Posted on 12/11/2012 8:37:01 PM PST by Qbert
White House spokesman Jay Carney declined to condemn the increasing violence and threats by union members in Michigan, merely telling reporters Tuesday that “the president believes in debate that’s civil.”
When asked by a reporter about a claim by Michigan state Democrat that “there will be blood” should Republicans pass a union-choice law in Michigan, Carney professed ignorance and then downplayed the comment.
“I haven’t see those comments, and I’m not sure they mean what someone interprets them to mean,” he said.
The union violence, which included at least one televised assault on a journalist, followed an Obama rally in Michigan Dec. 10, when he declared that right-to-work laws are a political effort to slash wages.
“These so-called ‘right to work’ laws, they don’t have to do with economics; they have everything to do with politics,” Obama told workers at an auto factory in Redford, Mich. “What they’re really talking about is giving you the right to work for less money,” he said.
Obama also suggested that the new law, which gives workers the choice to opt out of unions in their workplace, is designed to provoke conflict for Republican gain.
“We’ve got to get past this whole situation where we manufacture crises because of politics … [that] leads to less certainty, more conflict, and we can’t all focus on coming together to grow,” Obama claimed.
Most Democrats oppose right-to-work laws because they tend to reduce the flow of workers’ monthly dues to unions. That financial cut weakens union leaders’ ability to shape elections and lobby against changes.
Obama’s Dec. 10 speech did not call for civil debate, or non-violence.
Obama has usually kept his distance from state-level conflicts.
He played little role in 2011 labor-relations battles in Wisconsin and Ohio, and kept a low profile in the October 2012 teacher’s strike in Chicago.
During the teachers’ strike, he called for a negotiated settlement between Democrats in the state government and in the teachers’ union. He called for negotiations, Carney said, because “it was in the interests of the children.”
However, Carney then choose to shift the subject from Michigan’s labor dispute by calling on other reports for questions.
“Let me move around,” he said.
Huh? Blood is ... well blood. Dems don't care as long as it isn't theirs.
...except when a white cop "acts stupidly",or some thug that "looks like his son" gets shot by his would-be victim.....
Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!...
Meanwhile, the beltway GOP trips over themselves to dump on the Tea Party and conservatives. That, in a nutshell, is why the dims are winning and the GOP/RNC is losing.
Jay Carney must have majored in dodging questions while in school. Does he EVER answer the tough questions??? NO!!!
“Obama also suggested that the new law, which gives workers the choice to opt out of unions in their workplace, is designed to provoke conflict for Republican gain.”
There it is (The Template) any and all violence involving union members, is and always will be, the fault of Republicans.
Watch the media get on this like white on rice.
A call for clarity -
So a FNC reporter got in a dustup, big deal.
And that was the most “VIOLENT” action of the day.
This was nothing, on the scale of things as many of the protesters were bussed in.
As America goes, this was amazingly peaceful.
Jesse Jackson even showed up, and it’s barely news.
“We’ve got to get past this whole situation where we manufacture crises because of politics … [that] leads to less certainty, more conflict, and we can’t all focus on coming together to grow,” Obama claimed.
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"A call for clarity - So a FNC reporter got in a dustup, big deal. And that was the most “VIOLENT” action of the day. This was nothing, on the scale of things as many of the protesters were bussed in."
We shouldn't have to grovel to get the POTUS to condemn this kind of stuff.
Thanks for your continued vigilance.
Why would 0bama condemn the violence? He went to MI the day before to demagogue a state issue. He used his bully pulpit to set fire to the situation.
Thank you. :)
“Let me move around,” he said = Give me a little wiggle room.
“Let me move around,” he said = Let me dodge the question.
“Let me move around,” he said = I’m only squirming around like this because I have to make a pee pee.
Except for getting out knives and cutting the tent ropes, yanking the poles out and then tromping all over it with people and equipment inside.
Except for threatening to shoot the FNC 'reporter.'
If obama had a union rep, he/she would look just like these thugs. Oh, that’s right, these are his kind of people.
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