IT'S LIKE SOMEHOW THESE PROTESTS ARE INTERESTING OR SOMETHING

October 10, 2011

Almost Twice As Many People Have Heard of Occupy Wall Street As Rick Perry

by Kirsten Boyd Johnson 1:15 pm October 10, 2011

Americans are so bored with the assortment of bargain bin feces-flingers running for the GOP nomination that — several thousand blathering news cycles and millions of dollars in campaign spending later – only 28% of people can even identify the existence of best-known Republican candidate-clown Rick Perry, because he is terrible and nobody cares about his plans to invade Mexico and dismantle Social Security. A new poll shows that after less than a month of protests and “not millions of dollars,” 23% more Americans have heard of the Wall Street protests than can remember Rick Perry’s name. Plain old popular recognition is not the be-all-end-all of the protests, but still, HA HA:

An ORC International Caravan Poll released Monday indicates that 51% of Americans say they’ve heard about the Occupy Wall Street movement, with 49% saying they haven’t heard about the demonstrations, which started in New York City 24 days ago and have spread to cities across the country.

According to the survey, 27% say they agree with the movement’s overall position on the financial system and social change, with 19% saying disagree with Occupy Wall Street on those issues. Fifty-four percent of those questioned have no firm opinion about Occupy Wall Street – consistent with the 49% who say they have not heard of the movement at all.

[CNN]

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ifthethunderdontgetya October 10, 2011 at 1:20 pm

Occupy Wall Street for President!!!
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Arken October 10, 2011 at 2:24 pm: Don't be silly. He wasn't born in America.

tihond October 10, 2011 at 1:20 pm

THIS IS GREAT NEWS! FOR WHAT'S HIS NAME!

emmelemm October 10, 2011 at 3:47 pm

TPaw?

vulpes82 October 11, 2011 at 8:23 am: Who?

nounverb911 October 10, 2011 at 1:23 pm

Jim Parry?

edgydrifter October 10, 2011 at 1:54 pm

Dick Party. He's a good-time guy.

finallyhappy October 10, 2011 at 2:16 pm

Jim Parsons!!!

GOPCrusher October 10, 2011 at 2:42 pm

Perry Mason?

flamingpdog October 10, 2011 at 2:47 pm

Mason Mints?

V572-⁂½‡‡‡‡‡ October 10, 2011 at 2:48 pm

Mason/Dixon 2012!

Grief_Lessons October 10, 2011 at 2:50 pm

A Pynchon presidency would be great, particularly as he seems fated to never win that Nobel…

V572-⁂½‡‡‡‡‡ October 10, 2011 at 2:57 pm: The Nobel people seem more interested in scoring political points than in rewarding accomplishments; e.g. their head-scratcher award to Hopey a few weeks after he was elected. If Pynchon were president we’d certainly have interesting speeches, and maybe legalized acid. He’s said he wrote lots of Gravity’s Rainbow while tripping, which is not surprising.

Grief_Lessons October 10, 2011 at 2:49 pm

Luke Perry?

Geminisunmars October 10, 2011 at 2:59 pm

Jim Carrey? Ventura Ace/Da Mask 2012!

ifthethunderdontgetya October 10, 2011 at 1:23 pm

Vote Occupy Wall Street…100% fewer racist rocks than Rick Perry.
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nounverb911 October 10, 2011 at 1:24 pm

Hair today, gone tomorrow?

SexySmurf October 10, 2011 at 1:25 pm

If Rick Perry wants to get his numbers up, he needs to get someone to pepper-spray him in the eyes.

I volunteer.

hagajim October 10, 2011 at 1:28 pm

I wish I'd never heard of Rick Perry. However, the results of this fine survey/poll show me clearly what is wrong with America….we're a bunch of fucking clueless nincompoops!

GOPCrusher October 10, 2011 at 2:44 pm: The 19% that disagree with the Occupy Wall Street protesters equal the same amount that identify themselves as Republiklans/Tea Baggers, and yet we allow them to hold our nation's economy hostage.

proudgrampa October 10, 2011 at 1:28 pm

"bargain bin feces-flingers"

Kirsten, I think I love you. Please, marry me.

