Posted on 10/11/2004 4:34:03 PM PDT by marty60
Letter To AFL-CIO President John Sweeney
Mr. John Sweeney
President AFL-CIO
815 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
October 11, 2004
Dear Mr. Sweeney:
Over the past several weeks, acts of violence and vandalism have occurred at Republican and Bush-Cheney campaign headquarters across the country. In addition to the injuries, property damage and disruption associated with these acts, these events have created a threatening and intimidating atmosphere abhorrent to our democratic process.
On October 5th, according to news reports, witnesses, police reports and admissions of your members, the AFL-CIO, as part of a national strategy, protested at more than a dozen of our campaign and party headquarters across the country. In many locations, the protestors attempted to enter, or entered, campaign or party facilities. As one protestor said, "Actually, we're storming into an office." In Orlando, Florida, injuries and damage were sustained. Protestors forced their way into the facility, fracturing the arm of one staffer, and vandalized the office. In Michigan, protestors entered a headquarters and engaged in activities apparently intended to disrupt volunteers trying to make phone calls.
Protests by your organization come on the heels of several other incidents at Bush-Cheney '04 offices around the country, including a break-in at our Seattle office where laptop computers were stolen from the Washington State Bush-Cheney ’04 executive director and the state Republican Party 72-hour director. Just last night in Canton, Ohio, a Bush-Cheney '04 staffer was forced to lock herself in an office while another break-in was in progress. The facility was seriously damaged and property was stolen. Additionally, gun shots have been fired into Bush-Cheney '04 offices in West Virginia, Florida and Tennessee, windows broken in West Virginia and campaign staffers threatened. In Wisconsin, a supporter of the President had a swastika burned into his front yard simply because he had a Bush-Cheney '04 lawn sign. We urge your support in helping us ensure the safety of all individuals working on our campaign and others as we are making every effort to secure the safety of all participants in the political process.
I hope you will put an end to protest activities that have led to injuries, property damage, vandalism and voter intimidation. We will hold you and your organization accountable for the actions of your members and urge you to immediately discontinue any coordinated protest efforts that result in damage to our facilities, or injury to people who may hold different political views than your members, but who share an equal right to be involved in the political process without suffering violence, intimidation and threats.
Respectfully,
Gov. Marc Racicot, Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign Chairman
I loathe today's unions. If their leadership had any kind of integrity this wouldn't have happened in the first place.
Pray for W and Our Troops
After Bush is elected, I hope that the feds dust off the RICO act and go after the AFofL CIO as this sounds like racketering and corrupt organization practices. If this had happened to a black politician, I am sure that the NAACP would have wanted a federal civil rights lawsuit filed immediately. This is a denial of constitutional rights and the AFofL CIO should be held accountable.
Hope Marc is not waiting on a response from Sweeny.
Im afraid the violence is a diversion tactic for the voter registration drive phase of this election. Marc and company better insure that fraudulent voter registration efforts by the dems are held in check...somehow.
On election day, the goal of Sweeny's goons will be to harass and intimidate the Repub lawyers and poll observers, so that the massive fraud can go unobserved.
Time to bring back the union busters.
In too many places the heavily democrat precincts are in unsafe neighborhoods so Republicans are reluctant to go there to poll watch. The heavily Republican precincts are in safer areas where people probably won't have thier cars vandalized while in the polls.
I am proud to say that I am an avid volunteer for our President's campaign, and make no mistake, the first time one of your thugs attempts to lock ME in a room, my 5'4, 120 pound little self will be unloading my Glock right between their eyes. Thanks, and have a nice day.
I loathe today's unions. If their leadership had any kind of integrity this wouldn't have happened in the first place.
Aren't these unions composed mainly of bureaucrats - Federal, State, & Local government employees??
Communist Goal of 1963 #36
36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.
The 'Rats are giving us their own multiple Spawn of Watergate. Can we pre-impeach Kerry for this?
There is nothing peace -loving about any Dumocrat. their goal is power at any cost.
Only when people stop being sheep and following these Neanderthals will progress be made.
The problem they have is they thought that the Contract with America was a fluke. That Repub control of the Legislature was some sort of anomaly. They now have realized the American people are sick of their 19th Century mentality, so it's time to go back to their roots. Violence.
Just because someone is a bureaucrat doesn't mean they aren't violent. Plenty of thugs to go around.
He can't get close to the White House. check out his supporters, the Hate-America crowd, the Communist Party, the union thugs, and last but not least, The FRENCH.
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