Forum Post: Article: Lobbying Firm's Memo Spells Out Plan to Undermine Occupy Wall Street

You know you're successful when your opposition gets really busy (and worried). Big money seems to be working up to some organized retaliation.

This is from the Energy Bulletin, November 19, 2011

LOBBYING FIRM MEMO SPELLS OUT PLAN TO UNDERMINE OWS Jonathan Larsen and Ken Olshansky, Up with Chris Hayes, MSNBC http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-11-20/occupy-nov-20 A well-known Washington lobbying firm with links to the financial industry has proposed an $850,000 plan to take on Occupy Wall Street and politicians who might express sympathy for the protests, according to a memo obtained by the MSNBC program “Up w/ Chris Hayes.”

The proposal was written on the letterhead of the lobbying firm Clark Lytle Geduldig & Cranford and addressed to one of CLGC’s clients, the American Bankers Association.

CLGC’s memo proposes that the ABA pay CLGC $850,000 to conduct “opposition research” on Occupy Wall Street in order to construct “negative narratives” about the protests and allied politicians. The memo also asserts that Democratic victories in 2012 would be detrimental for Wall Street and targets specific races in which it says Wall Street would benefit by electing Republicans instead.

Read the rest at: http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-11-20/occupy-nov-20