Filmmaker Michael Moore, who continues his vigil at
the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protest in lower Manhattan, dropped in on The Last Word to let host Lawrence O’Donnell know how things are going.
Moore kicked things off by
giving a synopsis of what the protest is not about:
We’re not down here to
support Senate bill 2567. We’re beyond that. They had their chance a long time
ago to try and fix this. They didn’t fix it because they’re in the pocket of
these people down here on Wall Street. So this is not about supporting some
piece of legislation or “let’s get behind some politician.”
“It’s not about ‘policy
wonkness’ or ‘Beltway bullshit,’” he continued, to the delighted soundless
clapping of those around him. He also noted that he cannot believe he lives in
a country where people on Wall Street haven’t had to face a single arrest while
100 peaceful protesters are arrested.
“Well, you live in a country
where that kind of thing has to be protested and is being protested,” offered
O’Donnell. He then turned the conversation over to a question he’d received on
Twitter — a question that many have had since the protest’s inception: “I
wonder if mmoore could articulate some specific, tangible goals 4 this protest,
as I’ve yet 2 hear any & really would like to.” Indeed, @leenie909!
Moore said that this protest
is unlike others because “there’s no membership form, there’s no one person who
comes in here and says ‘Now this is our agenda and this is the way it ought to
be!”
He also added that there were
a whole variety of Americans participating (even “Ron Paul people”), and that
they had strength in numbers:
This is our country. We’re
the majority. The majority. We’re the majority. Never forget that, that the
people who work for a living in this country, we are the people. Not the people
up here who are taking people’s pensions and their bank accounts and ruining it
and destroying their lives. They are not running this country anymore. They
think they are, but that’s gonna come to an end right now.”
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