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Buddy Roemer for President

"America, Listen to Them" +
  1:48 web video from Nov. 10, 2011.

[Music] News Announcer: The Occupy Wall Street movement spread to at least 85 cities on six continents today...[static]

...demonstrating against what they call corporate greed...[static]

...Republican presidential candidate Buddy Roemer is throwing his support behind the Occupy Wall Street movement...[static]

Roemer (clip speaking to reporters): Washington is owned [static] by the special interests and the big corporations...[static]  Somebody ought to call them on it, and these people have called them on it.  Enough already.

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Roemer (from interview): Listen to Occupy Wall Street.  You know what they're saying?  No one went to jail after trillions were taken from the taxpapers...

Occupy Wall Street protesters (news clip): chanting

Roemer (from interview): We have billion dollar companies that don't pay a penny in taxes.  [static]  It's not right.  [static] 

Roemer (clip speaking to Occupy Wall Streeters): The money has bought our politicians and we ought to take our government back.  [static]

Roemer (from interview): I remember the Vietnam protests when I was in college, I remember the civil rights protests when I was a young man.  They changed America.

Roemer (from interview): This country is great but it's in trouble.  Why is that?  The power of big money and it's corrupting influence on politics is the issue in this campaign.  [static]  In their campaign [static] you don't matter [static], the big checks do.  In my campaign I don't take big checks; you're everything.  [static]

TEXT: Meet the candidate [static]
TEXT: The 1% doesn't want you to know about [static]
TEXT: No special interests [static]
TEXT: No PAC money [static]
TEXT: $100 donation limit [static]

Roemer (voiceover): Join with us; we will change America. [static]

TEXT: "I hope the people on Wall Street pay attention to the folks on Main Street.  If they do, they will see there is a rising tide of confidence in the future of America."

Notes: Roemer is a distinctive voice in the Republican primary, but a voice that is not being heard.