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TEAMSTERS endorse Gephardt on C-SPAN now
C-SPAN
| nwrep
Posted on 08/09/2003 7:41:16 PM PDT by nwrep
Right now.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2004; endorsement; gephardt; teamsters
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posted on
08/09/2003 7:41:16 PM PDT
by
nwrep
To: nwrep
Jim Hoffa: Gephardt is the greatest candidate we have ever endorsed, since FDR!!
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posted on
08/09/2003 7:45:59 PM PDT
by
nwrep
To: nwrep
Gephardt: Hoffa is greatest champion of working families.
LOL. I thought it was supposed to be Algore.
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posted on
08/09/2003 7:48:30 PM PDT
by
nwrep
To: nwrep
This is just the formalization of the vote that occurred on Aug. 1.......
Teamsters formally endorse Gephardt Major prize in Democratic candidates pursuit of workers
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DETROIT, Aug. 9 Democratic presidential candidate Dick Gephardt formally accepted the Teamsters union endorsement Saturday, a major prize in his pursuit of the nations workers as the backbone of his campaign for next years election.
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posted on
08/09/2003 7:54:38 PM PDT
by
deport
(Country fences need to be horse high, pig tight and bull strong.......)
To: nwrep
Why is the Breaking news?
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posted on
08/09/2003 7:56:23 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: nwrep
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't they one of the few unions with a history of supporting Republicans?
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posted on
08/09/2003 8:04:55 PM PDT
by
Tabi Katz
To: nwrep
Was anyone injured?
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posted on
08/09/2003 8:11:46 PM PDT
by
dr_who_2
To: nwrep
What a loser! Geepfart won't make it past Iowa and then he'll slink back to his home in North Carolina (not Missouri) to look for his eyebrows.
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posted on
08/09/2003 8:22:10 PM PDT
by
AF68
To: nwrep
I'm a Teamster and I don't remember this issure coming up for a membership wide vote. Oh, that's right you can't vote on this and if you don't like your money going to Gephardt you have to resign from the Union to save yourself the .75 cents a month they say they spend on political stuff.
Yeah right.
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posted on
08/09/2003 8:27:55 PM PDT
by
TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
(Soccer Mom's flee the Rats for Bush in his flight suit: I call this the Moisture Factor. MF high!)
To: Tabi Katz
The Teamsters endorsed Nixon, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush, but they turned leftward with Ron Carey as president of the union.
I've never been in a union (my father has), but I've never understood why they are so enamored with big government, other than that they are run by socialists and communists.
They constantly push for government run health care, but all of their members have coverage in their contracts. So it doesn't seem to be self-interest. It's got to be ideology.
Plus they all like to talk about how "tough" they are, but they want big government to fight all of their battles for them (through OSHA, NLRB, etc.).
To: nwrep; dix
Yeah...this makes a lot of sense. Gephardt voted against drilling in ANWR, the Teamsters were for it. So
who is pulling the strings here?
ahem...could it be Khodorkovsky? His pal George Soros just pledged $10 million to defeat Bush in 2004. Haim Saban kicked in over $10 million to knock off Republicans in 2002.
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posted on
08/09/2003 8:38:26 PM PDT
by
DPB101
To: big ern
Ya know I was just going to post something like: I guess the media believes all union members are mindless zombies that vote just what the leadership says. Don't be mad about the 75 cents, a lot more than that is being stolen from your paycheck that helps the government retain its chokehold on us.
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posted on
08/09/2003 11:12:04 PM PDT
by
vpintheak
(Our Liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain!)
To: nwrep
The
Communist Party USA seems to be undecided on their favorite Democrat candidate. Kerry, Sharpton, Mosley-Braun and Dean seem to be somewhat popular among the Communists.
To: Mannaggia l'America
I've never been in a union (my father has), but I've never understood why they are so enamored with big government, other than that they are run by socialists and communists. The prevailing idea behind unionism is that the laborer, on his own, is powerless to negotiate fair wages and treatment from his employer. It's a short step from that philosophy to the idea that the average citizen is impotent in all walks of life without the guiding hand of government.
To: nwrep
The news today showed pro impeachment folks rallying in Calif being attacked by unionists for Davis. Gotta believe these thugs were from some afl-cio union.
Support unions? Sorry, I am not a thug.
To: big ern
Is C-SPAN still on the air? I deleted it from my TV when they became the voice of the DNC. I was told by someone who still watches it that on Friday Brian Lamb seemed
SHOCKED, SHOCKED to see that the Republican lines were all clear while the Dems had theirs loaded. Maybe, Brian, that's because you've turned your Washington Journal into
Crossfire with Carville and Begala. All Democratic propaganda all the time!
To: SouthCarolinaKit
Is C-SPAN still on the air? I deleted it from my TV when they became the voice of the DNC. I was told by someone who still watches it that on Friday Brian Lamb seemed SHOCKED, SHOCKED to see that the Republican lines were all clear while the Dems had theirs loaded. Maybe, Brian, that's because you've turned your Washington Journal into Crossfire with Carville and Begala. All Democratic propaganda all the time!
I am a C-SPAN fan, especially C-SPAN II's Book TV on the weekends. As neither Democrat,Republican, Libertarian or Communist, I do not see a lack of balence on the network. By the way the problem isn't a matter of party, the problem is the inherently criminal institution called the state.
To: nwrep
I wish c-span were off the air,it is nothing but a forum for the America and Bush haters.C-span/Commie span!
To: Mannaggia l'America
"They constantly push for government run health care, but all of their members have coverage in their contracts. So it doesn't seem to be self-interest. It's got to be ideology."
I'm inclined to agree with you. If they only cared about workers' issues, they would have rallied around Pat Buchanan with his protectionism and all. It seems unions in general (though I'd believed the Teamsters were an exception) have been taking stands on issues that have nothing whatsoever to do with the rights of their members.
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