Further removing himself from the standard Republican ticket, former Louisiana governor and presidential candidate Buddy Roemer became the first and only GOP presidential candidate to visit — let alone support — the Occupy movement when he visited Wall Street last week.
Occupy Wall Street began Sept. 17 upon the instigation of Canadian activist group Adbusters. The protesters have occupied Zuccotti Park in New York City since then, focusing their demonstration on the political influence and greed of corporations.
Despite the accusations of Occupy Wall Street being a strictly leftist movement, Roemer saw past party lines when he interacted with the protests.
“It wasn’t about their party; it was about their concern,” Roemer told The Daily Reveille. “In every case, I met people concerned with criticism.”
According to a Gallup poll released Tuesday, 63 percent of America’s population does not feel they know enough about the movement’s goals to either support or dismiss it, echoing the accusations that Occupy is a fractured cause.
“What I got was the fact that they really don’t have an agenda yet but they’re worried about their country,” Roemer said. “It changes every day, and that’s “D.C. is the heart of the