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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 04:27 PM Original message |
Unions Find Members Slow to Rally Behind Democrats |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Have union members somehow gotten the idea that the Dems won't fight for them? |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. NAFTA maybe? |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I didn't forget it, I just thought it was obvious. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 07:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. don't worry... |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, when a party that is supposedly your ally is bashing you and busting you... |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well... |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. Wow, I can't possibly imagine why that would be. |
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bc3000 (766 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. Shock troops? that seems rather pejorative |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. Yep. More liberal media bias. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. It will serve Space right if he gets kicked out for supporting Beck instead |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. Let me think |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. Fool me once...... |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Fool me a hundred times... |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. F--- the UAW, remember that one? |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. I bet every UAW member does. nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. Which Democrat said something that suicidal? Must have been some fucking liberal retard! |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. $50 Billion for infrastructure, but $200 - $300 Billion for taxcuts to move factories to anti-union |
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iamtechus (868 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. What would cause teachers to be enthusiastic about them? |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. Everyone gets one vote - so union members can decide to get behind the GOP who supports them |
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impik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. Well, everyone will get what they deserve. In this case: Republican congress |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Obama and the Democratic Congress will get the Republican congress they deserve. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Don't kid yourself - when that happens it will be all of us who suffer. It |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. I can't imagine that the Cadillac tax has got labor ecstatic, either |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 06:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. A chunk of the left wanted to eliminate all Cadillac plans entirely. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. BS. Medicare for all= Cadillac Plan for everyone. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. 1 |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
19. There are several D's that need to rally behind labor too |
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Hulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. WIMPS!! |
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CANDO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
24. 21 year Teamster |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 07:16 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Yup, I was going to say the same.... |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
25. K&R'd |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
27. If the Democratic Party won't get its head out of its ass, the unions should |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 06:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Well, I guess they'll just have to settle for the GOP |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
29. I retired from UAW Local 160 |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Forty years ago, that was not so. What do you suppose changed-- |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. If neither party will deal with jobs going overseas, |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
30. and that slack-mouthed, me-so-innocent, why-do-they-hate-us surprise at that reluctance |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
31. For this election, the union needs to get its issues addressed BEFORE the vote |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Yes, AND get behind teachers... |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I know that the UAW rank and file will never back teachers |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Actually, my thought was more that administration Democrats... |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
35. Why do working people think we wont have their backs? |
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dpbrown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
41. The problem with Kaine and Emanuel and other Manchurian Democrats is this game |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
43. Good. Maybe for once the Democrats will learn. |
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