Point well taken and correct. Myself a 7 year Teamster, in a bad a** local. At least half held to "conservative" values, some even further right.
Of course that made us a contradiction in our circle of conservative acquaintances. Left a bitter taste in my Father's mouth.
Have no doubt will leave a bitter taste in some readers here
The conservative blind spot on conservative union members is a serious failing on the part of the GOP. After all, the heart of the Reagan democrats were Michigan union members.
It irritated the hell out of me that Mitt Romney attacked Rick Santorum for openly appealing to union members in Michigan. At least he didn’t try to hide it like Romney who had people going door to door in Detroit doing exactly the same. It further irritated me to see Rick Snyder whining about Santorum’s “dirty tricks” when Snyder himself was nominated and elected largely by union members.