Hoffa doubles down, will ‘never apologize,’ blasts Fox News as ‘anti-worker’

[neoconn]

Source: The Daily Caller

Some have called Teamsters President James Hoffa’s Monday remarks ill-advised, but he isn’t backing away and, instead, is claiming to have gotten a positive response from his members.

The controversy erupted when Hoffa told a cheering crowd at a Labor Day celebration attended by President Obama, “We are at war! . . . President Obama, this is your army. We are ready to march . . . Let’s take these sons of bitches out, and give America back to an America where we belong.”

In a cable TV appearance on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” on Tuesday, Hoffa told host Ed Schultz about the response and how his tough-sounding tack has resonated.

“The phones rang off the hook at all of our locals today,” Hoffa said. “The members are calling in. Finally, somebody’s standing up for us. Somebody’s saying what has to be said. We’re tired of this namby-pamby talk that’s out there. Let’s go out and call these people what they are. Let’s go after the issue of voting. Let’s talk about the war on workers. And let’s make sure we mobilize and vote in November. It was a tremendous response today. The phones rang off the hook in tremendous support from working families.”




Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/09/07/hoffa-doubles-down-will-never-apologize-blasts-fox-news-as-anti-worker/

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Hoffa is making me proud.....

[villager]

1. Growing up in the 60's, I never thought I'd utter the phrase "Go, Hoffa!," but...

n/t

[jumptheshadow]

45. Seconded (nt)

[INdemo]

56. A little bit off subject but Jimmy Hoffa didn't do anything

different than what the top union officials are doing today...
As for James Hoffa that was what was needed and Obama needs to follow with a speech strongly supporting workers and a real jobs plan and get off of this bipartisan bullshit.

[Taverner]

108. Hoffa Sr DID support Nixon

Although it was quid pro quo for his sentence being commuted...

[ooglymoogly]

110. Hoffa senior was a different kettle of fish altogether.

If memory serves he was destroyed, imprisoned and finally disappeared when jr. was a child. Nixon pulled out all the stops to destroy him and succeeded when he was finally disappeared when he could no longer be counted on to play ball.

Gossip at the time was that Nixon, attorney Gen Mitchel, the mafia and the EFf BEEE EYE worked in a symbiotic relationship to destroy, put in prison and finally disappear this very powerful figure who, some said, could make or brake presidents; but there was no doubt he could influence elections to the benefit of unions and of the working man. Was he corrupt? Certainly no more corrupt than, just like now, a government that could plan and execute his demise.

[ooglymoogly]

112. sorry wrong place nt

[marmar]

2. Elected Dems, pay attention:

It's called certitude.....Sounding like you believe in something.

[Ian David]

3. Hoffa for President 2016! n/t

[Sherman A1]

4. Agreed

I would vote for him.

[TeamsterDem]

12. Not a bad idea. Not a bad idea at all. nt

[AzDar]

28. ^ This.

:thumbsup:

[Bluebear]

36. Why wait?

[Deep13]

65. +1 nt

[Dawgs]

99. ++++++++++++++ n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

103. !!!

:thumbsup:

[Kingofalldems]

5. Kick this good news about loyal Democrats to the top

Tired of the 'Democrats in trouble' 'Democrat endorses repub' BS which is thrown at us daily.

[HockeyMom]

6. "Job Creators" versus the Workers

THAT was the entire purpose of Unions. We would be working 7 days a week, with no benefits, no minimum wages, with unsafe working conditions, child labor, etc., etc., without UNIONS. So many states, under REPUKE rule, don't even want teach their children this, let alone ENFORCE these hard earned laws. PROFITS above all else. QUALITY OF LIFE for the PEONS is not on their agenda.

[donquijoterocket]

38. not to

Mention the bloody history of the repression of the labor movement. The Haymarket and Ludlow massacres perpetrated by private armed goons or government police and military forces co-opted by corporation money. Joe Hill and all the others who sacrificed their lives so the average worker today enjoys something above minimum or sub-minimum wage sweatshop conditions.Of course the PTB aided and abetted by the SCLM will never allow all that to become common knowledge or even a subject of discussion.

