But I think it had to do with actual legislation. MLK spoke for the tangible aspirations of millions. OWS is way too abstract as of yet, plus it doesn't have representatives of King's stature.

In time, if the movement grows to civil rights proportions, somebody probably will meet with the president.

"representatives&quot ?)= MLK?

After all, I didn't make any statements supported by cherry picked "facts" that Obama is the second coming of Jesus Christ.

One was a very specific movement with stated goals and obvious leaders. Occupy Wall Street is an amorphous group with very few consistent goals and no leaders.

A slightly better analogy would be why didn't he meet publicly with the pro-union leaders in Ohio and Wisconsin. There you had very specific goals and leaders Obama could have met with. But that's not a perfect analogy either as those involved issues contained within the individual states and there are electoral recourses that weren't available to African Americans in the 1960s.

OWS has a General Assembly and votes on representatives to meet with Obama. Or Obama walks 1/10 of a mile to one of two OWS camps outside the White House and talks with Occupiers. And hey, I don't know if you have noticed but the electoral system isn't working for the 99% one bit, we are ALL victims of the elites power plays in politics now.

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