(2007-09-25) — Democrat Presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton today said that while she supports the right of union workers to strike “in principle”, GM employees should “get back to work immediately to ensure that my campaign has plenty of cash to defeat the party of big business in 2008.”
“While G.M. suffers the loss of 12,000 cars per day,” said Mrs. Clinton, “Democrat political candidates are potentially hardest hit by the work stoppage. I’m asking our comrades in the United Auto Workers to return to the factories to ensure the uninterrupted flow of campaign contributions through November 2008.”
If the GOP should recapture the White House or Congress, she added, the U.A.W. could immediately resume the strike.
26 responses so far ↓
1 ACHefty // Sep 25, 2007 at 10:02 am
Think like Reagan. Think PATCO!
2 random // Sep 25, 2007 at 10:08 am
How relevant are unions?
3 random // Sep 25, 2007 at 10:18 am
How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat?
4 random // Sep 25, 2007 at 10:30 am
Get back to work need the money.
5 Roguet55 // Sep 25, 2007 at 10:33 am
Being an ex-union person, I feel they are seriously out of touch!
What sense does it make to further saddle a company that is stuggling with survival in our “Global” economy.
They owe more to 366000 or so retired workers that are sucking them down the tubes from promise wrested from them when things were much better. Not that they don’t need to honor that promise! But get real see the light! Unions time has come and gone in my opinion.
6 boberinyetagain // Sep 25, 2007 at 10:41 am
12,000 a day?
That # amazes me! Counting my ignorant youth (insert you own joke here) I have bought a total of 2 new vehicles in 52+ years and unless I hit the lottery it will never happen again.
This is one mfg out of many making 12,000 a day! Who is buying these things? (any of them)
7 boberinyetagain // Sep 25, 2007 at 10:46 am
God Bless General Motors!
8 nylecoj // Sep 25, 2007 at 10:52 am
In regards to some comments on the previous post about having a job for life. I run a family business and virtually have a job for life it is not always a picnic be careful what you wish for.
But then again, there is that job for life thing so it is not all bad.
9 woodnwheel // Sep 25, 2007 at 10:53 am
Scott: Brilliant!
10 Darthmeister // Sep 25, 2007 at 11:07 am
Despite being a “rich, fat-cat Republican” I’ve never bought a new car. I always found stealing them is a lot cheaper.
11 RedPepper // Sep 25, 2007 at 11:13 am
It’s the Wicked Witch of the North-East !
And she’s after your silver shoes ! !
Run ! Run !
12 Darthmeister // Sep 25, 2007 at 11:13 am
BTW, all our family’s used cars are American-made unlike the typical liberal-leftists who whine about American unions and all the jobs being “exported” overseas.
Yeah, you can still buy a foreign car that’s mostly made in America (and lot of purportedly domestic cars are assembled in Canada and Mexico!), but by-and-large the union-supporting-leftists are such grand hypocrites when they drive their Camrys, Priuses and Volvos around while stomping their hankies about the plight of the American union worker.
13 Darthmeister // Sep 25, 2007 at 11:16 am
BTW, I’m a member of the GCIU union which in turn makes me a member of the Teamsters of the People’s Republic of Chicago. Yeeeeeeeaaarrrrgggghhhhh!
14 boberinyetagain // Sep 25, 2007 at 11:21 am
1993 Dodge Shadow (the much coveted “ES” model with the moonroof here)
Does it get any more American than that?
25 mpg to boot, goes to show how hard Detroit tried to squeeze better mileage out of things. They didn’t try a bit
15 antodav // Sep 25, 2007 at 11:38 am
Again, this is supposed to be satire…get back on the game, Scott!
16 antodav // Sep 25, 2007 at 11:40 am
push?
17 antodav // Sep 25, 2007 at 11:40 am
bah. bother with it then.
18 Hawkeye // Sep 25, 2007 at 11:47 am
“Democrat political candidates are potentially hardest hit by the work stoppage”…
In more ways than one. Not only does it interrupt “the flow of campaign contributions”, but it reminds people of who the biggest beneficiaries of the unions really are… that’s right, the Democratic candidates.
Hey, wait a minute! Maybe the UAW should stay on strike through the election!? Hmmmm…
19 Hawkeye // Sep 25, 2007 at 11:49 am
RedPepper #11, Funny!
20 conserve-a-tips // Sep 25, 2007 at 11:52 am
Darthmeister: Re #12
I drive a used 1998 Camry and laugh at the Union - not the plight of the Union.
21 Hawkeye // Sep 25, 2007 at 11:58 am
“It could be a long strike,” said Mark Schindler, a member of Local 659 in Flint, Mich. The UAW’s GM workers are seasoned strikers, with a 1998 walkout to its credit that temporarily shut down the automaker. “We’ve got the most prior experience against management,” Schindler said.
Funny, you think they’d brag about making the best darn automobiles money can buy, but instead… they’re proud of their experience at fighting management. Sheesh!
22 Libby Gone // Sep 25, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Limbaugh just quoted this article
23 Libby Gone // Sep 25, 2007 at 12:19 pm
I agree Hawkeye, and Ive been on both sides of that divide. I always was thankful (to God) for the ability to find AND KEEP a job I not only enjoyed but paid well. Provide the best product and or service and MAKE MONEY. What a concept!
24 Gotcha // Sep 25, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Yeah, be prepared for the site to slow way downnnnnn as it usually does when El Rushbo quotes you, Scott. I find it particularly appropriate for “Her Thighness” to use the term commrades when referring to her buds in the UAW!!
Note to Editor…I think you meant to write “…the party of big business…” n’est ce pas?
25 RedPepper // Sep 25, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Libby Gone #22: I always get a kick out of it when El Rushbo mentions Scrappleface on his show. In fact, I logged back on to see if his comment had been noted here. Good to see you’re on the case …
26 GnuCarSmell // Sep 25, 2007 at 1:48 pm
For those of Greenspan persuasion, here’s some interesting stats:
http://www.nilrr.org/files/Job-Growth%20Advantage%20-%201996-2006.pdf
From 2001 to 2006, job growth in forced dues (union) states was 1.2%, while in right-to-work (non-union)states it was 6.3%.
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