There’s also the little matter (not mentioned by the NYT) of SEIU’s connection to ACORN (remember those guys?):
According to the most recent Department of Labor [2007] financial disclosures, the ACORN-founded SEIU Local 880 in Illinois:
* Paid $191,820 in fees and expenses to Citizens Consulting, Inc. in New Orleans, a legal and lobbying firm run by ACORN founder Wade Rathke
* Paid another $31,745 to “CCI Legal”
* Paid $92,006 to “ILLINOIS ACORN WNB”
* Sent $181,366 to the Chicago Organizing Support Center (another stone in the ACORN pyramid)
And Obsama just gave them 5 billion of our money.