Posted on 09/18/2009 8:14:05 PM PDT by markomalley
Andy Stern, head of the Service Employees International Union, has just released a statement vowing not to be "silenced" by "right wing attack dogs" targeting "progressive individuals" and "community organizations." Stern, whose union has sometimes been linked with the community organizing group ACORN, which yesterday suffered an enormous blow when the House of Representatives voted 345-45 to cut off all federal funds for the organization, said his union will not be intimidated by a right-wing "backlash" that is "fierce, ugly and anti-American." Here is the full text of Stern's statement:
This is a moment of profound change for this country—from kitchen tables to town halls to the floor of the Senate, this nation is engaged in a vigorous and heated debate about how we rebuild our economy, solve our national healthcare crisis and restore the American Dream.
As has always happened when progressive change is in the air, the backlash gets fierce, ugly and anti-American. This time is no different. Right now, there is an insidious and coordinated effort on the part of the extreme right to target individuals and grassroots community groups as a way to silence the voices of women and men who have suffered the most under 8 years of right wing policies.
These extremists will attempt to shut down and shout down anyone with a different point of view.
Let’s be clear who we are talking about—call them attack dogs, call them Teabaggers, call them Glenn Beck--these are the same folks who cheered the policies that crashed our economy. Who make up lies about death panels to try to kill healthcare reform. Who scream about democracy while denying workers a voice on the job. Who target anyone who poses a threat to a status quo that for too long has rewarded greedy CEOs while leaving people who work out in the cold.
This is not the America we believe in.
Their lies, their stunts and their smears will not silence us. Glenn Beck, FOX News and their pals have demonstrated that they don’t care about what janitors, security officers, nurses, teachers, and other hardworking Americans go through each day trying to give their kids a better future. But make no mistake—these hardworking women and men will not be the next casualty of the cruel and cheap attempts of a loud and venomous minority to silence people who want to restore the American Dream.
We are going to make sure healthcare is affordable and accessible for every man, woman and child in this country. We are going to demand transparency and accountability in the financial industry. We are going to create a fair and just path to citizenship. We are going to make sure workers get a voice on the job. And we will protect our democracy by calling out those extremists who would silence the voices of women and men who work each day.
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But make no mistake—these hardworking women and men will not be the next casualty of the cruel and cheap attempts of a loud and venomous minority to silence people who want to restore the American Dream.
We are going to make sure healthcare is affordable and accessible for every man, woman and child in this country. We are going to demand transparency and accountability in the financial industry. We are going to create a fair and just path to citizenship.
We are going to make sure workers get a voice on the job. And we will protect our democracy by calling out those extremists who would silence the voices of women and men who work each day.
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"Make no mistake" ... isn't that one of 0's favorite Totus phrases?
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This is the only America. If it isn’t the one you believe in the get the hell out and find your own damn country you sorry pile of excrement.
uh....this was directed at the SEIU jerk, not the poster.
Let’s see that visitor list from the White House. If we want to know who was there before September, we have to ask for specific names. I hope Beck, Trevor or someone has a list of names to inquire about and Stern should be one of them. Let’s see how many times he visited.
Whatever floats his boat. Let’s do it.
No doubt ! The Machine certainly includes
ALL the unions in IL.
President Barack Obama brought together leaders from across the economy — including Change to Win leaders General President James Hoffa of the Teamsters, UFCW President Joe Hansen, and SEIU President Andy Stern — to discuss a subject of pressing importance: how to fix the broken health care system.
http://www.changetowin.org/connect/2009/03/obama_convenes_health_reform_s.html
“And we will protect our democracy by calling out those extremists who would silence the voices of women and men who work each day”.
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and we will protect our REPUBLIC by exposing Commie pigs like you Andy Stern.
There’s that “calling out” language — this must be where Obama gets the language that he used in his diatribe to a joint session of Congression. These people are call us to war, it would seem. Andy Stern is the biggest, stinkingest P.O.S. in the entire stinking labor movement and his “union” is riddled with corruption and crime. Where are the criminal investgations of SEIU and Andy Stern?
Why? We're making tremendous gains against them just as things are. No need for gunplay.
They're just showing their crazyness, soon they will go insane right out there in the open.
No need to shoot the insane.
FU SEIU. You are a greedy lot that profits on the backs of your workers. Slavery is against the law!
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