NBC's Gregory: Occupy Wall Street Will 'Dovetail Nicely' With Obama's Campaign Message
Appearing on Sunday's NBC Today, Meet the Press host David Gregory proclaimed that the Occupy Wall Street protests would "...dovetail nicely into a big message that the President's selling, which is that the wealthy should pay more....that banner of going after Wall Street and the banks, talking about unfairness that a lot of protesters that are complaining about." [Audio available here]
Gregory's observation was prompted by co-host Lester Holt wondering: "...the protesters are calling for the wealthy to pay for more taxes. Should we look for the Obama campaign to embrace that message as it – as it takes the stretch to November?" Gregory went on to declare: "I think the President's in a mode right now where he'd like to get out in front of this parade and really harness some of this energy."
On the October 7 Today, Gregory urged the President to "harness this anger" of the protests and combat "unfairness" in the economy.
In a brief report prior to Gregory's appearance, correspondent Mara Schiavocampo cheered the latest protest rally:
It was like New Years's Eve in Times Square yesterday. Thousands gathered for what had been dubbed an "occupation party" and those crowds surprised even organizers themselves, who thought the entire event would be over in an hour. But an hour after it started, crowds were still pouring in, carrying signs, chanting things like "Banks got bailed out, we got sold out," in a continued protests against big banks and corporations.
The headline on screen read: "Occupy Movement Spreads; Demonstrators Pick Up Steam Nationwide." Co-host Jenna Wolfe introduced Schiavocampo's report by asserting the left-wing demonstrators: "descended on Times Square Saturday in another sign that the movement may only be growing."
Here is a transcript of the October 16 coverage:
8:02AM ET
JENNA WOLFE: Let us get started first with those demonstrators in New York. They've descended on Times Square Saturday in another sign that the movement may only be growing. NBC's Mara Schiavocampo is live with much more. Mara, good morning.
[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Occupy Movement Spreads; Demonstrators Pick Up Steam Nationwide]
MARA SCHIAVOCAMPO: Jenna, good morning. It was like New Years's Eve in Times Square yesterday. Thousands gathered for what had been dubbed an "occupation party" and those crowds surprised even organizers themselves, who thought the entire event would be over in an hour. But an hour after it started, crowds were still pouring in, carrying signs, chanting things like "Banks got bailed out, we got sold out," in a continued protests against big banks and corporations.
Now, 92 people were arrested yesterday in New York. Police say that some were taken into custody for charging police barriers in Times Square. Two officers were injured in Times Square, one with a head injury, one with a foot injury. They have both been treated and released. But by and large, the protests that took place in New York and around the country were peaceful. They were held as part of a global day of protest in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Jenna.
WOLFE: Alright, Mara Schiavocampo. Mara, thank you. And now here's Lester.
HOLT: Jenna, thanks. From the protests to the campaign and beyond. A lot of politics to get to this morning. David Gregory is moderator of NBC's Meet the Press. David, good morning, good to see you.
DAVID GREGORY: Good morning, Lester. Thanks.
HOLT: This Occupy Wall Street movement seems to be embracing at least one political message, in that the protesters are calling for the wealthy to pay for more taxes. Should we look for the Obama campaign to embrace that message as it – as it takes the stretch to November?
[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Occupy America; What the Movement Means For the 2012 Campaign]
GREGORY: Well, it certainly is going to dovetail nicely into a big message that the President's selling, which is that the wealthy should pay more. He's also sort of picked up that banner of going after Wall Street and the banks, talking about unfairness that a lot of protesters that are complaining about. Unfairness in the economy and the tax code, in the ways of Wall Street with bank fees. So, yeah, I think the President's in a mode right now where he'd like to get out in front of this parade and really harness some of this energy.
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And they want us to believe
Submitted by MrSnuggles on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 11:26am.
And they want us to believe this is just one big fat coincidence?
Oh, I'd LOVE it!
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 11:26am.
Can't wait for Obama and the Dems to latch right on to these smelly freaks. We should start running ads merging them.
