comparing apples and pineapples is all fine and good but it makes you seem dense.
I don't see any call for a stand down by TPAw to the union rank and file in his statement do you. Does this mean TPAW hates teachers? No it means they were addressing different groups.
Palin understands, unlike you, that the the union leader's power is based on the rank and file. That the rank and file in the streets the union leadership is powerless. She called on those rank and file to not be used by the union bosses. To consider their own good instead of the union bosses.
the dems that ran away ran away for one reason. Their hope is to bring enough pressure in the form of protesters to make Walker and the GOP buckle. Palin understands what the dems are trying to do and instead of building a barricade is trying to decrease the power the dems can bring to bear......
but you know maybe that level of strategic thinking is above your level of understanding. you seem to like the concept of We good they bad....
How many times must someone tell you that this isn't about "unions and their leaders" before you get it?
The union's power doesn't come from its leadership - it comes directly from state law that allows them to hold states, counties and cities hostage through the collective bargaining process. THAT is what this fight is about.
This is about state LEGISLATORS and the initiatives they're trying to enact. I don't give a hoot if the union membership elects Bugs Bunny to represent them. It's WHOLLY immaterial. What I care about is Scott Walker and the Republican legislators passing the laws that need to be passed to save the state from financial ruin.