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To: Alighieri who wrote (606173)	4/1/2011 6:52:40 PM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1582527

BREAKING NEWS: Wisconsin Democrats just announced that local activists submitted over 100% of the signatures needed to "recall" Republican state senator Dan Kapanke from office! I just watched a couple of guys, one the leader of the firemen union(s) and another a member of the Ohio police union, say that this action in wisconsin and other states has galvanized unions like nothing could have, despite the fact that these unions were exempted from the Wisconsin law. The policeman fellow said that he was absolutely sure that the Ohio law would be on the ballot there in 2011...both said that these republican governors are breathing new life in union membership and strength... Their behavior has galvanized the whole liberal community. Walker particularly blew his cover when he was caught talking to whom he thought was one of the Coch bros. Maybe Walker and Kasich and others like them are one of the better things that has happened to the dems ...second to the economic revival we are experiencing I think? The irony is that some of these guys didn't win by that many votes. Because they are mentally immature and ideologically repressed, they are incapable of any form of compromise. By comparison, Obama looks like an ancient, wise and benevolent. As much as I hated losing last November, I knew in the end we would benefit. Why? Because Rs can't govern.

To: Alighieri who wrote (606173)	4/1/2011 10:16:01 PM
From: Don Hurst	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1582527

Bad news from members of their former "Base" who are learning that the repugs are only "loyal" to the top 2%... Yup...when you go after the top 2% to shoulder their fair share...that is CLASS WARFARE. When you beat up on the other 98% that is "SHARE THE PAIN". It ain't working!! From today's Politico... Note the comment from Chuck Canterbury in Bold >>" Many cops and firefighters have thrown their allegiance to the GOP for years — union members who frequently stray from labor’s longtime support for Democrats. A host of new Republican governors is changing all that. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and others took aim at the GOP’s most powerful labor antagonists but ended up hitting some of the party’s best friends too — leaving public-safety unions fearful this year’s attack on teachers might easily be next year’s attack on them. It’s a political shift that could have significant repercussions, and not just because these right-leaning union members vote for Republicans in sizable numbers. Angry cops and firefighters make for bad PR — especially after Republicans under President George W. Bush aligned themselves so successfully with the heroes of Sept. 11 in the years since then. "<< Chuck Canterbury, the national president of the Fraternal Order of Police, said his members are “shocked” by the turn of events. “Who are these evil teachers who teach your children, these evil policemen who protect them, these evil firemen who pull them from burning buildings? When did we all become evil?” said Canterbury, whose union endorsed Bush in 2000 and 2004 and John McCain in 2008. He is traveling the country to rally FOP members to rise up against anti-labor laws in their states or in support of their colleagues in other states. “There is going to be a backlash,” said Canterbury, a former county police officer in South Carolina. “We are going to hold them accountable.” Already, rank-and-file police officers and firefighters who long viewed themselves as separate from the rest of the movement are carrying picket signs, signing petitions and standing side-by-side with their labor brethren. "<< MORE politico.com