Former President Jimmy Carter praised the Occupy movement at an event at Duke University event on Wednesday saying Occupy organizers have created a "relatively successful" movement because they focused national discussion on wealth disparity despite a unifying set of goals.
The occupy protestors have succeeded in forcing the media and Congress to realize the "chasm is getting greater than leaps and bounds" between the rich and the poor said Carter.
"That issue was basically ignored by the Congress and the news media a year ago I believe they've achieved putting that back on the agenda."