Our # 1 story looks at the question of Obama’s electability and posits that the voters have had it with him and don’t even want to listen to him anymore. #2 looks at the coverage of the OWS movement and finds not a lot of real reporting by the MSM. #3 talks about how the NYFD took away the protesters generators and other fire hazards. #4 looks at who the OWS are. It appears they are primarily leftist who are bitterly disappointed with this administration. #5 looks at Occupy Madison who has lost their permit. #6 includes interviews by Howard Stern’s staff of Occupiers. Finally #7 relates a story of fraud in donations to political campaigns.
1. Obama’s electability
Where’s the evidence President Obama can win the 2012 election?
Where’s the evidence that swing voters even want to listen to him?
Barack Obama polls below 50 percent in every state that matters. The economy has stalled, unemployment is much higher than the official number of 9 percent, and Hispanics and African AMERICANS ARE DISAPPOINTED. THE PRESIDENT’S APPROVAL RATINGS HAVE TANKED, AND THE RIGHT-TRACK/WRONG-TRACK NUMBER FELL OF THE CLIFF IN THE SUMMER.
OBAMA HAS REACHED THE STAGE OF POLITICAL DOOM WHEN VOTERS’ DISAPPOINTMENT IS SO DEEP THAT THEY JUST DON’T WANT TO LISTEN TO HIM, TALK ABOUT HIM OR WATCH HIM, said David Hill, a veteran GOP strategist and pollster, in an interview with The Daily Caller.
“Nobody says it to their loved ones … [and] they don’t want to do anything about it,” said Hill, who has worked for conservative and liberal Republicans on the East Coast, the West Coast and in the Midwest, since 1984.
A tipping point might have been reached in August, when the monthly jobs report showed zero new jobs….
Obama is toast in the coming election. Barring a miracle he will lose and lose big to any Republican candidate.
2. Occupy Chicago: The Real Story
The Chicago media–much like the mainstream media in the rest of the country–HAS LARGELY IGNORED THE TRUE ORIGINS OF THE OCCUPY DEMONSTRATIONS, AND HAS FAILED TO HOLD ORGANIZERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE VIOLENCE AND BIGOTRY OF SOME OF THEIR MEMBERS.
It ought to be newsworthy, for example, when individuals under investigation by the FBI for terrorism lead a sit-in outside the mayor’s office. But that fact was ignored by media reports in Chicago and elsewhere.
One of the notable exceptions to the pattern of willful blindness about Occupy in the mainstream media is investigative reporter Chuck Goudie of local ABC affiliate WLS-TV (channel 7). In a report filed on October 19, GOUDIE DESCRIBED THE ORIGINS OF THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT–FROM ADBUSTERS IN CANADA, TO ANARCHIST LISA FITHIAN IN TEXAS, TO THE NUMEROUS HARD-CORE RADICALS WHO HAVE FLOCKED TO DEMONSTRATIONS AND COURTED ARREST….
http://bigjournalism.com/jpollak/2011/10/28/credit-where-its-due-chicagos-chuck-goudie-wls-tv-tells-the-truth-about-occupys-radical-origins-bigotry/
The link has video with Goudie’s reports. OWS is getting the kid gloves treatment compared to the TEA Party.
3. OWS loses its Generators
FDNY firefighters moved into the Occupy Wall Street camp at Zuccotti Park this morning for a safety inspection and ENDED UP HAULING OUT SIX GENERATORS AND 13 FUEL CONTAINERS.
A department spokesman said the firefighters were looking for fire hazards in the encampment.
Firefighters were looking for open fires, generators, propane and gas tanks and anything that may pose a fire hazard, he said.
The agency said it's looking for any unauthorized use that falls outside the guidelines of the city's fire codes.
Firefighters took generators from the medical tent and press information area, among other areas.
"We did send 30 or 40 firefighters through the park," Mayor Bloomberg said this morning on his WOR-AM. "It happened the way you would expect."
The mayor said THE GOAL WAS "JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S SAFE."
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/fdny_doing_safety_inspection_in_RrTdtfEL9SXeFF5mJVNp5J#ixzz1c8gEmtmF
It’s moves like this that will eventually end the OWS movement. The cold is coming and using this as a way to get the squatters out of the parks is something the local governments will do.
