AP: PROMISES, PROMISES…Obama Shies Away From Protests
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Union leaders urged Vice President Joe Biden during a White House meeting last month to go to Wisconsin and rally the faithful in their fight against Gov. Scott Walker’s move to curtail collective bargaining rights for most public employees.
Request rebuffed, they asked for Labor Secretary Hilda Solis. So far, however, the White House has stayed away from any trips to Madison, the state capital, or other states in the throes of union battles. The Obama administration is treading carefully on the contentious political issue that has led to a national debate over the power that public sector unions wield in negotiating wages and benefits.
A few labor leaders have complained openly that President Barack Obama is ignoring a campaign pledge he made to stand with unions; most others say his public comments have been powerful enough.
The stakes are high as Obama looks toward a grueling re-election campaign. Republicans have begun airing television ads linking Obama to “union bosses” standing in the way of budget cuts in Wisconsin, Ohio and other states.
As a candidate, Obama seemed to promise more to organized labor, among the Democratic Party’s most loyal constituencies.
“If American workers are being denied their right to organize and collectively bargain when I’m in the White House, I’ll put on a comfortable pair of shoes myself,” Obama said at a speech in 2007. “I’ll walk on that picket line with you as president of the United States of America because workers deserve to know that somebody is standing in their corner.”
Rose Ann DeMoro, executive director of National Nurses United, the nation’s largest nurses union, called Obama “largely a bystander” in the debate over collective bargaining. “I think we’re feeling a sense of betrayal from him and not liking it much,” she said.
Doug Schoen, a Democratic political strategist, said Obama’s strategy seems to be “keep your distance, avoid direct engagement, say most of the right things most of the time, and hope for resolution through sources other than your own.”
Walker on Friday signed a bill that strips most collective bargaining rights from the state’s public workers, except police and firefighters. The measure passed the Legislature following more than three weeks of protests that drew tens of thousands of people to the state Capitol in opposition. The governor had announced his plan on Feb. 11, saying his state was broke and there was no point negotiating with the unions when there was nothing to offer.
The request for Biden to travel to Wisconsin came from Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, according to two union officials familiar with the Feb. 24 meeting. The officials requested anonymity because the meeting was private.
Five days later, during the AFL-CIO winter meeting, McEntee told Obama senior adviser David Plouffe that unions wanted more than words, the officials said. McEntee told Plouffe they wanted a high-profile emissary to stand with protesters to show that the president was by their side.
A spokesman for McEntee declined to comment, as did a White House spokeswoman.
Obama has called Walker’s proposal an “assault on unions” and urged governors not to vilify public workers. After the state Senate relied on a procedural move Thursday to pass the anti-bargaining rights measure without any Democrats in the chamber, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Obama believes it is wrong for Wisconsin to use its budget troubles “to denigrate or vilify public sector employees.”
Solis also pledged her support for public employees on a phone call with thousands of members of the Communications Workers of America.
“Budget sacrifices are one thing but, demanding that workers give up their voice is another,” Solis told the union members.
But asked whether Solis would go to Wisconsin or any other state where protesters are rallying, spokesman Carl Fillichio said she’s “keeping an eye on the situation.”
DeMoro, from the nurses’ union, has been reminding Obama about his 2007 campaign promise to walk with union members. She has even sent out press releases offering to buy the president a pair of shoes to march with demonstrators.
“Standing with the embattled workers would be an important symbol,” DeMoro said.
There’s no question that Obama will keep getting strong re-election support from organized labor. But he stands the risk that unions won’t be as enthusiastic if he is too aloof about the attack on bargaining rights. On the other hand, it’s possible that unions will be so consumed with their own efforts to save bargaining rights, recall governors or other issues of self-preservation that they won‘t have the time to work on Obama’s behalf with full vigor.
Schoen, the Democratic consultant, said Obama is “trying to have it both ways.”
If the budget-cutting tactics of Walker and GOP Gov. John Kasich of Ohio are successful, Obama doesn’t want to be seen as aggressively taking sides, Schoen said. If they fail, the president can say he was always on the side of the unions.
Most union leaders have praised Obama in public for offering support with his words. Some believe it may be better for him to stay out so Republicans can’t claim the protests are being organized in a grand political move.
“Obama needed to hang back and let people fully understand this is being run by the people of Wisconsin, not by the Democratic Party leadership,” said Greg Junemann, president of the International Federal of Professional and Technical Engineers.
