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bvar22

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22. Despite the Lip Service during campaigns,
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 05:12 PM
Apr 2013

this Administration and the Party Leadership has been hostile to Organized LABOR
from the start.
They were forced to show their true colors in the Arkansas Primary of 2010
where the grass roots and Organized LABOR were working the give President Obama the gift he had requested, a Progressive Congress that would work with him.

We were working to replace virulently Anti-LABOR Blanche Lincoln (Senator from WalMart
and the Wicked Witch who killed the Public Option and bragged about it)
with a popular Pro-LABOR Democrat, and we were winning too,
UNTIL,
the White House & Bill Clinton stepped in to rescue the failing campaign of the Anti-LABOR Lincoln,
who had absolutely NO CHANCE of winning in the General Election against the Republican.

White House Rescue of Lincoln's Failing Democratic Primary Campaign
http://www.salon.com/2010/06/10/lincoln_6/


The White House and Bill Clinton gave Orgnized LABOR a beat down in Arkansas,
and then added insult to injury with taunts and ridicule.
Talk about tone deaf!

Ed Schultz on the White House insults to LABOR after the Arkansas Democratic Primary
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/ed-schultz-if-it-wasnt-labor-barack-obama-

One thing about us Union Thugs:
We may take an Ass Whooping from time to time,
but we NEVER forget a Sucker Punch.


You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.
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Still trying hard eh? treestar Apr 2013 #1
You have nothing to add to the discussion but snark? nm rhett o rick Apr 2013 #28
do you really think it is better to not discuss these issues and just pretend its all okie dokie? xiamiam Apr 2013 #31
Ain't "Transparency in Government" just a super campaign slogan though? Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2013 #2
Transparency schmansparency. woo me with science Apr 2013 #6
Interesting piece. ProSense Apr 2013 #3
The administration took one side only for the legal fight. woo me with science Apr 2013 #4
Yes, interesting piece. Thanks for posting. n/t ProSense Apr 2013 #5
FYI: President Obama’s Merit Systems Protection Board ProSense Apr 2013 #8
In this legal battle, the administration is fighting on the side *against* the unions. woo me with science Apr 2013 #11
No, but ProSense Apr 2013 #13
"If Obama loses at the Federal Circuit," woo me with science Apr 2013 #15
“This is an administration at war with itself. It’s Obama versus Obama" ProSense Apr 2013 #16
You didn't answer my question. woo me with science Apr 2013 #18
Yes, I did ProSense Apr 2013 #20
No, you didn't answer my question. woo me with science Apr 2013 #29
It is possible that people are defeating their own good objectives by not working coherent patrice Apr 2013 #7
PBO never tires of going after those who cannot fight back. forestpath Apr 2013 #9
K&R AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #10
K & R !!! - NOT... The Change We Were Hoping For... Nor The Change We Were Promised... WillyT Apr 2013 #12
Despite the Lip Service during campaigns, bvar22 Apr 2013 #22
My experience with federal "sensitive" positions and the varying grades security clearances is byeya Apr 2013 #14
Exactly. It's an assault on unions, but woo me with science Apr 2013 #17
Security clearances and law enforcement commissions are generally held to be the sole byeya Apr 2013 #19
That bears worth repeating. jsr Apr 2013 #21
Thanks. It's tough to help fellow workers who find themselves in this position. byeya Apr 2013 #24
+1 woo me with science Apr 2013 #26
"It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see..." fredzachmane Apr 2013 #23
I love this post. THANK YOU. woo me with science Apr 2013 #25
Beautiful! Now I understand it all .... 1-Old-Man Apr 2013 #34
One supreme court justice away from wanting everything to go to the court graham4anything Apr 2013 #27
Oh so it's one of those again treestar Apr 2013 #30
That was imaginative. nt woo me with science Apr 2013 #33
Why am I not surprised? hay rick Apr 2013 #32
k and r nashville_brook Apr 2013 #35
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