The Shameless One is already doing that.
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 11:37am.
Not only is he adding them to his stump speech, he's invoking MLK as one who "would be opposed" (as if he knows!)
“Dr King would want us to challenge the excesses of Wall Street without demonising those who work there.”
So why isn't he asking them to get off the streets, and pledging that he will come back to D.C. and work with the congress to rectify the situation?
Positively shameless.
But Cain has ties to Koch bros................................
Submitted by Tomorama on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 11:39am.
As if someone coordinated the whole thing, kind of?
Someone like Soros, Ayers or Van Jones or Obysmal sat down and hashed it all out...........
All 4 perhaps..................
Eventually they will be asked to leave, then all hell breaks out.
That's when it is Booooooooosh's fault.
Who has recieved MO money from wall street in the last 20 years Gregory?
That would have been the correct time for some journalist to POINT out the FACT that the answer is Obysmal.
Nah, no jowhornalists to be had.
Glenn said the protest will
Submitted by ricklail on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 11:56am.
Glenn said the protest will turn violent and then Vann Jones and his outfit will step in as voice of reason and things will clam down. Jones will be a big hero and the left will follow him. As he says here they will not be happy until our economy collapses.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/231877/20111015/beck-glenn-beck-occupy-wall-street-protests-demonstrations-unemployment-unemployment-rate-jobs-job-g.htm?cid=2
Imagine that, this has been
Submitted by Semus on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 11:40am.
Imagine that, this has been political ploy all along. I never would have known.
So, according to NBC, Obama's
Submitted by jessieH on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 11:43am.
So, according to NBC, Obama's capmaign message is destruction of private property. I don't see how throwing a tantrum, like a spoiled little brat who never had his ass whooped, is productive for this Nation.
You mean like Boy Barry, who
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 1:39pm.
You mean like Boy Barry, who is a spoiled little petulant punk who has never been told 'NO'????? That's not productive for our Nation???
This group is filled with
Submitted by Ed Gregory on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 11:45am.
This group is filled with communists, anarchists, racists and anti-Semites -- all of which has been documented. Many of these dirtbags aren't just rank-and-file, but leading the cause. By all means, agent zero, lead the parade and harness that energy.
Ah, if only Gregory had been in charge of Zero's 2008 campaign.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 11:48am.
someone would be primarying McCain about now.
Still, great advice though, David. Let's pray Zero goes all in on supporting this anarchy. If every single one of these reprobate demonstrators and all their families and friends vote for Obama again, it still won't be a drop in the bucket.
Better bone up on how to survive being on the wrong end of a landslide, Pal.
You go, Bambi! You link
Submitted by MikeB on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 11:52am.
You go, Bambi! You link yourself indelibly with the OWS movement.
Your true nature is showing clearer than ever; perhaps so clear that even non-liberal Democrats are forced to see you as you are: an anti-semite commie b*****d.
Gregory has his lips planted on Ogabe's backside so firmly, that if Zero ever came to an abrupt halt, Gregory could see out of Comrade Hussein's mouth.
Obama rides the tiger
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 11:53am.
He's got no chance of a legitimate win. Can revolution be far behind?
the revolution is being televised
Submitted by kata on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 12:04pm.
the ratings thus far, are awful.
His game
Submitted by jon_torlin on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 12:52pm.
I keep wondering what his game is about all this. Don't get me wrong, I know what he wants the end result to be which is total decimation of our country into something rotten and fetid to the core like Cuba and etc.
He had asked for a civilian force like that of the military and he didn't get it(did he?) so this rabble of "occupy" groups all over the country might be his next best thing. Essentially, he's siding with a bunch of thugs who are seeking to overthrow this country through the guise of going after capitalism, nevermind the fact that one of the biggest capitalists(Soros) is behind this.
Quite simply, everything that Bambi is doing, even siding with them, is an impeachable offense, and if anything, this should be a huge one because I don't see how overthrowing the country could be seen otherwise.
These idiots out there are NOT the voice of democracy or even the voice of reason(if they were, they would have gone home a long time ago). They are aiding the enemies of America, the biggest leader sitting at the top.
