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To: greenspirit who wrote (46895)	10/15/2000 11:38:00 PM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

Re: "Do you say anything which isn't approved by your union bosses?" My only union "boss" is myself. I am the "last word" in my shop. The buck stops with me. Even though I am not the president of the local, I might as well be, considering how many people seek out my advice on important matters. Just last week I was approached to become our next local president. I respectfully declined. I've already had one heart attack. Don't need another one. When you come down hard on union membership, you also come down hard on the 45% that does not vote Democratic. Painting with a broad brush will get you in trouble, Mr. Flag Waving Republican.

To: greenspirit who wrote (46895)	10/15/2000 11:56:15 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Had GOPwingers not taken congress, Clinton/Gore might have actually got lower class sizes. Don't you understand that with the friction you guys give, it's hard to get anything meaningful accomplished? How long did it take GOPwingers to come around on issues like daycare and family leave--minimum wage even? We've done daycare, we've done family leave and we've had at least one minimum wage boost (another in the mill) and the economy just a kept on buzzin'! Yet more examples as to where GOPwingers showed up late to the table. And the weird thing is, it doesn't matter which table, whether it's the environment, healthcare, education, civil liberties, funding science and technology, the list goes on. The GOPwinger focus has been, what? School prayer, flag laws, more money for prisons, pro-life abortion and everybody gets guns and, as always, the failed drug war. Hey, get in tune. It's the Year 2000!