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New RNC Ad Connects Obama and His ‘Union Bosses’

Mar. 3, 2011 2:18am Jonathon M. Seidl

WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — The Republican National Committee is airing a new television ad in Wisconsin blaming President Barack Obama and “union bosses” for standing in the way of economic reform. And while the ad is first hitting the airwaves this week, when it debuted on the web last week one MSNBC host dubbed it “racist.”

The ad seeks to bolster Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as he pushes a measure that would take away most collective bargaining rights for state employees.

Walker says the move is needed to cover a $3.6 billion budget deficit. Unions claim it’s a political ploy to weaken organized labor.

Obama has not visited Wisconsin since the protests began. But he has called Walker’s proposal an assault on unions and warned governors not to vilify public workers.

The ad shows scenes of pro-union demonstrators, saying they are intimidating taxpayers and leaving classrooms empty. You may remember that when this ad first hit the internet last week, MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell called it “racist” because it indicated Obama, a black man, has bosses.

(Read our original report and watch O’Donnell’s commentary.)

The RNC ad runs this week in Madison and Milwaukee.

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UlyssesP
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:40am
Weak. Ratchet it up. Expose them. The progressive majority of the Democratic Party has nothing less than civil war in mind.

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- TBAG
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:47am
  Exactly! Time is running out unless they do ratchet it up.
  
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Alvin691
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:37am
Bring it O’Donnell ! Welcome to the “Battlefield of Ideas”, where the truth is our weapon of choice.

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truthncharity
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:36am
The RNC doesn’t need to get too big for it’s own britches. I hope they have “seen the light” and understand that the way things have been are no longer acceptable. None of them have lived up to their empty promises and rhetoric over the years…this bs and back and forth about “they caused it” is so old. Time to be accountable. It’s not what you say, it’s what you do and what kind of character you have.

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Boojer56
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:22am
Its about time the republicans fight back and supported Walker.

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BQI
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:21am
Lawrence O’Donnell is right, for once. Dictators don’t have Bosses.

Conservative Black Blog: http://www.blackquillandink.com

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- kickagrandma
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:33am
  @BQI~~~But they do have an owner~~~ satan and that horror is absolutely in control of our WH, OUR HOUSE, and allllllll the people connected with it…. except for our inside spies! I bet this drives the no-man nuts trying to figure out who on his “trusted”/ provided/ appointed-by-his-controllers IS our inside “guy/ gal”. sweet dreams you white man posing as a black man….
  
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ccr
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:20am
Oh, there’s the race card again! What LAME lies, MSNBC!! I want the RNC to be above the fray and always truthful but never want them to just lay down and “take it”!

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Gonzo
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:16am
That’s better than anything that came from Michael Steele.

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NotWaiting4Godot
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:06am
The union thugs refer to Obama him as “Boss Prez.”

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- Da Kingfish
  Posted on March 5, 2011 at 2:12am
  This is the kind of man the union and the Libs have as their Idol, Pass it on……http://thejaghunter.wordpress.com/2010/05/27/lets-ask-and-do-tell-is-obama-gay/
  
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hflndrs
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:04am
STREETRODDER makes a good point. I’ve said before on this site that the people doing the work, the teachers in the classroom the cop on the beat and the firefighter doing whatever needs to be done to save a life, are not the problem. We need to take aim at their bosses and the political leaders that create outrageous contracts. Better negotiators that get contracts with strict morality clauses. I don’t think I want Big Brother to tell me I can’t make business contracts. If we look at these union agreements as a business would we can make it work.

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streetrodder
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:47am
Unions money comes from union dues. Millions of $$ given to barry and a bunch of socialists. What about the union members who are conservitives, and i know alot of them. They wont get there money back and they did’nt give the union the OK to spend it on democrats.

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- Oldphoto678
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:30am
  You seem to think that all Republicans and all consevatives are Radical far right extremists like you. Well you’re going to find out that their not. The majority of the country is against what you’re doing. I know that you like to pretend that you are the majority, but nothing is further from the truth.
  
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- Ssenkrad
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:36pm
  @OldPhoto
  
  …What the heck are you talking about?
  
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Tagudinian
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:30am
I like this ad. Indeed the RNC should get bolder and go for Obama’s jugular. Obama is a worthless piece of you know what.

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bkeely
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:39am
Obama is no more than a union thug himself
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Marylou7
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:52am
They ought to show Trumka saying he speaks with the white house daily and visits 2-3 times a week.

