Palin and labor

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0810/Palin_and_labor.html?showall

August 26, 2010
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* Sarah Palin

Palin and labor

Part of Sarah Palin's woman-of-the-people cred has always been tied to her husband's work, and she sometimes mentions that both she and Todd have been union members in appeals to that traditionally Democratic constituency.

Responding for her "hardworking, patriotic brothers and sisters in the labor movement" to Rich Trumka's attack today, she goes after Trumka with an ad hominem passion, after describing herself as "a former card-carrying IBEW sister married to a proud former IBEW and later USW member.

The broader theme:

Trumka’s even worried I’m going to get violent against him. It’s kind of ironic that a union boss has the gall to accuse anyone of threatening violence. After all, we remember the violent attempts by SEIU to intimidate those who wanted to make their voices heard in last year’s town halls. And unlike Trumka, I never threatened that any effort to break a picket line would lead to violence. Come to think of it, neither did I ever hide behind the Fifth Amendment during a federal investigation about union corruption. Then again, I was just an ordinary, card-carrying union member, not one of the big shots who ended up, unfortunately, giving unions a bad name.

[Radical Activist]

1. Just when I thought she couldn't piss me off any more...

http://www.slappalin.com/

[savalez]

3. LOL

[cap]

2. when will the union movement reach into their ranks

and find some mediagenic, young 30 something, blue collar, sassy, intelligent woman and get her on the national stage to whip Palin's derriere back to some igloo.

When?

[geardaddy]

4. Did you read the comments?

Yecccch..

I need a shower.