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Obama: ‘I’d Join A Union’
CBS News ^ | September 1, 2014

Posted on 09/02/2014 4:14:07 AM PDT by Zakeet

President Barack Obama says he’ll press Congress to raise the minimum wage in the same way he courted his wife — never taking no for an answer.

Obama brought a buoyant Labor Day message to Wisconsin, telling union members on Monday that he sees, quote, “engines are revving a little louder” in an economy coming back from a near-depression five years ago.

Now, he says, quote, “America deserves a raise.” He promises his administration will keep pushing for one.

Obama told the crowd to great applause that he would join a union for job security.

(Excerpt) Read more at washington.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: boyking; goldenchild; labor; minimumwage; obama; obamalies; obamaquotes; union
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The Meat Head is a friend of big labor, and would join a union himself ... if he ever had to do any real work.

1 posted on 09/02/2014 4:14:08 AM PDT by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

Of course Obama would join a union, if he ever had a job.


2 posted on 09/02/2014 4:15:31 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (Tagline deleted at the request of an offended FReeper.)
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To: Zakeet

“United Fudgepackers?”


3 posted on 09/02/2014 4:16:51 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: Zakeet

Yeah, “Community Organizers international”


4 posted on 09/02/2014 4:18:45 AM PDT by DeaconRed (We have a useless, clueless, gutless leader we can't get rid of for 2 more years. Unless. . . . .)
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To: Zakeet
"Obama told the crowd to great applause that he would join a union for job security." He'd damn certain fit right in, he wants everything for nothing and is lazy (not all union folks are lazy but many are stereotyped as such). Guess he also missed Walker's "Act 10" where the state workers UNION got dumped. Best thing that ever happened here in Wisconsin.
5 posted on 09/02/2014 4:19:37 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: Zakeet
"Obama told the crowd to great applause that he would join a union for job security." He'd damn certain fit right in, he wants everything for nothing and is lazy (not all union folks are lazy but many are stereotyped as such). Guess he also missed Walker's "Act 10" where the state workers UNION got dumped. Best thing that ever happened here in Wisconsin.
6 posted on 09/02/2014 4:19:37 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: Zakeet

Of course he would. He can’t do any honest work, so the only way he’d make any money is by running a protection racket.


7 posted on 09/02/2014 4:20:09 AM PDT by RWB Patriot ("My ability is a value that must be earned and I don't recognize anyone's need as a claim on me.")
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To: Zakeet

...and this is how we know unions time has come, and gone. bammy so consistently makes the wrong call, comes down on the wrong side on issues, that when he says unions are good, we now know they must be a bad thing. bammy’s approval: the kiss of death.


8 posted on 09/02/2014 4:24:43 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: Zakeet

He doesn’t know how to do anything but flap his jaw.


9 posted on 09/02/2014 4:25:12 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Zakeet

Of course unless he lives in one of the few places where unions still exist, he couldn’t join. Of course he would first need to qualify for the job that likely has skills required he doesn’t have.


10 posted on 09/02/2014 4:25:42 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12 ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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You Freepers may recall Obama's big trip to Master Lock in Milwaukee.

The Moron was walking the plant and stopped to talk with a plant employee and looked up at the banner hanging on the wall and said to the worker and people around him, "It is great to be in a union shop, especially one as old as this union is."

Pointing to the banner, he then said, "A union shop since 1848," and then he went on to talk on what that banner stood for and how important it was to display it and show union support.

Then, one of the workers pointed out to Obama that it was the flag of the State of Wisconsin which was founded in 1848!

The Dope was just about as brilliant on this jaunt to the Badger state.

11 posted on 09/02/2014 4:26:23 AM PDT by Zakeet (Fail ... deny ... blame ... golf ... distract ... lie ... repeat)
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Can anyone make this cretin sit down and shut up?

What “revving” there is no “revving” he has seen to it that there won’t be any “revving”.
America doesn’t need a “raise”...it needs an enema to wash out this jamoak and his band of fascist marxists..


12 posted on 09/02/2014 4:27:53 AM PDT by Adder (No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
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Local WISN (ABC) Milwaukee broke into programming yesterday to show AF1 landing at Mitchell - they also showed the crowd that was waiting at the Maier Festival grounds for his arrival. The stands behind the podium were filled with Union members sporting shirts with SEIU, AFSCME, and other union affiliations - maybe 40 people.

As they were waiting, they began their program with the National Anthem. Some had their right hand over their heart. But you could clearly see that at least 50% of them had their hands clasped and hanging down in front of them. Couldn't clearly see how many in the crowd were respecting the flag in the proper manner but I can't imagine it was many.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised at this given the crowd composition. Sad to see.......

13 posted on 09/02/2014 4:33:15 AM PDT by Mopp4
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To: Zakeet

Let me guess: The International Brotherhood of Bathhouse Workers - Local 420. Part of the SEIU family, comrade.


14 posted on 09/02/2014 4:34:01 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: DaveA37

Obama might want to pay attention to this Detroit journalist and the people he talked to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-g4F4_bdQw


15 posted on 09/02/2014 4:36:28 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: Zakeet
I was going to say 0 would have to have a real job to join a union but reality set in and I had a 'Wait, what?' moment--union? Real job? Riiiight.
16 posted on 09/02/2014 4:38:58 AM PDT by W. (Government: Moving at the speed of paper pushers pushing real paper, unless it benefits them)
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To: DaveA37

The whiney unions no longer run the State of Wisconsin. Thanks Gov. Walker!


17 posted on 09/02/2014 4:38:59 AM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: Tenacious 1

He would make a great unions member. He’s lazy and corrupt. Hell, he would prolly make shop steward.


18 posted on 09/02/2014 4:39:30 AM PDT by Yorlik803 ( Church/Caboose in 2016)
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To: Zakeet

He joined a union in his youth; the Soviet Union


19 posted on 09/02/2014 4:40:16 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fictional)
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To: Zakeet
Obama brought a buoyant Labor Day message to Wisconsin, telling union members on Monday that he sees, quote, “engines are revving a little louder” in an economy coming back from a near-depression five years ago.

The only revving engines that this idiot has had anything to do with were those of the serviceable used cars destroyed in the "Cash for Clunkers" mess. They drained the oil, poured in a destructive chemical and revved the engines until they seized, never to run again.

Which is exactly what he's trying to do to our entire economy, if you think about it.

20 posted on 09/02/2014 4:43:17 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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