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***** By Jennifer Skalka

The AFL-CIO is dropping a tough mailer in PA today noting that while John McCain's war service is admirable, his political views -- on the Bush tax cuts, NAFTA and overtime pay, in particular -- are out of sync with the needs and values of working Americans.

"John McCain? War hero? Absolutely," the mailer reads. "Voice for working families? No way."

The piece has been sent so far this cycle to more than 400,000 swing voters, notably those much-courted Reagan Democrats living in OH, WI, MI and MN. The mailer features a photo of Jim Wasser, a Navy vet who served with John Kerry in Vietnam and was active in 2004 in countering efforts to muddy the Democratic nominee's war record.

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“AFL-CIO slams McCain”

Well at least he’s got THAT in his favor...

Surprise surprise!
The AFL-CIO will support one of the two Marxists ra^ther than a mere liberal for the Presidency.

AFL-CIO doesn’t like McCain?

Maybe he has some more redeeming qualities than I first thought...

How would these 20th century dinosaurs know anything about “working people”? They are losing dupes...er members by the thousands every week.

Oh and bang up job on using union “power” to get Obummer over the top in PA! /sarcasm

They are right about NAFTA at least.

"The AFL-CIO is... noting that... on the Bush tax cuts, -- are out of sync with the needs and values of working Americans."

Oh good Lord! Do these fools really believe that Bush only gave tax cuts to the rich? The ENTIRE federal income tax rate was reduced and the child credit raised from $500 to $1000 per child.

Idiots! Let the Bush tax cuts expire and watch your paycheck shrink as we go back UP to the year 2000 federal income tax rate.

Don’t you people have a strike to go to, some company you want to drive overseas or some little kid at a GOP rally you need to terrorize??

"Well at least he’s got THAT in his favor..."

Yes, I like him better already.

"They are losing dupes...er members by the thousands every week."

It's hard to pay dues when you force the plant to shut down and your unemployment has run out.

According to Cil. Day, his roomate at teh Hanoi Hilaton, McCain clung to God and the hope that one day he’d be able to pick up a gun again during his stressful time as a guest of the Viet Cong. I can IMAGINE what his thoughts were about his captors, who were “different” from him. According to Obama’s criteria, that quilifies McCain as a voice for the working people.

It’s typical of the AFL-CIO to blame politicians — ANY politician! — for the ‘forcing overseas of American jobs’ when it can’t POSSIBLY be due to overinflated union pay scales, no siree. [/s]

Until there are more tenable ways to reign in corporate greed, AFL-CIO better learn to BOHICA like the rest of us.

Why are these people so against tax cuts? Working class people have gotten tax cuts, too. How are they benefitted by taking more money out of their wallets?

Col. Day, Hanoi Hilton. Today I need an extra port of coffee...

They await the Glorious Revolution and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat and the Workers' Paradise which will result. Sadly, that wasn't sarcasm. It's true. Marxists to the core, they destroy their own jobs in an effort to get "their share" of the profits. Unions haven't always been like that. Once, they were a necessity. That time passed in the 1970's.

and the rank and file will vote for McCain in droves rather than B. Hussein Obama.

Don’t forget the unbelievable retirement plans they get guaranteed in their contracts due to their threats to thut down the plants.

THUT??? ARGH, argh, argh, argh, argh....

So does the AFL-CIO mailer point out that Hillary fought against Wal-Mart becoming unionized while she served on its Board of Directors?!

...thought not.

I know. My son-in-law is an AFL-CIO working for a GMC affiliate. Our daughter is an insurance collector and always complains how much less she earns for much more difficult work.

Don’t forget Stalin and Lenin. You can find pictures of these guys in AFL-CIO headquarters.

I hope your son in law is greatful for the job for as long as it lasts. Lately, the formerly bright prospect of working at a GM plant long enough to retire at all, let alone with a fat retirement plan has dimmed considerably.

Related thread: Longshoremen back to their Commie Roots

AFL-CIO slams McCain...

In other news, oceans contain salt...

Greatful that it helps pay child support for his two kids. He’s a good dad. Worried, all the time. He’s very tight-fisted...usually, although he has a male’s weakness for certain toys... ;op

"They are right about NAFTA at least."

THAT is the funniest post I've read in AGES! They're LYING about NAFTA.Important information at the source.

The AFL-CIO's call for amnesty means more union members! Join to stop unscrupulous employers abusing undocumented workers! Throughout the history of this country, immigrants have played an important role in building our nation and its democratic institutions. New arrivals form every continent have contributed their energy, talent and commitment to making the USA and the American union movement richer and stronger. Newly arriving workers continue to make indispensable contributions to the strength and growth of our unions, benefitting all workers. The AFL-CIO believes the current system of immigration enforcement in the United States is broken and needs to be fixed. Undocumented workers should be provided permanent legal status through a new amnesty program. They should have full workplace rights in order to protect the labor interests of all American workers.

Cant say I’m surprised, but this is more RAT lies.

The mailer claims that McCain said “Economics is something I never really understood.”

That’s not what he said. They left off the rest of the sentence. He said “Economics is something I never really understood as well as I should.”

He still understands it a lot better than the two RAT candidates who said they will raise the capital gains tax even though that means less revenue.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t cheap labor from immigrants one of the reasons labor unions were started in the first place? To protect against slave labor and child labor?

"Greatful that it helps pay child support for his two kids. He’s a good dad. Worried, all the time. He’s very tight-fisted...usually, although he has a male’s weakness for certain toys... ;op"

Good for him. Every boy's gotta have toys, LOL. My son is the same way. And also tight with money. He NEEDS a good job like that to support his current family and pay that child support. With custody settlements the way they are, she's probably getting the better part of what he earns.

One of the reasons yes. That’s what I always heard. I donno what taking down Saddam has to do with protecting against child and slave labor though.

I’m sure this is the brazillionth time this reply has been posted, but, that’s an endorsement IMHO.

“AFL-CIO slams McCain” and the sun came up this morning, what’s the point?