I keep thinking given the tumultuous times we're in, no thanks to him, this might be a way for him to seal his stranglehold over the country. Or that he's gonna damn well try.
-Jon
will dovetail nicely with Obama's campaign message....
Submitted by shannon76 on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 11:57am.
Which message is that? The one endorsed by Communist Party USA and the American Nazi Party.
LMAO...Love it.
Both messages, plus some
Submitted by Ed Gregory on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 12:00pm.
Both messages, plus some others. This is the big tent of the dems on full display.
Not to mention...
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 11:59am.
...his Marxist philosophy.
Maybe he can...
Submitted by StarAZ on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 12:05pm.
Maybe he could take some PortaPotties and visit them at nite like Nixon used to. What I don't get--they want jobs--who is going to give them a high-paying 9-5, time for a life with the family, hobbies, nice toys, etc with no economic system? Those days are gone if they ever existed. We have lost trillions in wealth in this country--did someone else get it or was it all on paper? Really the Tea Party and this group are the same in many ways--rage against the Machine, the establishment, whatever.
If you can't see the
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 1:33pm.
If you can't see the difference between the two you aren't looking very deeply.
StarAZ
Submitted by amyshulk on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 4:36pm.
The same? How? By deflecting the blame from themselves perhaps?
OK, on that I WILL agree that *some* in the TP overextended themselves and bought into the "gotta have it now" zeitgeist.
However, I'll bet that instead of being outliers like they are in in the TP, the OWS'ers are *mostly* comprised of those types, judging by all the whining about student loans.
So a surface "They are the same" when the TP is about accountability, and the OWS'ers are about anything but, strains credulity with me.
Ronald Reagan
The media....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 12:08pm.
really do not know what they're doing, do they. I can't imagine so many (even though I see them) who are so ignorant of how truly dangerous it is backing these mindless hordes. Are they so ignorant of history or are they so arrogant to believe that should revolution occur that they won't be affected? The liberal French intelligentsia thought similarly prior to 1789.
"Dovetail nicely with obamas
Submitted by okie-pastor on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 12:21pm.
"Dovetail nicely with obamas campaign message"
That's correct. And that is why He will lose!
I think this is great news.
Submitted by kata on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 12:22pm.
Put it on the MSM, put it on the nightly news. All newscasters should be given their own tarp and camp spork so they can show solidarity.
Here's what else The Shameless One is endorsing
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 12:25pm.
Here's what else The Shameless One is endorsing by attaching himself to this group:
Dismiss All Charges, Or We Will Clog Up the Courts!
Nothing like a little legal blackmail, right?
His Union pals must be so proud.
→ Common thread?
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 12:30pm.
Wall Street is definitely "occupied", with a cop car being the throne.
And how does one lead a dovetail from behind? Don't answer, the question is rhetorical.
No crap!
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 12:35pm.
That picture of a protestor crapping on a police car dovetails nicely with Obama's view of America.
Missing the Obvious...
Submitted by Bill Brasky on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 12:47pm.
"I think the President's in a mode right now where he'd like to get out in front of this parade and really harness some of this energy."... Hey dumb ass, in case you haven't noticed, Obama has been LEADING the parade of idiots for a long time now. These dopes are all he has left. 2012 will be a slaughter.
Brasky,
Submitted by Agnostic on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 12:57pm.
Remember the joke - if your not the lead dog the scenery never changes.
President Obama is leading the parade and Gregory's nose is right where he wants it.
That is the way it was designed
Submitted by John21 on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 12:50pm.
That is the way it was designed. It is the Chicago way to lie and divert attention from the corruption and the mis-management of the administration.
Perfectly predictable.
Gregory's not the sharpest
Submitted by HockeyKid on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 12:50pm.
knife in the drawer. Anybody else catch him trying to grill Herman Cain about 9-9-9? Gregory displayed a complete and total ignorance of federal and state tax codes, all while trying to make Cain look bad. It was hilarious.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
I invite Obama to embrace the OWS message - - - whatever . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 12:54pm.
