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Offline thundley4

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Aren't union people usually Democratic?
« on: January 19, 2011, 09:38:38 AM »
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raccoon   (1000+ posts)           Wed Jan-19-11 10:11 AM
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Aren't union people usually Democratic? Reason I ask is because
   

a friend was telling me about a mutual acquaintance, a retiree couple who moved here from New York. She's a retired teacher, and he--I'm not sure what he was, but he's retired too. Anyway, my friend said they are both rabid Republicans.

I said I bet he belonged to a union, and probably has a good pension--thanks to his union. My friend didn't know about this one way or the other.
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Statistical   (1000+ posts)           Wed Jan-19-11 10:13 AM
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1. Old trumps Union.
   
The single most effective factor in determining political leanings is age.

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ScreamingMeemie   (1000+ posts)             Wed Jan-19-11 10:13 AM
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2. My brother-in-law only votes Republican and is a union member
   
for one of the big three automakers. They don't always vote Democratic.

No they don't, but the union leaders still use their money to support the Demonrats.

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w8liftinglady   (1000+ posts)             Wed Jan-19-11 10:14 AM
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4. i was going to say the same thing. Quite a few UAW members here are R's
   
in....Texas.

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msongs   (1000+ posts)           Wed Jan-19-11 10:14 AM
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3. we have a few union haters in our union but the never resign for some reason nt

They may not like the union but they like having a job.

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jschurchin   (943 posts)           Wed Jan-19-11 10:20 AM
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7. Actually, you would be surprised
   
how many union members are Republicans. One thing I have descovered about the majority of them though is, although they are very nice people, they lack the ability to think for themselves.

This is why from the local level on up, none of them become involved in union leadership. It is beyond their capability.

It seems the opposite would be true DUmmie. They do think for themselves and don't let the corrupt union leadership tell them how to vote.

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Shrek (1000+ posts)             Wed Jan-19-11 10:30 AM
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9. Even the ones who are Democrats aren't necessarily very liberal
   
A few years ago I went to my neighbor's super bowl party and some of the other guests were his co-workers in the machinists union.

I was shocked by the some of the bigoted comments that they were quite comfortable making in public.

No surprise there. DemonRats are racists.

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LynneSin   (1000+ posts)             Wed Jan-19-11 10:33 AM
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10. Alot of union members are also rabid gun owners
   
go figure

Go figure?  Not all union members live in big liberal cities, but come from small towns across the country. They enjoy hunting and sport shooting, AND they know that they are the ones that their own protection is left to.



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Re: Aren't union people usually Democratic?
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2011, 09:45:28 AM »
If it's not a right-to-work state, then they would have to be union if the company was... correct? 

So even if you despised unions, you would have to join one if your company was apart of one. 
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Re: Aren't union people usually Democratic?
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2011, 09:48:23 AM »
Quote from: Evil_Conservative on January 19, 2011, 09:45:28 AM
If it's not a right-to-work state, then they would have to be union if the company was... correct? 

So even if you despised unions, you would have to join one if your company was apart of one. 

I thought that was how it worked.  Doesn't matter if you like it or not, if you work in a union factory (especially for GM), you don't have a choice.
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Re: Aren't union people usually Democratic?
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2011, 09:55:17 AM »
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jschurchin   (943 posts)           Wed Jan-19-11 10:20 AM
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7. Actually, you would be surprised
   
how many union members are Republicans. One thing I have descovered about the majority of them though is, although they are very nice people, they lack the ability to think for themselves.This is why from the local level on up, none of them become involved in union leadership. It is beyond their capability.


God sometimes you really wish you could smack the stupid out of one of them.
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Re: Aren't union people usually Democratic?
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2011, 10:01:24 AM »
Quote from: Carl on January 19, 2011, 09:55:17 AM
God sometimes you really wish you could smack the stupid out of one of them.

You'd break every bone in both hands without affecting the quantity or quality of stupid in them.
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Re: Aren't union people usually Democratic?
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2011, 10:36:59 AM »
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Statistical   (1000+ posts)           Wed Jan-19-11 10:13 AM
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1. Old trumps Union.
   
The single most effective factor in determining political leanings is age.

IOW: with age comes wisdom. Young conservatives just got smarter, faster.

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jschurchin   (943 posts)           Wed Jan-19-11 10:20 AM
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7. Actually, you would be surprised
   
how many union members are Republicans. One thing I have descovered about the majority of them though is, although they are very nice people, they lack the ability to think for themselves.This is why from the local level on up, none of them become involved in union leadership. It is beyond their capability.

So says the group that hangs on every word that dribbles out of Malloy, Maddow, Olberman and Schultz as they rant in favor of drug-legalization and brag about how many psycho-tropic drugs they've been prescribed because they're so depressed all the time.
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Re: Aren't union people usually Democratic?
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2011, 11:36:15 AM »
What is a "rabid" gunowner? In the cramped mind of a democrat, is there any other kind?
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Re: Aren't union people usually Democratic?
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2011, 12:53:40 PM »
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msongs   (1000+ posts)           Wed Jan-19-11 10:14 AM
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3. we have a few union haters in our union but the never resign for some reason nt
What? You can't figure it out primitive? Need someone to tell you why? :banghead:
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Re: Aren't union people usually Democratic?
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2011, 03:00:31 PM »
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jschurchin   (943 posts)           Wed Jan-19-11 10:20 AM
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7. Actually, you would be surprised
   
how many union members are Republicans. One thing I have descovered about the majority of them though is, although they are very nice people, they lack the ability to think for themselves.

This is why from the local level on up, none of them become involved in union leadership. It is beyond their capability.

Okay, do we need a mod to stick this in Mind Numbing?

Just sayin'.......
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