Both parties already are using Wisconsin to try to boost their political fortunes.
Crossroads GPS, a group organized by former Bush advisers Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie, announced this past week that it would spend $750,000 on national cable television ads supporting Walker and the Wisconsin Republicans.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Thursday set a goal of raising $100,000 in 24 hours from angry voters opposing the Wisconsin legislation.
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Associated Press writer Jim Kuhnhenn contributed to this report.
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Comments (146)
Lost In Space
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 10:29amInternal polling numbers in the white house showing soft support for unions as conservative politics hold sway in state capitals.Reelection is paramount to the community organizer,so he keeps his head down as he sends in the second string to absorb the arrows,go Joe go!!! LOL. Get involved with your local teaparty,bring a friend,keep the consevative tsunami rolling.
Report Post »JP4JOY
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 10:22amWhat more could anyone expect from a person who would vote “present” rather than stand for something, anything at all. I certainly don’t agree with any of his policies. Is anyone really surprised by his action/inaction. He really is quite revealing in what he says just look at it all through the lens of the “dark side”. Soros is the same in his ways. Present, just not leaving fingerprints, if possible.
Report Post »fatsomann
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 4:38pmBO is voting present in this situation.Some of us know what he stands for, check out the people he has been close to most of his life. He just doesn’t want the rest of the country to see his true agenda.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 10:20amWell, apparently, that was a waste of those millions and millions of union dollars that went to the Democrap party, now wasn’t it?? Awwww!! Too bad, sooo sad! Fools!
Report Post »Tnredneck
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 10:13amWhere have the trolls been this morning? I need a little target practice…. Oops did I say that?
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 11:12amYes you did and shame on you… The trolls have chosen to stay out of the line of fire this morning… DAMN, now you got me doing it! LOL
Report Post »hannahh
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 11:51amBulls-eye! oops…
Uncle Crusty
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 12:01pmlol, a little troll practice, fellas? gotta love the flamethrowing left, they will obviously scorch themselves with their own words, getting our country back will be priceless!
Report Post »enufznuf
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 1:02pmThey seem to stay out of things when their leader does them wrong and they can’t defend him…
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 10:11amI heard on the news that LEGALLY BHO cannot walk with ANY picket line and I’m thinking HE KNEW this when he made the “comfy walk in your shoes” speech so he manipulates the voters in the crowd that HE is ONE of them…and they bought it hook line and sinker.
Report Post »Yesterday in his weekly address (which I never listen to) News reported he did not mention JAPAN…It now scares me how this man decides what “PRIORITYS” are.
Back to Wisconsin—BHO probably called Trumpkee and JesseOJackson and being his minions,they are doing what he says.
God Bless the America We Love!!!!
teachermitch32
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 12:09pmI don’t think he really knew that he could not, or should not walk with the unions. There is so much more that he does not know than he does know. That was what many of us knew before he was elected. Not much knowlege, no experience, no wisdom, etc……….
Report Post »GodBlessAmericaForeve
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 4:11pmObama must HATE Jimmy Carter. Because of Jimmy Carter, during his presidency, he added an amenment to a union law that bars the presidency from helping out the union in certain states…Wyoming was one of them…thank you Jimmy Carter…
Report Post »Salmad
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:44amObama will march with the protesters when they can figure out how they can place a teleprompter as he is walking.
Report Post »AR485
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:41amEveryone misunderstood him. He actually said, “I will put on a comfortable pair of shoes myself and walk that back nine.” How’s your golf swing coming along as the world burns, Mr. President?
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 10:16amI think you are right, he meant a comfortable pair of golf shoes.
Report Post »ConsiderThis
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 12:01pmMy thoughts exactly!
Report Post »shorthanded12
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:32amRequest rebuffed, they asked for Labor Secretary Hilda Solis. So far, however, the White House has stayed away from any trips to Madison,
IF thousands of ILLEAGALS were in the streets demanding better wages benefits etc etc..Good OLE Hilda would be making more ON LINE PROPOGANDA VIDEOS SUPPORTING THE ILLEAGALS. Not enough hispanics in Madison for Hilda to crawel out of her HOLE in DC.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:18ami promise ,i promise , i promise , i promise. so the union thugs really thought their lying god would really show up,man they are crazy, i guess that he won’t be receiving as much blood money for his reelection. what a bunch of crybabies ,this is really funny,they really thought he would show up. i wish he would,then every one would see that he as sold himself to the money gods,the unions and soros.
