Posted on 09/22/2009 6:58:28 AM PDT by tcrlaf
Statement of Andy Stern, President of SEIU
WASHINGTON DC--Andy Stern, President of the Service Employees International Union, issued the following statement today regarding recent attempts of right wing extremists to silence working families by attacking progressive individuals and community organizations:
"This is a moment of profound change for this country--from kitchen tables to town halls to the floor of the Senate, this nation is engaged in a vigorous and heated debate about how we rebuild our economy, solve our national healthcare crisis and restore the American Dream.
"As has always happened when progressive change is in the air, the backlash gets fierce, ugly and anti-American. This time is no different. Right now, there is an insidious and coordinated effort on the part of the extreme right to target individuals and grassroots community groups as a way to silence the voices of women and men who have suffered the most under 8 years of right wing policies.
"These extremists will attempt to shut down and shout down anyone with a different point of view.
"Let's be clear who we are talking about--call them attack dogs, call them Teabaggers, call them Glenn Beck--these are the same folks who cheered the policies that crashed our economy. Who make up lies about death panels to try to kill healthcare reform. Who scream about democracy while denying workers a voice on the job. Who target anyone who poses a threat to a status quo that for too long has rewarded greedy CEOs while leaving people who work out in the cold.
"This is not the America we believe in.
"Their lies, their stunts and their smears will not silence us. Glenn Beck, FOX News and their pals have demonstrated that they don't care about what janitors, security officers, nurses, teachers, and other hardworking Americans go through each day trying to give their kids a better future. But make no mistake--these hardworking women and men will not be the next casualty of the cruel and cheap attempts of a loud and venomous minority to silence people who want to restore the American Dream.
"We are going to make sure healthcare is affordable and accessible for every man, woman and child in this country. We are going to demand transparency and accountability in the financial industry. We are going to create a fair and just path to citizenship. We are going to make sure workers get a voice on the job. And we will protect our democracy by calling out those extremists who would silence the voices of women and men who work each day."
He specificly mentions "Teabaggers", "Glenn Beck", and "Fox News", twice!! (Can you see the targets of liberal hate-speech?)
I think someone is getting angry at the ACORN exposure by Fox and Glenn Beck, eh? Let's rip this thing apart, folks! It's target rich!
Translation-- We don't want Mr & Mrs Joe America calling us out for being Commies....
Mr Stern is literally the face of the enemy.
As a working woman, I will certainly NOT be silenced. Down with SEIU and ACORN!!
Down with all leftists...and their corruption!!!!
Call for REAL reform in 2010-2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Many working women in American don't want the change that Obamacare will impose on them, and they don't deserve to be called attack dogs.
This is the most perfect example of projection of oneself upon one's enemies I've ever seen. What does this clown think Card Check is?
Truly amazing.
Yeah, I think giving the janitors a say in running GM would most definitely have prevented its bankruptcy. Wouldn’t want to shout down that flawless piece of logic.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Translation: blah.............blah.............blah.....................blah
And the best way to do that is to get the tax and spend socialists the heck out of Washington - FAST!
Signed,
A woman with brains.
“As a working woman, I will certainly NOT be silenced. Down with SEIU and ACORN!!”
Don’t forget the 3rd leg of this Socialist triumvurate, La Raza...
Buyers remorse? Oboma will go down in history as THE worst American president we've ever had.
(This is why affirmative action is a bad idea. He never was qualified for the position.)
It's all about votes, and redistributing the wealth isn't it? - Tom
The Statists are seeking refuge behind minorities, women, children so their statements wont be attacked or challenged.
Kind of like the Taliban and Al-Quaeda tactics.
Every time I hear the words ‘working families’ I always think of The Flying Wallendas.
Actually, what began as good organizations....almost all of them have been infiltrated by leftists, who are quite well organized. Human Rights groups qualify here too.
“We are Communists and proud of it! We will bring the USA to it’s knees and rebuild it in our glorius leader’s footsteps! Let’s us give thanks to Stalin!”
I’d say we got to him. Not only got to him, but wounded him good. This guy runs the SEIU? Very juvenile for a CEO. He and The Kenyan need to learn that at their level you don’t engage in street fights—it just makes you look very un-CEO.
In my opinion, based on his foreign policy alone, he is already the worst.
Typical left wing bs.
A male union thug, Andy Stern, President of SEIU, is speaking up for the “oppressed women” in his union.
How many women are in top roles in the SEIU?
Kind of like the Taliban and Al-Quaeda tactics.
