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So if McCain got close to 40% of the union vote in 2008, in light of the 2010 elections it is not a stretch to assume that Romney will get over 40%. Just the Keystone pipeline would add 500,000 union jobs. If 40% of union vote voted against Obama in 2008 with all the delirium, now that people are more informed it is safe to say that Obama will get more than 40% to vote against him.

And before the fly swatter Freeper brigade starts in that this is old data blah, blah, blah and how we have already lost or that Romney is no good, do us a favor and stay home, don't vote. We have more than enough heavy lifters to get Romney over the finish line.

1 posted on 10/03/2012 12:10:50 PM PDT by GilGil
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To: GilGil

but their dues goes to Democrats


2 posted on 10/03/2012 12:15:44 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: GilGil

Wonder how impressed the union members would be with the Down Low Club.

The union members I used to know wouldn’t be too impressed.


4 posted on 10/03/2012 12:17:07 PM PDT by Aria ( 2008 wasn't an election - it was a coup d'etat.)
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To: GilGil

We’ll need 80% of their votes this Nov, if we’re to rid of that POS 0bummer, and offset the illegal/dead/multiple voters.


5 posted on 10/03/2012 12:17:17 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Libs, dems, unions, leftist scum & murderous muzzies - are like bacteria: attack, attack, attack!)
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To: GilGil

Good news.

Someone else said that union members can tell their bosses they will vote one way to avoid harassment, but behind the curtain, vote Republican.


7 posted on 10/03/2012 12:21:18 PM PDT by plushaye (Election 2012 Prayer Force)
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To: GilGil

And the ratio was probably somewhat higher in 2010. The voters were ANGRY with how the Democrat majorities in the House and Senate just rubber-stamped the agenda flowing from the Current Regime in the White Hut.

That anger has not abated, no matter WHAT the “conventional wisdom” says. Sure, the turnout is being touted as being “in favor” of retention of this corrupt bunch of bandits. We may still end up with a corrupt bunch of bandits, but it stands a very good chance of being a quite different bunch, and there is a short period during which the replacements may be counted upon to actually effect some change.

With luck, the change could even turn out to be positive.


8 posted on 10/03/2012 12:24:10 PM PDT by alloysteel ("You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity".)
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To: GilGil
Just the Keystone pipeline would add 500,000 union jobs

I strongly favor Keystone and am gladly voting against Obama, but I base my decisions on reality, and "500,000 union jobs" from Keystone simply is not credible. Here is what the American Petroleum Institute says:

Approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, now in its fourth year of review, could also create 20,000 construction jobs over the life of the project. Projects like this, along with additional investment in oil sands development in Canada and expansion of pipelines and refineries in the U.S. make it possible to realize an additional 500,000 U.S. jobs in 2035.

9 posted on 10/03/2012 12:24:59 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Ambassador Stevens is dead and the Chevy Volt is alive!)
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To: GilGil

I’d be very interested to see this broken down by type of union - most people in unions today are in public employee unions, not steelworkers, electricians, etc. And public employee union members (SEIU etc) have somewhat of a vested interest in keeping the $$ flowing


10 posted on 10/03/2012 12:38:42 PM PDT by ConservativePsychProf ("I have set before you life and death. Choose life, that you and your descendants may live.")
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To: GilGil
Private sector union workers are taxpayers and have to pay for the extravagant deals the public sector unions are using to drain the public trough.

Some of them are smart enough to realize this.

12 posted on 10/03/2012 12:43:30 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: GilGil

Dues go to Rats, but you can bet your behind that pretty much all of the union in Fairbanks is voting for Romney. These guys still have to pay the bills like the rest of us!


17 posted on 10/03/2012 1:30:32 PM PDT by vpintheak (Occupy your Brain!)
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To: GilGil

The GOP will get my vote, so there’s another one.


18 posted on 10/03/2012 1:36:37 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
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