SexySmurf October 10, 2011 at 1:30 pm

19% saying disagree with Occupy Wall Street on those issues.

19% of Americans think they're in the top 1%.

CapnFatback October 10, 2011 at 1:37 pm

That's math so fuzzy, you could name a hungry muppet after it.

GOPCrusher October 10, 2011 at 2:45 pm

Or take Frank Luntz's job.

Not_So_Much October 10, 2011 at 2:51 pm: If we're not the 99% in Luntz's world, what are we? 'Upside Engorged'?

(a thousand apologies for using engorged and Luntz in the same post)

Goonemeritus October 10, 2011 at 1:30 pm

I’m guessing 100% of Mormons know who he is at this point.

KeepFnThatChicken October 10, 2011 at 1:47 pm

…and yet none of us know any Mormons.

Goonemeritus October 10, 2011 at 1:53 pm

I do but I live next to the birth place of Mormonism plus they maintain a summer camp for wayward Mormon youth less than ½ a mile away on the lake that I live on.

V572-⁂½‡‡‡‡‡ October 10, 2011 at 2:49 pm: Have you looked around for those gold tablets the angel Moroni brought to ol' Joe?

SayItWithWookies October 10, 2011 at 1:53 pm

Hey! Some of my best friends don't know any Mormons!

proudgrampa October 10, 2011 at 1:58 pm

Hasa Diga Eebowai…

FlownOver October 10, 2011 at 5:55 pm: Now there's a phrase usually heard only on the Forest Moon of Endor.

SorosBot October 10, 2011 at 2:02 pm

I knew a Mormon, in college; although she drank and had sex stuff, so she wasn't a very good Mormon. Otherwise haven't met another one as far as I know.

RedneckMuslin October 10, 2011 at 2:10 pm

I know another mormon. That other guy running for Prez.

flamingpdog October 10, 2011 at 2:50 pm: Herb Cain is a Mormon?
Geminisunmars October 10, 2011 at 3:03 pm: Huntsman? He is MINO.

finallyhappy October 10, 2011 at 2:17 pm

But I drive Temple on the Washington Beltway several times a week

V572-⁂½‡‡‡‡‡ October 10, 2011 at 2:52 pm: That's a nice one, isn't it? My mother (not a Mormon, not superstitious in any way, actually) was allowed in on a tour before it was "consecrated," after which they tear up all the carpet, repaint, etc. Notice that it's on a site that ought rightfully to be a Marriott hotel — what is it, Georgia Ave and 495? It's no accident that the Marriotts are Mormons, enghngh?

If you are a Mormon apparently visiting the temple is something you have to earn by racking up enough points in The Big Tally Book of Good Deeds. It's like an airline upgrade, as I understand their theology.

Tundra Grifter October 10, 2011 at 2:53 pm

Well, there are the two guys in white short-sleeved shirts and name tags at my front door…do they count?

nounverb911 October 10, 2011 at 3:10 pm

I ran into Bill Marriott in an elevator at the Hong Kong Marriott once.

natoslug October 10, 2011 at 5:51 pm

As a member of the Excommunicated Mormon Drinking Team, I know a shitload of Mormons. Although the only ones I'm wiling to spend time around are the Jack-Mormons.

Indiepalin October 10, 2011 at 1:30 pm

That's funny. I was just over on Breitbart and I was under the impression that 99% of Americans think that the Occupy Wall St. demonstrators are overfed long-haired leaping gnomes.

Blueb4sunrise October 10, 2011 at 1:36 pm

spill the wine.

Moonbat October 11, 2011 at 10:30 am: Drink that girl!

yyyaz October 10, 2011 at 3:56 pm

And soon to be stars in a Hollywood movie. Burdon libel!!111!, also.

Doktor Zoom October 10, 2011 at 5:32 pm

Oh, those Brave Breitards:

The Liberals should worry more that the U.S. Military may just put the slogan "Die and Hang" into action.

The Military is growing tired of Liberals in the United States of America.
The Liberals keep pushing the Military and very soon the only place a Liberal will be able to be seen is in a history book.

