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Newt Gingrich Praised SEIU Head Andy Stern's Forward-Looking Vision
Newt Gingrich's own book "Real Chance: From the World That Fails to the World That Works"
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Posted on 12/13/2011 6:31:59 AM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing
I read several pages before and after this quote. I was taken aback at first. After reading the additional text, it becomes clear that he is not praising Andy Stern. He is merely pointing out that Stern “understands” the problems the unions are facing while other union leaders are oblivious. He does not condone anything or praise anyone. He just recognizes that Stern is more aware of the problems facing the unions.
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
Not to worry.
Gingrich is due to self-immolate anytime now.
He can't help himself.
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posted on
12/13/2011 6:46:32 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Holding our flawed politicians to higher standards than the enemyÂ’s politicians guarantees they win)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
Is there more to the quote than that? What's the drift of the entire chapter? After all, the book came out in 2007, so was probably written in 2006. It was published by Regnery -- if that's the tone of the book, hard to see why they would have accepted it or why their editors wouldn't have done something.
One sentence pulled out of context seems a frail reed to lean on!
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posted on
12/13/2011 6:47:05 AM PST
by
maryz
To: Halfmanhalfamazing; cripplecreek
Hey, thanks for posting that book link within your Gingrich hatchet job!
Because now reasonable people with a brain who want to go beyond Glenn Beck sound bites and really understand the candidate can scroll UP in that e-book and see the CONTEXT of Gingrich’s quote, which is a withering attack on out-of-control unions!
In fact, the title of the section under which Beck’s out-of-context quote appears is: “An Unreformed Left Dominated By Unreformed Unions: A Codependency Of The World That Fails”.
Sounds like Newt has that about right!
Great job! Even if unwittingly so.
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posted on
12/13/2011 6:47:33 AM PST
by
Nervous Tick
(Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
Did you bother reading any of the following paragraphs? Scathing indictment of GOVERNMENT WORKERS UNIONS.
Straw man arguments and GBTV cut and paste quotes without context.
Are we conservatives wanting to outlaw private sector labor unions? Of course not.
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posted on
12/13/2011 6:48:08 AM PST
by
ecomcon
To: woweeitsme
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posted on
12/13/2011 6:49:05 AM PST
by
Hoodat
(Because they do not change, Therefore they do not fear God. -Psalm 55:19-)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
Did you take the five minutes to read the rest of the section that you linked to?
It is clear in reading it that he sees big dangers in Unionization and is opposed to such things as "Card Check"
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posted on
12/13/2011 6:49:14 AM PST
by
Michael.SF.
(When you hear hooves, think horses, not zebras.)
To: Grunthor
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
I will support Newt over Romney, but don’t ask me to be happy about it. I’m still hoping somebody beside Ron Paul surges or an acceptable outsider jumps in.
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posted on
12/13/2011 6:49:51 AM PST
by
umgud
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The left attacks those who they fear.The left has been attacking Glen Beck pretty severely for quite some time. Now we see why.
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posted on
12/13/2011 6:51:03 AM PST
by
Hoodat
(Because they do not change, Therefore they do not fear God. -Psalm 55:19-)
To: All; Halfmanhalfamazing
More from the source:
"As the unions have become less and less competitive in seeking members, and as unionized companies have become less and less able to flourish in a free market, their leaders have turned to an overtly political strategy of seeking and holding on to power in the narrowest sense. For union membership, those they can't persuade to join, they intend to coerce. For industries that supply union jobs but that can't deliver goods and services competitively, they seek to make monopolies without competition. What they can't earn in the marketplace they intend to win through political power and government control."
Agreed.
To: iontheball
Are these the only alternatives in this primary???
We still have Bachmann. She is not backing down one bit right now.
OTOH, issues with unions:
1) Government Unions should be outlawed completely. 2) No union should be able to make it contractually impossible to fire an employee.
Other than that, if unions were gone entirely, would businesses begin to disrespect their employees again?
And I am not sure where he is getting the cheering for unions overseas stuff.
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posted on
12/13/2011 6:51:53 AM PST
by
Eagle of Liberty
(Shaking My Head on a daily basis)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
Let’s see the quote in context. Karl Marx had an insight into the challenges of the Industrial Revolution, that doesn’t mean that his answers were right.
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posted on
12/13/2011 6:52:18 AM PST
by
Lou Budvis
(Newt/Marco '12)
To: Lazamataz
Yes, and a whiter shade of pale at that.
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posted on
12/13/2011 6:55:06 AM PST
by
OKSooner
(Today's new tagline. Tomorrow's new tagline pending.)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing; All
More from the source:
"For the government employee, the government-financed unions, and the trial lawyers, however, political power leading to legislative power is a matter of life and death. Thus over the last three decades there has been a steady growth of union and trial lawyer investment in politics and politicians. Ironically, the number of Americans who voluntarily join a union has been shrinking as union political power has been growing."
Agreed.
To: Lou Budvis
>> Lets see the quote in context.
Click on the link in the original post, and you can: it takes you to a scrollable e-book.
You will be pleasantly surprised. :-)
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posted on
12/13/2011 6:56:36 AM PST
by
Nervous Tick
(Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
To: Rational Thought
“Contrary to the MSM talk, this isnt just a two person race.”
According to every poll I’ve seen; it is. The closest candidate to Newt and Romney is insane.
We’re f’d.
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posted on
12/13/2011 6:56:42 AM PST
by
Grunthor
(We dont LOVE Newt - heck we barely even like him. He's just the best of a rotten bunch)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
Beck just said to google Newt Gingrich and cass Sunstein here’s the first one I got:
October 02, 2011
WHY GINGRICH TARGETS OBAMA’S CZARS
By Sharon Sebastian - Website: www.DarwinsRacists.com
Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich vows that his first action, were he elected president, would be to sign executive orders eliminating Barack Obama’s vast cadre of unelected Czars. With the stroke of a pen, Gingrich would strike down Obama’s politburo consisting of 39 power-laden czars that make up the president’s shadow-government that threatens America’s prosperity, freedoms and sovereignty. Gingrich’s fixation on Obama’s Czars reveals the depth of understanding of the danger they pose to America and the personal freedoms of Americans. A review of Obama’s vast array of Czars and advisers reveals a handpicked collection of self-admitted Socialists, Marxists, Environmentalists and Globalists.
(I don’t know what to think anymore.)
To: VanDeKoik
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posted on
12/13/2011 6:57:12 AM PST
by
Rockiette
(Democrats are not intelligent)
To: iontheball
Notice Cain hasnt endorsed anyone yet.keep the volume on your news channel turned up today - jus' saying
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posted on
12/13/2011 6:57:12 AM PST
by
maine-iac7
(A prudent man foreseeth the evil,... but the simple pass on, and are punished. Prov 23:3 KJV)
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