[emulatorloo]

7. Excellent! Rec n/ t

[drm604]

8. K&R

Hoffa 2016!

[Little Star]

9. Someone had to say it. k&r

[xxqqqzme]

95. Yep, we need a national voice

speaking Democratic Party. It's has been a long, dry spell.

[hifiguy]

10. Finally!

A progressive with guts who knows that you can't play nice with a boxful of scorpions and tells the TRUTH!

Go, Mr. Hoffa, GO!! You speak for me and tens of millions of others.

[guitar man]

11. I stand with Jimmy Hoffa!!

:applause::applause::applause:

[hootinholler]

61. A lot of people want to know where you are!

[guitar man]

68. Well, I don't really know

But it sure is dark in here! :silly: :spray:

[lpbk2713]

13. I think I'll tune in to NBC News tonight.

Just to see how they will characterize Hoffa. I won't be surprised
if they portray him as a hotheaded troublemaker.

We need more people like him.

[quiller4]

22. They portrayed him quite respectfully last night.

My husband is a Teamster retiree. The phones were tied up at his local all day yesterday with people calling to express support for Hoffa's message. The office manager told me that what surprised her was that 5 managers of local companies who employ Teamsters also called to support Hoffa's message. They include two local metal recyclers, a medical transport firm, an industrial rubber supply firm and a grocery warehouse manager.

[trumad]

14. Que the hand wringers

[guitar man]

17. Yep

The hand wringers will be here in 3..2..1..

I swear, I don't know how they manage to throw rose petals at the enemy when their hands are always busy wringing or clutching their pearls :spray:

[eilen]

47. Mika on Morning Joe was sternly disapproving

her delicate sensibilities were trammeled.

[Major Hogwash]

52. Really? She can go get *ucked! She's one of the reasons I can't stand that program.

The other reason is Banjo Boy, he makes me sick.
And it's on way too early in the morning for me to get that sick.
It's just too much pukey shit for me at that time of the day.

[guitar man]

53. Fuck her

Fuck her and the Bachmann she rode in on. I stand with the workers. I stand with Jimmy Hoffa. Maybe if Mika had ever done any actual work instead being a fluffer for the rich and powerful she may feel differently. My father was a teamster, as a child I ate better than I might have otherwise because of the efforts of Jimmy Hoffa Sr. and the steadfast vigilance of the IBT members.

[russspeakeasy]

75. 40 years as a whore and she has sensibilities ?

:evilgrin:

[bitchkitty]

111. Coffee spew!!

I don't know how they manage to throw rose petals at the enemy when their hands are always busy wringing or clutching their pearls

Good one!

[Gemini Cat]

20. Yesterday someone on DU said "pearl-clutching is an elitist

exercise." I completely agree.

[DissedByBush]

78. It doesn't mess with my sensibilities at all

I understand exactly what he was saying, and he used common rhetorical devices to say it.

I'm just worried about handing the Republicans the right to call Obama hypocrite on a silver platter.

[sabrina 1]

15. Not surprised that he's getting huge support. This is what they

do not want revealed, that he really did speak for the people which scares the hell out of the Kochs, Fox, and the rest of the treasonous ant-American workers whose goal is to kill the middle class in this country. They started a war on America's workers, now they're whining when someone takes their challenge. I don't know what made them think no one would fight back.

I bet he's getting huge support. People have been literally starved for a leader who would stand up strongly against these parasites on a decent society.

I hope he not only NEVER apologizes, but goes even further, so they learn that all their whining will do is get MORE people attacking them, as they deserve, and after a while they will quit their whiny 'we want an apology' nonsense.

[Cass]

16. Oh hell YES!! Now that's what we need more of!

He isn't backing down one iota - the democrats in DC need to pay attention to how it's done!!

