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Firefighters’ Union Backs Away From Endorsement of Hillary Clinton
New York Times ^ | October 2, 2015 | By NOAM SCHEIBER and AMY CHOZICK

Posted on 10/02/2015 7:07:06 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee

The International Association of Fire Fighters, one of the country’s more politically powerful unions, has abandoned its initial plans to endorse Hillary Rodham Clinton for president, according to union sources.

Harold A. Schaitberger, the union’s general president, informed Mrs. Clinton’s campaign manager, Robby Mook, in a telephone call on Monday. According to a union official, Mr. Schaitberger told Mr. Mook that the executive board and rank-and-file members — the latter were recently polled — did not support a Clinton endorsement.

The early support of a cross section of unions — most prominently the American Federation of Teachers, which endorsed Mrs. Clinton in July — had been a source of strength for the Clinton campaign. But in recent weeks, as Mrs. Clinton’s numbers in some polls have sagged and she has faced an increasingly formidable challenge from Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, some labor unions appear to have had second thoughts.

The impetus for Mr. Schaitberger’s call to Mr. Mook were conversations about the endorsement at the board’s meetings in mid-September, when board members expressed interest in the possibility that Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. would join the Democratic field. . .

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TOPICS: Extended News; US: Arkansas; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2ndamendment; arkansas; banglist; clinton; election2016; guncontrol; hillaryclinton; hitlery; newyork; righttowork; secondamendment; unions

1 posted on 10/02/2015 7:07:06 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
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To: Brad from Tennessee

It seems that Hitlery isn’t getting the Coronation she thought she’d get. LOL


2 posted on 10/02/2015 7:12:43 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

I wonder if the police unions will endorse the Dems.


3 posted on 10/02/2015 7:18:22 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3344057/posts

Not only that, but Hillary spoke at a college in Florida today...but hardly anyone showed up...a few old ladies and some students.

Ubelievable.


4 posted on 10/02/2015 7:24:54 PM PDT by SE Mom (God, restore our beloved country, amen.)
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To: laplata

Wait until the sanitation workers yank her ivory throne. ;-)


5 posted on 10/02/2015 7:28:38 PM PDT by Average Al
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To: Average Al

Wait until the sanitation workers yank her ivory throne. ;-)


LOL

Or wait until we see pictures of her pulling latrine duty in prison. I’d pay to see that. :)


6 posted on 10/02/2015 7:32:35 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

I predict Bernie has a Serious medical condition in the near future....


7 posted on 10/02/2015 7:33:14 PM PDT by Popman (Christ alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
Even Hillary is not fascist/communist enough for them.

Heavy Hitters: Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2014
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php
American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees $60,949,129 [Democrat] 81% [Republican] 1%”

Leviathan (Uncle Sam employs more people than you think)
National Review ^ | 02/03/2011 | Iain Murray
"...nearly 40 million Americans employed in some way by government."


8 posted on 10/02/2015 7:47:46 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Shaightburger? I wonder what this liberal assclown ‘s nickname is?


9 posted on 10/03/2015 8:22:29 PM PDT by Newtoidaho (Sprinkles are for winners.)
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