OWS - A Peek Behind the Curtain

[rich]

Considering what elizabeth warren is up against in Massachusetts I'm not
surprised.

Rich

On Monday, November 21, 2011, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
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http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011_11/a_peek_behind_the_curtain033610.php
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> Chris and his team obtained a strategy memo from the D.C. corporate
> lobbying firm Clark Lytle Geduldig Cranford (CLGC), led in part by
> former aides to House Speaker John Boehner. The document, prepared for
> the American Bankers Association, a firm client, outlines the kind of
> coordinated pushback industry lobbyists have in mind in response to
> the Occupy movement.
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> It’s an amazing peek behind the curtain. The bank lobbyists make clear
> that they fear the Occupy protests, believe Democratic gains in 2012
> would undermine financial industry power, and would like to invest
> heavily in a media/opposition-research offensive that would try to
> discredit both Occupy activists and any Democratic officials who
> express any sympathy for the movement’s goals.
>
> [...]
>
> Indeed, the memo talks openly about aggressive warning shots at
> progressive Dems — most notably, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) — as a
> way of intimidating other Democratic lawmakers from aligning
> themselves in any way with Occupy priorities.
>
> Perhaps most amusingly, the CLGC memo alludes to the fact that the
> bankers would rely on allied surrogates to launch attacks, since no
> one likes the bankers themselves.
>
> Chris explained towards the end of the segment:
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> “What’s contained in this short memo are all the most craven, corrupt,
> and insidious forces of the status quo coming together to squash
> Occupy. In fact, the document represents just about everything wrong
> with America in four short pages.
>
> “We have a lobbying firm whose web page glowingly advertises that Sam
> Geduldig, a former Boehner staffer, ‘knows how to kill legislative
> threats to his clients.’ Drawing up a battle plan for the financial
> and its 1% members to use their deep pockets to attack the occupy
> movement and protect the banks’ financial interests by creating
> ‘political cover’ for bank-friendly policies.
>
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