"attendance at the Romney event was mandatory, but no one was forced to attend the event"

[phantom power]

wtf???

“There were no workers that were forced to attend the event,” [Murray Energy Chief Financial Officer Rob] Moore said. “We had managers that communicated to our work force that the attendance at the Romney event was mandatory, but no one was forced to attend the event. We had a pre-registration list. And employees were asked to put their names on a pre-registration list because they could not get into the event unless they were pre-registered and had a name tag to enter the premises.”

“Our management people wanted to attend the event and we could not have people underground during Romney’s visit,” Moore insisted.

“But why not still pay then their wage for that day?” [WWVA radio host David] Blomquist pressed.

“By federal election law, we could not pay people to attend the event,” Moore replied. “And we did not want anyone to come back and see where anyone had been paid for that day.”

“I’m not saying pay then to attend the event, I’m saying, ‘Hey look, we have to close down the mine, if you want to attend this event, that’s fine, but you’re still going to get a day’s pay for the work that you would have done,’” Blomquist pointed out. “Why not do that?”

“As a private employer, it was our decision and we made the decision not to pay the people,” the Murray chief financial officer said.

So they were not paid to not be “forced” to attend this “mandatory” event? Management just shut down the mines and didn’t “force” all the workers to attend this “mandatory” Romney photo-op. Why was this “mandatory” event that management didn’t “force” the miners to attend without pay so important anyway?

http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2012/08/add-murray-energy-chief-financial-officer-rob-moore-and-his-scrotums-to-list-of-people-who-dont-know-what-words-mean

[1StrongBlackMan]

1. Breathing is mandatory ...

but no one is forced to breathe.

[redqueen]

2. Wow.

Brawndo's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Please look up the definition of 'mandatory' in a dictionary, you illiterate fool.

[Lucy Goosey]

4. It kind of makes sense coming from a Romney fan

Romney, after all, is pro-choice and he would support a personhood amendment to the constitution and he is only in favor of abortion only in cases of rape and incest, right?