. . . that is. I'd love to see Obama stick his name to that gaggle and ride it wherever it goes. In fact, I'd like to see all the liberal politicians go out there -- not just endorse the message, but go out there in the parks and squares to be photographed with them.
Tax Waivers
Submitted by Uruk Hai on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 12:59pm.
If Obambi could somehow get the taxes increased for the wealthy, you can bet he and Pelosi and Greed would be handing out waivers to their supporters and Hollyweird so they wouldn't have to pay the higher rate. Just like they handed out waivers so their supporters didn't have to participate in Obamacare. This group of people stinks.
David Gregory
Submitted by AdrianVance on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 1:00pm.
David Gregory is smarter than he sounds and looks. He surely knows these young people are really complaining about government and when they figure that out, as they surely will, "Occupy" will backfire on Mr. Obama and Democratic Party, stupidly named with an adjective.
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Yeah, David
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 1:09pm.
Just like your nose dovetails nicely with the 0's arse.
Unfortunately, instead of
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 1:37pm.
Unfortunately, instead of hammering home the fact that these leftwing dirtbags are protesting the wrong group and that they should be protesting the government who caused the problems the right merely whines about their personal hygiene and allowing them to succeed.
OWS demonstrator: 'We're
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 1:43pm.
OWS demonstrator: 'We're REVOLTING'!!!
Killa: True, but what are the signs for???
How typical, he's hypocritical.
Submitted by CobraMan on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 1:46pm.
The President's campaign message is that the Rich should "pay more" while he's traveling the country collecting tens of millions of tax free dollars in the form of campaign donations.
Hay Obama, are you going to pay taxes on those donations? No? Why not? That's a LOT of potential tax revenue, you know. I do believe that the 16th Amendment does say the federal government can "lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived." Why is one of the biggest sources of income, campaign donations, exempt from taxes? No one else is sheltered from taxes like that. If someone donates to me tens of millions of dollars in the form of "gifts," I must pay taxes on that. So... Ether start paying taxes on those "donations" or SHUT THE HELL UP about "closing tax loopholes," you hypocritical SOB. You're taking advantage of the biggest tax "loophole" in history.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
"... really harness some of this energy."
Submitted by Rackie on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 1:50pm.
I know where he could put some of it.
OW organizers using "capital" to put on an anti-capital show
Submitted by lrgon on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 1:53pm.
Capitalism defined
The means of production; something that enables a person to help him or her survive.
To a 19th century farmer that something would have been a plow attached to a beast of burden; to a modern day farmer that something is a half million dollar combine. The simple plow, the mule and the green colored John Deere combine are all "capital."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0MMm3ms5xk&feature=related
In a more sophisticated society a businesswoman running a top notch clothing design company has loads of "capital" all around her; from the computer system that assists her designers to the email contact list she has saved on her software files.
The street OWS communists use their ipods and cell phones, which are distinctly capitalistic, to communicate amongst themselves as to when and where the TV cameras will be set up next. The OWS directors use their investments in electronic "capital" to present their picture to the world that "capitalism" is the enemy of the people while using "capital" to accomplish their subversive deeds in a more capitalistic fashion.
Without the "means of production, ie: the phones and ipods, etc that is "capital," the left wingers running the show on the street would be hard pressed to put on their attack on the USA.
Phweet.
Submitted by The Vet on Tue, 10/18/2011 - 11:53am.
I thought Ron Paul liked the OWS because he hates Wall Street too. You go loon. Keep up the loony posts very few of us start reading and even fewer get through more than a sentence or two. It does keep the loneliness at bay in your lonely lonely lonely Loon world.
Boys and girls! Boys and girls! Boys and girls! Quick. Look!
Submitted by The Vet on Tue, 10/18/2011 - 12:12pm.
The Loon has finally layed it's eggs. So wonderful, nature in all it's glory. Soon our wonderful site will be blessed with 2 more loons. And maybe we can finally get the EPA off our back after the NewsBusters Tarpit Troll Wipeout of 2008.
