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Gov. Ed Rendell To Occupy Wall Streeters: ‘Made Your Point,’ Now ‘Organize At The Ballot Box’

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Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell (D) spoke with radio host Laura Ingraham today to discuss the Occupy Wall Street protests. Rendell, for one, believes the protesters would be better off expressing their views and enacting change with their votes rather than through a series of demonstrations. “I’d like to go down and ask,” he told Ingraham, “Is everybody registered?’”

He also made sure to note that he agrees that certain positions being expressed by the protesters “need to be addressed,” and that, while he doesn’t really understand how people are able to protest for days or weeks, as long as those protesting follow city-mandated guidelines and protest peacefully, they’ve every right to be out there spreading their messages and voicing their discontent… Even if other methods would be more effective.

The conversation turned to organized labor leader Richard Trumka, who is participating in the protests occurring in lower Manhattan and is attempting to, as Ingraham described it, turn the protests into “an electoral movement.”

RELATED: Glenn Beck: Protestors ‘Will Come For You, Drag You Into The Streets, And Kill You’

Rendell applauded Trumka’s efforts and offered some advice of his own:

Probably a good analogy, Laura, is 1968, when someone finally channeled college kids’ energies into electoral politics. And they went up to New Hampshire and they put on ties and jackets and they went door to door and they talked about the war and Gene McCarthy got 43 percent of the vote and brought down Lyndon Johnson. So yeah, I think that’s Rich Trumka is trying to do.

And again, look, I don’t agree with their message. I mean the guys in Philadelphia said they’re going to be here all winter. Well, that’s silly. You’ve made your point, you’ve gotten about all the publicity you’re going to get. Now get on with your lives and if you really care about this stuff, organize at the ballot box. You know, we can yell and, our side, we can yell and scream about the Tea Party, but the Tea Party folks understood how to make change in 2010. They got out and voted.

Have a listen to the full interview, courtesy of The Laura Ingraham Show:

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  • Anonymous

    Ed they can’t leave until they have left their mark on all the cop cars!!!

  • Anonymous

    Ed tried to get a job with Fox and was turned down and went to MSNBC . I say , trade Beckel for Rendell straight up .

    Ed was the DA in Philadelphia when cop killer Mumia was tried . It would be interesting to hear him discuss the case . Mumia shot policeman Danny Faulkner when he lay helplessly on the ground after having already been shot . Van Jones even produced a cd with Mumia .

    Why is Mumia supported by so many liberals , including Obama cronies Henry Louis Gates , Common and Charlie Rangel ?

  • Michelle

    Ed sees that they are hurting, not helping the liberal cause.  Good luck getting through to them, Ed.  

  • Anonymous

    GET OFF MY LAWN!!!

  • insideguy

     I find it interesting. Both sides don’t want this to keep on going. Its not about the republicans or democrats. People in power do not want things being messed with to much. I think after this and the tea party situation, I would hope that everyone understands that neither the republicans or democrats really are interested in the best interests of this country. They are no different than anyone else who has been in power for the last 1000 years. They will do whatever it takes to keep that power.

  • http://twitter.com/Good_Lt Good Lt.

    They made a point? That pile of trash they plan on leaving in the cities they infest count as “a point?”

  • Anonymous

    He’s right, but they won’t listen. Free food, cheap drugs, and TV cameras.   Then again I think it’s raining this week, so we’ll see if that gets them to leave before the cold weather does.

  • Chayal Boded

    Hell, we got ‘em all in one spot, time to ship to N.Korea and trade them one for one for someone who would really appreciate freedom and opportunity–that is once Obama is sent back to the private sector.

    Tat, you kill me, tooooo funny. “Get off my lawn!”

  • Pablo

    No, I think people don’t want their streets infested with filthy people, their trash and their excretions.

    If you want to fix Wall Street you have to fix the government first, so that it will do the job it’s supposed to be doing.

  • Anonymous

    Keep protesting….and do organize at the ballot box….LET’S VOTE THEM ALL OUT!!!!

  • unmutual

    Shut your filthy mouth Ed Rendell. Don’t talk sense to these Occupy Wallstreet whackadoos.
     
    All Democrats need to embrace these fine young protesters like Pelosi and Obama have.

    The longer these protests go on, the better it will be for the Republican candidate come 2012.

  • NeverWrong

    As an Independent I find Ed Rendell one of the few Democrats who is level headed 95% of the time and the Dems would do well getting him more involved in their decision making instead of letting him waste away on LSDnbc. Let him be the spokesman and tell Pelosi and Reid to shut the hell up.  

  • insideguy

     Nope both sides are bought and paid for Pablo. Both sides have their anti-establishment types but go ahead put Romney in nothing will change.  Matter of fact corporate america and their interests will only get more powerful. This movement is not organized at this time but I will wait and see. Just like mainstream republicans despise your tea party, mainstream democrats do not like these people. But in the end its because they don’t want to lose their power and security.

  • Anonymous

    it will be interesting to see what happens next, if they take the next logical step and organize themselves as Ed Rendell suggests. 