Exactly.
This guy has a big problem, though. All the groups he's mentioned are being enslaved by Oboma for generations to come just like all the other "groups" the democrats like to create. For some reason, (self serving, I'm sure) he doesn't see that (or chooses not to).
“...from kitchen tables to town halls to the floor of the Senate, this nation is engaged in a vigorous and heated debate ...”
And the way you will win is to shout down your opposition, yes?
This rant is nothing more than screaming shut up and get out of our way.
Sometimes it just hurts to realize that these clowns live in some alternative universe, and there’s no way logic works on a person whose mind things in this perverted fashion.
It's so absolutely transparent how these marxists talk about progressive thought and how the right-wing is attacking working women...after what they have said and done to Sarah Palin who worked her way to where she is.
Well, I have news for them...change is coming that will empower working people, men and women, all over this nation in a spirit of liberty and prosperity...but it's not what they envision, or have in mind.
And all this time I thought it was ACORN who was so venom filled toward Governor Palin......Now we are starting to see some light shone on Van Jones and SEIU....Man are they excellent at those Saul Alinsky tactics, both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama followed....
Rules for Radicals 2009: Hate, Division, Name Calling, Class Envy, Deception, Voter Fraud, Markets Manipulation, Phony “Crises.” Enemy Pandering, Racism, Pushing Pervsion.
Have I “left” any out?
ya he is saying dumb women will unite in the name if communism.
The SEIU was co-opted by the Chicago Socialists through the Rathke takeover of Local 100...
ACORN was taken over the same Radical Socialist Rathke’s, following the collapse of George Wiley’s National Welfare Reform Organization.
And then we have “WE HAVE GOT TO ELIMINATE THE GRINGOS” LA Raza (founded by U Texas Prof. Jose Angel Gutierrez)
The ‘workers’ certainly had their say in the running of GM.
Look how that turned out. We’re on the hook for their grotesquely-bloated pensions.
I don’t think I’ll be taking advice from any other Unionists - they’re Marxists paying themselves with our money.
They certainly have ACORN behind them. LOL.
Great video!
Andy is channeling Lenin.
Crazy Janitors.
“there’s no way logic works on a person whose mind things in this perverted fashion.”
I’m finding that calling these clowns out on their anti-white Racism and bigotry WORKS WONDERS...
They have NO IDEA how to counter the Race card they themselves have been playing for DECADES...
Used this on a radical Black Panther moron I’m forced to associate with over the weekend, and all he could do was stutter and get angry.
Entirely predictable. The left always resort to name calling when their arguments do not prevail by virtue of logic and facts. Ideology trumps those things.
Woof.
Pot.
Kettle.
Black.
How do you follow up on slapping down the race card? play the gender card!
Let's also not forget the blogger at New Zeal who dug up a lot of the Van Jones connections that got Glenn Beck started on his current course. In his current blog entry, he quotes David Horowitz:
Personally, I am thrilled with what is happening now in the conservative movement – our aggressive media like Fox and talk radio, the emergence of enraged conservative masses – the tea baggers – as leftist half-wits like to dismiss them. It is this energized, unapologetic, in-your-face (but also civilized and intelligent) conservative base on whom the future not only of the movement but the country depends.The key is that the conservative movement is no longer shy about confronting the Left and getting "in their faces". We need to accept that they will not like us, and stop caring.'m thrilled too, because the future of the Western Civilization depends on it.
That includes New Zealand of course.
It’s amazing how much potential there is out there for some REALLY good investigative journalism. There is a TON of very interesting information that could be gathered on several of these groups.
And I thought the Helen Thomas pics were bad.
Breibart/Beck have been unrolling this little drama gradually, and Breitbart claims the best is yet to come.
I think SEIU will get some unwanted attention pretty soon, kind of like ACORN has...
Salon is going after Beck with a vengence now.
And Jones has direct connections there. Imagine that...
Leftists like trying to take over organizations. Internal politics is what they're good at.
That's why they want big government, because they think they will be in control of it.
Any organization that is not explicitly right-win, will be shifted tot he Left.
Leftists infiltrating right-wing organizations will focus on muting the organization, and try to make it "softer and gentler" (and ineffective).
Yeah, we saw 2 million of those ‘attack dogs’ on 9/12. We wish we had 2 million attack dogs.
Amusing that they still use the adjective ‘progressive’ when to many Americans, progressive = marxist.
Where’s that SEIU bylaws page talking about taking over the healthcare system?
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