EDIT: I don't think he likes me. I asked him if he was looking forward to some wholesale executions of liberals, and he replied Keep pushing up against the Military, keep burning flags, calling the Military names, keep saying that the United States must become a Communist country, and then find out just how few of you there are on this Earth and how quickly the Military gets to work and cleans things up.
All totally legal, the Constitution already allows for such action.

PalinzADummy October 11, 2011 at 12:20 am: They're always all like, "Why'n'tchu an' him fight, and we'll hold yer coats?"

weejee October 10, 2011 at 1:31 pm

Is a Rick Perry (sic) a defense against a Rick Roll?

mavenmaven October 10, 2011 at 2:45 pm: no, as we've demonstrated in the past on this very site. In fact, if nominated, one can say that the entire country has been rickrolled…

paris biltong October 10, 2011 at 1:32 pm

Perry, let's see. Plays right field for the Rangers?

nounverb911 October 10, 2011 at 1:36 pm

I thought he played defensive lineman for the Bears.

CliveWarren October 10, 2011 at 1:50 pm: No, he is a right winger for the Ducks… Actually that is a pretty damn accurate description…

dr_giraud October 10, 2011 at 2:06 pm

He's a catcher for the Friends of Dorothy.

flamingpdog October 10, 2011 at 2:55 pm

He's a pitcher for the Koch brothers.

johnnyzhivago October 10, 2011 at 1:32 pm

Invade Mexico? That's a great idea!

proudgrampa October 10, 2011 at 1:33 pm

Perry really is a fucking idiot.

johnnyzhivago October 10, 2011 at 1:35 pm

Hmmm…

I'm thinkin Cinco De Mayo -> National Holiday + 4pm Siesta for everyone???

Monsieur_Grumpe October 10, 2011 at 1:39 pm

Are you saying maybe Perry isn't a fucking idiot?
Stop messing with my head.

johnnyzhivago October 10, 2011 at 2:16 pm: He's a fucking idiot alright!

HistoriCat October 10, 2011 at 2:23 pm

Eh – it's been done.

Goonemeritus October 10, 2011 at 1:34 pm

The best Rick can hope for is the general voting public continues to be ignorant of him and his platform. The only way I could see him being elected is if a largely ignorant public pulls the lever for that other guy who isn’t Obama.

HistoriCat October 10, 2011 at 2:23 pm

Oh shit – we're doomed …

proudgrampa October 10, 2011 at 2:45 pm: Fersure.

spinozasgod October 10, 2011 at 1:34 pm

sadly, still more people have heard of Rick Perry than have heard of Elizabeth Warren in MA……

proudgrampa October 10, 2011 at 2:02 pm

"I hear all this, you know, 'Well, this is class warfare, this is whatever,'" Warren said.

"No. There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own — nobody.

"You built a factory out there? Good for you. But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police-forces and fire-forces that the rest of us paid for. You didn't have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything at your factory — and hire someone to protect against this — because of the work the rest of us did.

"Now look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific, or a great idea. God bless — keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is, you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along."

This is why I am a progressive.

spinozasgod October 10, 2011 at 2:35 pm

Amen (in a rather agnostic way)!
Kid of nice being on the grandparent and of the deal isn't it? Except, of course, that our grandchildren may end up serfs working for food (and not being beaten).

GOPCrusher October 10, 2011 at 2:48 pm

Sounds like pre-Reagan America.

Geminisunmars October 10, 2011 at 3:09 pm

I was moved enough to send her moolah, which usually has to be ripped from my cold dead wallet.

Doktor Zoom October 11, 2011 at 1:58 am: Yeah, I'm temporarily nibbling at the edges of the lower middle class again, thanks to my temporary gig, and I just gave her some money, too. Hell, since I was feeling flush, last week I even gave to the public radio for a change.

LettucePrey October 10, 2011 at 1:35 pm

But do Americans know the president of Yubekistan?

nounverb911 October 10, 2011 at 1:38 pm

Sarah Palin?

Geminisunmars October 10, 2011 at 3:11 pm: Isn't she prez of Yubetchastan? Or is that the anglicized spelling?

SudsMcKenzie October 10, 2011 at 1:42 pm

Yasser Stanafat?

