Fear and Loathing, #OccupyWallStreet Style

Man, these dudes are scared of having even the slightest bit of power taken away from them.

From ThinkProgess:

Speaking with right-wing radio show host Laura Ingraham on Friday, Rep. Peter King (R-NY), the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, blasted the media for providing fair coverage to the Occupy Wall Street protests. “They have no sense of purpose other than a basically anti-American tone,” he said.

King also explained that he is “old enough to remember what happened in the 1960s when the left-wing took to the streets and somehow the media glorified them and it ended up shaping policy.” He added, “We can’t allow that to happen.”

No, heavens knows we cannot allow history to repeat itself. God forbid.

From The Hill:

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) described Wall Street protesters as a mob on Friday and implied Democrats were egging them on.

In a speech to the conservative Values Voter Summit, Cantor said he was “increasingly concerned by the growing mobs” and criticized Democrats who have showered praise on the protesters in New York and other cities.

Some in this town have actually condoned the pitting of Americans against Americans,” Cantor said.

Because after all, one man's democracy is another man's mob.

From The National Journal:

THE VILLAGES, Fla. – Republican presidential front runner Mitt Romney on Tuesday compared the current anti-Wall Street protests to “class warfare.”

“I think it’s dangerous, this class warfare,” Romney said to an audience of about 50 people in response to a question about the protests over such issues as high unemployment, home foreclosures and the 2008 corporate bailouts.

Yes. Proponents of "class warfare." It's called the Tea bagging Republican party.

Be scared, America. Be very, very, very scared.