Report Post »FedupinFlorida2
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:18amIsn’t Rose Ann DeMoro being a little bit racist calling out Obama to keep his promise? What does she mean by that, and offering to buy him shoes a little welfare help? Maybe it’s union dues money nothing new there for the prez? Obama is ready to take credit for whatever comes about, it may be different to different groups but he’s the union’s president. I mean the people’s president.
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:13amJust more proof that his word means NOTHING. Hes a lying sack of s**t , always has been, always will be… Tell ya what, just stay on the golf course or basket ball court , and let your better half suck more rib bones. You can do less damage to the country that way.
Report Post »shorthanded12
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:09amIf Barry would actually showed up at “Chaos in Madison” it would be a nail in his re-election coffin. He would be doomed. He has done nothing for the rest of the country and surely hasnt done nothing for the black Americans other than shove billions of dollars to bolster Social welfare dependancy. He speaks out of both sides of his mouth. When the going gets tough for Barry he hides at the White House and Host B-Ball partys. Hows that for Leadership?
Report Post »AzSage
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 8:58amWhat? Another broken promise from a politician? Who would have thought this could happen?
I am devistated.
Report Post »Scarab Sport
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 8:50amEven the Union Commander in Chief can’t stand with the Unions when they are in the wrong to this degree. The majority of the people in the country are against their idiotic stance. They are way overpaid as far as benefits are concerned and need to contribute to pay for their benefits like the rest of us. They need to get real.
Report Post »shadow013
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 8:47amOne important unmentioned element in Wisconsin’s drama is Wall Street taking down the pension funds. Lehman, Goldman Sachs, etc. sold CDO’s squared. In other words when toxic junk wouldn’t sell, they created a derivative of a derivative ( Enron anyone?), sold to public pension funds, then bet against Wisconsin in another “investment” manipulation. Keeping the Wisconsin capitol fight going shuffles attention from the “too big to fail” that rhymes with “nobody goes to jail.”
Report Post »alrunner58
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 8:31amI don’t think Barry knows what a promise is. He likes to talk, just to hear himself and it doesn’t have to make sense.
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 8:26amBarry has’nt got time for Madison. He has more important things to do like planning parties golf outings and destroying a country.
Report Post »piper60
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 8:17amI never expect this “president” to uphold the constitution OR any of his promises. It would never occur to him that they actually mean something beyond a pretty speech. Having said that, it occurs to me that going to a protest like that would expose the prez to a lot of idiots who would just LOVE to take a potshot at him. The last thing this country needs is Obama-san as a martyr.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 8:17amDear God,
This man has relegated himself to the scrapheap of failed humanity. Those of us with “ears to hear and eyes to see” “get it” while others continue on their blindness and deafness.
Please, God, restore us and get us ready to meet You for You surely are coming for us soon!
This is the day You have made. We WILL rejoice and be glad in it.
Report Post »beebacksoon
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 8:09amI hope Obama DOES butt out and not go to bat for any union bosses or members. Apparently, unions think they should be exempt from taking a monetary hit, like the private sector. Everyone (except Obama and his administration) has to do with a little less these days. And, what about the 1,000+ waivers for Obamacare that have been approved by Sebelius (DHHS)? Many of those waivers are for unions!
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 7:46amGo ahead, oblahblah, go to Wisconsin and show all of America that you hold states rights in contempt. C’mon, give us more reason to see that you are NEVER re-elected!
Report Post »beebacksoon
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 8:05amDagneyt – No, he sends his pal Eric Holder to do stomp on state rights…I‘m sure he’s already got the court papers ready for a lawsuit.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 2:49pmWhatcha wanna bet Obama appoints a “Wisconsin Czar?!”
Report Post »Fina Biscotti
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 7:28amMaybe the union-member fools who were misled by their union bosses, will finally get the message = the need to VOTE OBOZO OUT – as a TRAITOR – to our country!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 2:42pmFina, remember when Pelosi said the Democrats were going to “drain the swamp” on the House Floor? Well, AMERICANS are going to DRAIN THE SWAMP in November 2012. I just read a story in NewsMax saying that it appears that the Republicans are going to take control of the Senate, too, in 2012.
Prepare for another “shootout” with the lame ducks between the day after the elections and the day the new Congress is sworn in! It’s going to get messy, and Obama and friends know it. Our conservative Representatives and Senators NEED our support.
