh, Joe Walsh, oh, the guy who owes over $100,000 in child support and has melt downs in front of his constituents