Coal Miners Union In Full Revolt After Supporting Obama In 2008

Daily Caller ^ | 2:45 PM 08/02/2014 | Michael Bastasch

[Olog-hai]

It’s unlikely that United Mine Workers of America president Cecil Roberts thought he would be arrested protesting the energy policies of the very politician his union supported in 2008. But things have come full circle for coal miners, who now see President Obama’s climate agenda threatening their livelihoods.

Roberts and other UMWA members were arrested Thursday marching through Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, towards the federal building the Environmental Protection Agency was holding field hearings for a new rule that could very well force more coal mines and plants to shut down. …

[Olog-hai]

Too late now, suckers.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Cue Bruce Willis’ “Welcome to the Party Pal” Die-Hard pic.

[x1stcav]

What dummies.

They couldn’t see this back in ‘08?

[trisham]

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[Chickensoup]

Didn’t these stupid people listen to Obama say that he was going to eliminate jobs and coal fired plant? He said that a long time ago.

How stupid can you be to vote against your interests?

[gaijin]

Because of their tough lot I consider it bad luck to wish ill on miners, but Obama was ABUNDANTLY clear about his hostility to their industry:

“We won’t disallow you from mining coal —we’ll just put you out of business…”

Could there be any doubt even at that early point THAT HE MEANT IT?

Yet Obama carried Pennsylvannia in a squeakier:

THEY DESERVE ALL THE EVIL NOW BEFALLING THEM.

That particular apple had DEVIL written alll over it.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

They don’t need to worry. Will be replaced with illevals, soon! All is well! /s

[Vendome]

Whatever...fags.

Instead of bitchin about your boy king, why don’t get training in a new field and take care of your families.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

“illegals” ^^^^^

[eyedigress]

Whatever. Stupid is as stupid does.

Obama told them he would shut them down.

[HiTech RedNeck]

But you’ll just LOOOOOOVE it on the New Obama Welfare.

[HiTech RedNeck]

One of the few promises he kept

[HiTech RedNeck]

Fags in the older sense, i.e. a servile patsy.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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Sure, most here at Free Republic feel the same way ...

But it's still important that these "low-information-voters" are finally getting it.



The Democrats (not the "bastard" Obama, mind you) KNOW that they're REALLY screwed.



Just wait until October 2014 ...

when all those "innocent" American school-kids are getting semi-lethal diseases from those "Trojan Horse" illegal alien "orphans" ...

and their parents and grand-parents are freaked-out over the sickness and hospital bills.

Those same parents and grandparents will want to "hang" the Democrat-RINO political whores who've spawned that medical nightmare.



This will be the political equivalent of the movie "There will be Blood".


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[stevem]

They have exactly what they voted for.

[CGASMIA68]

same with CWA (telco dummies)

[Bratch]

It’s about as idiotic as the UAW supporting Al (I-want-to-abolish-the-internal-combustion-engine) Gore.

[freeangel]

Actions have consequences and history will record the coal minors as being fools and sheeple. They get what they deserve and unless they are willing to go to DC to tar and feather the LIAR in chief the they deserve to be out of work. They can explaing their circumstances to their children whom they have just beaten into slavery.

[fhayek]

Yeah, no sympathy here. Obama SAID that he wanted to shut down coal.

[HiTech RedNeck]

They figured, in the political chess game, their bread was buttered better with Democrats, no matter what those particular Democrats actually said.

Unfortunately, this time, that was a miscalculation. Obama was a bridge too far.