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kpete (1000+ posts) Tue Sep-06-11 05:57 PMOriginal message Mr. Pitt, you better sit down: WH backs away from Hoffa comments White House backs away from Hoffa comments, getting Hoffa's affiliation wrong in the processPerhaps more telling of the distance between this White House and unions, though, was how press secretary Jay Carney characterized Hoffa:Moving quickly to distance himself and President Obama from Hoffa’s controversial comments at a Labor Day rally, Carney said that Hoffa “speaks for himself, he speaks for the labor movement, the AFL-CIO.â€http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0911/team_playe... Hoffa is president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which, you'll notice, Carney did not identify him with. The AFL-CIO, meanwhile, is a federation of dozens of unions, and the Teamsters are not a part of that federation. They split with the AFL-CIO in 2005, along with the SEIU and several other unions, to form Change to Win. Two of those unions have since rejoined the AFL-CIO, but the Teamsters remain part of Change to Win.Yes, people misspeak. But this is the kind of thing that a White House press secretary ought to know, even when seeking to create distance.http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/06/1014032/-White...
WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Tue Sep-06-11 05:59 PMResponse to Original message 2. .
WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Tue Sep-06-11 10:06 AMOriginal message If Obama backs down in the face of this Hoffa thing, I am going to lose my ****ing mind. Edited on Tue Sep-06-11 10:08 AM by WilliamPittIn addressing the crowd before Obama’s appearance, Hoffa said there has been a war on workers. “And you see it everywhere, it is the tea party. And you know, there is only one way to beat and win that war. The one thing about working people is we like a good fight. And you know what? They’ve got a war, they got a war with us and there’s only going to be one winner. It’s going to be the workers of Michigan, and America. We’re going to win that war.â€Hoffa added: “President Obama, this is your army. We are ready to march. Let’s take these son of a b----- out and give America back to an America where we belong.â€http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tea-party-calls-... The Tea Party, and by that I mean the GOP, is demanding an apology from Obama over these comments.Hoffa was 100% correct in everything he said, down to the last word.If an apology is issued, I'm going to be sick. An apology will perfectly encapsulate everything wrong about this administration's approach to the "loyal
Whoops forgot the Pittstain's post which caused this to happen:http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1884618
Raven must be soooooo proud of her little willy.
kpete I WANT OBAMA TO DO WELLI WANT TO VOTE FOR HIMI WILL VOTE FOR HIMI only wish he gave me more reasons than - BECAUSE of the alternative...
Why does he need to give you any more reasons? He's already hooked you and reeled you in; no need for him to do anything different.It's funny, you dolts will complain that this guy continually spits in your face from now until November, 2012. But then you'll pull the lever for him, like the good little victims of abuse that you are. It's why those of us here at CC, and really the world in general, laughs at you. You're pushovers, you're patsies, you're nothing but sub-human debris to be used and discarded until the next time you are to be used and discarded. You talk of Dear Leader having no backbone, but you are the one's who have even less than he does.You deserve each other. Real Americans want nothing to do with you. Die..
I noticed that the smartest regime in the history of the world has a spokesma...professional liar that screwed up the union affiliation too. afl-cio much more important to 0 than the teamsters.
You're pushovers, you're patsies, you're nothing but sub-human debris to be used and discarded until the next time you are to be used and discarded. You talk of Dear Leader having no backbone, but you are the one's who have even less than he does.