Obama Says Teamsters Need Less Oversight (More Fraud, Less Feds Barry?)

wall st journal ^ | 5/5/2008 | Brody Mullins and Kris Maher

[bert]

teamsters=targets

[SE Mom]

Hah! Shep just discussed this story in the context of private promises that become public to the detriment of the candidate...LOL!

[rfp1234]

His nickname-of-the-month for May shall be

"MOBAMA"!

[modest proposal]

Obama is no idiot. He hates the US and wants us to be third world too.

The people who vote for him are the morons. I think anyone who supports him should be registered as mentally handicapped and made to take remedial classes on basic thinking straight.

[Rebelbase]

"I’ll bet this makes Jimmy Hoffa rollover in his graveS."

Is that a little ripple in the turf in the foreground inzone?

[Fox_Mulder77]

The "TEAMSTERS" need LESS federal oversight,,, while the drug companies and oil companies need MORE federal oversight, regulation and taxes.

I'd point out that one of the main pillars of Obama's campaign is making a board designed to watch over Congress............ so he trusts the Teamsters more than his fellow Senators................. hmmm

He's starting to sound like Mussolini.

[AliVeritas]

Yep, loves the unions

Make sure the illegal aliens see the first one:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/24/AR2008042402668.html

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-campaign_fri.1apr25,0,2850297.story

http://prairiepundit.blogspot.com/2008/02/obamas-union-thug-diplomacy.html

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2007/06/sweet_blog_scoop_obama_funder.html

From the theorist:
http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2008/02/obama-file-14-socialist-led-mega-union.html

[Cedar]

I can’t believe he’s still a candidate after the revelations of his longtime “pastor” Wright.

[ComputerGuy]

1) Obama gets elected
2) Hoffa reappears.

[glock rocks]

NOBAMA

[newheart]

[diefree]

At the time Ron Carey looked like a good guy. I was working at JFK airport and belonged to one of the most corrupt of the Teamsters Union. I know what you mean about the lefties, these little short, sickly looking guys would show up at the meetings. One tried to introduce abortion rights as part of the TDU platform. The guy who got us involved was named Andy, he was a professor at NYU. If I recall correctly, the truck driver who started TDU was not happy with it being taken over by the left.

[Jeff Head]

NOBAMA WHO IS HUSSEIN!

[Anti-Bubba182]

On Brit Hume now!

[Elle Bee]

Sam Theodus ........ a great guy a great man ... out of Cleveland

But Sam a would never embrace or join TDU

The Federal oversite (IRB ~ the-not-so Independent Review Board) and the special prosecutors and assorted hacks have taken more money from the union coffers than any gangster ever dreamed.

the succession of overpaid empty suits (William Webster, Fred Lacey, Crandel from the UMW ... and lets not forget the Tom Puccio franchise in LU 295 or Ed Steir in 560) and their hangers-on and staffs chose to keep FBI informants like Carey and Johnny Morris in power because they dribbled information to them to avoid any heavy lifting

they're all a waste of skin and just on the gravy train for about 20 years now

all of that dues money and PAC funds become a volatile mix when you add politicians

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[Elle Bee]

Never forget:

A High Stakes Teamsters Trial - More than Carey's future hangs in the balance ~ Micah Morrison - WSJ

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[george76]

[Son House]

From;

http://www.unionfacts.com/unions/unionProfile.cfm?id=93

Teamsters (IBT)
National Headquarters
25 LOUISIANA AVENUE NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20001

Leadership
Top 10 International IBT Leaders & Staff (by Salary)
Name Title Total Compensation
James Hoffa Gen President $ 335,657
C Thomas Keegel Gen Sec-treas $ 297,583
Forrest Johnson Vp, Trd Div Dir, Intl Rep $ 208,478
Richard Bell Exec Asst To The Gst $ 190,494
Robert Bouvier Vp & Intl Rep $ 187,779
Gary Witlen Department Dir $ 186,687
Cheryl Johnson Department Dir $ 184,901
Harry Dellinger Jr. Admin. Asst To Gst $ 174,906
Philip Young Vp & Intl Rep $ 174,509
Fred Gegare Vp, Trd Div Dir, Intl Rep $ 172,375
[show all officers & salaries]

Source: Department of Labor, Office of Labor Management Standards LM filings
UnionFacts.com is committed to 100% accuracy. Please contact us with factual corrections & comments.

[stockstrader]

I thought that Obama militantly opposed 'special interest'???

I guess that the "TEAMSTERS" don't qualify as a 'special interest'!!!

But then again, according to Senator B. (whose middle name must NEVER be spoken) Obama, I guess that the American Medical Association, American Bar Association (lawyers in particular), teachers unions, steel unions, auto unions, the gay lobby, the feminist lobby, etc,,,

are NOT 'special interests'!!

Really.

[StarFan]

Hah! Shep just discussed this story in the context of private promises that become public to the detriment of the candidate...LOL!

In their quest to have Hillary as the nominee, they overlooked this little tidbit:

Finally, per Politico's Ben Smith, it seems Clinton also believes that the oversight has run its course. Here's what she said in March: "I am of the opinion that based on what I’ve seen over years of observation, this union has really done a tremendous job in turning itself around. That’s my observation. At some point the past has to be opened. If you screw up in the future, that’ll be a new day, right? That’s the way the system works. But you gotta -- you can’t go around dragging the ball and chain of the past. And I think that’s true for anybody, any organization, any individual, you know, and so I would be very open to looking at that and to saying, what is it we’re trying to accomplish here? And seeing what the answers were because at some point turn the page and go on."