[City of Mills]

18. I stand with Hoffa n/t

[Riley18]

19. K&R

[Gemini Cat]

21. I stand with Hoffa. nt

k&r

[TwilightGardener]

23. Excellent.

[arbusto_baboso]

24. Good. Hope Hoffa has some good bodyguards....

I also hope he doesn't go on any small aircraft in the near future. We all KNOW how the right deals with troublesome critics...

[jannyk]

25. Hooray! nt

[w0nderer]

26. k&r for reading later n/t

[Jakes Progress]

27. If Obama did this stuff, he would win in the biggest landslide

the country has seen. He would lose only the hard-core idiot vote.

[chill_wind]

32. And if he doesn't have the appetite or temperament

for it, and I don't see anywhere that he does, he just needs to let those who want to lead on this LEAD.

No more of that nasty crap we saw from his people on Arkansas/Blanche Lincoln for example.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/09/blanche-lincoln-win-spark_n_605443.html

http://gawker.com/5559159/white-house-celebrates-blanche-lincoln-win-insults-base-as-money+wasters

[NNN0LHI]

33. Not too sure about that

We have had a slew of anti-union Dems at DU since I have been here.

Granted many of them had a come to Jesus moment and became pro-union when their own unions came under attack but that is neither here nor there.

Don

[Jakes Progress]

63. Maybe, but I have to disagree with one of your terms.

There is no such thing as a anti-union Democrat.

Of course I know that there are people who think they are Democrat and people with a D beside their name who slight the unions. But they are either not really Democrats or they are ignorant of history. Hey. Could be they are both.

[fascisthunter]

49. no doubt.... he does it against those who helped Elect Him

yet he can't seem to muster up that intensity towards the right wing.

[lunatica]

29. I'm fucking totally behind Hoffa

Too bad he didn't throw the word fuck in there too.

[rbnyc]

121. As long as totally is of consenting age...

...that's great.

:evilgrin:

Seriously, I am too.

[lunatica]

125. LOL!

[JDPriestly]

30. Apparently, the Daily Caller also left out the essential phrase, "You have the vote,. . . "

(paraphrased language). Shame on them. That is an inaccurate quotation.

[sundancekid]

31. k & r .... ahtsa what i'm talkin' about! kick a$$, take names - let's VOTE

[Major Hogwash]

34. Never is a long time.

I'll bet by this weekend he stops using the word "never".

[Lunabelle]

35. So it's ok to literally paint targets on Dems,

but not ok to rhetorically target repukes? They are so deranged.

[abq e streeter]

37. THAT'S how you do it. Stand your ground. Go Hoffa !

[Enthusiast]

39. K&R!

Where are recommendations for this?

[bvar22]

40. Music to my ears!

That is what Democrats USED to sound like!!!
:patriot:


Who will STAND and FIGHT for THIS American Majority?
James Hoffa & The UNIONS WILL!!
Will YOU STAND & FIGHT with them?



You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.

Solidarity!
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[Ignis]

41. K&R. "Finally, somebody’s standing up for us."

You said it, Mr. Hoffa.

[FedUp_Queer]

42. PSST...Barack. Here's what someone who...

"puts on a comfortable pair of shoes" and walks the picket line looks like.

[RedCloud]

43. YOU are quoting Fox altered news!

Put it in full context.

[Major Hogwash]

51. So?

That's the way, uh-huh, we like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.

Can't remember who did that song, but I was probably drunk when I last heard it.

LoL

[socialist_n_TN]

82. KC and the Sunshine Band

:)

[Major Hogwash]

87. Ha ha ha, thanks man.

I couldn't remember who it was.
Man, all those nights spent boogying to disco music and you'd think I'd remember who did those freakin' songs!!

[socialist_n_TN]

106. I spent a couple of years in a traveling club

disco band and that was one of the tunes we played. And played. And played. Ad nauseaum. :)

[City Lights]

44. K&R!

:bounce: :party:

[varelse]

46. good for him

[fascisthunter]

48. awesome

if you disagree with this, I think you are on the wrong side of history.