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Nomoney
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:58am
In a Charlie Sheen kind of way

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Nomoney
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:56am
Winning

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staythecourse
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:45am
Labor is in the “whitehouse”. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1qnhpPsEGo&feature=related

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Diane TX
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:31am
The MSLM is playing that the Republican ad is racist, as in the Union Bosses are the “Masters” of Obama. How cute!

The ad is actually using the noun – Union Bosses, which is interchangeable with Union Leaders, and makes no references to slavery or plantations. Obama is owned by the unions because they bought and paid for him, but not in a slavery kind of way.

Too bad for Obama and the Unions, because all the newly-elected Republican Governors are stripping away bargaining rights from all the public unions (which is a GOOD THING) for our Country. Why should any school district retain an incompetent teacher, simply because that teacher has paid union dues longer than the really exceptional teacher? (There are really good teachers out there.)

Union rules are a real problem in the public sector because most of the “rules” are ridiculous.

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- grumpyt
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:31am
  Diane, you are sooooo right. DECERTIFY ALL PUBLIC EMPLOYEE UNIONS! When the owners (taxpayers) don’t have a seat at the bargaining table how can negotiators truly represent US.
  
  If these fools keep kicking the hornet’s nest, they are going to get stung.
  
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ONE PIECE
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:21am
It’s a great start but it needs more fact or else the Union might try to turn it around & say it was a right wing attempt at distortion. Speaking from someone who’s been in the union before. They will always try & place the blame on someone else. There is a saying at the meeting that when I went to, they would always say that all their troubles came from the Republicans because they are trying to push the average man down. I know this not to be true. I know personally that some in the Union are trying to break away but are afraid of retribution.

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- Diane TX
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:46am
  There are Union Shops where if you don’t join the Union – you are not hired. That’s NOT freedom. Some States have “right to work” Laws – where you don’t have to join the Union to have a job. That seems more free than you HAVE TO JOIN a union to work. Fox News Channel is a non-union shop. One has the choice to join a union, or not join a union. Maybe that’s why FNC is more honest in their reporting. They don’t have a union agenda.
  
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- BBomber66
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:19am
  I worked for acompany in FL, a right-to-work state. They would survey the local market for wages and salaries and that included union jobs. My pay sometimes fell in the range. Once when it was below that range, my pay was adjusted. I was then given a merit pay raise at my next review. I cannot speak for other employees or employers, but it worked for me. I signed on after negotiating a wage. My performance earned me raises. When I needed more, I applied for another position for wiich I had some skills. I was hired for the new position. I made a little less starting because I was unproven, but I was given raises such that my pay was more than I made in the previous position. If I don’t want to work for this “man,” then I can go work for another or for myself. That’s how I think it should work..
  
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- getperks
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:17am
  @Diane
  I tried to get out of mine yesterday. I can get out and pay about $2 less but the balance still goes to the union as normal and I still cant represent myself in court until the union is done. Takes about a year here for arbitration. They have me coming and going.
  
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- nothingbuthetruth
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:45am
  BB66…that is the way it is suppose to be. If anyone knows how the union works. No work ethic involved, just who has been there longer.
  
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eretsim
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:52am
fierceful enough, i like. will it sink where it matters?

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- Showtime
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:58am
  I think the lid is being pried off his box.
  Check out World Net Daily – http://www.wnd.com and look at those headlines.
  
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- brliantedj
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:43am
  Don’t bother to tell the truth, Wisconsin and Chicago are connected…. no THIS CAN’T BE TRUE!
  
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vivrobbins
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:48am
8 out 10 people don’t know what is happening in WI. MSM is being mum.

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- Showtime
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:53am
  You have to be kidding!!!?! For real?
  
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Fina Biscotti
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:34am
I saw the ad – and it is Brilliant.

The Republicans are finally hitting on it = Usurper Obozo being “owned” by the Unions.

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needanotherReagan
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:33am
Very effective ad. I’d love to see it go national.

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cheezwhiz
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:25am
Let the droppings of
TrumbamaSore@$$ thux
begin littering this thread ….

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- jedi.kep
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:06am
  Figures that IDIOT Lawrence O’Donnel would label it racist. To quote Bugs Bunny, “What a Maroon!”
  
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JEDI_GADSDEN
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:25am
His campaign never ended.

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- Showtime
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:52am
  He won’t make it to the White House again. As my mother used to say, “He has sh** in his nest.”
  
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- tankerBigRed1
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:07pm
  No-he sh#t in his mess kit..
  
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home_of_the_brave
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:23am
Now it’s heating up.

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- hifi74
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:30am
  Now? He’s been ramping it up since 08
  
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- SUPPLY_SIDE
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:31am
  Love it!
  
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- CatB
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:34am
  I hope they mean it and continue on the offensive.
  
