Tea Party Meets Occupy Richmond

Some members of the Occupy Richmond and local Virginia Tea Party movements got together to discuss common ground. The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

http://www.salon.com/2011/12/07/can_occupy_and_the_tea_party_team_up/singleton/

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[TroubadourPariahTV]

"They enemy of my enemy is my friend." Fight corruption first. Squabble among ourselves later.

[MrBishopWalters]

I don't get these tea partiers bashing Occupy... It was Wall Street who killed 8 million jobs and wiped out 20 trillion in US Wealth, now they are targeting Occupy...ok..?

[1337wafflezz]

@TroubadourPariahTV True bro. Government corruption is enemies of us both. I love the Tea Party and disagree with Occupy but I wouldn't target them because they are ordinary people just like us.

[ConstitutionalTParty]

following the constitution is exactly what you, dont do.

[Sonyfan2006]

Eh, Cenk when you said "We need to get our democracy back" I just want you to know the USA is a constitutional republic. Thomas Jefferson - "Democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where 51% of the people may take away the rights of the other 49%." Not trying to act like a know it all just saying. Next time please say constitutional republic thanks love the show!

[PeaceProfit]

Representative government is NOT democracy, it's Corrupt-Cronyism. Politicians, like actors are paid to show up and do as they are told while being convincing enough to elicit an emotional response. Whom ever is paying the most is who the system works for. Only when The*People have direct input as to HOW their money is spent, will there be a shift toward True Democracy. Individual Directed Capitalization 65% of YOUR TAX contribution directed to areas of funding of YOUR CHOICE Power 2 The*People.

[mabiniss2]

@TroubadourPariahTV They enemy?

[milascave2]

Here in San Francisco, we have had a continual presence/vigal for the last 4 months in front of, yes, the Federal reserve.  So yea, I don't totaly get what the tea party is all about, but lets talk.

[libertyactivist]

The Young Turks host says he's for the Occupy Movement and the Tea Party teaming up and fighting the corruption of our government, "fighting the Power" and starting "following the Constitution", and teaming up would be the biggest threat to this power ever. Does this guy not realize his blistering hypocrisy when he works for one of the biggest violators of the Constitution and abusers of Power ever, Al Gore? Gore=W. Bush=Obama=Bush Sr.=Clinton(s)=Newt Gingrich=Pelosi=Romney=Boehner­=Rangel=Cantor

[jhamrman]

Continued 3: For the OWS movement to want higher taxes on the rich doesn't solve the problem because we would still be left with currency that is worthless. While the Federal Reserves worthless paper money is still in circulation we will always be governed by the 1% that own it. We must return the power of our dollar back to the people with a gold standard. We can't afford to do anything less.

[jhamrman]

Continued:If we can get more OWS people to learn about the FED and how its used to protect the Ultra rich and enslave the middle class,then there can be real discussion.I've found that the ones that do connect the dot's have a better understanding of the corrupted system as a whole because all roads lead to Rome and in this case all roads lead to the 1% that own and operate the private federal reserve bank, It is thier weapon and shield used against americans and funded by our tax dollars.

[jhamrman]

I'm a tea partier and have tirelessly worked with the OWS movement and have known for sometime now that we have more in common than we don't.The problem i find is it's hard to get them to understand the connection between Big corporate and the Federal Reserve Bank.Big corporate is only a symptom of a centralized banking system(The Federal Reserve Bank) They have no regulation or oversight and can print money to bailout the private sector banks and businesses that they themselves own.