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[Presidential Election Thread] All Hail the Liberty Rooster.
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Basically, the Unions don't want to give the DNC money to hand to Anti-Union businesses.
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"Import" a union from anothr state
There is a third option: Saying "we like the way this state is run and want to show that we support its current course".
Which by the way is going to be at least part of the story in Tampa.
Or a fourth option: "we don't really like those nasty unions, we hate them as much as the people of NC do".
Alternative presentation as: "We are not the Hippie, Union supporting Dems of yesteryear, we are patriotic american supporters of Job Creators. The Real American Heroes"
The fourth option by the way is pretty much the DNC stance for the last 30 years. The DNC has sold Unions out time and time again. If Union financial support of the DNC was a investment in the Stock Market, the SEC would be involved.
You joke, but that's what they want to do. And I think it's honestly not a bad idea.
What the Unions are pissed about isn't just that North Carolina is a Right To Work state -- it's that the convention committee had previously awarded contracts to non-union firms. That's verbotten in Democratic electoral politics usually; even in right to work states, you always contract your lit printing or services out to a labor-friendly shop.
Any time I get a Dem mailer, I look for the bug.
Good for you!
Here's a trick I learned a few years back: whenever I need something fixed in my house -- the plumbings not working, the stairs need fixing, whatever -- if I don't know how to do it myself or don't have the time, I call the nearest relevant union local and ask for a referral for a tradesman. Last time I did this, someone had tried breaking into my house and damaged the doorframe. I called a non-union subcontractor first to ask for a quote to repair the damage, and they said it would cost me about $300. The carpentered I had referred to me through CJA said he would do it for $80. I gave him an even $100 because Jesus did he ever underbid.
So, after thinking about this on the way home I decided that it's not really in the money that's bothering me. Because like a few people pointed out, it's only the DNC that they are withholding money from not candidates.
It's more that this is another instance of Dems having to herd cats. You rarely hear about a big conservative constituency withholding their support, but the Dems seem to be pissing off/disagreeing with somebody in their own party every other day. It's exhausting being the "big tent party" sometimes.
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Ed & Larry : "Doesn't matter."
I recently was gifted a thing in Steam. If it was from you, thank you very much!
Someone on Reddit made the point that if the Republicans got water on them they would melt, I think that's a good assumption.
Yep, specifically the printer union local mark. It's quite distinctive:
They're registered trademarks, so any scab shop using them are opening themselves to a world of legal hurt.
Edit: The Wobbly bug is pretty interesting:
Ed & Larry : "Doesn't matter."
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But they are a Democratic interest group. Why can't they criticize the party vocally for doing something they don't agree with? Big business and the politically connected shouldn't have a monopoly on the party's time. America already have one party who does that, it doesn't need two.
The Democrats should have thought about that when they decided to hold a convention in an anti-union state. Or at least found a solution to appease them without leaving the state, like the idea of bringing in union members from other states to be employed at the event.
Look at the shape, and consider that in normal use, it's only about a half inch long.
Edit: Here's a good article on the history and rationale for the bug.
Um, you just watched Mitt's latest fuckup, right? Because that's what happened there. It's also the same thing that produced Palin.
There are so many, you will have to be more specific.
Ed & Larry : "Doesn't matter."
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The one where he hired and fired his foreign policy specialist because he batted for the wrong team.
His campaign lost a gay staffer because they were unwilling to stand up to the faction of the party that hates gays. The Republicans are also made up of often incompatible factions (small government, Christian fundamentalists, racists, neocons, a few actual conservatives, the rich), but they do a better job coordinating/pandering/unifying-through-hate than the Democrats.
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The racist asshole GOPers won't get it. To them it wouldn't be a satire, they'd consider it validating their beliefs. Poe's Law strikes again.
I would argue that you hear about a big conservative constituency withholding their support more often, but SEE it far less often. Nobody beats the right at being whiny crybabies screaming about homogays but they still march lock-step when it comes time to vote.
Meanwhile the left, whether through being ignored or not fighting loudly will not pull the debate back to the left, but will "refuse to vote in protest" because "everyone's corrupt."
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yeah, this stuff happens on the right all the time, about stuff much less of a deal than where the convention's going to be
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He also shared a picture that compares the slavery of African Americans in the 1800s to current US tax code. He's now a lost cause to me. No point in ever trying to debate him about politics ever again.
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Go to his house and smother him with a pillow while he sleeps. Do it, for freedom.
Reality doesn't exist for them. Whatever happens, if it's good its because they were there and if it was bad it was because OBAMA
Leave it to the NYtimes to find something obvious.
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