The sun is shining! Oh, happy day!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 2:45pmHe’s also a traitor to his own country, whatever his own country is! I don’t have a clue!
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 7:28amUnfortunately for him he read a promise that was written on his TelePrompTer and his entitled constituency is now going to hold him to it, and he‘s a coward who only says what’s politically expedient at the time.
Report Post »http://guerillatics.com
Fina Biscotti
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 7:26amHis a$$ gets on the picket line – refusing to honor the CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY of the GOVERNORS of The United States of America – as POTUS,
he will be adding another offense for his IMPEACHMENT.
Wisconsin Governor Walker standing up to Obama – to stay out of it – and focus on his own federal budget crisis,
Report Post »can still be used against obaMOBSTER – as he showed his intent – and was inciting unrest – clearly indicating he is UNFIT for office.
Mike Z4000
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:19amAs president, isn’t he supposed to represent all the people? Public sector unions represent a collective against of interests of the people of that state or country. So how would standing with the unions represent…….. all of the people? He promised to stand with the unions but also promised to unhold the Constitution of the United States. The only thing I can say is he is a democrat…………since when do we expect anything but a “lie” coming from a democrat.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 2:29pmI just love it when a fellow conservative floods a situation with light and shows a new angle to consider in how to contain this diseased man in the White House.
Report Post »earthrise
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 2:59pmImpeachment “implies” legitimacy…. Given his Hawaiian (heh heh…) birth, his father IS still a British citizen thus making him a “dual citizen” AND ineligible to hold the office. Thus, as a usurper he’d be eligible for a set of bracelets and a short ride to the “iron bar hotel”.
In a perfect world he’s also take down ALL those that vetted him, Pelosi, Reed, FEC, DNC (SUSHI, at least 60% of Washington DC….). EVERYTHING he’s done And signed would be undone in one fell swoop… health care, supreme court justices, “stimulus”, etc….
Wouldn‘t the sound of herr Soros’s “gnashing teeth” be a wonderous answer to all the work he and his ilk have put in all these years?
Report Post »neverending
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:54pmI wish someone could tell me how much longer we get to sit and watch this sorry sob lie, destroy our country, our families, our faith and everything else in between before we get impeachment proceedings going.
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 11:45pmIn 2012 we take the Senate, and the President. Or, we take the senate and Impeach the man who would be king.
Report Post »QuantumVerp
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 7:26amStanding in my corner?
Then you would be stepping on my feet now wouldn’t you?
America is ‘hombre a hombre’…
Wait a minute, something wrong here?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 7:42amShould it come as a suprise to anyone how Mr Obama is failing to honor any promises, beyond the one to “fundamentally transform the nation in five days from now”?
Nope, no suprise here.
Report Post »goatkid
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 7:44amI agree with you. He promised to uphold the Constitution, look at how that has turned out. You have to be a complete ignoramus to think that he would make good on any promise.
Report Post »Boojer56
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 7:49amObama has already exposed himself as a socialist so how can going to support the high school dropouts
Report Post »affect his image. Oh yeah wasn’t he supposed to stand by his Muslim brothers also? I find our administration utterly disgusting?
tower7femacamp
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 7:53amHe also claims to be an eligible citizen and qualified to be president
Report Post »He also claimed to end the wars in Iraq and Afganistan
He also claimed to close Gitmo
He also claimed to have a more open Govt.
He also claimed he would fight the wall st crooks.
338lapua
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 8:01amObama really wants to be a dictator. Dictators are always too busy with the “peoples” business to attend to the peoples business….or fulfil promises, or render aid. Bet he is going golfing though.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 8:02amhttp://seekingalpha.com/article/149213-ongoing-134-5-billion-bearer-bond-mystery-possible-link-to-upcoming-bank-holiday
Report Post »Obama Bin Lying
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 8:09amGee, Obama telling a lie. I am shocked….no really, I am
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 8:54amMr “o” has got to GO!!!
I have as much respect for The “potus” (and I use lower case) as he has for me!!
One good thing about him, He is consistent with his LYING…YES HE IS!!!
Report Post »randy
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:11amWhat’s the matter Obama? I thought the of Americans were in favor of the Unions? Your fake Polls tell us so. Well, OBAMA, if that was true you would be in WI protesting along side your other un-American communist friends. But you and we all know that’s not true. You’re in campaign mode, you actually think you’ll be re-elected. My un scientific poll states that you disgust the majority of AMERICANS and you will not be RE_ELECTED!
