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To: bentway who wrote (306146)	7/28/2016 8:35:47 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 541172

I think "union goons" is a RW term.

To: bentway who wrote (306146)	7/28/2016 9:28:12 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541172

That is not what was going on.The union bosses were not using muscle on the casino owners, they were using muscle on their union members. And I am a strong union man and have belonged to at least a half a dozen unions. I am very pro union, but the circumstances are different than what you think, in my opinion. What was going on was the relationship between the unions and the casino owners. The unions had an in with Hillary, and were working for themselves and the Democratic establishment, and when she is elected she will help them all and give them power. It was hardball politics. The casino owners are simply getting some favors out of it and I'm sure the last thing they want as president is a president who is a self-righteous lefty. So the casino owners doing what the union bosses wanted was a natural political alliance. The casino owners gave the workers something like a half a day off for them to go and attend the caucuses. And they probably insisted on it and everybody knew who the union bosses wanted them to vote for. And you can bet that the union bosses were intimidating their workers which was especially easy when their jobs are on the line, and in many instances if they were minorities and very happy to just have the job. << Do you think the 'union goons' used 'muscle' on the casino owners to let them vote? LOL!