Comments on: McCain: Employee Free Choice Act Is A ‘Threat’ To ‘Democracy’

By: IBTunion4obama

IBTunion4obama — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:44:44 +0000

McCain has it all wrong. It’s anti-democratic to deny workers the right to organize and to have the corporate bosses stand by the workers when they’re voting on a union, trying to intimidate them. It’s anti-democratic to deny workers a good days pay, pension, and health benefits. McCain is a serious disaster.

By: christopher wiwi

christopher wiwi — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:07:26 +0000

Constant Weader, nicely said, I am a union man and without my union I would be a lot less fortunate than I am now, I have a good decent wage and bene`s which guys like Mcwars and company don`t want us to have.He so out of touch with middle and low income Americans it`s disgusting.He doesn`t know anything about protecting democracy since he is a warmongering conservative who wants to limit our civil liberties to keep us safe.The Noble Lie will not work anymore on us “Joe six packs and Joe the plumbers.

By: Constant Weader

Constant Weader — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:27:10 +0000

Okay, so McCain thinks citizens voting and workers getting representation & fair wages are “threats to our democracy.” I guess I see these more as threats to our oligarchy. Please see the “must-read” at the top of the center column of RealityChex.com at http://www.realitychex.com to see how McCain comes by his fascinating “traditionalist” philosophy.

By: Perry logan

Perry logan — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:20:03 +0000

Is this the “best material” the McCain-Palin camp was saving for the end?

By: ucsbclassics53

ucsbclassics53 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:23:55 +0000

Now wingnuts are worried about the secret ballot and the integrity of our election process? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

By: Bozo The Neoclown

Bozo The Neoclown — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:55:31 +0000

So the party of outsourcing and bailing out CEO’s making 20 million a year is now worrying about the working man? that’s rich

By: the Lone Voice of Reason

the Lone Voice of Reason — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:41:56 +0000

Walmart’s backing Blinky and Winky?

Guess Blinky doesn’t approve of Labor Day either.

By: sectionop92

sectionop92 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:13:08 +0000

McCain should have just had a screen crawl that said “I heart big business”. Seriously, the man couldn’t be any more of a union buster who’d like the Walmart model to be an economic model that’s enforceable by a backdoor law.

This man and his backstabbing running mate go out with a straight face and scream that Barack Obama misleads Americans?! McCain is a shining example of how karma can kick your arse when you sellout to the devils you battled against in your own backyard. And he needs to be the one to forever stop the monster that is Othello Palin.

By: Max-1

Max-1 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:05:49 +0000

For nealy 100 years, Unions have been the bread and butter to improving the working conditions and now McAntiunion has something against them… Hummmmmm!

By: straighttalkonmccain

straighttalkonmccain — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:53:32 +0000

As it is, a union organizer can go to your house now and ask if they can sign you up for the union. Nothing wrong with that. McCain seems to have a fundamental miisunderstanding about what this act would even do. http://straighttalkonmccain.blogspot.com/

By: danprager

danprager — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:48:03 +0000

I put the points made in this blog post into a map structure to get some clarity: http://hive.austhink.com/hive/map/uo11ik/

What’s immediately clear is that McCain doesn’t exactly have a detailed and well-thought-out argument about the Employee Free Choice Act – at least, not as presented to CNBC! Good points, Terkel and co.

By: EugeneDebs

EugeneDebs — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:21:38 +0000

I have a good life largely because I have a Union Job. We need to promote Unionism and this is a good first step. Notice the right is ALWAYS for big business banding together to promote THEIR interests but when people especially workers do the same they become apoplectic

By: spyder

spyder — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:14:43 +0000

Yeah, but you know; all us union folks are communo-socialist-anarchists bent on destroying the fabric of democracy by asking for a fair return on our labor. Only subservient stupid scum would acquiesce in bending over forwards and backwards to be screwed by capitalist pigs right????

By: jb

jb — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:13:50 +0000

McCain should join the union for privileged rich white smart a$$es…..Oh yeah that’s the GOP. Son of an Admiral, dumped first wife for rich, rich, rich heiress…..who better represent the interests of the wealthy elite?

By: dasm

dasm — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:42:56 +0000

Choice is a threat to democracy. Now that’s really laughable.

By: RUCerious

RUCerious — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:36:37 +0000

We don’t have to ask why McIIIrd hates American workers.

A. They work. He doesn’t.

B. He’s a management shill, married to a CEO.

C. He’s never really worked a goddamn day in his life since his military career went in the shitter.

Muck you FcIIIrd!

By: paleolib

paleolib — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:31:57 +0000

So much for Governor Mooseburger’s talk about how much she and Todd just loooove them some unions. I’d say Uncle Nutzi pulling his William McKinley impression just put another nail in the Pennsylvania coffin.

By: dyricci

dyricci — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:21:06 +0000

What I meant to say was:

“Joe the Plumber” isn’t actually a licenced plumber, remember?
So he couldn’t be a member of the plumbers’ union…

By: dyricci

dyricci — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:18:25 +0000

LibertyLover Says:
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Hmmm…. to Joe the Plumber: don’t you belong to the plumber’s union?”

“Joe the Plumber” isn’t actually a licenced plumber, remember? So he couldn’t be a member of the plumbers’ union…

By: pete

pete — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:01:36 +0000

I was wondering why the wingnuts were screeching about “secret ballots”. Thanks TP.