OWS - A Peek Behind the Curtain

[Joseph Tracy]

Considering what we are all up against it doesn't surprise. Very telling story.
On Nov 21, 2011, at 12:35 PM, rich wrote:

> 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:
> > http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011_11/a_peek_behind_the_curtain033610.php
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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:
> >
> > “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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