The Uniformed Firefighters Association (UFA) is the local for the NYFD. These are the guys that risked there lives on 9/11. More than 300 died trying to save others.
These are the same folks that endorsed George Bush over John Kerry, George Bush over Al Gore. These are the same folks who endorsed Rudy in 1993 and 1997. They worked the phone banks for Rudy, walked the precincts, etc.
You consider that scum?
Scum only to those who consider Rudolph, the arrogant, ignorant liberal loving candidate as qualified to be President because he made a 9/11 speech. To the rest of us, they are 9/11 heros not speakers.
The ones who died aren’t around anymore. A guy is not automatically a hero just because he’s a firefighter.
Nor does he necesarily have good political judgment, nor does he necessarily look beyond his selfish, parochial interests.
Union activism is often highly unrepresentative of the members’ views. I’m not attacking the general membership of this union. I’m attacking those leaders and activists in the union who will be trashing Rudy for trivial and mean-spirited reasons. Don’t swallow the Democratic line that the bosses of the unions (and those who follow their line) are the same as the general membership, or that the members are the same as their leaders.