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:12amShould anyone be surprised Obama didn’t keep his promise. Not even to his own. Sure did sound good in his campaign speech though. The people that follow him are so stupid!
But you really can’t hold it against him on this one. I mean after all, the king would have to get his hands dirty and mingle with the filthy huddled masses. That is just beneath one of such honored arrogance!………“Let them eat cake”
Report Post »rodamaa
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:28amConservatives need to mount a campaign to show the American people that the ones being hurt here are the Union Thugs. We cannot sit idly by while the Left mounts a smear campaign against the Republicans. This is what they did back in 1995 which gave Clinton a second term. We need to drive a wedge between the workers and the Union bosses. Show how this parasitic organization is detrimental to them as well as the nation. We should have conservative activist organizations getting involve now. We cannot afford to wait until the Left have cemented the public point of view on this issue. This was the mistake of the past.
Report Post »Journeywoman
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:36amMore “words, just words”.
Report Post »I had been thinking earlier, that if the unions were spending all of this time and our dues on these state fights, there would be less money and time to spend on Obambie & his re-election campaign. WIN – WIN.
Journeywoman
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:43amIt should also say something when you can pull 85,000 union members off of their “jobs” and nobody even notices. At my plant there is at least one union member “appointed” to a “position” for every poor schmuck that actually does a job.
Report Post »CaptainKook
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 10:05amCome OFF it -
Whether Obama goes to Wisconsin or not, Obama is in the classic “damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t” [which is the usual response of his critics - anything he does will be called the wrong thing] situation.
Report Post »americansfightingforcommonsense
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 10:18am@Snowleopard
Report Post »I always enjoy your comments. Thank you for fighting a GOOD fight.
The sooner American’s realize that Obama is NOT fighting the good fight, but fighting for some twisted socialistic type of ideology, the better! He needs to be impeached for trying to dissolve and destroy this great nation. He is not proud of this country, her laws, her freedom, her compassion, or her strength. He apologizes for it around the world. He bows to our oppressors and mocks our allies. We must stop spending our way into destruction. We must fight for our principles and honor. We must strengthen our national security by drilling for oil, fighting against those who want do us harm, and turn back to God the Father! Be an honorable and moral people! Help those in need! Strengthen our families! Pray with and for our children!
Freedom is not free. It does come a cost. Respect those people in uniform! Your very lives has, will, and does depend on it !!!!!!!!
ConsiderThis
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 10:41amHe may not have been there but Obama was up to his eyeballs in this and Walker beat him.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 11:00amHe’s actually been shying away from a lot of things…mainly his duties as POTUS.
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 11:02amMr. Empty Suit. Can’t make a decision, show leadership, nor does he care about anything or one, other than himself. Sorry, but Obama makes Jimmy Carter look like a true statesman, and I didn’t believe that would ever be possible.
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 11:04amIs that really a big surprise? He’s lied to the people at practically every turn. If he DID tell the truth, nobody would know(or care)!!!
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 11:15amThe tyrant will make good on any promise that is to his advantage and only as long as it is to his advantage. http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 11:26amoh I wish he would put on a pair of shoes and walk the picket line. All Americans would sit up and look. People like my son-in-law would get off the fence. He has trouble balancing his checkbook and feels powerless about the Fed.
Come on ‘Bummer MAKE the fed down home and personal. Then we the people, and YOU, will have change we can count on. Go ahead, insult 90% of the non-union taxpayers.
and see what happens
Report Post »hud
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 11:30amWrong? Dumbo Insane Obummer is supposed to be the POTUS. President of the whole nation, and all it’s people. We have the last two yrs showing the fallacie of that idea, but he’s probably smart enough to realize that if he shows up in Wisc.he’ll lose in 2012. PS It really would be nice to have an adult president in the midst of these crisies.In the future vote for the adult no matter what.
Report Post »Uncle Crusty
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 11:34amSee how he lies, everything from this frauds mouth is a lie, he is transforming America alright, into a possible civil war, our divider in chief is a Marxist tool. We‘re gonna vote you and your ilk out of gov’t soon enough Obumbler – bank on it!
