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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-26-11 04:07 PM
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17. Standing with union leadership doesn't always = standing with labor n/t
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  -Teamsters Joins AFL-CIO to Blast Obama as Timid Starry Messenger  Aug-26-11 03:06 PM   #0 
  - Love it -- "come back to labor." K&R for the Teamsters.  Brickbat   Aug-26-11 03:08 PM   #1 
  - Me too!  Enthusiast   Aug-26-11 04:39 PM   #32 
  - The Third Way "line in the sand" is notable for it's audacious flexibility.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Aug-26-11 03:09 PM   #2 
  - Wow  ProSense   Aug-26-11 03:13 PM   #3 
  - it implies they will back him IF  mitchtv   Aug-26-11 03:42 PM   #11 
     - Good to see you brother.  Starry Messenger   Aug-26-11 03:47 PM   #12 
     - Obama's entire recovery plan consists of  Enthusiast   Aug-26-11 04:41 PM   #35 
  - This seems to be picking up momentum  hifiguy   Aug-26-11 03:15 PM   #4 
  - +1  Starry Messenger   Aug-26-11 03:36 PM   #9 
  - "...maybe the answer is, we wipe these people out.”  ProSense   Aug-26-11 03:17 PM   #5 
  - Hahahahaha!!!!  Major Hogwash   Aug-26-11 03:20 PM   #7 
     - Big deal, I knew he meant at the ballot box. Landslides are violent too. nt  Snotcicles   Aug-26-11 03:40 PM   #10 
  - I like Junior. He knows exactly where to dial it up, and when to dial it back.  Robb   Aug-26-11 03:19 PM   #6 
  - Timid, tepid, shallow and pathetic compared with the progressive he campaigned as.  Metta   Aug-26-11 03:26 PM   #8 
  - Joe mentored him, did you expect anything different? n/t  zalinda   Aug-27-11 01:46 PM   #55 
  - Pay no attention to the criticism!  Aerows   Aug-26-11 03:53 PM   #13 
  - I presume, then, when the negotiations are finished  Robb   Aug-26-11 03:55 PM   #14 
  - Standing with union leadership doesn't always = standing with labor n/t  leftstreet   Aug-26-11 04:07 PM   #17 
  - And standing with Party  Aerows   Aug-26-11 04:11 PM   #20 
  - How, exactly, do you think unions work?  Robb   Aug-26-11 04:17 PM   #21 
  - No offense, but how do you think politics work?  Aerows   Aug-26-11 04:25 PM   #24 
  - So I'll put you down for a "I'll stand with labor if I feel like it."  Robb   Aug-26-11 04:31 PM   #27 
     - You can put me down for a  Aerows   Aug-26-11 04:34 PM   #29 
        - So supporting unions is among your principles?  Robb   Aug-26-11 04:40 PM   #34 
           - Of course  Aerows   Aug-26-11 04:42 PM   #37 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-26-11 04:31 PM   #28 
  - Word! As a matter of fact........  socialist_n_TN   Aug-27-11 06:48 PM   #64 
  - I don't go with assumptions  Aerows   Aug-26-11 04:09 PM   #19 
  - Thats all the unions are saying, they will no longer be a blank check for the DNC  Snotcicles   Aug-26-11 04:25 PM   #23 
     - Exactly  Aerows   Aug-26-11 04:27 PM   #25 
     - I would trade two Bill Clintons for one Paul Wellstone, anyday. nt  Snotcicles   Aug-26-11 04:28 PM   #26 
        - Well  Aerows   Aug-26-11 04:38 PM   #31 
        - Does Reagan Democrats, ring a bell? I never voted for him but unions are  Snotcicles   Aug-26-11 04:59 PM   #39 
           - Politicians do the same  Aerows   Aug-26-11 05:12 PM   #40 
              - Yep check out #41. nt  Snotcicles   Aug-26-11 05:17 PM   #42 
        - really? Captain Nafta versus Paul Wellstone?  Donnachaidh   Aug-26-11 07:11 PM   #49 
  - When you say "union federations," do you mean the national AFL-CIO, state AFL-CIOs, and all central  Brickbat   Aug-26-11 04:39 PM   #33 
     - National. It's a Presidential election.  Robb   Aug-26-11 04:42 PM   #36 
        - So just the one organization?  Brickbat   Aug-26-11 04:43 PM   #38 
  - The party has taken union support for granted.  Starry Messenger   Aug-26-11 04:18 PM   #22 
  - k&r  LooseWilly   Aug-26-11 04:04 PM   #15 
  - K&R  amborin   Aug-26-11 04:07 PM   #16 
  - K&R  leftstreet   Aug-26-11 04:08 PM   #18 
  - I agree with Hoffa but  nevergiveup   Aug-26-11 04:37 PM   #30 
  - Well heres one for ya my BA at the convention 2008  Snotcicles   Aug-26-11 05:12 PM   #41 
     - +1  Starry Messenger   Aug-26-11 06:04 PM   #43 
     - Wow!  nevergiveup   Aug-26-11 06:20 PM   #44 
        - He opened that sucker, we were proud of him. nt  Snotcicles   Aug-26-11 06:23 PM   #46 
  - GO UNIONS!  in_cog_ni_to   Aug-26-11 06:23 PM   #45 
  - Solidarity!  bvar22   Aug-26-11 06:43 PM   #47 
  - Great links bvar22, thank you.  Starry Messenger   Aug-26-11 06:55 PM   #48 
  - Thanks for the links, bvar22! And they wonder why we're pissed at him  TeamsterDem   Aug-27-11 08:02 PM   #66 
  - K and R  tnlefty   Aug-26-11 08:13 PM   #50 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Aug-26-11 10:01 PM   #51 
  - Thank you, President Hoffa. nt  TeamsterDem   Aug-26-11 10:10 PM   #52 
  - Never mind we have the most pro-labor NLRB in a long time.  Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin   Aug-26-11 10:12 PM   #53 
  - Wrong! Obama supported GOP cuts to NLRB ...  KelleyKramer   Aug-27-11 01:51 PM   #56 
  - NOBODY fucks with the Teamsters!  Taverner   Aug-27-11 01:31 PM   #54 
  - K&R  Bozita   Aug-27-11 01:55 PM   #57 
  - K&R!  Fearless   Aug-27-11 02:11 PM   #58 
  - REC. nt.  bertman   Aug-27-11 02:20 PM   #59 
  - Jimmy Hoffa was a Republican  Kolesar   Aug-27-11 02:50 PM   #60 
  - My dad is too.  Starry Messenger   Aug-27-11 06:41 PM   #63 
  - Which Hoffa? James R. or James P. (the current president)? eom  TeamsterDem   Aug-27-11 07:54 PM   #65 
  - K and R  MissDeeds   Aug-27-11 02:53 PM   #61 
  - K & R!  lonestarnot   Aug-27-11 03:00 PM   #62 
 

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