NJEA president at rally accuses Gov. Christie of trying to start a 'middle-class civil war'

[1776Forever]

NJEA president at rally accuses Gov. Christie of trying to start a 'middle-class civil war'
Published: Friday, February 25, 2011, 2:30 PM Updated: Friday, February 25, 2011, 7:30 PM

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/02/njea_president_at_rally_accuse.html

...“All of New Jersey’s middle-class is hurting, but this governor and his right-wing supporters are trying to start a middle-class civil war,” said New Jersey Education Association President Barbara Keshishian.

...Local union officials spoke one after another at today’s rally, each handing over checks to Wisconsin AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Stephanie Bloomingdale, who told the crowd “our fight is your fight, and our fight is for the middle-class.”

The featured speaker, national AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, compared Christie to Walker and other Republican governors, saying “they were not elected to dictate.”

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Solidarity!

[Skip_In_Boulder]

1. Class warfare is what this has been about for years now

It's just ratcheting up right now because we are getting into the final stretch. But it is starting to look like America is catching on.

[1776Forever]

2. I think it took guts for her to say it in public. I agree it has been around for a long time now.

K

:argh:

[Skip_In_Boulder]

3. Yes it did take guts for her to say it in public

and for a long time now people have been afraid of speaking the truth, not only in public but even to each other. Perhaps we are entering into a time where that is coming back into fashion again. It just might be so.