Posted on 07/02/2011 7:50:30 AM PDT by SanFranDan
Vice President Joe Biden credits organized labor with helping him win a U.S. Senate seat and the vice presidency. Now he’s looking for Teamster support to return him and President Barack Obama to the White House in 2012.
Biden visited Las Vegas on Friday to speak to thousands of members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters who gathered at Paris Las Vegas for their annual convention.
Biden said his speech wasn’t supposed to be political but nevertheless warned, “Don’t come to me if you (vote Republican). You’re on your own, Jack.”
In fact, Biden’s speech was the definition of political. He ticked off a list of policies the Obama administration has fought for to help unions and strengthen the middle class and blasted GOP opposition as arrogant and elitist.
“Your logo is the horse’s head,” he told the Teamsters. “Their logo should be the other end.”
Biden said the GOP believes in concentrating power and wealth in the hands of a chosen few, while Democrats support opportunity for all. He warned the Teamsters that Republicans had launched the most direct assault on unions since the 1920s.
“They think you don’t even know what’s in your best interests. They’ve convinced themselves they know best. You’re the only thing that stands between the barbarians at the gate and them taking over,”
Biden was clearly trying to parlay his popularity with labor into support for his and Obama’s 2012 campaign. They’ll need it: The administration has faltered in polls recently.
SNIP
“This is about jobs — jobs you can raise a family on.” Audience members rose to their feet. Biden’s voice grew louder. Patriotic music piped into the room.
“We will restore America, so help me God,” Biden shouted into the microphone as he exited the stage. The Teamsters cheered.
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I thought we weren’t supposed to fly off to Las Vegas for business purposes. Oh! It is a democrat, left leaning, union organization - never mind, no problem!
It’s only a problem when private enterprise fly their jets to Las Vegas. They are trying to get out of the gates.
Pray for America
Extortion for political favors and acceptance of bribes. If any one of us did this and were caught we would go to jail. Biden just confessed to it and he is appluded. Church calls DC "Mordor on the Potomac". Personally I think it would have to improve to become Mordor.
Headline should read,”VP Biden Threatens Union Members In Las Vegas” And they liked it.
"Many of the trip’s expenses cannot be obtained with specificity, including the cost of local transportation for the first lady, Secret Service protection, the care and feeding of staffers, and pre-trip advance work done by administration officials in South Africa."
"But it is possible to estimate some of these costs and put a price tag on one of the major expenses – her transportation to and from southern Africa and her trips between cities there."
Obama off to fund raisers this past week using AF1 as his office, an enormous cost to raise his billion and now the Obama's are off to Martha's Vinyard replete with outside family and an army of body guards to house etc. I don't think the American taxpayer ever envisioned entertaining their president and family in such a grand manner - Harry and Bess Truman understood what their mission was and it wasn't to enrich themselves.
The gaffe master, he always gets away with it, he is such a fool, the foolish excuse him.
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