Newt Gingrich Mic Checked

On November 18, 2011, members of Occupy Boston and Occupy Harvard mic checked Newt Gingrich as he introduced his documentary "A City upon a Hill: The Spirit of American Exceptionalism" at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

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[karenseattle]

It's not a rude 'prank' people. It's a political statement and is well deserved. Thank you OWS!

The Newtster is a criminal and is your basic scumbag who doesn't deserve to speak on this subject.

[OnsotineFilms]

Holy crud stop zooming in!

[torontothegood]

mike cheque starts @ 3:41

[torontothegood]

what ever happend to "Occupy" ... LOL... guess everyone just decided to hunker down and get a job working the 'the man', eh ... LOL.

[mitch dupre]

Also, if you look at the numbers, the voting blocs with the strongest turnout numbers, or "strongest voices" are actually the minority, poor, and elderly. They far out number the rich in voting. So its actually those who control the voting process, which is precisely why liberals play on a class warfare argument, and is part of what Romney's 47% comment was about - Liberals target those who depend the most on govt. Thats their base. So you should be protesting failed liberal policies if anything

[mitch dupre]

Its not a class system in nature. Its being politicized into a class system by liberals. Always has been. But capitalism and free markets, while not a perfect system, (no system is perfect), allows 'free individuals' to realize their potentials and be as great as they want to be. It is NOT a class "system". When govt tries to wrestle power for itself, it NEEDS a class system to retain that power. Thats why you see Obama blatantly using class warfare and attacking success now. Its a power play.

[Fahad Shah]

How is their argument misguided? They are exercising their right to peacefully assemble and protest, which our constitution encourages, to combat the corruption, rights violations, and economic irresponsibility running rampant. Is the Arab Spring also misguided? Right, but democracy creates an economic class system, and those who have money have the strongest voice, effectively silencing the majority who don't.

[mitch dupre]

Their argument is misguided though. Not only that, but the means they go about their work is a turn off to those who might listen. The problem with the OWS premise is this 99 vs 1 . There is no class system in the founding documents. The free market allows for the richest to fall and the lowest to rise, based on their free will and own human capital warrants. Modern liberalism is killing the civil society, not the Newt Gingrich's .

[Fahad Shah]

You can, but how many others are you standing up for? There is a strong following of people- "the 99%", that believes there needs to be a radical reform in our democracy. Media pundits like Gingrich are covering the doors, likely speaking high praises of our current state in order to maintain the status quo. By countering his view (and this book), OWS is bringing awareness to the real problem.

[mitch dupre]

how is it +1?? I can go interrupt a presentation and scream "legalize child porn" at the top of my lungs... does that make me the winner?

[mitch dupre]

People wgho are too afraid to have a civilized debate, and would rather be disruptive and unreasonable, are completely slf-aware of the bankrupt ideas they are supporting.