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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 [MSNBC]. 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. Two of the memo’s
authors, partners Sam Geduldig and Jay Cranford, previously worked for
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.
The memo outlines a 60-day plan to conduct surveys and research on OWS
and its supporters so that Wall Street companies will be prepared to
conduct a media campaign in response to OWS. Wall Street companies
“likely will not be the best spokespeople for their own cause,”
according to the memo.
“A big challenge is to demonstrate that these companies still have
political strength and that making them a political target will carry a
severe political cost.”
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