Wall Street successfully funded Obama's first presidential bid as
labor leaders tried to stay "in the game" by throwing hundreds of
millions of dollars into the election, money that Obama didn't need. It turned
out to be a completely wasted investment for labor, though nobody in
a leadership position has yet to admit it.
Now they are making the exact same mistake, though in more dire
conditions for working people in general and the labor movement
specifically. Labor leaders' denial of Obama's anti-labor record is not sustainable,
they will be eventually be forced to recognize reality and denounce their beloved
President Obama as a betrayer of his promises, but not before wasting hundreds
of millions of more dollars in dues money.
During the past year the AFL-CIO began a pilot program running
labor union candidates for office on the Democratic Party ticket. Instead
of trying to repair a sinking ship, labor should instead abandon the
Democratic Party and run its own candidates as independents; the local
and national levels, including for President. They could run on a platform
labor leaders tried to stay "in the game" by throwing hundreds of
millions of dollars into the election, money that Obama didn't need. It turned
out to be a completely wasted investment for labor, though nobody in
Now they are making the exact same mistake, though in more dire
conditions for working people in general and the labor movement
specifically. Labor leaders' denial of Obama's anti-labor record is not sustainable,
they will be eventually be forced to recognize reality and denounce their beloved
President Obama as a betrayer of his promises, but not before wasting hundreds
of millions of more dollars in dues money.
During the past year the AFL-CIO began a pilot program running
labor union candidates for office on the Democratic Party ticket. Instead
of trying to repair a sinking ship, labor should instead abandon the
Democratic Party and run its own candidates as independents; the local
and national levels, including for President. They could run on a platform
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