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(CNSNews.com) – International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa Jr. was paid a base salary of $294,285 in 2010, according to the labor union’s financial disclosure forms. (snip) Hoffa’s union salary in 2010 – the most recent figures available – was $294,285. That figure rises to $368,000 if bonuses and disbursements are taken into account. Of the additional $73,715, only $7,149 was for official business, according to Labor Department records.

After yesterday’s comments against the Tea Party in which he encouraged an audience to “take those son-of-a-bitches out [of office, of course!],” Hoffa found himself in an exclusive interview with possibly the most sympathetic host to his cause he could find: Ed Schultz, who has made the plight of the working class a cornerstone of his program. Predictably, the interview played out like a minefield (no violent rhetoric intended!) for those on the right seeking more evidence against Hoffa, as the latter doubled down on his rhetoric yesterday.“We’re not backing down,” Hoffa told Schultz regarding both his comments and the...

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin (who has yet to announce her candidacy) have both come out hard against incendiary comments Teamsters union boss James Hoffa made against the Tea Party and GOP during a raucous Labor Day Rally in Detroit. <snip> In response, Bachmann, the Minnesota congresswoman told her supporters in an email: "Hoffa and his well-funded liberal allies are scared of our momentum, and will do anything to try and silence our voices. But, we won't go quietly into the night. Will you follow this link and make a donation to help me defend myself against...

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Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa is under fire for his harsh words about the Tea Party. Hoffa told a crowd in Detroit that America faced "a war on workers, you see it everywhere -- it is the Tea Party," and urged the crowd to "take these son-of-a-bitches out." Hoffa made the comments while introducing President Obama. Did Hoffa cross the line with his heated rhetoric? Share your thoughts, answer our question then click "Leave a Comment."

The White House sidestepped questions Tuesday about a labor leader’s controversial rhetoric at a Labor Day rally headlined by President Obama, dismissing the matter as “kabuki.” Press secretary Jay Carney refused to condemn Teamster President Jimmy Hoffa’s fiery remarks and pointed out that Mr. Obama was not yet on stage when Mr. Hoffa roused a crowd of union workers in Detroit by promising “war” with the tea party. “President Obama, this is your army. We are ready to march. Let’s take these sons of bitches out and give America back to an America where we belong,” Mr. Hoffa said in...

Goodbye Christina Green. Hello Jimmy Hoffa. Do you remember 9-year-old Christina, the politically-active little girl killed by a psycho gunman in Tucson, who also shot Rep. Gabby Giffords last January? At a memorial service for Christina and other victims of a shooting supposedly inspired by violent political discourse, President Barack Obama urged Americans to “make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds.” “I want us to live up to [Christina’s] expectations. I want our democracy to be as good as she imagined it,” the president said in January. But...

Goodbye Christina Green. Hello Jimmy Hoffa. Do you remember 9-year-old Christina, the politically-active little girl killed by a psycho gunman in Tucson, who also shot Rep. Gabby Giffords last January? At a memorial service for Christina and other victims of a shooting supposedly inspired by violent political discourse, President Barack Obama urged Americans to “make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds.” “I want us to live up to [Christina’s] expectations. I want our democracy to be as good as she imagined it,” the president said in January. But...

In the hours since the Jimmy Hoffa Voter Encouragement Crisis/Incendiary Rhetorapocalypse, conservative media figures have looked to the White House to provide some becalming wisdom to a shaken nation. At Tuesday’s White House briefing, ABC’s Jake Tapper asked Press Secretary Jay Carney how Hoffa’s comments fit with the President’s post-Tucson remarks in January. (Snip) Tapper began by reading President Obama’s January quote, then asked, “Did he mean that?”

Glenn Beck wonders if Jimmy Hoffa Jr. put a little too much back yesterday before getting on stage and saying "Let's take these son of a bitches out!": (VIDEO)

Teamsters President James Hoffa isn’t backing down from his Labor Day remarks, and there are very few on his side calling on him to do so. Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer says there is something to be learned from the episode. On Tuesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Krauthammer said the lack of a backlash was the latest evidence of hypocrisy from President Barack Obama’s party. “The real story is [the] cosmic hypocrisy of the Democrats,” Krauthammer said. “We had the shooting in Tucson all of a sudden that was obviously the act of a psychotic mad man…...

Incivility: Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa Jr. introduced President Obama to union hordes by declaring war on the Tea Party and offering him an army against Republicans. Why no condemnation from "The Great Uniter"? When President Obama held a rally at a sports arena in Tucson in January after a madman went on a shooting spree that maimed Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and killed a federal judge and a civic-minded 9-year-old girl, he called for "more civility in our public discourse." "We should be civil because we want to live up to the example of public servants like John Roll and...

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I believe that these comments were made by Hoffa after Obama or his advisors told Hoffa to make these comments to prevent Palin's speech on Saturday from getting any more attention. Even on talk radio, Palin's speech wasn't covered as much, because of Hoffa's comments. Secondly, Obama spoke privately about how he was annoyed that Palin's Facebook postings attracted so much attention, so Obama clearly would not have wanted her speech on Saturday to be a big topic through out the week. Thirdly, Obama tried to schedule his speech when the Republicans were going to be having a debate this...

Presidential candidate Herman Cain struck back Monday against abrasive comments made by Teamsters union President Jimmy Hoffa, Jr. attacking the tea party and congressional Republicans at a Labor Day event in which President Obama later delivered a speech. Appearing on Fox News Channel, Cain said the reason Hoffa and others resort to vitriolic rhetoric to bash conservatives is because “they have no plan, they have no ideas.” “The one reason the president and his administration don’t have an idea that’s going to work is they keep forgetting the business sector is the engine that drives growth,” Cain said. “He [Obama]...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: So everybody's wondering when is Obama gonna repudiate Hoffa? How do we know that Obama did not suggest to Hoffa that he say what he said? What do you mean repudiate? He went up there after Hoffa said what he said and basically praised him. I mean, what is this, when is Obama gonna repudiate Hoffa? Obama wrote it for Hoffa! Who the hell do you think is inspiring these sons-of-bitches anyway? Quote, unquote. Well, I mean if Hoffa can use the lingo, and if Obama can find nothing wrong with it, I mean what are we...

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Nice catch by JT. I’d forgotten about this incident from Campaign ’08, when McCain apologized for Bill Cunningham’s reference to “Barack Hussein Obama” in his intro at one of Maverick’s rallies. By comparison, not only is Hoffa not sorry for what he said, the best Carney can do by way of repudiation on Obama’s behalf is to say that no one speaks for The One (except him). Will that standard also apply to the Republican nominee next year? Of course not, but don’t expect any reporter there to challenge Carney on it later when the Democrats’ smear campaign against him/her...

And he says he's looking for 'war'...   bring it on, you Brylcreemed palooka! More at Reaganite Republican

Did Jimmy Hoffa cross the line with his heated rhetoric? No. Sometimes you have to use strong language to get your message out . I'm not sure. I know people are fired up but is calling people "terrorists" or cursing ever appropriate? Yes. President Obama should ask Hoffa to apologize. Other (post a comment).