The title pretty much says it all, folks.
Read it and weep. I'm glad to high heaven there are less of these fuckers in the Senate come January.
Key graf:
- This is the democrats first opportunity to payoff organized labor after the election. This is a precursor to card check and other items. Republicans should stand firm and take their first shot against organized labor, instead of taking their first blow from it.
There you go. Force American workers to make less money in the middle of a recession so we can show the labor movement how tough we are.
Great fuckin' plan, geniuses. This pisses me off to no end.
Update
There was a request down below for a little more substance. To wit, I bring you Morgan Johnson, UAW President of Local 2166 (Shreveport, LA). Take it away, Morg:
"I don't know what Sen. Vitter has against GM or the United Auto Workers or the entire domestic auto industry; whatever it is, whatever he thinks we've done, it's time for him to forgive us, just like Sen. Vitter has asked the citizens of Louisiana to forgive him, " said Johnson, president of Local 2166. Otherwise, Johnson said of Vitter, it would appear, "He'd rather pay a prostitute than pay auto workers."
Clearly Vitter's preferences for screwing people aren't limited to practitioners of the world's oldest profession. Why stop there when you can screw blue collar people as well.
I was listening to Maddow last night on the radio and she had on as a guest, Steve Benen (I think). He made the point that Republicans are actively trying to depress wages in the middle of a depression in the most economically vulnerable parts of the country. This is a tire we should hang around their necks.