This will sink.

[cali]

All those posting about how Obama is in the clutches of the corporate vultures will avoid commenting. It's good news after all. Can't have that.

Obama Team Restates Strong Support For Union Bill

An aide to Barack Obama reaffirmed the President-elect's support for the labor movement's chief legislative priority in a one-word statement issued to the Huffington Post on late Tuesday.

Asked if Obama's support for the Employee Free Choice Act remained as strong as his public proclamations suggested on the campaign trail, transition spokesman Dan Pfeiffer responded, succinctly, "Yes."

The reaffirmation may not seem like a political breakthrough on its surface. But in the current political climate, in which the Obama team has steadfastly refused to comment on various legislative priorities, it does signal that the President-elect is not shying away from progressive pledges made during his campaign.

Moreover, it clears the air of some confusion that was prompted by a statement from Rahm Emanuel in late November. Appearing at a Wall Street Journal CEO Council conference, the incoming White House chief of staff spoke opaquely about the so-called "card check" bill, leaving the impression to some that it would not be a priority.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/03/obama-team-restates-stron_n_147939.html

[EstimatedProphet]

1. I'll help float it

Personally I'm tired of all the "Obama betrayed us" threads lately.

[bdamomma]

2. kick

[AspenRose]

3. kickety

:kick:

[lazyriver]

4. Seems a shame to let good news sink

[pleah]

5. K&R

:kick:

[bunkerbuster1]

6. Sinketh this!

'tis good news, which hath merited much Kicketh and Recommendeth-ing.

[Vanje]

7. greatest page bound! nt

[cali]

8. Well whadda you know?

Thanks to all you kickers. It sank in GD-P. Maybe putting in the sink hook works.

[Ohio Joe]

9. hmmm, I read two Cali posts in a row and...

two recs in a row :thumbsup:

[cali]

10. aw, thanks.

I like good news.

[rhett o rick]

11. Rec 10 just to prove you wrong. Saving unions can only be done by creating more jobs.

With companies failing and a major labor glut, even unions can't save decent wages. They have no leverage. We must get Americans back to work producing and not just "serving".

[barbtries]

12. this is what i want to be hearing:

the President-elect is not shying away from progressive pledges made during his campaign.

and why should he? he is a democrat after all.

[TheWraith]

13. K&R. nt

[H2O Man]

14. Please consider

copying & pasting my rapidly sinking OP (on GD-P) with a similar title!

Nominated.

[cali]

15. lol. I'll certainly go kick, kick, kick it.

[hogwyld]

16. It is sinking in Bizarro world

but in the real world, it floats back to the top.

[Shiver]

17. Recommended...

...as I do nearly all of your threads. I too know the feeling of posting good news and watching it sink like a stone, while posts lambasting the President-elect for not cloning Kucinich remain floating for days.

Of course, people already know my theories on this incoming administration... I think they simply prefer being negative idealogues...

[mopinko]

18. aw, you're just a trouble maker

bringing facts to a mudslinging party. what were you thinking?

[cali]

19. heh. now I'm thinking that the very people who complain that they're

not even being thrown a bone, are spurning the chance to happily chew on this one.

[Subdivisions]

20. This is great news . Score one for us workers. The

Employee Free Choice Act will vastly strengthen the ability of non-union workers (as I once was before being organized into my trade union, which I then organized for) to organize and negotiate a fairer share of the company pie. After all, as I've always said, it might be them that does all the thinkin', but it's us that does all the work. And without us, there is no them.

[Coexist]

21. cool

[hlthe2b]

22. I won't let it sink...

:thumbsup:

[yellerpup]

23. Just had union workers install new internet & cable

Bad news: no MSNBC. Good news: both these guys have raised families with their union jobs. K&R!

[MadHound]

24. And why would true progressives or liberals be against good Union news?

You're assuming that we on the left are against Obama just to be against Obama, we're not. Thus news like this is welcome. Let's hope it continues. Believe me, I'd love nothing better than not having to worry about an Obama administration.

[endarkenment]

25. The OP is obsessed with dangerous leftist ideologues

it is the OP's theme in all things posted.

[bvar22]

27. Its the cult of personality thing.

Centrist aren't bothered with things like actual issues, and are unable to fathom behaviors like Principled Stands on Issues. Whatever is in the middle is good enough for them.

If you don't agree with Obama 100% on ALL issues, then you are an "Ideologue" or a "Purist"....


"There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans. I want us to compete for that great mass of voters that want a party that will stand up for working Americans, family farmers, and people who haven't felt the benefits of the economic upturn."---Paul Wellstone

[byronius]

26. I anticipate honest govenment from this man.

Anyone forecasting duplicitious maneuvering isn't seeing the core Barack. It's just not his style.

He may fail at certain tasks or goals; but he'll be trying hard.

[Truth Teller]

28. I'm glad he's keeping his commitment, but.....

That doesn't mean he won't get ctiticized when he doesn't.