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valerief

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101. I guess there's just not much difference between Dem mayors and Repub mayors. nt

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Mon Jul 9, 2012, 10:00 PM

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Why HAVE Democratic mayors been so hardline towards Occupy? [View all] Ken Burch Jul 2012 OP

I think it is FirstLight Jul 2012 #1

Corruption, greed and money money money Marrah_G Jul 2012 #2

Orders from the AG and POTUS? HooptieWagon Jul 2012 #3

That's my opinion. These tactics certainly seem to have been coordinated. byeya Jul 2012 #30

Someone(s) somewhere must not want anything to truly change. Fire Walk With Me Jul 2012 #4

They say if voting actually changed anything, it would be made illegal. Fire Walk With Me Jul 2012 #42

A mayor's job is to keep the boat from rocking. Speck Tater Jul 2012 #5

In this case, a mayor's job is not to piss off the Federal government EFerrari Jul 2012 #6

Democratic leaders don't want that kind of thing going on during an election year. nt Raine Jul 2012 #7

But they were doing it last fall, when it WASN'T an election year. Ken Burch Jul 2012 #8

Speaks for itself, really. There's no excuse any rational person can make for them. nt Comrade_McKenzie Jul 2012 #9

Don't know about anywhere else, but Anarchists screwed it up here. DirkGently Jul 2012 #10

They don't sound like "anarchists" to me Art_from_Ark Jul 2012 #35

Anarchists are infant Libertarians. DirkGently Jul 2012 #40

Interesting explanation Art_from_Ark Jul 2012 #41

Those I met both substituted "rage" for coherence. DirkGently Jul 2012 #59

No they're not. Anarchist were a vital part of the early labor movement and were deeply responsible Puregonzo1188 Jul 2012 #55

Not the ones I met at Occupy. DirkGently Jul 2012 #57

Most of these "anarchists" are plants from various LE agencies. They've been exposed numerous times Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #49

Yup, I've seen them in action Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2012 #58

I think that's entirely possible. DirkGently Jul 2012 #61

sounds like what happened here Adenoid_Hynkel Jul 2012 #103

Los Angeles' City Council agreed to pass a resolution opposing Citizens' United. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author loyalsister Jul 2012 #12

Ken, sorry to break it to you but Dem mayors represent the interests of the 1%, not coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #13

Most every Democrat I know is viciously anti-Occupy Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2012 #14

I've certainly never met one single Democrat who was anti-Occupy - some centrist types I know are a Douglas Carpenter Jul 2012 #15

It isn't the issue, it is the tactics. Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2012 #22

I certainly have not talked to any Democrats who feel that way and that includes Douglas Carpenter Jul 2012 #26

Absolutely everything I have seen and read, here and elsewhere, runs counter to everything you claim Occulus Jul 2012 #62

I'm shocked. UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #16

"Viciously anti-Occupy"???? Really??? That must be because the Democratic coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #17

And the 1% who wander or drive past homeless people with total indifference Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2012 #24

News flash: who (other than you) ever said it was about turning around the 1%? See coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #31

And here I thought Reagan Democrats were a myth. n/t EFerrari Jul 2012 #19

It isn't the "Reagan Democrats" you have to worry about, Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2012 #25

The Occupiers were the only ones speaking truth to power...other than Dennis. Ken Burch Jul 2012 #28

That may be... Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2012 #33

The only real impression YOU leave with anyone is you peeing on anybody Ken Burch Jul 2012 #45

So now we're posting Republican narrative here? EFerrari Jul 2012 #32

People who STILL hate hippies and any remaining vestiges of the Sixties Ken Burch Jul 2012 #100

The only vicious anti-occupy people I've encountered are right here on DU, not in the real world. myrna minx Jul 2012 #38

Yes, one story that the media have absolutely ignored is the way Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2012 #60

Get out of the office more often, you've apparently become insulated. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #50

I think Mayors regardless of their politcal sympathies are in a peculiar political postion Douglas Carpenter Jul 2012 #18

A progressive ethical mayor doesn't loose the police armed with deadly weapons EFerrari Jul 2012 #20