    Organize themselves for the ballot box…

  • SNAPTIE

     Sure, we know that the left is all about the redistribution of wealth.
    On his MSNBC show this evening, Sharpton declared that his view of the Occupy Wall Street movement is that it should be about “really, how we distribute the wealth in this country.

  • Anonymous

    I thought that the Democrats have all come out to support the OWS protesters. At least I have read that Obama, Pelosi and others are all for it. But you are right that both side will do what they can to keep the power. We the people are tired of politics as usual if it is expressed as Tea Party or OWS. The people are unhappy. Personally think that the sooner the OWS defines their ideals the more they will lose numbers behind them. To many factions.

  • Anonymous

    You don’t define Obama and Pelosi as main stream democrats?

  • Anonymous

    Memo to Governor Rendell: First they were ignored, then arrested for wearing masks, then photographed and videoed, then they were maced and treated with police brutality! Persecuted, maligned and given no real air time until unions gave them some credit ability as they closed down the Brooklyn bridge! After the New York Times edited their news story they got some notoriety when Ben Bernanke, unions and others lent their voice to their support! With Democratic and Labor unions showing support the OWS protesters got real air time, but when Cain, Romney and Palin voiced their concerns in tune with ‘Ol Brush Himoff, they got “Real air time”! When conservatives and ‘Ol peter King gave them lip time they received newer recognition for their steadfast protesting! Ramussen gave them air time and they were on their way, finally as the FOX-hole belched up Rivera! Great shot, er..I mean shouting! You will get your wish!  ”Occupy Wall Street” is making so many friends and terrifying enemies while registering and counseling voters and making their point! The “Occupy Wall Street” are getting support from unions and non-union groups in peaceful gatherings while protesting Wall Street, Big Bank and mega-corporation greed! Cain and Bachmann are instruments of the Terroristic Economic Activist(TEA) party who in their own time interrupted town hall meetings and carried weapons to gatherings. All those voicing their disapproval are in the minority any how! Yep! many of the sane Republican party are trembling in their boots about the direction their party is going!

  • Anonymous

    Ed Rendell paraphrased: “Now be good little liberals and go organize for the Democratic party before you do real damage to the President.” 

  • TruDat

    I guess these anarchists’ stench isn’t all that appealing when you have to walk through it every day, eh Rendell?

  • Anonymous

    I am not a designer but I know Wall Street is causing
    trouble because of the structure it has evolved into over the past 61 years and
    needs redesigned to separate the investors form the high risk, speculative and
    outright gamblers so as we the tax payers will never need to bail them out
    again. Many Company investors did not need bailed out. They need separated from
    the Gamblers before business picks up again.

    Occupy Wall Street will succeed and America will not
    go broke, if they can manage to divide Wall Street into two separate
    organizations, one being the original Wall Street who handles only first class
    industries which are worthy and paramount in servicing America’s primarily necessities
    of life businesses and secondary, the business serving the States, including
    food, shelter, water, utility and transportation stocks. The Gambling part of
    Wall Street for the high risk investor, speculator and gambler should be moved completely
    out of the same Building and City into a new area hundreds of miles apart to
    signify the difference and to eliminate the contamination to the Real Stock
    Market by the Casino part of the Original Wall Street which was a major part of
    the losses which cause taxpayers to need TARP and nearly bring down our entire
    American Economy along with the Global Economy. Wall Street, the good part and
    the gambling part, created huge losses and huge profits. Medium wages, which
    are slightly inflationary because of their transparency, have a tendency to
    stay low. Profits because of being hidden tend to explode causing
    hyperinflation which will bring down any economy because of the masses, which
    create growth through purchases and consumption are strangled to death as we
    are experiencing today. Only proper design and regulations can keep inflation
    at bay allowing all participants in an economy to stay active and keep the
    wheels turning in the right direction. John Maynard Keynes said; Capitalism cannot
    survive without moderate inflation, but can be destroyed by hyperinflation,
    which is what we have seeing over the past 50 years. Our economy is lucky to be
    still standing. Printing money does not in itself create inflation, the availability
    of money or credit feeds the vultures who profiteer, and plunders’ anything of
    value, be it through war, natural causes, excess profits, or destruction of anything
    of value owned by Businesses, Government or the private citizenry.  Also, idle wealth depreciates and brings no
    profit, lost profits are inflationary, excess profits are inflationary,
    inflation chokes the growth of any economy, regulations need be in effect and
    ever-changing to fine tune any economy. Wall Street is not a dependable source
    to reveal the health of our economy.

    If any of this mumbo jumbo helps you understand Wall
    Street is the biggest part of our problem then help will be on the way.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IKM5QVORFPVH546RTU4ZOKUSQM bob

    If you can’t make it out there, bring some food or drink for these people.  The only reason the politicians don’t want them around, is they like the status quo.  They all have the best healthcare (that we cant get) and make plenty of dirty (political contribution) money.  I mean really with the state of things in PA, should our governor really be doing post game for the Eagles every week?  Anyone who doesn’t agree with these protests, should open their eyes.  Cause if they ain’t makin a few hundred thousand a year, and they support the government as is, they are followers, and scared to change.

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