« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2012, 05:46:17 PM »
Response to nadinbrzezinski (Original post)
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 05:35 PM
Jamaal510 (1,504 posts)
7. At first I wasn't too crazy about Occupy,
and I thought they were being too critical of Democrats. But I think that because of them, Obama is actually starting to do really well in the polls. By OWS making noise, he was pushed to the left on certain issues and has been adopting more populist stances than before, whether it's higher taxes on the rich, marriage equality, or supporting an amendment to overturn Citizens United. And if I'm not mistaken, I think he even said something about at least having marijuana decriminalized.
Anyway, I hope they keep doing their thing.
Trust me, so do we.


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