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The Republican case for unions
At the core of the American system of democracy is the idea of checks and balances. This is why we have three different branches of government and it also manifests itself in the form of a two-party system which forces both parties to compete for votes. This same idea is also at the core of … Continue Reading →
Payne: UMW is dead. UAW is alive.
“The Navy SEALs shot Osama bin Laden in Pakistan and (the EPA’s) Lisa Jackson shot us in Washington,” United Mine Worker President Cecil Roberts told a West Virginia radio show in April. How’s that for a bump sticker, Vice President Biden? The Obama campaign has made “Bin Laden is dead. GM is alive” its campaign motto, highlighting … Continue Reading →
Payne: Hoffa turns clock back to 1867
In a rambling speech in Washington, DC Thursday that variously compared Mitt Romney to Pol Pot and the tea party to the John Birch Society, Obama supporter and Teamsters President James Hoffa claimed that Republicans want to “roll the clock back to about 1890.” Fact check, please. Yes, there is a political party that wants to roil … Continue Reading →
Payne: Obama's unfair UAW Bailout
This campaign season, the Midwest has become President Obama’s refuge from the wilting economy as he and his Obamedia entourage make frequent trips to Michigan and Ohio touting the auto bailout as his signature economic achievement. Twenty-two thousand Delphi autoworkers would disagree. This week, former Obama Auto Task Force members stonewalled before a House subcommittee … Continue Reading →
Payne: General before King
Wednesday morning, Democratic Party bigwigs called off UAW President Bob King and his union pit-bulls from protesting Obama corporate ally Jeffrey Immelt and his General Electric shareholders meeting held in Detroit’s Renaissance Center, the headquarters of Obama-bailed out General Motors. Powerful Detroit Democratic leaders from Senator Debbie Stabenow to Rep. John Dingell reportedly pressured King … Continue Reading →
Payne: The Obama Coalition train wreck
It began Monday, with protestors chanting “We are the 99 Percent” in front of WDIV-TV, the Detroit affiliate of NBC which is owned by General Electric. By Wednesday, Obama Big Labor ally and UAW President Bob King hopes his organization of the Obama-supported Occupy Wall Street movement, the “99 Percent Spring,” will reach its crescendo … Continue Reading →
