Obama Joins Occupy Wall Street Protest
According to unconfirmed sources, the Secret Service turned a blind eye as the President "lit up" with fellow protesters.
NEW YORK – President Obama arrived at Zuccotti Park today in solidarity with ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protesters. Pitching a tent with the help of his Secret Service team, the president said he wanted to finally demonstrate his support for hard-working, middle class Americans.
“I can’t get anything done at the White House,” Obama said. “It’s either Congress blocking all my bills or Biden playing his stereo too loud. Besides, this takes my back to my college protest days.”
Obama’s large tent, which bore the presidential seal on each side, towered over other makeshift dwellings populating the park in lower Manhattan. Protesters have been camped out for over four weeks, yet the president wasted in no time in joining the demonstrations.
“We are the 99 percent,” Obama chanted along with other protesters. “Tax the rich! End government corruption!”
Many of those protesters had mixed reactions over the president’s support.
“I assumed he was part of the establishment,” said Terrance Randall, an unemployed college graduate. “Also, his Secret Service agents totally searched through my tent. I was naked inside at the time. Awkward.”
Bob Hooper, one of the organizers of Occupy Wall Street, said he was pleased with Obama’s involvement.
“I guess he could make a better effort to regulate financially risky Wall Street deals or raise taxes on the wealthiest one percent,” Hooper said. “But he’s only the President of the United States of America. What can he do?”
Obama said his decision to protest at Occupy Wall Street was also a personal one.
“I might be unemployed pretty soon,” Obama said with a chuckle. “Seriously.”
By Pat Chillé
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