“Herman Cain’s views on Occupy Wall Street are un-American. You should apologize, Herman.”
– Buddy Roemer, via “twitter”
Looks like another in a seeming unending string of Southern fried crackpots, another early-bird eligible honkey blundering around town. Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer announced he was joining the motley pack for the GOP nomination for president back in July with the intention of changing the campaign finance system. He does not accept donations from PACs or individual donations above $100. Of course, because he wants to bring attention to a broken system that encourages bribery of elected officials – one that they created – he can’t get in spitting distance of a GOP debate, or any real media coverage. He took a turn towards relevance this week by becoming the lone presidential candidate — in either party — to show up at the Occupy Wall Street protest and to speak up strongly on behalf of the protestors.
“It’s disturbing. the Wall Street protest is unshaped, unfocused, but there’s a lot of power in it. We need the courage to go back to conservative principles — that is, the reward of hard work, the sense of fair play, the belief in individual strength rather than government solutions. To me, the Wall Street protests reflect all these sorts of things”.
-again, Buddy Roemer, via a “blog”