New RNC Ad Connects Obama and His ‘Union Bosses’
- Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:18am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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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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Comments (105)
UlyssesP
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:40amWeak. Ratchet it up. Expose them. The progressive majority of the Democratic Party has nothing less than civil war in mind.
Report Post »TBAG
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:47amExactly! Time is running out unless they do ratchet it up.
Report Post »Alvin691
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:37amBring it O’Donnell ! Welcome to the “Battlefield of Ideas”, where the truth is our weapon of choice.
Report Post »truthncharity
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:36amThe 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.
Report Post »Boojer56
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:22amIts about time the republicans fight back and supported Walker.
Report Post »BQI
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:21amLawrence O’Donnell is right, for once. Dictators don’t have Bosses.
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Report Post »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….
Report Post »ccr
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:20amOh, 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”!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:16amThat’s better than anything that came from Michael Steele.
Report Post »NotWaiting4Godot
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:06amThe union thugs refer to Obama him as “Boss Prez.”
Report Post »Da Kingfish
Posted on March 5, 2011 at 2:12amThis 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/
Report Post »hflndrs
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:04amSTREETRODDER 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.
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:47amUnions 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.
Report Post »Oldphoto678
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:30amYou 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.
Report Post »Ssenkrad
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:36pm@OldPhoto
…What the heck are you talking about?
Report Post »Tagudinian
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:30amI like this ad. Indeed the RNC should get bolder and go for Obama’s jugular. Obama is a worthless piece of you know what.
Report Post »bkeely
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:39amObama is no more than a union thug himself
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Marylou7
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:52amThey ought to show Trumka saying he speaks with the white house daily and visits 2-3 times a week.
Report Post »Nomoney
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:58amIn a Charlie Sheen kind of way
Report Post »Nomoney
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:56amWinning
Report Post »staythecourse
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:45amLabor is in the “whitehouse”. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1qnhpPsEGo&feature=related
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:31amThe 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.
Report Post »grumpyt
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:31amDiane, 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.
Report Post »ONE PIECE
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:21amIt’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.
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:46amThere 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.
Report Post »BBomber66
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:19amI 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..
Report Post »getperks
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:17am@Diane
Report Post »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.
nothingbuthetruth
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:45amBB66…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.
Report Post »eretsim
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:52amfierceful enough, i like. will it sink where it matters?
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:58amI think the lid is being pried off his box.
Report Post »Check out World Net Daily – http://www.wnd.com and look at those headlines.
brliantedj
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:43amDon’t bother to tell the truth, Wisconsin and Chicago are connected…. no THIS CAN’T BE TRUE!
Report Post »vivrobbins
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:48am8 out 10 people don’t know what is happening in WI. MSM is being mum.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:53amYou have to be kidding!!!?! For real?
Report Post »Fina Biscotti
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:34amI saw the ad – and it is Brilliant.
The Republicans are finally hitting on it = Usurper Obozo being “owned” by the Unions.
Report Post »needanotherReagan
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:33amVery effective ad. I’d love to see it go national.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:25amLet the droppings of
Report Post »TrumbamaSore@$$ thux
begin littering this thread ….
jedi.kep
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:06amFigures that IDIOT Lawrence O’Donnel would label it racist. To quote Bugs Bunny, “What a Maroon!”
Report Post »JEDI_GADSDEN
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:25amHis campaign never ended.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:52amHe won’t make it to the White House again. As my mother used to say, “He has sh** in his nest.”
Report Post »tankerBigRed1
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:07pmNo-he sh#t in his mess kit..
Report Post »home_of_the_brave
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:23amNow it’s heating up.
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:30amNow? He’s been ramping it up since 08
Report Post »SUPPLY_SIDE
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:31amLove it!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:34amI hope they mean it and continue on the offensive.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:44amIt 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.
Report Post »home_of_the_brave
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:46am@HIFI74
Report Post »Yes but now we’re answering back.
brliantedj
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:01amDon’t forget the gun to a knife fight comment, just avoid the obvious taunt.
Report Post »SonOfaCommunist
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:46amPraise 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?
Report Post »WTH
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:47amObama 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!
Report Post »SonOfaCommunist
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:49amI actually applied to work on his campaign but was turned down on the basis that I knew basic math.
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:31amThis 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.
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Stuck_in_CA
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:35amU.S.News & World Report POLL:
Report Post »More than two years into his presidency, what grade would you give Obama?
http://www.usnews.com/news/slideshows/obamas-inner-circle
DVT
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:55amooo thats gotta hurt!
Report Post »HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:28amI want more! Where do I send my money???
Report Post »nothingbuthetruth
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:36amThey 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
Report Post »nothingbuthetruth
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:38amand say that the unions spent 400 million of members dues for Obama’s campaign
Report Post »CaptainKook
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:51amMaybe the Republican Party thinks dividing working people against each other will still work for them – but I wouldn’t count on it
Report Post »Jackers
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:02amIt’s about time…
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:21amThey 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.
Report Post »REDPILLREADY
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:43amOh 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.
Report Post »Miguelito
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:58amDuh! 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!
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:00amCaptainKook, 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.
Report Post »DisillusionedDaily
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:58pmA 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.
Report Post »rappini
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 9:24amHey 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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