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 11:57amafter reading recent q-poll i see that obama has an 80% approval among democrats. This either says, independent, republican and libertarias are all foolish or that there is no hope with the democrats, that any democrat no matter how aful of a job they are doing is better then any republican. Obama is a worse failure then carter, but the left still adores him and thinks he is wonderful. You can fix that. 805 it makes no sense.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 12:04pmSounds like a LOUD, SCREAMING “PRESENT” coming from our comfortable shoe in the Whitehouse
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 12:15pmSo Obama said Wisconsin is using the budget woes to vilify the unions? How ludicrous. It is the greedy unions that are largely responsible for the budget woes in the first place!
These unions who are so very supportive of Obama and his progressive agenda should be leary about what side they are on. Under socialist rule, unions are one of the first to go.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 12:25pmObama lies? .. .well DUH .. his LIPS WERE MOVING!
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 2:05pmThe only promises Obama intends to fulfill, are the unmetioned ones, where he promises to collapse our economy, put traitors and Communists in power over us, take away our rights, endanger our lives from his Muslim friends, get our military sons and daughters killed in his idiotic international policies, and make us the laughingstock of the entire world…..
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 2:16pmI believe Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC): “You LIE!”
BREAKING NEWS FOR DEMOCRATS AND UNIONS:
We have TRIED to tell you that if Obama’s lips are moving, he is lying! Obama says way he thinks the audience in front of him at the time wants to hear. You cannot trust a LIAR! Do you really think he gives a rat’s patootie about the American citizens, unions, jobs, boosting the economy? Hell NO! All Obama is interested in is CONTROL, TAKING OUR LIBERTY AWAY, and SUCKING UP TO GEORGE SOROS by tanking the economy and bankrupting America.
Freedom is not his strong suit.
Protecting and defending the Constitution is not his strong suit.
Honesty is not his strong suit.
Leadership is not his strong suit.
Reading words put before him on a teleprompter is his strong suit. Wonder who writes the script for him?!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 2:26pmWhen Obama was supportive of the unions in Wisconsin (and Walker told him to butt out), exactly “who” was talking? A candidate or someone representing the office of the President of the United States? Would the POTUS be doing meddling in a state’s politics?
The Democratic Party’s Move On dot Org backed the unions. Obama was trying to throw a log onto the fire and got burned by Walker. “Don’t Tread on ME!” Since then, Obama has sat meekly in his oval room and admired himself in the mirror as he sucks his thumb.
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Posted on March 13, 2011 at 2:34pm@CaptainKook
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 10:05am
Come OFF it -
Whether Obama goes to Wisconsin or not, Obama is in the classic “damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t” [which is the usual response of his critics - anything he does will be called the wrong thing] situation.
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Come off it? COME OFF IT?!
Everything Obama does is anti-American. EVERYTHING!
Tell me ONE thing he has done that has WORKED, made a change for the better, or that he has not lied about.
YOU “come OFF it.” Don’t you recognize a Chicago thug when he reaches into your wallet?
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 3:00pmI think the Red Roach did, in fact, keep his promise. He and members of his admin openly sided with the union protesters. In addition, he mobilized his Organizing for America thugs as well. The fact that union leaders expected him to hold a rally in Madison shows they are beyond stupid. If I heard a presidential candidate say they would put on their sneakers and join a protest, it would be visible PROOF that he was a demagogue, targeting gullible voters. What were they thinking, that POTUS, the VP or any other high-profile member of his admin were going to insert themselves in the middle of civil unrest? Give me a break!
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 3:39pmOnly thing wrong is that they requested that the President show up on the side of the Unions. If he did then he would loose 2012 for sure because it would show that he is not the President of the United States of America. He would only be the President of the United Workers of America which would brand him as openly Communist/Socialist and he can not afford that perception if he wants a shot at a second term.
Report Post »lylee
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 4:26pmObama doesn’t have to go to Wisconsin, he already has his political machine such as organizing for America doing his dirty work. Strangely they were not mentioned in the article.
Report Post »QuietTexan
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 5:48pmLet me be clear . . . promises the rank and file union members thought I was making to them, were actually being directed to their union leaders. Those promises of close ties and support HAVE been kept. You just need to understand . . .
Report Post »ablisterin
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 2:08pmI am so sick of hearing how the GOP is against working Americans. It’s the unions, silly. The unions are using you for money and power and don’t give a crap about the workers and the kids. The’ve said it out in the open. If you’d quit screaming and throwing temper tantrums, maybe you’d hear the truth.
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