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Originally Posted by woob
Humorous quote from Republican congressman Peter King in regards to the Occupy movement:
“We have to be careful not to allow this to get any legitimacy,” he said, adding “I’m taking this seriously in that I’m old enough to remember what happened in the 1960s when the left-wing took to the streets and somehow the media glorified them and it ended up shaping policy. We can’t allow that to happen.”
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Smarter people, including Vikram Pandit, CEO of Citigroup and Mark Carney of the Bank of Canada, are publicly supportive of the group . . . . . because its quite plain, in PR speak, that giving Occupy Wall St the podium, as you saw in the Licia Corbella column in the Herald, will be ample enough rope for them to hang themselves so they eventually fade to irrelevance.
Pete King of the Republican Party is simply helping their cause with a comment like that.
Here's what Vikram Pandit, CEO of Citigroup said about "Occupy Wall St." six days ago:
"Their sentiments are completely understandable. The economic recovery is not what we all want it to be, there are a number of people in our country who cant achieve what they are capable of achieving and that's not a good place to be."
"I would also corroborate that trust has been broken between financial institutions and the citizens of the U.S. and that it's Wall Street's job to reach out to Main Street and rebuild that trust. I'd talk about the fact that they should hold Citi and the financial institutions accountable for practicing responsible finance."
Pandit added that he'd "be happy to talk to them anytime."
Now THAT is what any PR rep would be advising any of the corporate elite to be saying publicly, even if they might not believe it internally. That's just smart PR.
Pete King needs to learn that lesson.
Be nice. Let them kill themselves. As they are repeatedly doing in most cities.
Cowperson