Occupy CPAC “protesters” paid $60 for the day

“Protesters” at Friday’s “Occupy CPAC” event, organized by AFL-CIO and the Occupy DC movement, said they were paid “$60 a head.” “I have nothing nice to say about Local 100. They just told me ‘you wanna make $60? So c’mon,’” the protester said. Another astro-turfed grass-roots movement. Isn’t that what they said about the Tea Party? The left always accuses its opponents of the crap they themselves do the most.

This post was last modified on February 11, 2012

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  • Yeh those lefties ALWAYS blame the other side for everything! It's all their fault the world is I such chaos! We conservatives never blame others like that. God those darn liberals are ruining our earth!

  • Assuming an 8 hour day, $60 comes out to $7.50 an hour, is that minimum wage? Does the unions provide health insurance and Social Security coverage? Somehow, I think not.

    These protestors are the personification of term "useful idiots".

  • Did their insurance coverage include free 'reproductive health services'? Were the proper Social Security, Medicare and income tax witholdings made? I doubt it. I hereby demand a full Labor Department investigation of this scandal!

  • How much do you want to bet "Dear Leader" claims these idiots as jobs created under his spendlus bill.

  • "Other “Occupy CPAC” protesters were unwilling to speak on camera because they were unaware what they were protesting and what the CPAC event was about."

    I'm not a bit surprised about this. Most of these "protesters" don't have clue. Which reminds me, has anybody seen the current events quiz from Pew that's making it's way around the internet? Take the quiz, it's fun. Then read the demographics of the results.. shocking! Proud to say I'm an 8%'er!

    Here's the link.. http://pewresearch.org/politicalquiz/

  • "The left always accuses its opponents of the crap they themselves do the most."

    This has been their modus operandi on every level since I can remember. Reagan was nothing more than a great communicator, i.e., no substance, just a convincing way of talking. And then we get Clinton.

    The right is a bunch of fascists. Yeah, uh-huh (see Jonah Goldberg - Liberal Fascism)

    This is so pervasive on all levels, that you can just use this rule of thumb with at the very least 99.99% accuracy:

    If you want to know what the left is really up to, no problem. They tell you every step of the way. Just listen to what the accusations they hurl at the right.