President Obama says he "understands" the "Occupy Wall Street" movement

President Obama came close to endorsing the "Occupy Wall Street" movement.

US President Barack Obama says he understands the frustration and anger of anti-Wall Street protests.

He was asked yesterday for his opinion of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement growing in New York and around the country, after occasional violent clashes between protesters and police on Wednesday night.

"I have seen it on TV and I think it expresses the frustration that the American people feel," president Obama said in a White House news conference.

Since President Obama understands the "Occupy Wall Street" movement , I can't wait to hear him explain this:

Like the guy who marched with a sign announcing that he was the “Fart Smeller.’’ Say what?

“It’s not a joke,’’ he said, as serious as open-heart surgery, showing me a photograph of his important work. “I go up to women and ask to smell their ...’’

At the stinky end of the park, I met a smart man, Phillip Belpasso, 64, in a filthy Army-style jacket, who said he’s been in Zuccotti Park “pretty much since the Towers came down.’’ A decade?

“This all happened around me, sort of,’’ he said. “Say, have you figured out what’s going on here yet? I don’t even know if they know what they’re for. ’’