Hell yes (we can): even Obama is cheering the demise of SB 5!

[MannyGoldstein]

"The President congratulates the people of Ohio for standing up for workers and defeating efforts to strip away collective bargaining rights, and commends the teachers, firefighters, nurses, police officers and other workers who took a stand to defend those rights."
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/08/obama-john-kasich-sb-5_n_1083136.html">Jay Carney

Please join me tonight in toasting the revival of the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party. Big thanks to the Occupy folks - they got this going.

[Jack Rabbit]

1. Rahm Emmanuel must feel betrayed by his ex-boss

[teddy51]

2. No Shit! Where does Obama really stand on this anyway? Wish I knew. n/t

[MannyGoldstein]

3. Nah - Rahm only cares about cash and power.

Watch: like Obama he'll spin like a weather vane to go with the wind.

[frazzled]

7. Jesus Christ, you're obsessed

The guy hasn't been in Washington for more than a year. You probably don't live in Chicago. You sound like Herman Cain ... who thinks Rahm Emanuel is behind is "lady" problems. You probably think he made the Indianapolis Colts lose eight games in a row.

The days of trying to use Rahm Emanuel as a scapegoat for everything are over. Find somebody else. It's getting boring watching people embarrass themselves with such crap.

Observe the guy on the right:

[Pirate Smile]

4. "even" - Oh, Manny, you are just so full of crap.

:)

[MannyGoldstein]

5. Please provide links for Obama denouncing Wisconsin's union-busting.

Thanks in advance.

[Sportsguy]

8. Well, There Must Be Something?

I'd like that information as well. Yes, thanks in advance.:)

[AtomicKitten]

11. OFA and the DNC coordinated with Wisconsin activists.

Not just words, action.

ABC: "Obama, National Democrats Help Mobilize State Budget Protests"
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-obama-national-democrats-mobilize-state-employee-protests/story?id=12949812#.TrpJw_T1m7s

DAILYKOS: "OFA/DNC in Wisconsin working with protesting public employees"
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/17/946313/-UPDATED-x2-OFA-DNC-in-Wisconsin-working-with-protesting-public-employees

POLITICO: "DNC playing role in Wisconsin protests"
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0211/DNC_playing_role_in_Wisconsin_protests.html

CROOKS&LIARS: "Fox Accuses White House of Coordinating with OFA and the DNC to Organize Protests"
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/fox-accuses-white-house-coordinating-ofa-a

[JoePhilly]

12. +1

[rpannier]

13. Your first 3 are good

But let's be honest Fox accuses White House of... just about every nefarious act they can think of

I'm waiting for them to claim he has a time machine and single-handedly cost us winning in Viet Nam

Again, thanks for the links

:party: :toast: :hi: :dem: :fistbump: :pals: :patriot:

[MannyGoldstein]

18. "White House at Odds With Obama Supporters Over Wisconsin Protests"

http://www.thenation.com/blog/158999/white-house-odds-obama-supporters-over-wisconsin-protests">White House at Odds With Obama Supporters Over Wisconsin Protests

Now the New York Times reports that top White House officials were furious about the DNC’s intervention in Madison:

"The White House mostly has sought to stay out of the fray in Madison, Wis., and other state capitals where Republican governors are battling public employee unions and Democratic lawmakers over collective bargaining rights. When West Wing officials discovered that the Democratic National Committee had mobilized Mr. Obama’s national network to support the protests, they angrily reined in the staff at the party headquarters.

Administration officials said they saw such events beyond Washington as distractions from the optimistic “win the future” message Mr. Obama introduced with his State of the Union Address."

In other words, the White House would prefer to endlessly repeat a lame slogan rather than get involved in one of the most consequential political fights of the present day. It seems like the new White House team, the subject of the Times article, isn’t much different from the old; still more than willing to throw grassroots Obama supporters under the bus.

[tabatha]

6. Obama played this perfectly.

The voice of the people is the strongest and cannot be dismissed because he got involved.

[NBachers]

9. Yeah maybe we should be expected to take care of our own shit- what a novel concept

[AtomicKitten]

10. OFA had boots on the ground in Ohio to help GOTV.

The election in Ohio provided an opportunity for the president’s network of supporters, Obama for America, to test its organizational ability and revive its enthusiasm after a bleak year for Democratic activists. Volunteers for the president’s re-election campaign fanned out across the state for weeks, urging voters to stand against the new law limiting collective bargaining.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/us/politics/ohio-turns-back-a-law-limiting-unions-rights.html?_r=1

[dionysus]

14. burns you up, don't it?

:rofl:

[MannyGoldstein]

17. Yes, that's why I looked it up and posted it

Geez...

[lame54]

15. did he say anything BEFORE the vote?

[GOTV]

16. Occupy had little to do with it ...

... I'd been seeing SB5 opponents collecting sigs all over the place since the spring. Well before Occupy was a thing.