4. OWS—Not Obama’s cup of TEA Party
….The New York Times reports on a poll done by a Fordham University political science professor that reveals what some have long suspected: Occupy Wall St. is mainly made up of (very) disgruntled Obama supporters.
SIXTY PERCENT OF THOSE SURVEYED SAID THEY VOTED FOR BARACK OBAMA IN 2008, AND ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS NOW DISAPPROVE OF MR. OBAMA’S PERFORMANCE AS PRESIDENT. A quarter said they were Democrats, but 39 percent said they did not identify with any political party. Eleven percent identified as Socialists, another 11 percent said they were members of the Green Party, 2 PERCENT WERE REPUBLICANS and 12 percent say they identified as something else.
Those are brutal numbers. And suggest that essentially what we are seeing with the Occupy Wall St. movement is 2008's unprecedented youth support for Obama grown bitterly cynical….
Perhaps the TEA Party and OWS do have something in common. They are frightfully disappointed in BHO’s Presidency. Can you say third party on the left? Not what the Democrats hoped for, but getting to be more likely.
Here’s another link with statistics about OWS movement. It seems 80% are liberal with 15% moderate and 5% conservative.
5. Occupy Madison Loses its Permit
CITY OFFICIALS TEMPORARILY DENIED OCCUPY MADISON A NEW STREET USE PERMIT WEDNESDAY AFTER PROTESTERS VIOLATED PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY CONDITIONS and failed to follow the correct processes to renew or amend a permit.
The permit, which expired Wednesday at noon, required Occupy Madison protesters to relocate from their current space at 30 West Mifflin Street, also called 30 on the Square.
A neighboring hotel's staff alleged voiced concerns about having to recently escort hotel employees to and from bus stops late at night due to inappropriate behavior, such as public masturbation, from street protesters.
In addition, OFFICIALS AGREED FURTHER OCCUPATION SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE WITHOUT RESTROOMS ON SITE TO AVOID FURTHER PUBLIC HEALTH VIOLATIONS….
Watch them come down.
6. Howard Stern Looks at OWS
More interviews of members of OWS.
7. Illegal Contributions
Arthur Winn, founder of Boston-based real estate development group WinnCompanies, was charged in federal court today with MAKING ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER OTHER PEOPLE’S NAMES. The scheme also involved Martin Raffol of Natick, who plead guilty to charges in 2010.
Winn, 72 of Brookline, allegedly made $33,000 in illegal contributions to campaigns for federal office, including John Kerry For President, and the congressional campaigns of Massachusetts Democratic congressmen Stephen Lynch, Rep. Ed Markey, Rep. Michael Capuano and others.
U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz alleged Winn directed another executive, Martin Raffol of Natick, to solicit campaign donations from company vendors. Raffol then reimbursed vendors with WinnCompanies funds through false invoices.
ORTIZ SAID THE DONATIONS WERE MADE BECAUSE WINN FELT THOSE POLITICIANS WERE IN A POSITION TO POSITIVELY AFFECT HIS COMPANY'S COLUMBUS CENTER DEVELOPMENT IN BOSTON.
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x1138511780/Real-estate-executive-from-Brookline-charged-with-illegal-payments-to-candidates#ixzz1c8e9rjMO
Winn, 72 of Brookline, allegedly made $33,000 in illegal contributions to campaigns for federal office, including John Kerry For President, and the congressional campaigns of Massachusetts Democratic congressmen Stephen Lynch, Rep. Ed Markey, Rep. Michael Capuano and others.
U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz alleged Winn directed another executive, Martin Raffol of Natick, to solicit campaign donations from company vendors. Raffol then reimbursed vendors with WinnCompanies funds through false invoices.
ORTIZ SAID THE DONATIONS WERE MADE BECAUSE WINN FELT THOSE POLITICIANS WERE IN A POSITION TO POSITIVELY AFFECT HIS COMPANY'S COLUMBUS CENTER DEVELOPMENT IN BOSTON.
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x1138511780/Real-estate-executive-from-Brookline-charged-with-illegal-payments-to-candidates#ixzz1c8e9rjMO
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