Has anyone read about Bill Clinton's loathsome attack on the labor movement in his zest to protect his special friend Blanche Lincoln?
CNN has excerpts from the speech (gag alert) from: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...
"An impassioned Bill Clinton campaigned for Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s re-election on Friday, telling voters the Democrat "has worked her heart out" on behalf of Arkansas in the Senate.
And, using very harsh words, Clinton accused national labor unions campaigning for Lincoln’s opponent, Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, of trying to manipulate Arkansas voters to "terrify" other Democrats in Congress into cowering to union demands."
How. Dare. He:
Reading from a Washington Post article that quoted a national labor union leader saying that forcing Lincoln to "fight this kind of fight" might make other senators "think twice about it," Clinton said that national labor unions had decided to make Lincoln "the poster child for what happens when a Democrat crosses them."
"In other words, this is about using you and manipulating your votes to terrify members of Congress and members of the Senate from other states," Clinton told the crowd. "Now if you want to be used that way, have at it."
SNIP
"If you want to be Arkansas’ advocate, vote for somebody who will fight for you. Vote for Blanche Lincoln," he added.
Clinton summed up the tough tactics from unions as "Washington games."
SNIP
Alan Hughes, president of the Arkansas chapter of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) blasted any notion that the national arms of the labor groups mandated a decision to oppose Lincoln.
"We’ve made those decisions, our union members here in Arkansas made those endorsements and sent those endorsements to the national level," Hughes said."They felt like they’ve been talking to a deaf ear," he said, charging that Lincoln is not sufficiently listening to union members. ...It’s about workers having a voice," Hughes cites Lincoln’s voting record as a reason for union workers to oppose her.
FOR SHAME BILL CLINTON. Kossacks, step it up for Bill Halter; I intend to. Let's send that shameful Bill a message.