Obama has to knock this shit off. Unions and Labor are the foundation of the democratic party. And Halter was ten times the candidate that Linclon was.
It made me sick watching Clinton and Obama pile on Halter. Our democratic party needs to close ranks as democrats! What in the hell are they doing?
The democratic party is the party of Will Rogers and FDR, not fucking Machiavelli!!!
"AR-Sen: In Pyrrhic victory, White House attacks labor
by Jed Lewison
Share this on Twitter - AR-Sen: In Pyrrhic victory, White House attacks labor Tue Jun 08, 2010 at 09:46:05 PM PDT
For some reason, a foolish White House aide decided to celebrate Blanche Lincoln's narrow primary victory by slamming organized labor -- and by extension the netroots and the entire progressive movement. Speaking to Politico's Ben Smith, the White House aide said: "Organized labor just flushed $10 million of their members' money down the toiled."
That aide is obviously a coward for hiding behind the shield of anonymity. Moreover, whoever it is doesn't have a good political sense. Anyone who thinks Blanche Lincoln has a shot at re-election is a fool. Bill Halter was the only chance at winning that seat in Arkansas, and they spent millions to defeat him.
As Sam Seder tweeted:
and when Blanche loses? MT @benpolitico Sr. WH Official: Labor just flushed 10 mil of its members $ down the toilet in a pointless exercise
And Ezra Klein too:
For a WH that prizes discipline and dislikes drama, some "Senior WH official" is sure shooting off to @marcambinder and @benpolitico
More Ezra:
@benpolitico A few more statements like that one, and bet Labor will launch some more "pointless exercises."
Not to be outdone, the response of the AFL-CIO is a keeper:
AFL to White House: 'Labor isn't an arm of the Democratic Party'
The major labor federation AFL-CIO took sharp objection tonight to a White House official's assessment that they'd "flushed $10 million of their members' money down the toilet" in the "pointless exercise" of supporting the failed bid of Bill Halter to unseat Senator Blanche Lincoln.
"If that's their take on this, then they severely misread how the electorate feels and how we're running our political program. When we say we're only going to support elected officials who support our issues," said AFL-CIO spokesman Eddie Vale. "When they say we should have targeted our money among some key house races among Blue Dog Democrats --that ain't happening."
"Labor isn't an arm of the Democratic Party," Vale said. "It exists to suport working families. And that's what we said tonight, and that's what we're gong to keep saying." |