RadioOcupados October 10, 2011 at 1:43 pm

Occupy Yubekistan.

gullywompr October 10, 2011 at 1:47 pm

Some guy with "Hussein" in his name, somewhere.

KeepFnThatChicken October 10, 2011 at 1:49 pm

Hallelujaginalollobrigidalamborghiniferrarilotustan!

Pres.Libunatic October 10, 2011 at 1:59 pm

Borat Sagdiyev?

kissawookiee October 10, 2011 at 2:18 pm

I do. But if you'd asked for the president of Uz-beki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan, obviously, I do not.

gurukalehuru October 10, 2011 at 4:33 pm: You becky becky becky stan stan black black black laurel laurel

Steverino247 October 10, 2011 at 2:22 pm

Who is Alex Trebek?

(What did I win?)

flamingpdog October 10, 2011 at 3:01 pm

YubekiStan Marsh?

PalinzADummy October 11, 2011 at 12:22 am

I thought it was Ooh, Becky, Becky, Becky, Stan, Stan, Stan, Stan!

simplyblue7 October 10, 2011 at 1:37 pm

If i were Rick's campaign manager I would run as Katy Perry. Just sayin'…

ttommyunger October 10, 2011 at 1:41 pm

If I were Rick's campaign manager I would be sending out resumes.

proudgrampa October 10, 2011 at 1:41 pm

Oooooh, I love Katy. I would vote for her in a heartbeat.

SexySmurf October 10, 2011 at 1:44 pm

Then this could be his campaign song.

CapnFatback October 10, 2011 at 2:09 pm

The problem is that I'm not sure Rick has ever kissed a girl.

GOPCrusher October 10, 2011 at 2:49 pm: And if he did, I bet he didn't like it.

freakishlywrong October 10, 2011 at 1:39 pm

An ORC poll, that's funny because I always refer to Republicans as orcs. Conservatives, however, are Uruk hai.

OKthennext October 10, 2011 at 1:42 pm: I read that as 'An ORC International CAVEMAN Poll' and thought, "that's about right."

Indiepalin October 10, 2011 at 1:40 pm

Bear's fans know him better as the Refrigerator.

RadioOcupados October 10, 2011 at 1:42 pm

But 70% know Rick Perry is Gay.

littlebigdaddy October 10, 2011 at 2:52 pm: But only a lucky few found out the hard way.

ttommyunger October 10, 2011 at 1:43 pm

However, the survey goes on to reveal that 100% of those who know who Rick Perry is happen to be mouth-breathers.

ManchuCandidate October 10, 2011 at 1:52 pm

I know who Rick Perry is (and I don't really want to know) but I'm not a mouth breather… right?

flamingpdog October 10, 2011 at 3:05 pm: My allergies have been really bad this year, so I pretty much spent all summer as a mouth breather.

gullywompr October 10, 2011 at 1:44 pm

Even Fox News is getting rolled on this one. Take their opinion poll and check the results – http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/10/07/do-occu...

emmelemm October 10, 2011 at 3:50 pm: Holy moly! That's pretty good.
FlownOver October 10, 2011 at 6:10 pm: Prediction: The expected lifespan of that poll will be equivalent to that of a mayfly glued to AJ Hawk's helmet.

Callyson October 10, 2011 at 1:45 pm

more Americans have heard of the Wall Street protests than can remember Rick Perry’s name
That's what The Rickster told the rent boys to say, if asked "Do you know Rick Perry?"

KeepFnThatChicken October 10, 2011 at 1:46 pm

Great, informative article. Speaking of name recognition, who is CNN?

ManchuCandidate October 10, 2011 at 1:51 pm: I heard it was a cable station that was narrated by James Earl Jones. Was relevant in the 90s for some reason.
FlownOver October 10, 2011 at 6:01 pm: Crosby, Nills and Nash. Jeez.

SorosBot October 10, 2011 at 1:51 pm

It's October; this shouldn't be a surprise, as nobody but the hardcore political junkies like us is paying any attention to the Republican primary yet.

