News Flash: Protesters Occupy Mitch McConnell’s Office

[RhodaA]

Source: Think Progress

Contains video as well.

As Senate Republicans prepare to filibuster a bill to create jobs and rebuild infrastructure because it is paid for with a small tax increase on the top 0.1 percent of earners, about 40 unemployed District of Columbia residents have occupied Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) office, refusing to leave until McConnell grants them a face-to-face meeting about the bill. Watch a video of the occupation, via Our DC, which is organizing the protest ...

We know the bill will be filibustered, but it's time to take it to McConnell's face and force the media to do their job. Nationally, the metastases of the filibuster is the greatest story ever NOT told.



Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/special/2011/11/03/360611/protesters-occupy-mitch-mcconnells-office/

[Enrique]

1. i hear he withdrew into his shell

:toast:

[RhodaA]

2. And that's where he belongs. He's a cancer.

[rfranklin]

20. Isn't that an insult to cancer? I think he is an extraterrestrial turd...

but I could have mistaken for some other waste of space.

[randome]

21. It's all good.

So don't worry too much about it.

[yurbud]

23. I object to comparing him to a turtle. He looks more like a boneless jellyfish to me.

[randome]

3. Now THAT'S the kind of direct action I have wanted to see for some time.

Get in the faces of the lazy-ass legislators who want to sit around and do NOTHING for the country.

[RhodaA]

7. Couldn't agree more. It's outrageous and heartbreaking

The GOP are shredding the country to pieces, no one is reporting on anything by but Cain, and media maintains the "both sides do it" lie." Time to hold the light to this mother f'ers face.

[randome]

11. Unfortunately, they will probably increase security to prevent further 'incursions'.

I would prefer to see a crowd of people surrounding the entire damned capital. That might 'inconvenience' them a little more.

[RhodaA]

13. Yes - you're right about security

[alfredo]

28. When a group of us seniors paid a visit to McConnell's Lexington,

Ky office, they locked the doors and called the cops.

[kestrel91316]

4. K&R

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Way to go!

Make him feel the consequences of his (in)action.

[Enrique]

6. after watching the video

my main thought is, that's not the kind of people Sen. McConnell is used to seeing in his office. Just saying. :toast:

[Plucketeer]

14. LOL!

Yah, usually it's nattily dressed fellas with open checkbooks!

[nbcouch]

22. or bags of cash, most likely

[RhodaA]

8. Kudos to ThinkProgress - they do amazing work

on so many issues, many of which they don't get credit for, e.g., ground breaking investigation of the Koch Brothers.

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[Jack Rabbit]

10. I hope there's a criminal investigator among the Occupiers

McConnell has need to be scrutinized for a long time.

[Plucketeer]

12. THIS....

is what it's going to take. We need to GET IN THEIR FACES. Hell, they don't even know who we are!

[randome]

16. That's why they can ignore OWS.

Because OWS is happening in somebody else's 'neighborhood', not theirs.

Surround the capital and start chanting 'Do your damned jobs!' Or something.

[deutsey]

15. Big K&R!

[AzDar]

17. Hopefully, Der Boehner is next!

:toast:

[julian09]

19. They should occupy the bridge that spans their state borders

and sign saying "Mitch and Bonner do your job, create jobs, fix this bridge"

[jwirr]

18. Very good - this will bring attention to the real people who are causing

our problems with the economy. They of course need to stay until carried away by the police. If security is upped then it is time for something else - I like the idea of surrounding the capital with as many people as we can get there and staying as long as it takes.

[Tsiyu]

24. McMashedPotatoMouth

is no doubt outraged, outraged I tell you.

To have to face actual, pissed-off Americans who are the victims of his Plantation Policies? Instead of gushing lobbyists?

The horror! Baby Jeebus is prolly sobbing in agony somewhere in heaven over this abuse of ole McMashedPotatoMouth!

[HughBeaumont]

25. GEeeeet out of my offiiiiiiice!!

[yellowcanine]

26. Did any of them find his chin? It must be there somewhere.

[Bozita]

27. Mitch shares a lot of genes with Bill Slowsky of Comcast fame

[ananda]

29. For every one corrupted CEO and bad lawmaker..

.. we need 100,000 persistent every day protesters.