scenes about the occupation
Somewhere after making a bad Herman Cain Pizza analogy, Oregonian editorial columnist David Sarashon makes this point about the Occupy movement.
We’ve seen this development before, the street theater, the emphasis on self-expression, the confidence that confrontation by itself somehow ends up producing something substantial. And from the times we’ve seen it before, we know it doesn’t lead to a new heaven and a new earth.Â
It leads to Richard Nixon.Â
This is a classic line, I’ve heard again and again. Â Lewis Black once mocked some left-wing protesters by charging “I mean… WE scared the public into voting for RICHARD NIXON! Â RICHARD NIXON, for Christ sake!”
And Nixon continues to haunt the American political psyche.
The threat to “occupy” the Iowa caucuses, of both the Republican and Democratic side incidentally (not that it matters on the Democratic side) is… fascinating. Â And goes to show where and how this thing divides around different places. Â Sarashon’s line is that we want the public to hear Michele Bachmann, thank you very much. Â Sure… if you think the parties or elections matter at all, and the politicians… even in the guise of feigning one way or the other on a people’s will in moving the conversation, and responding to something through the thick law codes dictated by the Oligarchy.
And Michael Moore drops into town. Â Why? Â Got a book to peddle. Â Got an audience. Â A little too cynical, I have no doubt he also has sincere values.
The “NIXON for Christ’s sake” is second only to the line about “Makes you long for Richard Nixon” we always heard during Bush, Reagan…