SayItWithWookies October 10, 2011 at 1:56 pm

Rick Perry will have achieved voter recognition when Fox n Friends laughs at him for not knowing why he's there.

GOPCrusher October 10, 2011 at 2:55 pm: Did he write a song about how he was kicked off Monday Night Football?

x111e7thst October 10, 2011 at 2:03 pm

What percentage of Amerikkkans would recognize Rick Perry's hair? How about recognize a movement to occupy/protest the aforesaid hair?

jus_wonderin October 10, 2011 at 2:12 pm: I think it is a visability thing. If we occupy Perry's hair, which is an icky thought, btw, we would not be seen and couldn't talk to the Press.

We could, of course, bring machetes. (<<sp?)

ManchuCandidate October 10, 2011 at 2:04 pm

Somewhere a plutocratic asshole slash pretend "master" baiter of the universe" just squealed in panic and unleashed their most powerful weapon to dull the senses of the US Americans aka the suckers in their casino game.

"Release the Snooki!!!!"

EatsBabyDingos October 10, 2011 at 2:07 pm

Ricky needs a song from Hank Williams, Jr. Like, "All My Rowdy Gay Friends are Coming Over to be Rowdy and Gay, Just Like Me!"

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Hambiscuits is ironing their sheets and dreaming of the day Ricky will get home to do his remodelling projects, and plaster his crack.

jus_wonderin October 10, 2011 at 2:16 pm: I just wanted to take this chance to say, Kenny Chesney.

CommieLibunatic October 10, 2011 at 2:08 pm

Haa haah!

jus_wonderin October 10, 2011 at 2:09 pm

Ya know, if the poll had used Perry's nickname, TruckNutz, the results would have been different.

Sue4466 October 10, 2011 at 2:13 pm

So, this is some irony, huh? The media covers Perry despite his inability to string a thought together, then ignores the protestors because it can't figure out what "they" want. But, still more people know about Occupy Wall Street.

mumbly_joe October 10, 2011 at 5:21 pm: Inability to string a thought together never stopped Palin from getting media attention. All Perry needs to do to Win All News Forever is to learn to fill any dead air with random words. Broadcasters hate having dead air.

SarahsBush October 10, 2011 at 2:26 pm

If he keeps talking like this, I think he'll gain some supporters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embed...

Come here a minute October 10, 2011 at 2:33 pm

How could America so quiclkly forget Rick "The Refrigerator" Perry? He went straight from the football field into our hearts, into the dustbin of history.

Grief_Lessons October 10, 2011 at 2:52 pm: I have his album. I also have shame.
GOPCrusher October 10, 2011 at 2:58 pm: I still hate Mike Ditka for not letting Walter Payton score a TD in the 85 Super Bowl.

V572-⁂½‡‡‡‡‡ October 10, 2011 at 2:46 pm

Slightly OT, but today is a good day for us Tamronistas

mavenmaven October 10, 2011 at 2:49 pm

More importantly, do they agree with Rick Perry's views on Uzbekistan?

littlebigdaddy October 10, 2011 at 2:51 pm

Like orcs, I believe Republican presidential candidates to be exaggerated fictional characters.

Redhead October 10, 2011 at 2:52 pm

Well damn. This means he'll probably win the primary, as voters go "hmmm, bathshit crazy vaccine teatard, batshit crazy pizza man, guy I've never heard of. Guy I've never heard of it is!"

x111e7thst October 10, 2011 at 2:59 pm

Ot Looks like Joe the Plumber is running for Congress. Maybe he can hire Joe the Miller to show him how it's done.

jus_wonderin October 10, 2011 at 3:23 pm: Joe the Sarah could show him how to quit running.
metamarcisf October 10, 2011 at 3:34 pm: So he won't be handcuffed by the Republican National Committee?

user-of-owls October 10, 2011 at 3:01 pm

Sure, but almost 17 times as many people hate Rick Perry as Occupy Wall Street.

Guppy06 October 10, 2011 at 3:10 pm

Considering how abysmal the list of candidates is, not being heard of is a good thing. It means the first, last and only thing people will know about whoever wins the nomination will come from slick, Koch-funded campaign ads.

metamarcisf October 10, 2011 at 3:13 pm