[QC]

50. It's so rare now to see a public figure with guts that I feel a little giddy.

Sad, isn't it?

[Marnie]

54. Why is an article written today still mis quoting Hoffa.

The sentence "take out" was preceded by a sentence pointing out that union members need to vote.

That is rather different than Republican comments like second amendmet rmemdies, and ads with cross hairs, and cartoons with shootings and hangings.

[Pacifist Patriot]

102. Thank you for that distinction.

Taking out the opposition by voting them out of office is a far cry from taking someone out with a glock.

[JEB]

55. Finally

Give 'em Hell Jimmy.

[The Wizard]

57. Pox is only anti American worker

They support off shore sweat shops that are the modern equivalent of slavery.

[Travis_0004]

58. I'm unrecing

I have no problem with what Hoffa said. But I see a lot of hypocrisy among DU, and others in the media. If a republican had said something similar, there would be talks about how racist they were, etc. Yet a democrat says it, and nobody has a problem with it.

Lets be consistent, either political talks are OK, or they are not.

[neoconn]

67. How does race interject in this in any way?

I see this as being stern and committed to what Hoffa believes in.

You made a reference to some being hypocritical (DU and Media) but you are leaving out a critical piece. They (republicans) want to destroy the world. That supersedes playing nice. They treat this like a war and we should treat this like a war.......

[ProfessorGAC]

93. Puh-Leaze!

Such moralistic hubris. How do you even stand yourself? Have you even been paying attention the last 30 years? Time for nice has long since passed.
GAC

[Odin2005]

59. GIVE 'EM HELL, JIMMY!!!

[and-justice-for-all]

60. Kick their teeth down their throat Hoffa!!! FUCK FOX NOISE! nt

[kestrel91316]

62. I like THIS Jimmy Hoffa a whole lot better than the moldy old corpse

that preceded him, lol.

RIP, Jimmy Sr. Jr is more of an American than you ever were.

[OwnedByFerrets]

64. You go buddy!!!!

[Deep13]

66. there is power in a union.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwbzxemJZIc

[RoccoR5955]

69. The Unions, United, Shall Never Be Defeated!

GO Hoffa!

[anarch]

70. Fucking A! Give it to those sons of bitches!

[unkachuck]

71. K&R....n/t

[silverweb]

72. Bravo!

K&R

:applause:

[Reader Rabbit]

73. Wish the president of my union had done something like this.

Instead, NEA basically capitulated to the crappy treatment of teachers and sold all its members down the river by endorsing Obama before campaigning ever began.

[Johnny Noshoes]

74. Which Side Are You On

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKWfnO7fhQM

[Deep13]

77. +1

Yours, btw.

[Johnny Noshoes]

107. Oh I know...

nt

[russspeakeasy]

76. Any one with some street cred and some balls can gather a following.

:evilgrin: Good for him...

[RegieRocker]

79. Go Hoffa Go! Don't stop. Don't let up.

[TheKentuckian]

80. That is fuckin A right!

[lonestarnot]

81. Not a fucking thing mealy mouthed about him!

:thumbsup:

[go west young man]

83. I'd vote for him.

Hoffa 2012! More of this is what's needed to get America back on track.

[Go Vols]

84. I couldn't agree more.

Retired union ironworker here.

[Bluebear]

86. +

[Tx4obama]

85. I wish OPs and article would print the quote unedited w/ the VOTE part left in. See below

Hoffa: “Everybody here has a vote. If we go back and we keep the eye on the prize. Let’s take these sons of bitches out and give America back to America where we belong.”

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/james-hoffas-full-take-these-sons-of-bitches-out-quote-everybody-heres-got-a-vote/

[slay]

88. Obama could learn some lessons from this guy

we need a fighter for the American People!

[tcaudilllg]

89. Hoffa's enemies are our enemies... they seek to enslave Americans.

[99th_Monkey]

90. Damn nice to hear SOMEone speaking up, kicking ass, and taking names.

I'm still hoping against hope that Obama will somehow "get it".

