How Blue Dogs And Other Reactionary Fake Democrats Damage The Brand-- Union Busting

[FLAprogressive]

From DownWithTyranny!:

"Many very conservative, even reactionary Democrats-- Georgia's despicable John Barrow and Illinois's equally abhorrent Melissa Bean are two good examples-- get a great deal of support and money from unions, while at the same time taking contributions from right-wing anti-labor PACs. The simplistic approach by some labor political strategists has Blue Dogs laughing up their sleeves at the millions and millions of dollars they have come to expect from unions-- offering very little, if anything, in return. All too often labor has been willing to play the Inside-the-Beltway game, particularly the Democratic Establishment in-the-pocket unions like AFSCME.


Supposedly, however, organized labor is finally drawing the line with the Employee Free Choice Act. Anti-working family Democrats like Dan Boren will not only not be supported, they will find themselves defending their unconscionable records in primaries. Many Blue Dogs and other right-wing Democrats have their bloomers all in a bunch because they feel stuck between a rock and a hard place, not wanting to antagonize their traditional Democratic supporters (working families) and not wanting to get on the bad side of anti-working family fanatics from the Chamber of Commerce and the GOP anti-union front groups who are loaded with money for vicious propaganda campaigns."

READ MORE: http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-blue-dogs-and-other-reactionary.html

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Blue Dogs are not friends of organized labor. THEY ARE UNION BUSTERS. Plain and simple.

[FiveGoodMen]

1. Kick

[FLAprogressive]

2. thanks. this is important.

[Skidmore]

3. Maybe its time for unions to play hardball with funds and calling

them on their crap.

[FLAprogressive]

4. read the article. that is their plan.....

[ogneopasno]

6. Yup. They've talked about it, now they need to do it. An election cycle without union endorsements

-- or, more importantly, PAC money and willing door-knockers -- would send a pretty big wakeup call. The sooner the better, I say.

[Skidmore]

9. Exactly. Talk has been cheap over the years.

Now is the time for action.

[FLAprogressive]

10. John Barrow should be a top tier primary target. IIRC his district went big for Obama and he is too

conservative

[G_j]

5. K&R

[bvar22]

7. K&R

If you Work for a Living, do NOT send money to the DSCC or the DCCC.
They will use your money against you by recruiting conservative Blue Dogs and financing their campaigns in the Democratic Primaries.

I am delighted that this group of Republicans inside the Democratic Party is finally being held accountable.
I credit the Grass Roots and the InterNet Tubes.

Melissa Bean is one of the WORST offenders.
The Left should organize a Nationwide campaign to support and finance a real Democrat to run against her in the Democratic Primary.

If we pick one or two examples of fake Democrats who support the agenda of The Rich at the expense of Labor and the Poor, and focus our collective national power on them, we can send a strong message to the rest.
We ARE watching....AND taking names!


The Democratic Party is a BIG TENT, but there is NO ROOM for those
who advance the agenda of THE RICH (Corporate Owners) at the EXPENSE of LABOR and the POOR.

[FLAprogressive]

8. i'd K&R your post if I could

[leftofthedial]

11. until we get the map to look like 1964 again,

there will be no sustainable economy at any level in this country.

[FLAprogressive]

12. "but unions are bad!" says the MSM

[leftstreet]

13. The irony of the color choices

Politically, the last two elections (2006, 2008) have seen the country turning 'blue.'

But what difference does it make when the anti-labor 'Blue Dogs' are turning the country 'red' again?

K&R