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- Showtime
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:44am
  It really is heating up. Did you see the link that AZDebi left on an earlier story a while ago? They’re talking about impeachment now. And some say that he may even resign. I think the Republicans are backing him into a tight corner.
  
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- home_of_the_brave
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:46am
  @HIFI74
  Yes but now we’re answering back.
  
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- brliantedj
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:01am
  Don’t forget the gun to a knife fight comment, just avoid the obvious taunt.
  
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- SonOfaCommunist
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:46am
  Praise be to Allah if he gets reelected! What the hell am I talking about??? Sorry, let me try that again… I’m a Communist. Praise be to Marx, Lenin & Stalin if the Dude in the White House gets to live there for another 4 years after 2012.
  
  Well I guess both of the above would work…wonder WWJD?
  
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- WTH
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:47am
  Obama is willing to accept money from the unions and not the credit for it. He should be proud of it and stand up for it like he did for the Wisconsin workers. The Left talks about Koch bros. and their money, but the MSM media seems to leave out all the money (Obama way outspent McCain to buy the last election) the left and unions give to get people elected.
  
  Obama ran a great Hollywood campaign and the trailers were flashy, but then the movie sucked!!!! And guess what? No one wants to see the sequel!
  
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- SonOfaCommunist
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:49am
  I actually applied to work on his campaign but was turned down on the basis that I knew basic math.
  
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- Ironmaan
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:31am
  This SHOULD be a death knell for obamas re-election. Trumpka and Andy Stern are avowed socialists. How the hell does that square with being president of the united states? He hates our meritocracy and is making progress toward destroying it.
  http://guerillatics.com
  
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- Stuck_in_CA
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:35am
  U.S.News & World Report POLL:
  More than two years into his presidency, what grade would you give Obama?
  http://www.usnews.com/news/slideshows/obamas-inner-circle
  
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- DVT
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:55am
  ooo thats gotta hurt!
  
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- HUGGINGMYBABIES
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:28am
  I want more! Where do I send my money???
  
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- nothingbuthetruth
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:36am
  They should use all the clips of him speaking at union halls SEIU, say how Trumka is there daily and that he hasnt even talked to six memebers of his cabinet ever in over two years. There is soo much and leave how much the unions gave him on the screen the whole length of the commercial
  
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- nothingbuthetruth
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:38am
  and say that the unions spent 400 million of members dues for Obama’s campaign
  
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- CaptainKook
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:51am
  Maybe the Republican Party thinks dividing working people against each other will still work for them – but I wouldn’t count on it
  
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- Jackers
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:02am
  It’s about time…
  
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- grandmaof5
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:21am
  They need to connect Trumka/Obama/Code Pink and Spooky Dude with the underlying unrest in the middle east too. Oh and let’s not forget the frail 79 year old revolutionist, Frances Fox Piven, Rev Wright, and Louis Farrakan.
  
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- REDPILLREADY
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:43am
  Oh the ads I’d love to see run. I’m sure the BLAZE regulars could story-board up a few for submission to the RNC. One that starts with BHO’s “we are going to fundamentally transform America” is just a big chin sticking out to be pounded over and over. A whole series of ads could be run with that opening line – massive increase in debt, unemployment, buy out of GM, bailouts, Obumacare, connections and scheming with avowed commies and socialists, Justice dept failing to try voter intimidation or terrorists, etc.
  
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- Miguelito
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:58am
  Duh! My wife is in a union and she does not want her dues going to anything to do with Obama or his administration. Hope other union members not the bosses will realize they are being used for their money!
  
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- TexasCommonSense
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:00am
  CaptainKook, Obama and the Unions are causing the divisiveness. The ad is simply pointing out that fact.
  
  If they bring a knife to the fight, you bring a gun.
  We’re going to punish our enemies and reward our friends.
  Have you seen all the violent actions and rhetoric at the union rallies lately?
  
  Taking measures to get our debt crisis under control is not divisiveness. It’s just what needs to be done before we end-up like Greece.
  
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- DisillusionedDaily
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:58pm
  A black man having bosses is “racist”? What planet did this MSNBC reporter immigrate from? Let’s say it differently. The president of the United States of America has been lately observed to take and follow advise given him by Union Leaders, known communists and has exhibited a socialistic behavior! Whoops! I forgot to capitalize his title, so I guess that will make me a racist too, even though I intend to support Herman Cain for President in 2012.
  
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- rappini
  Posted on March 4, 2011 at 9:24am
  Hey CK the key word to your comment was Working, Democrats don’t work all the want is some of that Obama money.
  
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