As always boys and girls. Don't disturb the loon. They get dismayed so easily. No smoking. No flash camera's. No talking. And don't look the loon directly in the eye. They got that whole hoodoo hex eye thing going on.
They are demonstrating for
Submitted by billb on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 2:03pm.
They are demonstrating for THEIR bailout.......to have Obama forgive their student loans!
Mr. President I don't think
Submitted by ThePickle on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 2:51pm.
Mr. President I don't think you are going to have to worry about "tying" yourself to these protesters and their message.
In fact I believe that any thinking Republican nominee will make every effort to"tie" you to the unwashed mass made up of, squealing trust fund babies, bored college students, Marxists, Communists, Nazi's and other virulent anti-Semites and race baiter's. Throw in a dash of that good old 60's "hippie vibe" and a sprinkling of protesters evacuating their bowels on police vehicles and I would think that President Obama would be running in terror at the thought of being tied to these people.
Be that as it may, I think the idea of President voluntarily associating himself with the face's and message's of the "Occupy" crowd would rank right up there with the DUMBEST political moves of all time. Here's hoping the the "smartest President ever" takes the advice of his obviously bone headed advisors. The crash and burn should be quite amusing.
Hmmmmmmmmm
Submitted by Tomorama on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 4:09pm.
So in Portland this weekend when they were chanting F*** the USA our Presentdent wants that group on his side?
The US communist society, the US Nazi party?
The teachers in the audience who are saying we need to get the Zionists out of our banks?
ALL ON TAPE.
Yep, sounds about right.
And if the Republican party
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 8:45pm.
And if the Republican party doesn't use this, and a cargo-ship load of other factual material, in their campaign against Boy Barry, then they are bigger eunichs than I give them credit for!!! And believe me, I don't consider the typical Republican politician to have much in the way of gonads...............
Perfect campaign ad
Submitted by GregE on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 9:09pm.
Boy Barry at the podium giving praise................immediately followed by F the USA song...........immediately followed by repeat of the praise. But that will be nothing. There are months of this from which to get material, and I think the material is going to become more violent.
But really, it's a diversion. His record and his ways speck for themselves. He would prefer other things be talked about. It's the sole reason for his "jobs" bill, which failed, and that he is still out campaigning on as if it hasn't had a vote yet, so that he can use my money in his campaigning, while claiming it's policy tour, not campaign.
Excellent idea
Submitted by Radical1979 on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 9:15pm.
Why is it on NB I see so many good ideas for campaign ads, and we end up with the wimpiest sappiest ads and lose elections?
Because we have bigger gonads
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 9:31pm.
Because we have bigger gonads here than these tilleys who want us to vote for them!!! Meaning no disrespect, Mrs. Rad, of course!!!
I swear - all the Repubs have to do is run HONEST videos of Barry and the rest of the liars, cheaters, scammers, con artists, communists, Marxists, re-distributionists........bla bla bla - you know the list............as one set of campaign ads. But they would also have to run a parallel set of ads that spell out, in concise and easy-to-understand terms, THEIR vision and THEIR plan and THEIR agenda to get this 'on life support' country back to where it is supposed to be.
killa
Submitted by Radical1979 on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 9:42pm.
From what I've seen so far, Cain has a pair. He takes on the MSM and their biased questioning without missing a beat.
Truth....................so
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 11:04pm.
Truth....................so does Newt..................so do the ladies, but I don't think they're in contention anymore. Maybe I should have qualified my statement to highlight the guys who are allready 'up there', more than the ones who are running...........they always seem to queeb out when they get to Washington, or at least a large percentage of the time.
Consider the fact....
Submitted by notinstl on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 4:22pm.
...that it dovetails so nicely because OWS and the obama campaign are run by axlerod...
Knock knock knock!!!
Submitted by GregE on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 8:52pm.
On the head of David Gregory! Uhhhhh, are you to dumb to think that dovetail isn't by design?
Uhhh, was I dumb enough to even need to ask that question?