There is one thing that is clear to me after looking at videos and still shots from both the Occupy movement and the Tea Party. There is no comparison between the participants, with Occupy standing head and shoulders above the pathetic TPers. I was prompted to look into this after reading an article exclaiming Occupy Wall Street could be the left’s Tea Party. I am sure the Occupy movement wants to distance itself as far as possible away from the Tea Party.
Now, when it comes to developing a cause that would oppose the Tea Party, that is where comparisons are meaningful. There is talk of how the Occupy protests will affect the way democracy is consummated in the future, not just in the U.S., but all over the world. Most of what the Tea Party stands for is cutting taxes, drastically limiting government, and getting rid of President Obama. It is simply a new conservative twist, although more radical, of the George W. Bush policies that didn’t work and put us in the current economic situation.
Robert Borosage, Co-founder of Campaign for America's Future, said, “I think this {Occupy} is a classic progressive, independent grassroots movement that will both build its own independent force, its own agenda and moral voice. And then you'll see that try to find expression and accrue champions of that in the electoral arena.” The key to Occupy is getting out the vote in 2012, both the protesters and those apathetic progressives that have been sitting out elections.
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