I totally agree Douglas Carpenter Jul 2012 #21

The fact is, there has been very little violence in the vast majority of protests EFerrari Jul 2012 #23

I know that. But in politics perception is everything and has a lot to do with whether or not a Douglas Carpenter Jul 2012 #27

I think the simple answer is: It scared them. KurtNYC Jul 2012 #29

rhetorical question, right? HiPointDem Jul 2012 #34

Because it is a movement against corporate rule that is inconvenient mmonk Jul 2012 #36

Because they still have a city to run 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #37

"had their fun"? Ken Burch Jul 2012 #44

At this point yes, 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #46

It's not like you're doing anything that has any better chance of success Ken Burch Jul 2012 #47

"ONLY the Occupy folks are doing anything that matters." 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #51

OK...I'll amend it to "anything POSITIVE that matters" Ken Burch Jul 2012 #63

Some people are severely injured running with the bulls 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #67

Truthy to POWER!!! snooper2 Jul 2012 #70

Also, whether I personally am doing something better 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #53

OWS is moving on to other things as well. Ken Burch Jul 2012 #64

You see this is one of the many many conflicting notions 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #68

I'll assume that by "political action" you mean "supporting the Democratic Party". Ken Burch Jul 2012 #79

You may assume that if you wish 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #83

The Wall Street lobbyists have massive amounts of money. Ken Burch Jul 2012 #86

"It's impossible for the non-rich to successfully lobby." 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #93

Whether you are personally doing anything better DOES matter Ken Burch Jul 2012 #72

Er, no. 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #74

Not a valid analogy at all. Ken Burch Jul 2012 #75

Interesting 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #78

It's not like the only choices are "law and order" or violence. Ken Burch Jul 2012 #92

Funny how you keep editing the rules 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #97

We can assume that none of the mayors that crushed the Occupy camps Ken Burch Jul 2012 #66

They were illegally squatting 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #69

OK...I get it now...you're one of those "the law's the law and that's all that matters" types. Ken Burch Jul 2012 #71

Er, yes. The Law is the Law 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #73

You assume that the only alternative to surrendering to the law is violence. Ken Burch Jul 2012 #77

"that it never protects women" 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #80

We have never had blind justice in this country. Ken Burch Jul 2012 #82

The number of women doing time 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #84

Domestic violence rates are NOT equal Ken Burch Jul 2012 #87

This is getting off on a tangent 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #90

Er... because the Democratic Mayors are part of the bourgeoisie............. socialist_n_TN Jul 2012 #39

This isn't France and it isn't the French Revolution. randome Jul 2012 #85

how important is "order", really? Ken Burch Jul 2012 #89

If you start from the premise that this is the most perfect world possible, then order is EVERYTHING Romulox Jul 2012 #95

Some Democratic mayors aren't much different than Teapublican mayors. 99Forever Jul 2012 #43

Mayors benefit when there is order and things stay the same or improve. NCTraveler Jul 2012 #48

What exactly is "better than that?" loyalsister Jul 2012 #52

Because someone has to pay for all these protests? City budgets are bare bones these days. Tarheel_Dem Jul 2012 #54

Because people will blame the mayor if it appears that a city has descended into disorder stevenleser Jul 2012 #56

+1000. Historic case in point: Daley and the '68 Democratic convention. closeupready Jul 2012 #94

because if there are traffic snarls or slow downs or it's hard to get into parks... WI_DEM Jul 2012 #65

I think it Meiko Jul 2012 #76

It's corporate $$$. Same as for the Republicans. nt Romulox Jul 2012 #81

because they work for the 1% too fascisthunter Jul 2012 #88

IMO Mr Dixon Jul 2012 #91

Because at the top of the party there are alot of dems who take corporate money. craigmatic Jul 2012 #96

Maybe it's because the horrible truth is that the one thing republicans have in Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #98

Occupy, what's that? That was stupid idea from the start doc03 Jul 2012 #99

Right idea, but hindered by the "play nice" ideology n/t Scootaloo Jul 2012 #102

I guess there's just not much difference between Dem mayors and Repub mayors. nt valerief Jul 2012 #101