Thanks JH for showing the watching world what a backbone looks like.

[liberal N proud]

91. Gotta love this guy

[gordianot]

92. Hoffa's loyalty to the Democratic Party in the face of recent betrayals is an inspiration

I am a third generation Democrat who in 40 years only had cause to vote for one Republican. Jimmy Hoffa jr reminds me why I am a Democrat. I had great hope for Barak Obama but his bi-partisan collusion has shaken me to my core. Party loyalty is now the ONLY reason I remain. In the past decade the Republican Party has become the enemy of the American people. I am giving it ONE more chance tonight. Leaving Jimmy Hoffa alone has been a good choice by the Obama administration.

One last thought I hope they keep Robert Gibbs off the networks he does not help Obama with old Democratic dogs like me.

[tsuki]

94. According to the Kochs and the .1%'ers, it is the Mother of All Wars. nt

[florida08]

96. Yes! Let's talk about the war on workers

We’re tired of this namby-pamby talk that’s out there. Let’s go out and call these people what they are

Makes much more of an impact than "eat your peas"

[ooglymoogly]

114. Excellent.

[florida08]

118. tankyou 8)

[Dogtown]

97. K&R n/t

[orbitalman]

98. K & R

[mwb970]

100. Why can't Obama sound like this?

I'm so tired of republican presidents!

[Pacifist Patriot]

101. Not a hand wringer, but I'll admit to a little internal squirming whenever anyone...

uses the word "war" to describe social dysfunction. Doesn't matter which position is using belligerent rhetoric.

War on drugs
War on terror
War on taxes
War on workers

On the other hand, I don't know what else to call it when right wing extremists are quite literally advocating for the death of liberals, born and unborn. *sigh* This sucks any way you look at it.

[SammyWinstonJack]

104. FIRED UP!

:evilgrin:

[marias23]

105. He could have made his point without the words "take out"

This is not progressive language. This is the langauge of the uninformed.

[Kermitt Gribble]

122. Hoffa is "uninformed"?? n/t

[hamsterjill]

123. Oh, puhleese!

He could have said "pretty please", too. Good grief!

[ooglymoogly]

130. For some folks grovelling is requred de rigueur. nt

[paparush]

109. I gotta say, I love the fire. I love the message. And he's absolutely right.

Fox supports the war on the middle class.

The ruling 1% DOES NOT WANT an educated, financially independent, middle class. Such a middle class does bothersome things like organize and demand legislation to restrain monopoly and protect the planet.

[ooglymoogly]

113. Now thats what I'm talkin bout. kr nt

[snappyturtle]

115. Hoffa made me proud too! Hope he keeps it up until the idiot class understands

what's at stake. I'm crossing my fingers that we hear some tough rhetoric out of the president tonight to put the right wingers on notice that there actually is some change coming that I can believe in. :woohoo:

[Zorra]

116. He's got spine. He should primary Obama.

At least we know for sure that Mr. Hoffa is pro-labor

[samsingh]

117. good for him - another hero is emerging

spread the word that fox news is anti-worker.

considering many of their audience are probably workers, this should hasten the demise of news corp

[tigereye]

119. about damn time- tired of mealy mouthed accomodation

of anti-worker, and basically anti-people bullshit. :woohoo: I hope to hear some more fiery rhetoric from Dems, frankly. Why put up with this crap-fight it!

[Deep13]

120. He's not a Semicrat.

Wait, I think that's mixing Latin and Greek. He's not a Demi-crat?

[hamsterjill]

124. Hoffa! Hoffa!! Hoffa!!!

He is inspiring!

[swilton]

126. Go for it!

Please stand up for the workers and us little people!

[Vidar]

127. Bravo Mr. Hoffa! Obama should take lessons from you.

[WCGreen]

128. Bravo Mr. Hoffa, Bravo....

[Erose999]

129. Fucker KKKarlson sends out worse things than Hoffa said on the DC's daily E-mail feed. GO Hoffa!

To hell with those sons a bitches!!11!!1